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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, September 21, 1949
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The formal men's wear above featured the Man's shop window display which won top sweepstakes
award in the window decoration
Penney's third in the sweepstakes
Crowds View Many
In Salem
sous
mi mora
Last summer Robert MacLean,
recently appointed tax commis
sioner, on tho behest of Sen. Tom
iiahoney and State Treasurer
Walter Pearson, appointed John
ny Kelly, veteran newsman, as "in
formation representative." There
Is one story, however, which John
ny hasnt sent out That is the one
on how Miss Emma Shifferer, who
had been employed for 18 years
In tho department, was euchered
out of her job. So I hall under
take to tell it , .
Miss Shifferer, who maintains
homo at 835 Belmont street, had
begun -work with the tax commis
sion shortly after it was reorgan
ized in 1929. When it was divided
into sections she went with the
assessment division headed by the
late Charles Galloway. She organ
ized ahd directed tho secretarial
tide of tho officeEearly this year
she suffered an attack of bursitis
and her doctor advised her to take
rest
Wallace Wharton, then head of
the division approved a leave of
hwnct for her of three months.
Tho civil service commission also
gave its approval. Then cams tne
appointment of MacLean to suc
ceed Wharton. Tho latter explain
ed the leave that had been granted
Miss Shifferer, and MacLean as
sented to the arrangement. Miss
Bhifferor herself conferred with
Mr. MacLean to confirm tho un
derstanding that she would take
her vacation of two weeks nd an
additional leave of two and one
half months and would return to
work September 1.
With the assurance that she
oould take the leave without
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Catholic PrieiU, Nuns
Arrests In Prague Aired
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept.
f 0 -UP)- Church sources reported
tonight more than 200 Roman
Catholic priests and nuns have
been arrested in an intensified
drive to force the church to bow
to Czechoslovak government con
trols. At tho same time tho Czecho
slovak communist party, the pow
er behind tho government an
nounced a purge of its member
ship which will reduce the; card
holders to those who can pass
certain ideological tests.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
. . and In conclusion let
mo say, tho slums must go and
wo must Jo our part to help
dear them up."
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contest of last night Fall openlnr
Judging. (Statesman photo.)
's Big Fall
The Man's f hop
Gets Top Prize
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Salem merchants treated local
window shoppers Tuesday night to
as elaborate a showing of fall
merchandise as they jihad ever
seen. ji
Occasion was the Fall opening
sponsored by nearly 100 business
firms ranging from - leading de
partment, women's and men's
wear stores to automobile dealers,
theatres and restaurants.
The Man's shop at 416 State st.
rated top honors in the window
decoration contest judged by three
Portland store display jj managers,
followed by Leon's, second, and
J. C. Penney Co., third.!
Win in Divisions I f
Each winner of .sweepstakes
honors had been judged first in
its division the Man's shop in
men's wear, Leon's in jfhoe stores
and Penney's in department stores.
Six other divisions wert Judged
Window shoppers thfonged the
streets to take in th glittering
display of merchandisejjin special
ly prepared show, windows- Esti
mates of the crowd ranged as high
as 40,000 during the course of the
evening, according to James R.
Beard, president of thejSalefti Re
tail Trade bureau which coordin
ated! arrangments for the event.
Features Tuxedo j
The Man's shop featured a mid
night blue tuxedc witjj appropri
ately formal accessories, along
with a blue-gray: sharkskin suit
with overplaid pattern!' a gray co
vert topcoat and other men's
furnishings. i
Leon's presented In window
featuring different styles of black
shoes in series, each with match
ing purse and appropriate hosiery.
Another of its windows featured
new rich tan and gray colors In
corduroy wear.
The J. C. Penney windows of
fered women's fashions and men's
and women's sports wear arranged
with special lighting ind docora
tions on the dual theme of "Touch-
down favorites" and he hunting
season. f Jj
Winners by divisions were:
Drug-florists: (1) (plson's, (2)
Breithaupt's, (3) Cooke Station
ery, i I
Department stores:! (1) J. C.
