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i . ' ' ' i f : 1 . : i I i I . i : ! 89tb YEAH 16 PAGES OTP SSZDOB WD The state .highway commission had no occasion to defer action on a new bridge across the Wil lamette at Salem pending action by the city-council on the Bal dock traffic program. . The city council has nothing to say or do with reference to the location of the bridge. Representatives of the council were told that plainly When they visited the commission . several weeks ago. ' The city council In the resolu tion it adopted recognized that fact - and' merely accepted what ever bridge location the state high way commission' and the bureau " of public roads, which are the bodies financing the project, should agree on. The council can not very well add anything to that resolution. " That is that. As far as the "bridge is concerned, it's the com mission's own move. - The council does have to act affirmatively to adopt the rerout ing of Ihe Pacific highway (99E) through Salem by means of one way streets. ' Its resolution was one of general intention to ap prove the Baldock plan, as mod ified. In process now is the adop tion of ordinances to make the one-directional traffic flow legal and to give opportunity for object ors to bring a referendum if they so desire. But this has nothing to do with the construction or the location of the bridge. Having been told once that it had no" say on ihe bridge the council members will hardly ap preciate., being prodded now .by the commission? on an unrelated matter. - There has been reason for delay In putting the ordinances through, the principal reason being to let time allay some of the opposition and promote, a better degree of unity. That policy hat aucceeded : and most of the opponents are now reconciled to the Imminence of the changes contemplated. The ordinances should be adopted and will be, though some feathers have been ruffled by the commis- sion's probably offhand defer ment of action on the bridge. Denfeld Views Progress for Pact Defense LONDON, Aug. i -MP)- Plans for defending, the Atlantic pact nations of western Europe took form - today at the first confer ence of top-level British and American commanders here Since the end of the , war. . - Following a closely guarded, four-hour conference, Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, U. S. chief of naval operations, said 4he completion of a defense setup under the North Atlantic treaty "might be done before the end of the year." I should not 'think it would take too long," Denfeld said, re porting "considerable! progress" by the Joint chiefs of staff of the two nations. Denfeld, Gen. Omar Bradley, army chief of Staff,, and Geh. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, IL S. air force chief, met formally for three hours with British commanders. Grasshopper Fighting Fund Meets Approval WASHINGTON, Aug. MThe senate quickly stamped approval today on a $1,750,000 fund to fight the grasshopper scourge in the .west and midwest. The ote -completed congress' action on the measure and sent It to the White House for Presi dent Truman's signature. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH ' "Listen to her, witt ya( 'Ttidi poor 'ittlo mo to swim'" . . o - -1 r$wr -f- ;Ni v;:. j ::. '- ' ' ! WUNDBD 1651.. j j . 1;;. ' j." -1 ':; " V . !- ! r -' - i ' - Land Purchase, in OniBoard Plans ' I : TJ: All-around expanHon of Salem's capitpl zone, plus closing of ome streets land state purchase of pro perty north from the capital to Marionj street, were recommended by the bew capitol planning bom mi.s:ion Wednesday! ! If'' The new state commission auth orized, by the last legislature; met at the itatehouse under chairman ship of Robert W.! Sawyer, Bend publisher, to draft the far-reaching plan. ; Commissioners passed their ap proval to plans for the projected five-story state highway ' depart ment building on j Summer .street north of the now-iinder-confctruc-tion state office building. Meyers Asks Support Milton L. Meyers, Salem pnem ber of the capital commission and also a member of this city's? plan ning and zoning commission, pre dicted opposition to some of the recommendations, i He added, how ever, that he felt! the entire pro gram should receive the sypport of Salem city council and? plan ning bodies. i ; Here are the state group's re commendations: I ! 