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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1949)
fThm Statmcm, Salm, Oregon Air Secretary Denies B-36 Deal 111 egality ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-UP- Secretary of Air Sturat Syming ,,ton today hotly denied that the multi-million dollar investment in . the far-ranging B-36 atom bomber . was based on "any consideration! other than national security. "An effort has been made," he aid, "to show that air force and J personally have done wrong in the purchase of the B-36. "It is not true," Symington snapped. ' . ( , Assuming personal responsibility for ihe decision to push the con- 4 troversial superbomber program, , Symington declared that it was : made solely for military reasons, , He said there were no political or . business considerations involved. At House Hearing .Symington gave this testimony to the house armed services com mittee which Is investigation the B-35 project to see whether any outside pressure was brought to bear in the awarding of the plane s contract to the Consolidated Vul tee Aircraft Co. The inquiry was launched after Rep. Van Zandt (R-Pa) told the house he had heard "disturbing" tepor ts about top defense officials ANE airplane makers. Before Symington took the land, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, air Isrce chief of staff, lashed out at the "false rumors and innuendoes," which he told the committee bad , ; damaged air force morale. - Previdea Major Check At the same time Vandenberg ' flatly declared that this country's - possession of the atom bomb plus the ability to "deliver if provides the major check on "the aggressive designs of Soviet lea ders." The tall slender air chief who has just returned from a military . survey in Europe, bluntly told the lawmakers: "There is only one major mili tary threat to the security of the United States and the peace of the world. It is pointless to talk In riddles this threat comes from the Soviet Union." ; Vandenberg then went on to say that "for the next few years the B-36 provides the spearhead for the ready-for-combat force in be ing which this country must con stantly have at hand." Although he said he was not ob- ligated professionally to defend Symington "I raise my voice, as ny man might, who hears a friend unjustly accused." Aviation Cadet Exams Slated 1st Lt. William K. Mauldin of . the IT. S. air force will be in Sa lem August 24 and 25 for the pur pose of giving aviation cadet exams to those high school grad uates who desire to apply for cadet training.' High school graduates, married or single, between the ages of 19Vt to 26, are elgibile to take the examination. Applicants passing the initial tests will be notified by letter as to the date to report for physical and further screen ing. hy the Air Force Board at Mc Cord field. Wash. Transportation by rail will be furnished by the local recruiting office. NEWBERG MAN KILLED NEWBERG, Aug. 12-(P)- A fal ling tree struck and killed James ' Thomas Montague, 22, Newberg, near here yesterday. Montague, who had been married only re cently, was working with his father on Parret Mountain. DAIICE TO THE MUSIC OT LEE and iha Ilelcdy Hamblen ALBANY ARMORY EVERY SAT. NIGHT Ada. 13c Inc. Tax . Semi-Modern Old Time DAIICE Every Saturday Hignl Over Western Auto 259 Court St Jeia the Crewd and Have Ct4 Tine MUSIC BY Ben's Orchestra rablie Dance A gas. tie. Inc. Tax ENJOY DANCING TOIOTE to Wayni Sirackan'i Ilnsic VfWHaU Hood and Church Sta. -Tho Coolest Ballroom -The Best Dane Floor In Salem Saturday; Aoaqt li, It 43 Baby Coughs Vp 'Tinkle' MILWAUKEE. Aug. t -UP)- Every time five-months-old Jay Wallace opened his mouth to coo, bis mother heard a tinkle. Then he began to choke. Hastily, Mrs. Joseph Wallace pried open his inouthj She found he'd swal lowed a tiny bell, apparently off a rattle. I H . Mrs. Wallace rushed Jay to a county emergency hospital. He needed an! operation, she thought. But Jay solved his own problem. He coughed, out popped the bell, and back home he went Truman Asks Senate Pass; Reform Bill WASHINGTON, Aug. President Truman, threatened with defeat of; his first ;two govern ment reform plans, told the senate today that if they fail the whole vast reorganization effort "will be imperilled." ) 'd Right after his lettervwas read. Democratic Leader Lucas of Illi nois advised the senate he will call up both plans Tuesday. The senate executive expenditures committee has acted unfavorably on them.; j , Reorganization plan No. 1 would turn the "federal security