Penney Co., (2) Robert's Bros., (3)
Miller's. . f. ft
Specialty shops: (lKToy & Hob
by shop, (2) Lambert's, (3) Gay's
Candy shop. ? fi
Ladies ready-to-weir: (I) Anita
shop, (2) Schlesingerli, (3) John
son's. ? j;
Shoe stores: (1) Leon's, (2) Ar-
buckles, (3) Marilyn's.-
Men s clothing (1M Man's shop,
(2) Jay son's. (3) Bishops.
Home furnishings: (1) Stiffs,
(Z) uisirom s, (5) Hogg Bros.
Jewelry: (1) ; Stevens & Son,
tZ) Jackson, (31 Alexander.
Sporting goods," (1) ;Salem Hard.
ware, (2) Brambles, (3) Allen's.
(Additional details! on page 2).
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Stayton Merchants
Form Corporation
To Build Airstrip
A corporation" is tyeing formed
by a group of Staytonj businessmen
to purchase land fori development
of a close-in airstrip, the state
aeronautics board announced Tues
day. .
The corporation proposes to is
sue shares with a pa value of $50
each bearing interest at the rate
of four per cent. Sponsors said the
project had been presented to the
city council which has indicated a
willingness to grant fan option for
purchase of the stria? from one to
10 years after completion.
Engineering work lis being pro
vided by the aeronautics board.
Site of the proposed lirstrip Is one
mile west of Stayton.
LEONARD KEELEK DIES
STURGEON :BAV, Wis, Sept
20 -jP) Leonard Keeler, 45, who
developed the denjfce of lit de
tection and became lone of Amer
ica's leading criminologists, died
of heart disease: today.
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here. Leon's was second and J. C.
Displays
Opening
Death Claims
Movie Actor
Richard Dix
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2HF)
Richard Dix, who spanned the
shift from silent films to talkies
with rare succees, died today of
heart trouble. He was 54.
An outdoor type who laid his
popularity to virile portrayals of
what the average man would like
to be and what the average man's
wife would like him to be Dix
was in pictures for more than a
quarter of a century.
Unlike many of his colleagues
in the palmy days before high in-:
come taxes, Dix saved his money.
ms late years were spent on a
luxurious ranch In' Topanga - can
yon where he refused to have a
telephone with his wife, the
former Actress Virginia Webster,
ana ineir tnree children, twins
Richard and Robert, 13, and
daughter Sue, 9.
He had suffered several heart
attacks in recent years, spending
monins in a sanitarium after one
of them.
His death came a few hours be
fore Hollywood buried another
its veteran actors, Frank Morgan,
who died Sunday.
Sawyer Discounts
Devaluation Effect
PORTLAND, Sept. 20-UPWSec-
retary of Commerce Charles Saw
yer said here tonight he thought
me eiiect or devaluation of the
British pound on the American
economy had been overestimated.
"There will probably be less
price changes than have been an
ticipated in some quarters," the
cabinet officer said.
FIVE KILLED IN CRASH
HOLLISTER, Calif., Sept. 20-(iP)-A
truck which state highway
patrolmen said had no brakes
plunged into a river today, kill
ing five and injuring 24 transient
farm laborers.
Good Lighting
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light and lots of It Is the keynot of Salem' sew Iincola school (which opened this week). All ent
side walls of each, classroom are of prismatie brick for best transmission I ef light. Each side of the
room reta aa even amount or Ught, and even roe ms facing en the north side ef the bnildinr are well
illuminated. Above is the fourth trade with students at modem desks. At the back are some students
werains in me science ana project corner which has s long work table and sink, all ef which is In
each eUssreem. Teacher is Evelyn Smith, (rhete by Den Dill. Statesman staff pbotocraoher; story
tacr puetoe en pae z.
Marion Street Bridg
One-Way
Grid Plan
Approved
By Lester F. Cost
Staff Writer, The Statesman
PORTLAND, Sept 20-(Special)
The state highway commission to
day unanimously approved the
first phase of the Salem traffice
control plan a $2,385,000 project
including a new bridge over the
Willamette river to West Salem
and a grid of one-way streets.
But Commission Chairman T. H.
