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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1949)
3 mm : ; -a i 89th YTAB 12 PAGES COAL MINERS S The production of newspapers li still in what might be called the lead age. Printing moved from the stone age to the lead age with the Invention of movable type by Gu ienKere in the first half of the fifteenth century. It has had some development since in the way of rft nrintin and travure. but s far as letterpress printing Viirh i used in newspaper pro duction, it is still, as I said, in the Iad Is the material for type and for stereotoype and the Dase lor jr rrvinff Is done on xinc and L coif. ft A . I For over half a century advances in newspaper mechanics have Been ' merely Improvements of machines, with no revolution. A little qfver a . Prhrt M. Hoe invent ed the rotary press which speeded i.n nress reduction. This was fol lowed by the web perfecting press, using curved stereotype plates on cylinders, which could Produce a r..nntnr nrinted and folded, ine . modern press is merely an Im proved model. The last real revo f..iAn in nrintina came In 1883 with the invention by uiunar gentbaler of the linotype which casts a line of type at a time. The modern linotype if a far more ver satile machine than the first lino types, but It works on the same principle, making lines of type out Of molten lead. A great deal of self-criticism has been Indulged In by newspaper publishers over the slow rate of progress la newspaper mechanics. There has been the feeling that while other' manufacturing pro cessei were being revolutionised newspaper production engineer! were (Continued on editorial page, 4) Frank Morgan, Screen Actor Found Dead HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 18 -W-Frank Morgan, 89, well-known -screen character actor, was found dead In bed at Ms home toaay. His wife and a housekeeper said they had been in his room earlier but thought the actor was sleeping late and did not disturb him. Later Mrs. Morgan said she went back, found that he was not breathing, and called an inhalator quad. However efforta to revive him were unavailing. Morgan's latest film appearance was In "The Stratton Story," in the role of a baseball scout. He was one of the veterans of the screen and had appeared In such pictures as The Omt Ziegfeld Wizard of Or," "Tortilla nat," and "White Cargo." The actor was an ardent vachts man. In 1947 he won the Califor nia to Honolulu yacht race In his gchooner Dolphin II. . Morgan's real name was Frank Wupperman, He was born In New -York City, June 1, M90, and ap peared on the stage in his youth. The actor started out as a brush salesman, but soon decided to fol low In the footstept of his brother, actor Ralph Morgan. Friends said the silver-haired actor had not been sick and that his death came unexpectedly. The cause of death was not immediate ly determined. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "We claims ne's building up a rtsistnc toDJD.T" . 3lP . The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday. September 19, 1949 Throngs Watch Airborne Attack on Medford - - bt jtr tTL. r .-- a at A uriirniin kL in N.U-nal - ' rXj - . M " ' - - V 4h - mnnclpal airfield here Sanday as a hlxhlisht of the community's air fair. Abve below Is a view from the control tower of the airport's wde concrete apron, lined with part of a crowd of several thousands lnspectinr some of the many visiting craft Nearest plane is a national guard F-51, next guard C-47 transport, a United Air lines DC-4. F-80 Jet planes U1L) (Photo by Don Dilt SUtesman sUff photographer.) Rapid-Firing Salem Guard Company Spearheads By Winston H. Taylor Staff Writer, The Statesman MEDFORD, Sept. 18-(Specif ) Spearheaded with an attack' by the rapid-firing national guard company B. about 65 representa tives from Salem played a prgm lnent role Sunday in Medford's air fair. Most of the delegation was air-borne to the event. The guard unit landed and sim ulated an Infantry seizure on the runway and hanger area, for the benefit of nearly 10,000 specta tors. Their blank ammunition, in cluding 60 mm i mortars, flushed two china pheasants from glass along the runway. The Salem group was carried, along with the 234th army band from Portland and officials, in six C-48 transports from the air force reserve. . Distinguished ? guests from the capital city included Gov. Doug las McKay, who spoke briefly, and Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Rilea, state adjutant general Capt. J. H. Neilson, air officer on the adjutant general's staff in Lightner'll Pick 'Em! Sports Editor Al Llghtner doesn't want to prognosticate grid scores "doggone it any wav, I'd have to go out and buy a crystal ball." So he didn't do It last week