agency into a cabinet rank department of welfare. It Would take: over the public health service, the social security administration and the of fice of education, now under FSA. Reorganization plan ; 2 would shift the bureau of employment security, which handles Jobless pay replacement, into the labor de partment. Unless 1 house or ! senate disap proves, the plans become effective next week end anyway under the reorganization law.: It gives con gress 60 days after a plan is sub mitted to kill it by adverse vote of either- chamber. ? Mr, Truman told the senate that Former President Hoover "shares my concern that their; rejection would be a real setback to the ef fort to reorganize i the; executive branch of the government." Medical groups opposed the wel fare department plan in commit tee hearings, contending the setup might lead to subordinating medi cal matters to welfare activities. ' - Band Member Dies After Fall EUREKA, Calif.; Aug. 12 -UP)-A fall in Grants Pass, Ore., several days ago was believed responsi ble for the death today; of Richard O. Sorenson, 37, of Portland, a member of the Monte Brooks band. The orchestra is playing at the Humboldt county fair in Femdale. Members of the band said Sor ensen was thought not seriously injured when he fell, but he be came ill on his arrival at Tern dale early this week. The body is being sent to Portland. Lebanon Delegates to Attend Silverton Meet LEBANON i This city will send a large delegation of busi ness and professional men to Monday evening 's meeting of the Cascade Highway association in Silverton, it was announced Fri day by the local chamber of com merce, i Guest speaker ; at the meeting will be R. H. Baldock, state high way engineer. Monday's meeting WiU be the first time Baldock has met with , the Cascade group. The dinner meeting is planned at -7 o'clock in the Silverton Chamber of Commerce building. TOM'S XING COLZ DRIVE-IN Now Featuring : CHICKEN IN THE BASKET HOME MADE PIES Open 5 pjn..to I cua. i Closed Mon, ! f i, 1 Se. Comml, Jut Beyend Liberty T. TOM ADOLTHSON, Pre. Glen Weodry Presents MON- AUG. 13. t to 1 GLENWOOD BALLROOM j 4 ML N. ef Sales DANCE I Saturday Nit J J ALMS VHXE j PAVILION I y Featuring ' f I Temmy at4 His f Northwest Ramblers f f t:3t U 1239 ft and his ORCHESTRA NEW LOW FMCES f SUM pls tax) Government Orders Survey Of U.S. Jobless WASHINGTON, Aug. U-CSV Government employment experts' stepped tip their drive today to whittle down the nation 'a jobless total ; of some 4,000,000 persons. The bureau of employment se curity disclosed that it had sent orders to state and local agencies to report by Monday on the work situation in their communities so that "home front" projects can be drafted with federal aid to relieve hardest hit areas. The plans were divulged by Robert C Goodwin, head of the employment security bureau, and bis top aide, Louis Levme. The agencies have been request ed to survey their area and re port on any community in which seven per cent or more of the work force is idle. The bureau, which gets regular reports from 97 areas, disclosed that nine of those already have shown 12 per cent unemployment or more. Presidentia 1 Assistant John R- Steelman, who heads up the jobless aid drive already has notified government procurement agencies of the need for placing orders in those nine areas. Goodwin .Jold a reporter the same procedure is planned event ually for sections where there is 7 per cent unemployment. His agency has also suggested that state and local governments chan nel their purchases to the "home front" distress areas as part of the overall plan for coping with the jobless problem. Goodwin said that the census bureau figures of 4,100,000 unem ployed as of July 8, probably would remain unchanged this month and next. After that, he said there may be a slight decline in the. number of people out of work. Steel Workers Said Asking for n By Joe Hall NEW YORK. Aug. 12-)-The steel fact-finding board was told today that steel workers, by their fourth-round wage demands, are asking for a depression and pay checks that go up and down like a rollercoaster. irus testimony was given on the second day of the period al- Ioted the steel industry for pre sentation of its case. Dr. Jules Backman, a New York university economist who testified as an expert for the industry, at tacked the ability-to-pay theory offered by the CIO United Steel vorkers to support a demand for a : 30 cent an hour package in crease. He told the three-man preslden tial fact-finding board: "Adherence to this theory would