Banfield informed a 20-man Salem
delegation at a meeting that the
remainder of Salem and Marion
county's highway program would
have to wait until funds are avail
able. Banfield also stated that no
state funds would be available
immediately to finance the pro
posed Mehama-Mill City highway
onj the Marion county side of the
North Santiam river.
Building Action Delayed
jln other major businesses be
fore the commission, Ralph &
Horwitz, Portland contractors,
submitted only bid for construc
tion of the new state highway of
fiie building in Salem. The bid of
$1,934,264 was taken under con
sideration. (Additional details on
Pdge 2).
First traffic project work in Sa
letn., the bridge construction, will
itself require nine months to com
plete after actual building begins
inj the spring, explained State
Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock.
Approval of the initial part of
the Baldock traffic improvement
plan came after Salem Chamber of
Commerce President Roy Harland
urged approval of a five-point
highway program.
TO Start Immediately
jThe commission indicated plan
ning work would commence im
mediately on the $2,385,000 pro
gram to construct a new bridge
oter the Willa.aette at Marion
stjreet Estimated cost of the Mar
ion street bridge is $1,250,000.
j Reconstruction of the present
Center street bridge, also part of
the project, will cost $750,000.
Street construction will absorb the
remaining $350,000 of the total.
j The plan calls for a truck by
pass turning west on Pine street
immediately south of the under
pass on Portland road; west to
dommercial street and then south
oh Commercial through the city.
Northbound truck travel will fol
low the present route.
Routes Approved
j Southbound passenger car traf
fic will follow Fairgrounds road
from Tile road ,in Hollywood to
lis intersection with North Sum
mer, street; south along North
Summer to Chemeketa street;
west on Chemeketa street to South
Commercial and south on Com
mercial.
j Northbound traffic on .99E will
turn off South Commercial street
at Oxford street; proceed on a "dia
gonal street to Liberty; proceed
rjorth on Liberty to Court; east on
Court to Capitol and north
Capitol through the city.
I (Other Salem delegation news
on page 2).
FIRE DAMAGES BUILDING
PORTLAND. Sept. 20-UP)
Smoke and water damage in the
thousands of dollars resulted to
fcight when firemen fought a
Stubborn roof fire on a block-long
automobile equipment building.
'Keynotes Neic
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British Labor
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Partly Shaken,
Fear Censure
LONDON, Wednesday, Sept 21
-iffy-Tht stampede of currency re
valuation caught up with Belgium
early today. In Britain where it
started the labor government was
threatened with a fight for Its
life. !
Yesterday a day of feverish
speculation in the world's gold,
stock and commodity markets
saw Greece Join the 20 other na
tions who already had decided to
cheapen their money in terms of
dollars, i
The spectre of inflationary prices
went down to the roots of the
labor party. v
Cannot Atree
The division in British labor
ranks backbone of the govern
ment was reflected when the gen
eral council of the trades union
congress was unable to come to
an agreement on devaluation poli
cy. Italy and; western Germany seem
ed likely j to devalue their money
In a few days.
The labor government is expect
ed to call parliament back tnto
session Tuesday , in response to a
demand by Winston Chufthlll for
a debate Ion devaluation.
To support its stand, the gov
ernment was expected to put out
to labor members a so-called three
line whip. This, in effect, is an
order to labor members to attend
and support the government or
face party disciplinary action,
Churchill Feared
Such orders would indicate a
fear Churchill may demand a vote
of censuije. Government defeat on
a motion of censure by tradition
calls for a new general election.
The Belgian cabinet announced
that the devaluation of the Bel
gian frahc would become effec
tive tomorrow. The U. S. dollar
then will be worth 50 Belgian
francs a4 compared with the pre
vious 43182 Belgian francs. .
Dr. Konrad Adenauer, chancel
lor of the new West German Re
public, said the west mark, will
have to be devalued.
Mathiesoii Elected
To Glass Position
At Satem high school Tuesday
the new sophomore class elected
James Mathieson as its president.
Others chosen are: Vice presi
dent, Bruce King; secretary, Ro
berta Sjoding; treasurer, Mike
Deeney, j sergeant-at-arms, Gary
Jones, song queen, Helen Calla
ghan; yell king, Eddie Bower.