except privately. And here was his score: Oat of 12 games surveyed, he picked 31 winners. And he named the exact score In two of them. But this week, and each week hereafter, he'll do j it "on the record," in The Oregon States man every Friday, ii j si "If anyone beta on my choices, they're craiy," Light ner insists. But he'll dig up a lot of interesting readinx and well bet his s percentage isn't too bad, at that For COMPLETE sports cov erage, valley, state and national SEVEN-DAYS a week the year-around. you'll find It in YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER if ii C)rej,oue0tatr:sman MUNDBD 1651 WALKOUT-. UWODERWAY . t A A-itH ' sWi-A ! SLCa . , w IZZl i 7ill VTf . I liiLx. i- .... . ii iM 1 1 r at n m r- rTTTati ets:. . rnardsmen or Salem's company u Air 'Attack' Salem, coordinated the guard's cooperation at the fair. Capt. Burl Cox commanded company B, chosen for the trip because it was the 41st division's most proficient at 1949 summer encampment. Fifty-five guardsmen were in charge of Cox and 1st Lt. Joseph P. Meier and 2nd Lts. Roger Todd, Louis Osborn and Waldo Gilbert. It was the first airborne opera tion for Oregon! fuard since World War II. Flight engineers on 403rd troop carrier transports included Sgt. Doyle Porter and S. Sgt. Dick Arn old, both of Salem. Capt. Sam Harbison, Salem, represented the 41st, division headquarters. Educational Event For this city, the air fair was an educational event similar to Sa lem's recent Aviation day. It recognized the airfield's 20th birthday here and 23 years of air mail service for Medford, as well as Air Force day. And the mili tary portion was outstanding, in cluding the airborne guardsmen, air cover for them by 12 Oregon national guard F-51's, a visit by four huge B-29's, high speed by five F-80 jet craft, activity by a Portland guard 105 mm howitzer crew and its jeep-drawn weapon, all unloaded from an air force C-82 "Flying Boxcar," army band music and a drill by Grants Pass company C, of the guard. Also Private Planes Approximately "5 small, private planes were also on the field and Sen. Morse in Navy Hospital WASHINGTON, Sept 18 -(P)-Senator Morse (R-Ore), injured eight days ago while exhibiting a prize stallion at Salem, Ore., was brought to Washington today and taken to the naval hospital at nearby Bethseda, Md. Office aides said the senator would remain at the hospital for a week or two for rest and obser vation. They said x-rays verified that the senator had no broken or dislocated bones but some sore or torn muscles Morse was injured a week ago last night when he was driving his stallion. Sir Laurel Guy. at Salem. The buggy overturned on a aharp PRICE mav&s i : v 4. w - . ii maoe an airoorne iiues en u and a B-29 bomber (with M on the on Medford in the air, according to Col. Ben Stafford (retired), fair general chairman. Three airlines gave courtesy flights, in addition to scheduled service to Medford. Hospitality was a feature of the day here. The local guard com pany A of the 186th Infantry ran a messline for visiting military groups and fliers. The air com mittee and Medford Chamber of Commerce, represented by Don Lane, offered continual service as hosts. (The) guardsmen were highly enthused, but tired, on their re turn to Salem Sunday night ac cording to Captain Cox. He said many had never been in the air before and were nervous at first, but enjoyed their role in the Med ford show). (Story also on page 7) Head-0n Crash Injures Five !' DALLAS, Sept. 18 (Special) Five persons were injured tonight in a head-on auto collision l'i miles east of Fall City. Both cars were demolished. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Murphy, both 24, Valsetz, who Were occu pants of one car, incurred cuts and suffered shock. Lowell Walker. 41, Dallas, and his two sons, Robert, 12, and Warren, 5, were occupants of the other car. Extent of their Injuries was not determined Immediately at Dallas hospital where they and the Murphys were taken after the erash. The accident occurred at 7:85 pjn. State police investigated. 