result in chaotic wage structures, reduced corporate savings, impair incentives and in turn reduce job opportunities, create high wage costs based upon temporary con ditions, and cause wages to fluct uate erratically." Gity Inspection Fatal to Portland Punchboards PORTLAND. Aug. 12 -UP)-With one minor exception city officials found no punchboards today that could meet Portland s strict ques tion-and-answer regulations. City officials inspected mon than a dozen types of boards. The one board that drew legal approv al was one not in wide circula tion. It was being used to help move the product of a candy company. The board offered a box of candy to anyone who could answer the question on any of its slips with In 10 seconds. Deputy City Attorney Darrel L Johnson examined 12 other types of boards and said none could be approved. One of the city's -ma tor punchboard distributors. C D. Ventura, said he had never seen a popular board which would meet city specifications. Green man Given Lebanon School Addition Contract : Lebanon Harry Greeman, Lebanon, has been awarded a con tract for building an addition to Green Acres school. His bid of $74,300 was low among eight sub mitted. ! Earl HalTs bid of $73,707 was next low among the others which ranged up to $95,000. : An $85,000 bond issue for the addition was passed recently by voters in Lebanon school district. Built two years ago. Green Acres school has four rooms at present. More class rooms, a teacher's room, recreational shed and central heat ing system will be provided by the hew construction. Theatre WOODBURN. ORE. Last Tm Tonlto Melody Time and . ARIZONA RANGERS Depressio Rallies Folloicing Car Accident ATLANTA. Ausr. U&-ttud& finite improvement tonight from injuries inflicted by a speeding car. ' Her husbaijtt, John R. Marsh, reported irom me nospiuu mi we is definitely better compared with last night" He added that the shy, modest autnor oi me wona-iamea wni With The Wind" was only partly conscious 24 hours after the careeing vehicle struck her and dragged her IS feet I i But, he announced, aha has ral lied sufficiently taj permit removal of an oxygen tent and,-lend stronger hope for her recovery... Marsh described bis wife as in a -state of extreme snocx., ne said her physicians are waiting for this condition to wear off before making X-rays and deciding whe ther an operation I is necessary. They were walking to a peach tree street theatre! near their home last night when ! the automobile slammed her to the pavement The police said the driver was drunk and on the wrong side or. tne street ! She was taken j to city hospital. Miss Mitchell was placed under an oxygen tent in a room adjacent to the -woman's ward. Her per sonal physician reached the hospi tal shortly afterwards. Two hardworking internes and half a dozen student nurses at tended the author during the night giving a blood transfusion. The others were given today and Miss Mitchell was reported lightly im proved. Two 'of the smith's foremost brain surgeons also were in at tendance. Several other phys icians dropped by to offer their services. Three doctors took their meals in her room to keep her un der constant observation. Hospital attendants said Miss Mitchell was too ill to be moved even for X-ray' much less to a private hospital. ! The 43-year-old Miss Mitchell '98 Vets Set State Reunion In Portland A state reunion of Spanish-Am erican war veterans of the Second Oregon volunteer infantry regi ment will be Sunday. August 14. at Laurelhurst park in Portland. The program will include an ad dress by Col. Carl Abrams, Salem, president of the state organization. Heading the Salem deelgation will be Brank Card, a member of the executive committee and first-sergeant of K company, all of which was from Salem. Gov. Douglas McKay and Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee also are scheduled to appear on the pro gram. About 1,500 are expected for the reunion. They will cele brate the 50th anniversary of their discharge, Aug. 7, 1899, at San Francisco, Abrams said. Others planning to attend from Salem include i Clyde McClung, Gerry DeSart; Bert Fromater, Richard Churchill and Arthur Welch. RoadBid Far Under Estimate PORTLAND, t Aug. 12 -VP)- A surprisingly low bid of $26,440 was submitted by w. Glenn Sex ton, Portland, today for surfacing a section of roadway and con structlon 4,300 feet of the relocated county road No. 360 near Lookout Point The Army Engineers' estimate for the job was $40,394. and the 14 other bids ranged up to $59,946. Northwest . New wondms From