ENGINEER TO REPORT
PORTLAND, Sept. 20-0P)-Col.
Donalds S. Burns will report here
Nov. 15 from Washington, D. C
to become Portland district army
engineer. He will succeed Col. O.
E. Walsh, who moved up to North
Pacific division engineer, July 1.
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NEW YORK. Sept 20 Brlr. Gen Carlos P. Romulo of the Phlllip
ines waves a greeting- at the United Nations assembly at Flashing
Meadows today. A few moments later Romulo was elected president
of the general assembly. (AT wire photo to the Statesman.)
U.N. Vote Tally Indicates
Yugoslavia
NEW YORK. Sept. 20-(;P)-Brig.
munist campaigner from the Philippines, was elected president of the
fourth United Nations assembly
nations of the soviet bloc voted against him.
Yugoslavia apparently voted
against the soviet bloc for the
first time in the secret ballot for
president, but declined to admit it
publicly.
Five votes - - presumaoiy uiuse
of the soviet bloc - - were cast for
Vladimir Clementis, Czechoslovak
foreign minister, for president, in
previous assemDiies me nusswu
group always nas poiiea ai ieasi
six votes.
There was one invalid ballot in
89 cast for Dresident. Many dele
gates speculated Yugoslavia eith
er voted for Komuio or pui in we
invalid ballot. No Yugoslav would
comment.
Romulo's election to succeed
Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, Austrauan
foreign minister, has been a fore
gone conclusion for weeks.
Colonel Carl ;
Flies F-86 at
700 Miles Per
EL TORO MARINE AIR BASE,
Calif.. Sept. 20-(P)-Lt- Col. Mar
ion E. Carl, 32, former world air
speed record holder, flew an air
force F-86 Sabre at 700 miles an
hour last week, public information
officers disclosed today.
It was while Col. Carl was visit
ing Wright-Patterson air force
base at Dayton, O, that he made
the flight, the marine announce
ment said.
He took an F-86 to 47,000 feet.
started downward and reached
700 miles an hour, the statement
added. Later he said the speed
was "easily attained."
The world record is 870.981
miles an hour, set by air force
Maj. Richard L. Johnson Sept. 18,
1948, in an F-88 at Muroc Air
Base, Calif, this was in level flight,
four passes over a three-kilo
meter course.
There was no official comment
from air material command
headquarters at Wright-Patterson
field. However, a source close to
the field test division said the
ship probably would be able to
do 700 miles per hour In a dive
"with little effort" since the ship
has done almost 671 mph in level
flight.
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FORJE CAST (from VS. weather bu
reau. McNary field : Generally fair to
day with increasing cloudiness tocUftit
and Thursday. Probable light rain late
Thursday. High today near 73 and low
tonight near 46. Generally fair weather
today and most of Thursday for farm
activities.
SALEM PMCTFrTATlOl
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Gen. Carlos P. Romulo. anti-com
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Trio Saws Way
Out of Polk
County's Jail
DALLAS. Sept. 20 (Special)
POlk County authorities and state
police were searching late today
for three prisoners who sawed
their way from the county jail
Kre early this morning.
Sheriff T. B. Hooker said the
trio used a hacksaw, evidently
smuggled into the jail, to saw a
b&r loose from their cell and then
used the bar to pry open a second
story window.
The men were listed as Wesley
James Edwards, 40; John Theo
dore Forrester, 45; and William H.
Phillips, 29.
jFour other prisoners remained
in the cell while the trio escaped.
1 The escape, believed planned by
Edwards who is a federal parole
violator, was discovered on a
rputine jail check at 10 a. m. Ed
wards was being held for federal
authorities on charged of violating
parole from McNeil Island.- He
had been serving a two-year
sentence for concealing stolen
property.
j Forrester had served three
Weeks of a 10-month sentence for
drunkness and disorderly con
duct Phillips was being held for the
grand jury on a charge ne naa
Obtained money under false pre
tenses.
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U.S. Opens Talks to Insure
Continued Supply of Uranium
WASHINGTON. Sept 20 -VPh
The United States began negotiat
ing with Britain and Canada to
jday for a new long-term agree
knent ot assure this nation steady
supply of uranium, the raw ma-
rrial for atomic energy.
