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CVA Would Not Deter Private j
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WASHINGTON, July lSPr-A government official testified today
.' that private utility companies could continue to expand in the Pacific
i Jiorthwest under the adminutration'i bill to create a Columbia Valley
authority. secreaTjr c. Girard Davidson of the interior departmeni
told the house public works committee there if nothing in the bill
the private utility companies.
' He said that in the 1948 fiscal
year the Bonneville Power admin
istration sold 1,500,000,000 kilo
watt hours of power to public
power distributors and 3,178,000,
000 kilowatt hours to private util
ity companies. This shows, he
aid, the private companies bought
twice as much power as' public or
ganizations such as municipalities,
public utility districts and rural
electric cooperatives. ,
Davidson testified that five big
private power companies in the
northwest have shown no desire
to dispose of their systems while
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one company has indicated it
wishes to sell.
Davidson concluded his testi
mony on! the bill to set up the
CVA to develop the resources of
the Columbia river basis. The
committee recessed until a date to
be determined.
Davidson, during approximately
14 houri of cross examination,
stuck to his original statement
that the proposed CVA would do
a better, more economical and
faster job of developing the natr
ural resources of the region.
He said he hopes creation of
the CVA would increase congres
sional appropriations for the de-
vflnnmprtt rf the rMion.
This should be so, he added,
because congress would have a
complete picture of what is being
done. ; .
He said CVA will have no new
functions that the present
agencies,' the army engineers, the
reclamation bureau and the Bon
neville power administration,
which will be absorbed, do not
now have.
.Rep. Dondero CR-Mich) said he
is informed that private power
companies of "the country "this year
will produce 10 per cent mow
power than there is demand for.
He said he wanted to show "there
is no power shortage."
Davidson reDlied there is a de
finite power shortage in the Pa
cific northwest.
TYPHOON TOLL 14
TOKYO, Tuesday, July lfl-WPkJ
The death toll in a typhoon that
blew itself out yesterday rose to
day to 14. National rural police
also reported: 195 houses destroy
ed and more than 5,000 flooded;
three bridges destroyed; 11 fish
ing boats missing. Heaviest dam
age was "in southern Kyushu.
FLAME 8 HIT SEATTLK
SEATTLE, July 18 -iRy- Two
buildings in Seattle's south end
industrial district were razed to
night in ;a spectacular two alarm
fire. The flames destroyed the
main building of the Pacific Stove
St Foundry Co., and the Riverside
Marina, both situated on the Du
wamish river.
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Into Seattle;
Dies Anyway
SEATTLE, July 18-WVA ram
paging, 900-pound steer died in a
barrage of police bullets late today
after terrorizing pedestrians and
snarling traffic on south Seattle
streets during the rush hour. I
The terrified, white-faced Here
ford, trying to escape the slaugh-
terhouse, was being unloaded t
La truck wun other cattle at uve
Union stockyards. In quick suc
cession:
The animal broke loose. The
owner, Fred Hansen, densburg.
Wash., tried a flying tackle and got
knocked down. Traffic piled up as
the steer weaved like a snorting
broken-field runner for two miles.
Two patrolmen in a squad car
pulled alongide and. emptied, their)
service revolvers into ine gallop
ing refugee.;
Another car squealed to a stop
and out jumped R. C. Bass, 33, who
came here two years ago from
Houston, Tex. He pulled out a
sharp knife and slit the fallen
steer's throat.
"You've got to stick 'em right
away to bleed 'em," Bass explain
ed. "Otherwise the blood coagu
lates and spoils the meat
"But I wish they hadn't shot
him I had a lariat in the car and
was just getting ready to lasso
him.
Stockyard officials said the
steer will wind up in the slaugh
terhouse after all, going on the
auction block -tomorrow and even
tually winding up as steaks.
Military SpKt
Given Blame
In Guatemala
(Story also on page I)
GUATEMALA, Guatemala, July
18 Following tonight's assassin
ation of Col. Francisco Javier Arr
ana and subsequent fighting, the
most popular rumor among those
flooding the city about what the
firing was all about was this:
The assassination of Arama was
precipitated by a split in the armed
forces over the week end. The
split evidently was caused when
supporters of Arana won the elec
tions for members of the defense
council late last week, 'defeating
candidates backed by Arbenz.