Mmnc Bros! ?1 mr.n. dsv anaAoM i n . sr 1 7T. 1 ,1-rs bay 00M0H U tts-iia-iLWuuu " david butler . Technic lor Brevity Bags 1 DAIICE TOIOTE Gleawccd Ballreoa LARRY & HIS CASCADE RANGE RIDERS LAST SKATE TONIGHT! Rink doting to prepare) for tho' USE (Aug. 1M3) v Salem Icq Arena ; ' r -; fit N. Capital St. S-fSS I ' TT7 1 A-.4l-a MrTtt Mitchell showed de in private life Mrs. John Marsh suffered a possible skuu frac ture, internal injuries and an in jury to one leg. Her face was badly bruised. A family friend said an in terne reported blood had run in a thin, weak stream from Miss Mi tchell's left ear. normally a sign of a skull fracture. A charge of suspicion of man slaughter was entered against the driver of the car which struck Miss MitcheU Hugh D. Gravitt, 29 but it was dropped at a re corder's court hearing. Charges of speeding, driving on the wrong side of the street and being drunk remained. Judge Orders End to Church Of Golden Rule LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2-Ph Nearly four years of litigation vir tually ended today with the sign ing of a judgment dissolving Christ's Church of the Golden Rule. The erouD was once headed by Arthur L. Bell, former director of the controversial mankind united. which at one time was charged with sedition. Superior Judge Clarence L. Kin caid signed the judgment on the basis of a stipulation presented by Attorney Russell E. Parsons, representing Mr. and Mrs. Bell, and Asstt Atty. GenL Kenneth E. Lynch. Parsons said the step clears tne way for bankruptcy court to turn over some $400,000 in remaining assets of the Golden Rule church to BeU's present organization, Ec clesiastical Society of Christ s church of the Golden Rule. The attorney said it operates in north era California and southern Ore gon. A suit brought by then Attor ney General Robert W. Kenny in October of 1945 attempted to dis solve the original church. The complaint accused the Bells of in ducing many persons to turn over their assets to the church on pro mise of lifelong security. A receiver was named in the case, but shortly afterward a peti tion of bankruptcy was filed in federal court and a referee took pver the organization's assets, then valued at $3,000,000. Malheur Road Strike Stymied ONTARIO, Ore., Aug. 12 -(JPy-Neither side budged today as a strike of about 30 AFL roadwork ers continued against Malheur county. v The county recently cut wages for the workers, and about 40 of them joined AFL unions. They an nounced a .strike yesterday, and set up a picket line. About thirty failed to report for work. Six oth ers went to work. Charles Collins, a spokesman for the AFL teamsters, said the work ers would continue on strike .until the previous wages are restored. nova Premiere! Bonny Cartoom . News' U.S. Aims to Reopen China's Closed Door LARAMIE. Wyoming. Aug. 12 -(AV-A state department spokes man declared here tontgnt mat the open door is in danger of be ing dosed" in China "but we must see that it does not remain closed. Francis H. Russell, director of the state departments office of public affairs, said that China's communist conquerors "are faced with many problems" which makes it uncertain how completely and how long they can dominate the country. United States policy, he declared must be conducted in such a man ner that the "closed door" will be reopened "by the Chinese people themselves in a renewed assertion of their inalienable right to choose friendship instead of imperialism, assistance instead of exploitation, and freedom instead of subjection to a foreign power." Russell's remarks were prepared tnr delivery before the institute of international affairs at the uni- -.rit-r nf W to mini. Russell reviewed tne nisiory oi American efforts to help save China from communism as the r .. ... story was told in the white paper which the state department pu WihH in Washington last week. "There is nothing apparent, ne said, "beyond the steps war. were taken which tne unnea oibict could have done to prevent the debacle short of unlimited aid and intervention with American troops in combat. Auto Workers Strike Breaks Into Violence wttitfato. N. Y Aug. 12-UPh A mass rally of union sympathiz ers was staged today, at the Bell aircraft plant and acts of violence were reported for the first time in a two-month-old strike of CIO United "Auto Workers. Police" said several persons re rti thev had been beaten. Tires on some automobiles were slash ed and one motorist was arresiea for 'deliberately blocking" a high way hear the plant, police added. A picket said his leg