1 rqiQ ffl6fl0ciGQ I Max. ss Mlm. 47 as 47 Predi Portland San Francisco Chicago Mew York n S3 79 S3 oo .00 M AS WiUamotto rivr -I S Mt FORECAST (from V. I. weather bu rsau, McNary field): Considerablo cloudiness and slichtly cooler with scattered ttght showers. Hich today near 70 and generally fair tomsht wlta low near - Conditions mostly fav orable tor farm sctmues toaay. tAirit psxciprrATioir Year Last Year formal No. 184 No Strike CaU Issued, Men Just Stay Away PITTSBURGH. Sept 19-(Mon day - W - A walkout which threa ens to paralyze the nation , , eoa coal i inausiry ana laim iou.uuu uiuieu Mine Workers began early today. The miners adopted this slogan: "No pension fund, no work. John L. Lewis, fiery president i of the UMW, didn't Issue a strike ( calL Neither did his lieutenants I The men acted on their own. ' From throughout the industry ! came reports the miners are angry , because Lewis, acting as hrad of I the UMWi pension andwelfare fund, has to cut off payments The benefits are topped by SIOO- a-month pensions to retired miners. Lewis says the fund can't operate because some operators in the south have stopped making the 20-cent-arton royalty payments which -finance its operation. The first walkout occurred at the-lsabella Mine of Weirton Coal Company1 which employes 1,050 men. No One Reports Signs saying the mine would op erate were posted. But no one was there to read them except watchman. Paul Terretta. president of the UMW local at the Isabella mine. said his men "have voted unani mously to stay away as long as the welfare fund payments don't come In. Order Circulates A few hours before the walkout began, a top UMW official in Pen nsylvanla's anthracite (hard coal) region said an order "from head quarters" is being circulated tell ing the 80,000 hard coal miners to stay off the Job today Almost without exception, dis trict leaders of the UMW said they expected no one in the pit to morrow. However, William Mitch president of UMW district 20 at Birmingham, Alabama, said he had "heard nothing" about his 20,- 000 miners joining the pension fund protest walkout It was a far different storr In the vast bltumious fields of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Even as reports of the first walkout came from Unlontown three mines In the Johnstown (Pa.) district reported their midnight shifts fail ed to operate. Approximately 1,- 000 mm were affected there Search Halts For Italy Fliers NEW YORK, Sept 18-WVThe search for two Italian fliers, mis sing on a flight, from the Azores to New York, was called off to night. The U. 6. coast guard said order! to abandon the hunt came at 9:30 p.m., (EST), and affected planes and ships of the coast guard, air force, navy and the Royal Canadian air force. All hope ' apparently was aban doned for the missing pair, John Brondello and Camillio Barioglio, They were more than half-way to their New York goal when they were last heard from Friday night S DIE IS PLANE WRECK FORT RILEY, Kas., Sept. 18 (AVA liaison plane unreported since Friday was found wrecked today near Matfield Green, Kas its three occupants dead. The plane had been unreported since taking off from Its Marshall Field base on a routine flight to Wichita, Kas., and Kansas City Friday night So Benson Given Chance to Prove Pin son Death Tale SPOKANE, Sept 18--A man who escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary with John 0. Pinxon, a convicted murderer, was brought here today and will be Sven a chance to prove his story at Pinson Is dead. Spokane Detective D. X. Lamp hisr said yesterday that his office has "positive proof that Pinson is not dead but is the armed robbery fugitive being hunted In Idaho un der theJname of Joseph Anthony Dorian. ! William Benson escaped from the state prison at Salem May SO. 1849 with Pinson but was captured two weeks ago at Columbus, Ohio. He told police there that Pinson was shot in the escape and later died. Benson said he buried him but gave two different locations of the grave one in north Idaho, the other near Salem. ( Ii Pinson was buried la Idaho. Benson will get a chance to show Price of British Goods Reduced To ES. Buyers By Kader TClnget NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -V De- Taluation of the British pound sterling should break the log Jam of international trade. The SOVfc per cent reduction In the dollar price of the pound is a straight price cut on the goods they have for sale to the United States. Canada and Latin America. The cut is on the wholesale price the British get U. S. retail prices won't be cut as much. They include American taxes, tariffs and profits. The British, for example, get only a small amount of the total price you pay for Scotch whisky. So the devaluation saving passed on to you will be small. The sav ing will vary In such typical ex ports as automobiles, eutlepr, tex uies ana cmniware. For several months American buyers of British goods have heU off expecting devaluation. Within the last few weeks millions or dol lars in orders for British goods were placed for delivery "when the pound Is devalued. . But prices on goods moving within that devaluation area re main unaffected. It is only when trade reaches outside to the hard currency countries like the United States, and others who didn't de value, that the price tag is lower. At the same time, the prices on United States goods sold within the devaluation area will auto matically be higher. (Additional details on