(In Panama, well-informed
sources said that Arana had been
expected to run for the presidency
next year.
Colonel Arana was the strong
man of a revolutionary Junta
which ran the country after the
resignation of Dictator Jorge Ubico
in July, 1944, and the overthrow
of Ubico's successor. Gen. Federico
Ponce.
Untagged Dog
Aim of Drive
A check of all Salom !1tum
for unlicensed dogs was started
Monday by Ervin Ward, Marion
county dog enforcement officer,
and two demities. Owner of unli
censed dogs are subject to a $10
fine.
Dog tags issued with the license
must be affixed to the collar of the
dog at all times that It is not ac
companied by its master, by reason
of a law which 'recently became
effective. Failure to observe this
also calls for a $10 fine.
Replacements for lost tags will
be available soon, Marion County
Clerk Harlan Judd said MondaT
A 25 cent fee will be charged- tor
them.
AIRLIFT CUT DUE
LONDON, July 18-MP)-The Brit
ish cabinet has approved Anglo
American plans to cut down
sharply on the airlift to Berlin by
September, diplomatic officials re
ported today.
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West in Cheese;
Price Declines
By Lillie L. Madsen
Favm Editor. The Statesman
Oregon is now the largest cheese
producing state in the west Niels
L Nielson, U. S. department of
agriculture statistician in chaixe
at Portland, reported Monday.
Productin has stepped up steadi
ly since the low point in January.
During May it amounted to nearly
3Vz million pounds. Los Anreles
is the largest California market
for Oregon cheese. During June
270,000 pounds were shipped to
that city, i Tourists report that
some of the leading Los Angeles
hotels feature Oregon cheeses on
their dessert menus.
San Francisco received nearly
47,000 pounds of Oregon cheese
during June. This is the lowest
monthly shipment to San Francisco
this year. The peak was reached
in April with nearly 273,000
pounds. The peak shipment so
far this year at Los Angeles was
370,000 pounds in May.
Cheese is still the only major
dairy products showing any de
finite price weakness. The jobbing
price of American cheddar cheese
dropped at all major coast markets
except Seattle this past week. De
clines in price varied from one
half to two cents a pound. Five-
pound loafs at Portland when the
market rloaed ever the week end
were quoted at 4tt to 50 cents
a pound. This eompaies with 43
to 43 cents at Seattle, 31 to 40
at San Francisco, and 33 to 48
cents at lot Angeles.
Oregon's farm prices for dairy
products showed mixed trends in
June, according to the weekly
dairy market review prepared by
the USDA. The bureau of agri
culture economics said price of
butlerfat received by Oregon far
mers continued it downward
trend. The wholesale price of
milk, on the otherhand, showed
a price advance.
Butterfat prices to Oregon far
mers have declined every month
this calendar year, and at mid
June were the lowest of any month
since July 2948.
Negroes Would
Support U.S.,
Avers Jackie
WASHINGTON. July 1MV
Jackie Robinson declared today
that Paul Robeson was just plain
"silly when he said that Ameri
can negroes would never fight
against Russia.
In case of war negroes would
pitch m "to help their country
win" whether the war be against
"Russia or any other enemy,' the
Brooklyn ' Dodgers star infielder
told "the house committee on un-
American activities."
"No one has ever questioned my
race a loyalty, he said, "except a
few people who don't amount to
very much.
The hard-hitting ball player
said negroes are "stirred up about
racial discrimination, but don't
need! or want the help of eem
munists in fighting it.
Robinson said Americans "of
many races and faiths" have too
large a stake in the United States
"to throw it away because of a
siren song sung in bass."
Dutro in Hospital
From Gas Effects
Philip A. Dutro, 30, was In "fair"
condition at Salem General hospit
al early this morning, after he was
found about midnight unconscious
in a gas-filled roCfea of his apart
ment at 568 Union st.
First aid men were called by Du
tro's wife when she found him in
their , kitchen with an unlit gas
burner turned on.
Hudson Plant Closed
By Wildcat Walkout
DETROIT, July lS-OD-Hudson
Motor Car Co. was closed at noon
today by ; what the management
called a wildcat strike. About 15,
000 employes were affected.