was in ured as he was knocked down by an automobile crashing the picket line. A crowd of union supporters. estimated by a union leader at 7 500 and by a company spokes man at less than 3,000, assembled hear the plant this morning. Hugh Thompson, regional oit- director, said nearly all the 200 CIO locals in this area were rep resented. . X The rally was staged at the start of the second day of the company s effort to resume production de spite the strike by UAW local 501, which claims to represent 1,700 of the company's 3,000 employes. A resolution adopted at the rally criticized the company's use of a state supreme court injunctions to restrain picketing activities. - "Ijibor in this country refuses to return to the days of the labor Year Biggest Shew Bargain! Last Day! -CASABLANCA' aod "G-MEN- TOMORROW! fanmovM prttMti ,-dka'i t CF tZiiXXTIC A2YEKTCZI MTM TK CF 7" V ITZCHHICOUX. vntcwu rrao KUTWIICOXOIJ 2n4 Parameiint Hit! Extra! Celer Carteea Faa Latest Warner Newt I 'A1 1 mum MMMWBSSMtaHB . - I mm. spy, the Hired strikebreaker, the tear gas and the bloodshed of open industrial warfare," tne resolution said. Ray P. Whitman. Bell's flrrt vice president, accused the strikers of violating the injunction and promised prosecution. Whitman sal d there were 801 employes at work today. Kooert Siegler. president of lo cal 501, estimated about 400 non- strikers entered the plant. eer to Attempt Mile into Sea COVE. Calif A- ,12 -W- A Boston marine scientist may dive deeper into the ? sr -a m - . ui-ck oepuis or the ocean tomor row than man has ever gone be fore. Otis Barton. 48, Harvard-train-; n!intr' hopes descend 6,000 feet in a cast steel balLl called a benthoscope, dangling from a steel cable. At that depth water pressure would be 27,000 -000 pounds on the benthoscope. Barton and Dr. William Beebe of the New York Zoological socie ty already hold the world's deep diving record. 3.028 feet in a bathysphere off Bermuda in 1934. Barton hopes to nearly double that depth tomorrow. Vessels of the little fleet en gaged in the project rendevoused tonight at this cove on Santa Cruz island. 25 miles south of Santa Barbara. Early tomorrow they'll put out to the spot In the Santa Cruz basin where the deepest wa ttr was found by electric fatho meters. The benthoscope will be lower ed rrom a crane on a 100-foot sieei Darge nearby. Barton cat sit or kneel In the sphere. 57 H Inchts in diameter. It weighs 7,000 pounds and its steel shell is l Inches thick at its thinnest point. It is designed 10 withstand pressures down to iu,ooa leet Doers Open 1:00 P.M. for HOLLYWOOD KIDS CLUB Contests Prises Cartoons Serial Special Matinee Feature "Border G-Man" with Geori e O'Brien Also Benson's Birthday Cake for Judy Johnson, Phoebe Brann, Sally Jenkins. Bernard Grod skl, Tom Griepentrer, Larry Jayne, Ronald Kirsch, Herby Shipman, Lou Abb Richey, Jack Foost, Harold Rapp, Wan ds Lap pen. Joyce Thompson, Dick Bonn, Terry H e r b e r, Douglas Bolton, Billy HUflker. Eve. Show Cent. After 5 F.M. ENDS TODAY! mniE WOMEN" With Jane Allysoa, Peter Lawferd Elizabeth Taylor. Margaret O'Brien Plus Short Subject Majesty of Yelowstone' Starts Tomorrow - Cont. 1:45 Adults $1.25 - Children 50e Joan Arc -f I NO RID Bergman, werot niMmt ptooucnoa CAsV SO irsmitiiiCB .stuajsj tea Tftti sim i fu-uiasn . WSCSl 1 SIR If ci esssg toitLmmt nm mum aw ct m artuma' f ars ataau stay t lsii is m kssmtlin(w s br iUVss7ajsti0ii i smssV w totr . m iMatsai. A.4.C ENDS TODAYI (Sat) rh. 5-3721 Engin Drop aaV !!iwussauW j TOIIORROU! S5l I Milllflfedj CO-HIT I j Senate Set for Public Power Policy Debate! WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -VP)-. Attorney General Tom Clark's nomination to be an associate jus tice of the supreme court got a 9 - to - 2 endorsement today from the senate judiciary committee. Senators Donnell (R-Mo) and Ferguson (R-Mich) voted against recommending confirmation b y the senate. Donnell wanted Clark called in for questioning, and Fer guson backed his demand. Later Ferguson issued a state ment saying that the commi tee's action In refusing to call Clark to testify was "an outrage .to the American puouc. A OWL SHOW TOIIFTE AFTEH 10:05 P.M.! Mat Dally From 1 p. m.. NOW! rrs TERRIFIC i O CO-FEATURE! O "UMl'lr if iir if liii L' 1 HH.HIil.lIlJl.l.n-liim'i.ni In y c tf V U 'f i KARTOON KARNIVAL TODAY At 12:30 with Reg. Shew ENDS TODAY I John Wayn. "SEA SPOILERS Charles Bickford THE STORM 7 piPll ffinua rrii'iri I nOLDEW BEWDIX "Murders In the Ru. Monjue" & Th. Raren" Cont. From 1 PJO. TWO BIG HITS RETURN! "I Is . i