The Belgian Congo is the great
est producer of uranium ore for
ithe nations of the west The Uni
fted States and Britain buy the out
put of those mines, and divide It
!by common agreement between
themselves. Canada produces some
own needs and selling the res to
the United States.
In asking for a greater share of
the Congo ore, American officials
could, If necessary, present the
last-ditch argument that large
quantities of uranium are vitally
needed for the manufacture and
stockpiling of the atomic weapons
which are the present foundation
of western military strategy.
r However, responsible officials
here observed that the United
States, Britain and Canada usually
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Steel Industry
Sets Furnaces,
Awaits Strike
By The Aaaociatcd Pria
The steel industry began bank
ing its glowing furnaces Tuesday!
for s nationwide shutdown; and
the two day coal strike ate lntd
the nation's fuel supplies at the
rate of 1,000,000 tons a dayj
Meanwhile, a united automobile
worker source said that the Ford
Motor company, in an . effort tq
avert a strike has submitted art
offer, in the contract negotiations!
in lme with the president s steel
fact-finding board's recommenda
tions on pensions. These recom
mendations the steel companies
have rejected. Ford was reported
to have dffered workers aj comp-i
any financed pension plan.
These were the developments:!
1 Cyrus S. Chin, federal medl
iation director, reported "no pro
gross" in two days of efforts td
stave off a scheduled 1 strike of
1,000,000 CIO steelworkers Sati
urday midnight. The steel indusj ,
try started slowing down operaj
tions.
Z Idleness In the two-day reel
strike passed the 500,000 mark
More than 27,000 rail employes
were furloughed by a half dozeil
coal carrying roads. Some 480, ,
000 united mine workers stopped
work Monday to back demands tot
a new contract and to protect k
halt in mine welfare fund pave
ments by southern operators. This
southern operators have suspend
ed payments uotil a new contract
Is agreed upon. j
S Charles G. Ross, white house
press secretary, said ill Washing
ton that President Truman has
"nothing In the works" and "notr
ing is in sight" for settling either
the coal or steel disputes. j
4 Union sources in Detroit saM
Ford tentatively offered compan
financed pensions equivalent to
8 cents an hour. These pay?
ments would provide pensions of
about $50 a month for worker
reaching age 68 exclusive of social
security benefits. The union has
set a strike of 115,000 workers for
Sept. 29 if settlement is not readi
ed on demands for pensions and Is
wage boost. j
The company already contrib
utes li cents an hour to an in
surance plan already In effect It
Ford. Thus, the additional H
cents reported offered to the UAw
would bring Ford's pension cont
ribution to a total of 10 cents, the
figure recommended by the st
T
fact finders.
May Renew Demands
In expectation of a steel strike.
Bethlehem Steel co., started dol
ing down some of its mammoth
furnaces In Buffalo, N. Y., other
producers are expected to slow
operations gradually. The union
gave Jones and Laughlin steel
company formal notice that it hid
better bank its furnaces in ex
pectation of a shutdown Saturdtf
midnight j
The steelworkers union threat
ened to renew its original de
mands for a. fourth round wage
hike If owners won't accept J ft
presidential board's peace form
ula. These demands were for 12H
cents hourly wage hike and a pension-insurance
program costing
17 hi cents an hour, if
The coal strike caused the fur
lough of a growing number pi
rail workers.
L
fin hnslriMi in such a war that'
last ditch arguments are needed
to bring about satisfactory agree
ments. I
A complication, however, arise
from the fact that President Tin
man is committed not to enter b- '
to any atomic agreement without
consultation with congress. j
Coast League
At Oakland S, Portland 1
At HoUrwood 4. Seattle
At Sacramento . Sen Francisco S)
At San Diego . Loo Angeles i, (It
inn.) . f
National t-esgne
At Chtcaro Brooklyn
At St. Louis T, Philadelphia
At Pittsburgh J. Boston 4
Only games scheduled.
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American Laaroe
At Boston S. Cleveland 1
At New York S. Chicago 1
At Philadelphia S, Detroit S
At W sailing ton S, St. Louis 13
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