The walkout reportedly stem
med from a dispute over the status
of a foreman. There was no com
ment from local 154 of the CIO
United Auto Workers.
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Egg Pricfes Jiiiiip
Due to Scarcity
Egg prices Jumped by one to
three cents a dozen in Salem Mon
day as production continued to lag
behind demand, and iurtner ooosts
are expected.
Salem wholesalers were buying
extra large AA's for 61 cents a
dozen: large AA's for 60 cents and
large A's for 58 cents. Medium
AA's were two cents higher at 56
cents and medium A's three cents.
Wholesalers said prices would
continue to climb until markets
stabilize . in mid-west and Port
land. Legion Learns
Final Warning
For Convention
Dressed as an Arabian harem,
the American Legion auxiliary
drill team from Hillsboro will
participate at the state Legion
convention here August 3-6.
This and other developments
were announced Monday night as
Capital post 9 held its last pre
convention meeting. The Hillsboro
women will be a feature of the
drum corps contest Thursday
night, August 4, at Sweetland
field. Six drum corps have regis
tered to compete for trophies and
$17$ in cash prizes. A cuuent by
the affinal Legion band from
Musicians post 101, Portland, will
open the contest.
On Triday of convention week
the "Blue Angels" from Corpus
Chris ti Texas, naval air base will
be featured. Their performance
will follow a brief commissioning
ceremony for the newly-activated
naval air reserve training unit
at McNary field. The sor show
will be free ta the public
Fifty new streamers and de
corations for downtown lamp posts
will give Salem a gala air.
John J&erxick, convention com
mission chairman, received the
first convention registration badge
at Monday's meeting from Capital
Post Commander Charles Huggins.
CKUSHED BY TJtACTOK
GRESHAM, Ore.. July 1R-(;P-Ervin
E. Fetters, 62, was crushed
beneath his tractor today when it
overturned on his farm near here.
He had been clearing, a hiflside
tract.
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British Share
In Atom Bomb
Brings Split
WASHINGTON, July
S. officials were reported sharply
split today on the question of giv
ing atomic bomb secrets to the
British.
A British foreign office ack
nowledgement that it is in touch
with U. S. officials "over general
atomic subjects" lent added
weight to reports that a prelimi
nary decision on the issue may be
forthcoming soon.
However, the final decision rests
with congress.
The question of imparting bomb
know-how to the British was re
ported discussed at the Blair
house conference of government
leaders with President Truman
last Thursday night.
Members of congress who are
close to the situation say there is
no doubt that the. British want
access to developments from which
they were cut off when the end
of hostilities brought a halt to
war-time atomic cooperation.
. Also the British are entitled to
a part of Belgium's uranium sup
ply under a wartime contract
It's not much of a secret that this
country has been trying to talk
the British into continuing to allow
their share to be bought by this
country.
Thus the British have some
thing of a lever.
Attic, Brush
Hit by Fires
r
An attic fire and a brush fire
sent Salem firemen on two hour
long runs Monday.
The roof and attic of the Hen
ry Barr residence, 11M S. Liberty
st., were extensively damaged in
a blaze of undetermined origin
which started about 2:45 pjn. airs.
Barr said her children noticed
flames shooting through the roof
as they played in the yard behind
the two-story, 12 room house. The
entire roof was desUojed as were
personal effects stored in the at
tic. The brush fire occurred during
the noon hour. A large patch be
tween Caudal ri boulevard and
Boyce street burned but no build
ings were damaged.
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SILVERTON, July lf-(Snedal)
Silverton Rotary dub announced
today the third annual Western
Horse show would be held under
lights, here Saturday, August 6,
at pjn.
A large number of riders from
various horsemen's associations
will DarticiOate. It is to be an
entirely non-profit event, all pro
ceeds going to promote, improve
and maintain Silverton's McGinnis
field as a community recreation
LongviewHit
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LONGVIEW, Wash, July 18-(tf)
-The worst fire m Longview's his
tory was brought under control
by three fire departments late to
night after destroying part of the
Val-Gay business building In the
heart of the downtown district
Unofficial estmiates of the dam
age went as high as $100,000.
The blaze broke out shortly be
fore 10 pjm, (PDT) in the rear
of the Helen Davis Women's ready-to-wear
store and was not con-
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