1. That the 'area devoted to capitol and public buildings cover the blocks east and west from 13th street to high street and between Court Street and! State street and north and south from Court street to D street and be ween Capitol and Winter streets. ) Weald tDIoce X Street f 2. That Chemeketa street be closed from Capitol ! to Winter street as soon as i feasible! J 3. That the existing capitol mall, knownj as the sunken garden, be extended from Chemeketa to Cen ter street, carrying out the same essential design- quality that now exists between Court and Chemek eta streets. - ! 4- A. Service to j the state office building now under construction and proposed new state highway building should be a joint park ing area, entered only from Capi tol street. -'- t 5. Tharf ultimately Unioi street be closed from Capitol to Winter street. ! 6. That Waverly street be closed immediately : and converted into capitol . grounds.) Ask Property Purchase i ? 7. That, the next available build ing site for a state edifice be a block ast ot Summer street be tween Marion and Center streets. 8. That immediate acquisition be made of all property available from Chemeketa. to Marion and from Capitol to! Winter street and that, as acquired, all property within the capitol area be cleared. Action on another proposal was deferred pending some investiga tions by a member of the commis sion. :' ' i This' provides! that the .property for the capitol Zoning include the two blocks easf and . west from 14th to 12th street and from State to Court, plus the naif blocks from Court to D, east fromf Capitol street and wlfst from! Winter street, pj us the half blocks north from Court fropa Capitol! to 12th, and from Winter to Cottage, half way td Church street, plus the two half blocks north . from D street between Capitojl and Winder. , i j i i L Robbers Seize Half Million in Klianls Jewels CANNES, France, Aug; S -0?V Four tommygunners waylaid the fabulously wealthy Aga Khan and his wife today and seized jewels and money they valued af $450,000 to S500.000. si . I The Aga Khan was oh the way to Deauville to visit his son, the Aly Khan. and-?the latter wife, Rita Hayworthi i ; " X In the third big robbery in Franc within ;two daysj Jhe car of the 72-yearold Moslem leader was baited on j a curve Inear his villa In the hills of Lef Cannet, three miles north of Cannes. With him were his wife, the Begum, and a maid and chauffeur, i Police set up roadblocks throughout the province and later found; the gunmen's getaway car abandoned on a street in Cannes. The Aga Khan said the jewels were insured for their ; fU value UP to 200,000. i The Begum described one piece as containing a 25-carat diamond valued at about $75,000; one jewel led braclet valued at about $190,- 000; One marquise solitaire of 25 carats valued at about f $73,000; two- jewelled bradeta valued at S90.000L ! . J - Street Clos The Oregon Statesman, Salem, OregonjThuraday, August 4, JS49 ZDoue U Jobs, Jobless High; L oans End Slide WASHINGTON, Aug. 34T)- A rise in business loans the first in 28 weeks stirred government hopes tonight that the economic recession has hit bottoms Their optimism was restrained by the fact that the census bureau reported today that unemployment rose above the! 4,000,000 mark in July for the first time in IVi years: But they pointed to the: fact that employment also rose to the high est level thus far recorded in 194t). ; The situation with regard to business loans was this: For 27 weeks; bank ' loans for business purposes had been declining in rec-j ord-breaking fashion until on July 20 they were $2,757,000,000 below the all-time high reached last Dec ember 22. ' But today 4 the federal reserve board reported that such loans by banks in leading cities increased $16,000,000 in the week ended July 27. This brought them to a total of $12,891,000,000. ' t Other heartening factors include Oregon Polio Down; tu-.Sv RisiB Slackens I . PORTLAND, Aug. 3 -(JP)- The number of polio coses reported in Oregon have declined for the second straight week, the State board of health reported today. i Three xases occurred last week one each in Douglas, Hood River, and Lane counties. j WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (Jf- Infantile paralysis totals are still mounting but there is some evidence of a slackening of the. upward pace, the U. S..Public Health Service reported today, h The service said new cases throughout the nation in the week coded July 30 totalled 1,963 more than 100 greater than the 1,839 St. Paul Boy, 8, Drowns in Fishing Mishap ST. PAUL, Aug.. 3 -(Special) -Eight-year-old Rich a r d Kuhn drowned, early this afternoon in Horseshoe lake, about Vi miles west of St. Paul, when he tumbled through broken, boards of a dock? from which he was fishing. ! : A companion of the boy, Rich ard Koch, called H. F. Kibbard of Portland, for help, but they were unable to rea,ch the body immed iately. i A pulmotor squad from New berg fire department tried to re Vive the boy after he was pulled from' 20 feet of watej but it was too late. ' The lad was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kuhn of St Paul. A brother (Tied about 1H years ago after a long illness, i Coroneif-Leston W. Howell and Sheriff Denver Young of Marion county, who investigated the ac cident, said the boy was. found with his fishing line tied around his finger and a fishing cork still m his hand. j S Funeral arrangements will f be announced by the -Hodgson fun eral home of Newberg. 3 Sewer Bids i Three bids for city Interceptor sewer installation are under con sideration by City Manager J. L. Franzen. . .' '' -i i Bids were opened Wednesday, but due to various alternates and the detailed tabulation of the bids a thorough study of them will be necessary before a contract is awarded, Franzen said. i i Two Seattle firms and a Eugene company entered, bids. The inter ceptor sewer, as proposed,; would collect sewage from existing city sewers which now empty into the Willamette 'river and deposit the sewage at the site for Salem's projected sewage disposal plant1 Max. Mla.rrtrt. sr .m S4 M a trace 8al Portland San FrncUco St TS ss 79 Chicago New York , 7t 73 ,Ai Willamette river -SJ feet. FORECAST Wrora TJ. S. weather bureau. McKary field. Salem); Concid- erabl cloudiness today ana vonijrni. Not much change in temperature with hifh today near SO and lowest tonight near SO. Weather wlU continue far. orable far farm actirltiea today except for occasional Xresh winds. i ; IA1XM MtECIMTATIOIf I Sent. 1 ta Aue. 4) Th!s Year Ist Year Normal 4LM1 41M ; Opened Here ecomiDDiiDeinidlejiQ Swpl&os a better-than-seasonal upturn in home-building, improved business in some textile and metals lines, and the summer" recovery in the stock market. , The census bureau reported that the number of unemployed increas ed from 3,778,000 in June to 4, 095,000 in July . the first time since January; 1942, that it has ex ceeded 4,0tKhOO0. In July of 1948, the figure was 2,227,000. Simultaneously, the number of employed 'rose from 59,619,000 in June to '59,720,000 in July--which is the highest figure so far regis tered in 1949. In July, 1943, the employed total was 61 ,$15,000. The seeming paradox of the simultaneous increase in the num ber of persons with jobs and with out jobs was explained by the fact that there was an increase of 417, 000 in the labor force, mostly high school and college students. Only one-fourth of thp .people newly in the market for jabs succeeded in finding, them in July. reponea auring we worst wees; in the 1948 epidemic. That was the week ended September 18. JLast year was tne secona rugn- est polio year on record t with a total of 26,680 cases. The service. declared, there Is some indication that the peak may be reached a little earlier this year" Last week s totals for the nation brought to 8,299 the number of 1949 cases through July 30. This compares with 5,793 for the same period last year. PORTLAND, Aug. 3 -(-Four teen new iron lungs have been consigned to the Portland emer gency equipment pool of the, Na tional Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. The lungs were bought with $28,000 of March of Dimes funds. WIFE TO JOIN PETAIN 1LE D'YEU, France, Aug. 3-(P) The wife of former ; Marshal Henri Phillippe Petain has been given an apartment in the fort here where her husband is serv ing a life sentence for collabora tion. Authorities said the Petains would be allowed to have lunch eon together every day. Winner of Virginia Demo Race " r-ii 1' ' iff I ' ill i i. I ii if . t m. m iii imtmj i RICHMOND, Taw Aug. S State Sen. John 8. Battle la shown en the shoulders f friends after captaring Tnesday the democratic ruber- natorial nominauen In a fear-war primary race. Be had the back tag of the V. 8. Senator Brrd meaat te election.; HAT Wlrephete te The Stateamaa.) 