page X.) Forester Dies Nelson Keg era Nelson Rogers, Oregon State Forester, Dies Nelson S. Rogers, state forester and Oregon author, died Sunday night in a local hospital where he had been confined since April 18. He was 88. Death was attributed to cancer. Rogers was appointed state for ester in 1940 after a long career In both the logging industry and the forestry service. Previous to his last appointment he had served as deputy state for ester, evaluation engineer for the state tax commission and in vari ous capacities in forest protection work. In 1948 Rogers was elected vice S resident of the National Assoda on of State Foresters. He also was a senior member of the So ciety of American Foresters and the Oregon Academy of Science. Rogers was co-author of two books, 'Your Oregon Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" and "Geo graphy of Oregon." Both are used extensively in Oregon's public schools. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Georgia Rogers, Salem, and four children. (Additional details on page 2) ALASKA-SWEDEN FLIGHT OSLO, Norway, Sept. 18-UP)-Col. Bernt Balchen, pioneer in Artie aviation, arrived in Oslo today after a 27-hour non-stop flight from Alaska. i police the spot, probably tomor row. I Lamphier said a picture of Dor ian found in a cabin the man I oc cupied In Spokane has been "post tively Identified' as Pinson. Meanwhile police pressed a three-state search for Dorian or Pinson. Idaho police have been chasing a man known as Dorian for an armed robbery at Gooding, Idaho. Lamphier said the man has spent some time In Spokane and last Wednesday 11 policemen cor nered him at Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, but he broke away from them and escaped again In, a wooded area while they fired pis tol shots. Don Johnson, an Oregon prison guard, accompanied Benson here from Columbus, An officer from Salem also arrived here today but he wouldn't say whether he had ill Hii ....iMUK'.WmW-i' IIWW o 1 I j 's " ! ; 7 I k ::L seen the picture of Dorian. Ten Nations Join in Devaluation; Given $2.80 Price LONDON, Monday, Sept. 19iP-BriUin and moet of kaf wmmonwealth have flashed slightly over 30 per cent off lb value of their money, thus raising the purchasing power of thai U. S. dollar in foreign trade. Britain announced a $2.80 pound, much cheaper than had been forecast That was a cut of 30 Vi per cent in terms of th dollar. These nine other countries announced similar cuts: Australia, South Afriqa, India. New Zealand, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Denmark. Egypt. -The first five countries are in th British Commonwealth, at least monetarily. Holland and Sweden are among countries which are due to make) announcements later. The Indonesian Guilder is being devalued, but the amount had not been anpounced today. Most of the affected countries ordered their stock exchanges and currency markets closed unuarrangements can be made to cushion the effects of the changes in money values. The British pound has been pegged at $4.03 that is, it took Just -over four American dollars to buy a pound s worth of woolen goods, China ware, whisky or other goods in England. Now it will take only $2.60. The effect is to make Britain and other sterling area countries, such as Australia and South Africa, a better- market for American traders. Pressure for Pay Increases Likely But in England some costs will go up and there will be greatar pressure from labor unions for the pay increases the labor government does not want to give. As an example, the price of bread and flour will go up here immediately, for it will take more British pound to buy a barrel of flour or a bushel of Wheat in the United States or Canada. Britain hopes she can get her increased dollars-earnings under way before the full effect of the price increases at home are felt Otherwise, the devaluation may be of limited value, since the market prices of England's goods must go up if wages and raw materials costs increase. Sir Stafford Cripps, British economic czar, announced this coun try's devaluation in a broadcast to the people. As an example of what the cut in money values may mean in exports, he cited a motor cat worth $1,200 at the 1 to $4 rate. Now, that car can be sold for $840 unless its basic production price is raised. "Some of our export prices to dollar markets have been too high, Cripps disclosed that the decision to devalue had been made b good enough return to encourage our manufacturers and exporters to expand their dollar exports." Earnings May Not Support Imports Britain was running the risk that its dollar earnings could not support its flow of essential imports, Cripps said, especially after tho European recovery plan stops pumping dollars into Britain, in 