'k No. 133 Passage Nearly Certain After Threat Cleared By Francis J. Kelly - WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -qPh The administration won an im portant victory on the big foreign aid bill today when it beat back an attempt to require that $1,350, 000,000 , of .European recovery funds be spent for surplus U. S. farm crops. A similar amendment to obligate $450,000,000 of army funds for re lief in occupied areas remained pending, but the senate's decision made its chances dim. The farm amendment Went out on a point of order, upheld in the senate 52 to 32 when it was ap pealed. Vice President Barkley, the sen ate's presiding officer, ruled that the amendment offered by Senator McClellan (D-Ark) was an at tempt to write new legislation into an appropriation bill, forbidden by senate rules. (Sen. Morse voted to uphold Barkley, . and Condon voted against.) The1 decision, taken late in the day, removed the biggest threat to final approval of the measure, now. confidently anticipated by its backers. A similar but 'somewhat more involved parliamentary, dis pute last week had sent the $5,67, 724, 000 measure back to the ap propriations committee. McKellar, who sent the bill back on a tech nical point, said he may do the same thing again. .The bill contains $3,628,380,000 for Marshall plan spending in the current fiscal year by the econ omic cooperation ao!mirustration (ECAJ, as well as $1,074, 000,000 EGA money for the last quarter of the 1949 fiscal year, $900,000,000 for the army's government and re lief expenses ; in occupied areas, and smaller sums to furnish econ omic aid to Greece and Turkey. Indonesia War Ends in Truce BATAVIA, Java, Aug. 2-(&h The Dutch and Indonesian repub licans formally ended their four yeMrs ,war today, but both sides made clear it was an armed truce for the present. Republican President Soekarno, in a fiery broadcast tonight from his capital at Jogjakarta, ordered his guerrilla armies to observe a cease-fire proclaimed todays but to hold their positions. P ' Soekarno said the Indonesians would never be satisfied until they gain their own sovereignty and the Dutch army is withdrawn. The Dutch for their part delay ed setting the date of a roundtable conference to be held at the Hague, to work out -details of a proposed new "Republic of the United States of Indonesia." erganization. Nomination is tanta- PRICE 5c Neiar 3,000! of Leeion Here; B u siness Will Start To day W. E. (Windy) Wilkins'of LaGrande, center above, become Oregon's grand chef de gare of the 40 rt f Wednesday in the annual election which highlighted the state American Legion convention's 40 ft t day. With the new chief are retiring; leader Dr. M. E. Cooper of Klamath Falls, left, and the national "grand sobs chef de chemin de fer" C E. Piersall ef Casper, Wye. (Statesman photo.) ((Other 4t et t and general convention news on pages 2 and 7.) Harem, Pipers, Albany Boxcar Capture Prizes By Charles Ireland Staff .Writer, the Statesman Thousands lined the full route of Jhe 40. et 8 parade through downtown Salem streets Wed nesday afternoon. They cheer fully risked being sprayed by fire hoses and "bombed by noisemakers to watch the "Le gion's funmakers peform their zany antics. Hillsboro's harem, Ashland's bagpipes and Albany's boxcar captured top prizes in the parade Eugene and Portland also placed in the stunt parade. A huge number of Oregon towns war " represented. Make up of the parade was strikingly varied. Cars ranged from latest models bearing notables and Miss Oregon 'to a 1911 Studebaker that brought up the rear. Salem Unit Newest tMusical units Varied from Ash land's 17-year-old Kilty band to Salem's three-month-old drum and bugle corps. Several mem bers of the latter wore diapers as a token of the fact that they are the Legion's newest musical group in the state. The Ashland Kilties won a $10 first prize as the best musical unit in the parade. Their leader was Harry McNair. Providing n u m e r o u s stunts along the way were 40 et 8 "goOfs" fledglings in war paint who later were initiated at the Salem Legion club. One "goof conducted a stunt that won third prize, for Portland voiture 25. It was a satire on Port land's slot machine status. De picted was a 'machine that . had felt the ax of the law. A placard read "rest in pieces." 'Harem' Well Guarded To Albany voiture 891's mock- up locomotive and 'box car went first prize and $25 in the stunt group. Piloted by Frank Koos It had Ernest Larios, voiture -chef de gare, and a large delegaTion of Albany conventioners crammed aboard. The Hills boro auxiliary drill team, dressed as a Turkish harem and directed by "Skipper ' Bur nett,; copped a $15 prize as the best marching unit. Five men bearing yfcipus-looking swords formed a cordon around the 16 veiled women who marched. , Lane county voiture 80, Eu gene, placed second in the stunt group with a portable outhouse. Jack Moganson, Eugene, was the man inside. Musical Groups Plentiful A snappy 28-piece drum rind bugle corps fromc LaGrande won plaudits from the crowd along the way. Avery Millering directed the corps of nearly all world War II veterans. . Portland post . l's bugle corps, behind, high-stepping Majorettes Pat Brown ana Doralee Goodwin, flashed their metal helmets In the march. Glenn Handy and Howard .Pierce were directors; Bert Williams, John Smith" end Dewey Stephenson, the accom panying , clowns. Steve McDonald of Astoria 1m personated Hitler. Salem Voitore Playful I Salem voiture 153's stunts in cluded a fire pumper of ancient vintage, that played water on the crowd at frequent intervals, a tractor towing a manue spreader, and several old autos. Driving or riding in them were Judge Rex Kimmell, ' George Manning, Fred Reedy, C B. Hersf eld, Russell Bones teele and Charles Fearing. Astorians brought along,, their bell which they said had appeared in every state Legion parade since 1934. Four marines from the district recruiting station at Portland pro vided the color guard that headed the parade. M. Sgt. H. L Kirken- dali , was, in charge or tne ae tachment, k . '- z ' - t - ! I Driving Stopped For 'Licensed? Cat and Owner BOSTON, Aug. 3 -(JP) A tomcat named Al E. Van lost his driver's license today. Benjamin F. Wilson, the cat's owner, testified in Roxbury district court that he obtained the license in his pet's name after he had been refused a permit in his own name. The license, made out to "Al E. Van," was presented in court. Wilson, a 25-yearrold state hospital attendant, was con victed ; of operating so as to endanger and using' an automo bile without authority. He was sentenced to serve six months in jail. " v Al was not in court. Rehabilitation Policy to Lead Legion Debate Whether the American Legion rehabilitation program should be limited to Legion members only, instead of open to all war veterans as at present, is an issue which may provide some fireworks at sessions of the state Legion con vention here today and Friday. B. E. (Kelly) Owens, state com mander, ; said Wednesday he did not . expect a change in the pres ent: practice, but he predicted lively debate on the issue. Owens noted that the rehabili tation program costs the Legion in Oregon about $30,000 per year and estimates show nearly 70 per cent of the services performed benefiting non-Legion veterans. A 'perennial issue also expected to come in for discussion is the proposal for an Oregon bonus to war veterans, Owens said. Among other; issues Owens mentioned as possible convention considerations are policy resolutions on increased national defense and on protection against subversive groups, as well as the highly debatable proposal to Increase by 25 cents the national headquarters' per capita assess ment against .members. This as sessment would finance the ex panding rehabilitation program. Meanwhile, the advance busi ness of state committee planning went ahead Wednesday, with sev eral committees plotting the course of the business sessions ahead. The committee on resolutions struggled with everything from public medi cine to Czechoslovakian 'import issues, but kept mum on the pro posals pending the opening of eon vention business