1952. ' In the old days, he said, the problem might have been met by unem ployment and bankruptcy but "thers can be no question of this government accepting such a policy." The cut in the British pound in effect brought its rate down to the black market level. The pound has been worth only $2.8 lately in the free market in Switzerland, but only the official $4 03 rate was recognized in most International trade. Tourists were per mitted to bring only a small number of free market pounds into Britain. Cripps discolsed that the decision to devalue had been made be fore he and Ernest Bevin. foreign secretary, left England August Ji to attend the American-British-Canadian monetary talks in Wash ington. t He said: , I "We did not then announce it because we Wanted to tell Sour American and Canadian friends first and to inform all the members of the commonwealth, and also because it takes a little time to arrange these matters. t T i Stock Exchanges to Close in Britain Banks and stock exchanges will be closed in Britain tomorrow as the new rates go Into effect. The treasury announced the dom?ti price of gold will be adjusted accordingly. This will mean that Britain will pay more of its money for gold imports. In the United State. Secretary of the Treasury Snyder has made it plain that Washington plans no charge in the price paid for gold there. Snyder said in Washington that -the British devaluation should result in an early rise of Britain's dollar resources. He called it a con structive economic step. " Cripps said Britain must earn more dollars and spend less De valuation he asserted will help the country sell more goods .art! services for dollars. This i. especially important because the European recovery program ends in 1952, when "we must stand on our own feet in the matter cf dollars." ; ; Cripps. whose job as chancellor of the exchequer corresponds ta Snyder's, said the devaluation will not change what Is know as tT,. internal value of the pound. He observed " " " Your savings, your wages and salaries will buy you Just at much as they did before of all the thins. tht r,' J..." "1 mXctt To Pay More for Dollar Nation Goods Britain will, however, have 3Sflarty f f00d h bUy ,n countr,, their money to the France cut the value of the france 50 per cent In January lots and this brought the official value of the franc to approxffi'ly the black market value with the result that the black mirk. Mn Frami has dried up. Finland also recently devalued. Soviet RuMl. rn.nt a revaluation of its money, but in sJch . way teattt. efYect waTnol vicanui vii umn iiaiions. m value ol Uis Soviet MlhU iniUuJ by Moscow, has been firm for year, in term of douS. ' t Firemen Find Seat of Trouble There was a house fire in north Salem Sunday afternoon. At least city firemen thought so when they sent engines to the residence, 2495 N. 5th st The fire, however, turned out to be in a pair of pants with a man in them. At, last reports the engines wr back in the station, the man was not Injured and the trousers1 were soaking in a bathtub. ( County-Wide Picliup of Anti Elliott PetilioW Set PORTLAND, Sept. 18 -Wh A county-wide pick up of petitions for a special recall election against Multnomah Sheriff M. L. Elliott was mapped today by campaign officials. : Chairman Thomas L. Catch said 29.494 signatures of the needed 30.563 had been obtained. He ex pressed confidence the additional names would be ready by - the October 11 deadline. EXCHANGE TO STAYr NEW YORK, Sept 18 -W- The New Yors: Stock Exchange will open as usual tomorrow. Closing of certain European exchanges fol lowing the currency devaluations Is expected to have no effect on the trading hours of exchanges In the United States. Pound s t f i' to par mors noun. -.1- NEW YORK, Sept 18-vrWohn Mareer, JI, of fall River, Mass., his 18-year-old ton John, Jr; and pretty blonde daughter, Althea, 21, completed a 14-mile wim from lower Manhattan to Coney Island in five hours and 82 min utes today. :j f j Two other ; daughters, 11-year-old twins, and another son, drop ped out along the way. Tho family plunged into the East River at 8:48 a. m. the father and elder son and daughter em erged from tho water at Sea Oat. Coney Island at 1130 a. m. Mer cer said his family made the swim to "bone up" for try at the teg, lish channel next year. 1 Paelfle Coast At gandiaso 1-4. Portland S-S At faa f raneiseo S-l. Hollywood J At Los Angtlcs S-l. Oakland l-lr ai sacramenw z-s, aeatu l-l America Leasee 1 At Boston 11; Chisago J At New York 1. Cleveland I ! At Washington 1-1, Detroit J-S At Phliadilphla 7-7, St. Louis M National T-n 1 At Chicago t BrookJya T I At St. Louis IS. ITuLddelphia 1. At Cincinnati T-l, Beaton -i f At Pittsburg 4-7, hir Ywrk lj-S Family Tries 14-Mile Swim oorner.