today. . RECREATION FUND BACKED WASHINGTON, Aug. J -W) -Rep. Jackson (D-Wash) said to day the house agriculture subcom mittee on forest service funds had approved his proposal that ten per'cent of the receipts from for ests be devoted to improving re creational facilities in the forests. He said this would mean that ap proximately $2,200,000 would be devoted to the work. ! wtsTcaa omatif ationai, - At Salem 4. Victoria 1 At Yakima & Vancouver 1 At Wenatchee S. Taeoma 1 ' At Spokane-Bremerton.raln : , COAST LEAGUE ' At Portland 5-7, Oakland 10- At Seattle 10. Hollywood X , At Saa Francisco 4-S. Sacramento 3-4 At Los Anffli 9. San D( S i AM I CAN LEAGUE it New York 7. Detroit S At Boston . St. Louis 3 - At Philadelphia X Mego At Washington -Cleveland, ram ; NATIONAL LEAGCK r At St. Louis 7, Booton O ,At Pittsburgh . Brooklyn 10 At Chicaco 1. New York 4 At Cincinnati a, Philadelphia t ' , ! Aspirants Seen For Top Posts; Memorial at 9 By Conrad G. Prange ' Staff Writer, the Statesman Salem took on all the! hiph spirited sights and sounds rf un American Legion convention Wed nesday night, with nearly 3,000 veteran visitors in town . and at I least 1.000 more expected today. ' Bugles, bagpipes and ' drums sounded their way through many a downtown hotet lobby and tav ern, giving ample notice that the convention proper Oregon's 31st annual conclave and the third in , Salem will get' underway early today. I . . ' . . The merrymaking 40 et 8, fun-i and honor society of the Legion, set off the whole affair Wednes- day with parade, business and en tertainment. (Stories, ih, column t? and on pages 2 and . ' The Legion auxiliary, too, wae off to an early convention start with a statewide ritual team con test last night, won for the second v consecutive year by Seaside unit 99. Hillsboro unit 6 placed second. Top Candidates Emerge Even as the convention scene ; was so colorfully laid, the state Legion's political pot came to i boil when candidates for top of fice began to line up. , Sam M. Bowe, a World War II veteran of Grants Pass, depart- ment viga commander, is (the only announced candidate . for state commander.. He is figured , by. many a convention strategist to win in a breeze, but rumors crop" . ped up of an eastern Oregon dele gation's search for a strong oi po- -sition candidate. , "- B. E. (Kelly) Owens of Salem, present department commander, is' a candidate for the post of na tional Legion committeeman. Op position candidates are Dave Blakeman of Portland' and Her shel Taylor of Eugene. Blakeman is state chairman of the employ ment and veterans preference committee. Taylor is how an ali ternate national committeeman. Also grouped in top important positions to be filled by balloting at this convention Is the office f department vice" commander. Cly de Dickey of Portland is the only candidate for this office uncovered by last night. 1 ; : Opening Meet at t:45 a. m. Joint opening session for . the Legion and auxiliary will begin. , at 9:45 a. m. in the Elsinore thea- tre, following a special memorial service there at 9 a. m. Frank If. Belgrano, past national command-' er of Portland, Mayor Robert I . Elfstrom and Gov. Douglas Me- Kay, and other local and national Legion officers will be among the 1 speakers.. ' v , Jj , First business session of the Legion will open at 1:30 pt m. at the capitoL A contest of Legion ritual teams, with initiation- f hew members, from various porta will' take place at the Elks temple at 2 p. m. . ..:J.; . . The grand convention' banquet honoring distinguished guests will be held at the armory at t p. an.. , A drum arid bugle corps-contest is slated for Sweetland field at 8 p. m. A convention hall, open to the public; will be held-at the armory at 10 p. m, k ' ; Seaside Team Named Members of the Seaside tease which won the auxiliary ritual contest are' Mrs.; Hazel Aide, Mrs. Carol Croissant, Mrs. Audrey Maize, Mrs. Bess Culver, Mrs. Vernita Robertson, Mrs. Clara Schuh, Mrs. Vivian Urle, Mrs. Peggy Callahan, Mrs. Edna llar desty and Mrs. Marjorie Tewks bury. Members of Salem unit 13i served as candidates, "Miss Oregon," Beverly Krue ger, a former member, of Capital unit Juniors, gave a reading, Tb) " Waltz" by Dorothy Parker, at the auxiliary meeting which aboct 500 attended. I