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Si; Gulf Hurricane Flattens Buildings f3Sh YEAH 18 PAGES The Oregon E talesman. Salem OrvgonWexlMsdaT, uiry on m - . L f 9 L ; - 1 ; -r- - ' i ! - ;, I 18 PAGES .! ' ' PRICE So . ! No. tea of InsokS, Inq Trecitmmt fELASCO, Tex Oct 4 An aatemobile lies in the wreck re or this garage after It wm bit by a horrkane lata last night (Associated Ttt wlrcphote U The Statesman) . Fa As h -. rm Losses in l, . - i . . i . .. Gulf EHUB What ii th Community Chest whose financial campaign got un der way Tuesday? It ii merely the fund-raising organization for of welfare agencies, local and state, which -must depend On the voluntary contribution of the paople for their support. Few pedple realize the amount of workv nearly all volunteer rnrkwhich foes Into a Chest oamnmiim. Tor months now the preparatory work has been In progress under the leadership of Chairman J. A, H. Dodd. The organization of tha previous year la used as tha nucleus to start with; but each year new workers must ba obtained to replace those dropping out Division leaders are nlisted who In turn line up cap tains and these recruit teams'of ibilcltori, who do the doorbell ringing. All bL all there will be vara! hundred persons enrolled In th Chest army who will de vote imich of their time in me nejit Awweeka to raise the $105. 000 sqmired for tha agencies sup ported by the cnesv- - The Chest Is the moner-ralting vehicle. The organizations it helps to finance are tha one, all well kaown, which help make Ealem a desirable place for living and for rearing a family. When one gives to the Chast he is giving In .imnort the Bot Scouts, the flamn fire Glrk the Y. W. C. A, tha Olrl. .Scouts, tha Salvation Army. Legal Aid clinic, tha Cath laKarillea. and the Y. M. C. A. certain portion also goes to e Oregon , cneai kj nip uua e work v of statewide agencies e the Boyi nd OlrU Aid -bntinued on 'editorial page 4.) Eager Hunter Hits Car first, BuckSecond TAILS CITY, Oct 4 -(Special)-r, -A Portland hunter got his deer si RED J today but it wasn't easy. Trn .Tnffram and him wifa. La' vVnewho live at 1854 S.E. S8th tt in Portland, ware hunting in An area southwest of Dallas. .-t Ingram had Just stopped his auto on a aideroad when he saw. the deer on a nearby hillside. He jammed a cartridge into his rifle as he jumped? from tha car. In hi .eagerness he accidentally fired the rifle and blasted a hole in the radiator of the auto. His wife got ao excited she fell out of the .ear. ' . v Ingram wasnt stopped. He re loaded! and dropped the deer, a two-point buck in its tracks. Late tonight the deer was in ranch's meat locker , here and Irs. Ingram was bruled but not aeriouslyv The ear was still undergoing re pairs Bx a local garage. Ammol Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH i "Grandpa's yef fiV crochefy usf chsnged his wilt his tusks cannot Jbe used for uo balls or die; Just piano ktyt," Hu rmcane Ebbs Texas Whipped By Strong Gales HOtSTON, Oct 4-p)-A dying gulf hurricane ebbed tonight after hitting this Texas metropolis and dealing a heavy blow to coastal crops. Jarm losses rn into the millions. Its slap early todayfat this city of more .than 500,000 iras surpris ingly light But th hurricane smashed hard at a bumper rice, cotton and vegetable crop. Traveling about 15 miles an hour, the storm pushed feebly to-J night? through Marhall, Tex., Shreveport, La., and southwest Arkansas. It carried heavy rains and gusty winds. Ta Continue Advance The weather bureau had said at 4 p. m. the storm would- continue its weakening advance another 12 to 18 hours, throwing ? 40-mile-an-hour Wind squalls a distance of 100 miles aheacLof it!! A small tornado, an off -shoot of the hurricane, ruined three houses at Rtceville, La. Two persons were injured slightly! Tha hurricane first struck at the rich industrial and i agricultural coastal area between Matagorda and Freeport. Theni about 1:30 a. m, it hit Houston. Thousands Sheltered $ Trees were bent level. Some taped -up glass store ''.windows buckled. Sheets of rain made ponds of underpasseaand block ed some streets. About 5,000 peo ple huddled in the city auditorium, where the blare of ; Juke boxes failed to drown out thescreech of the ttorm. I ; - The Red Cross said 28,800 per sona : found refuge in storm shel ters at Houston, Galveston, Port Arthur, Bay City, yictoria and Port Lavaca.. Many others block ed highways last night aa they Ced inland. ,j Vegetable crops a well as rice and cotton were hard hit in Harris county (Houston). The total loss was set at about $2,000,000, with rice worst hit - S a 5j r ' Marion Farmer Sues State for Land Damage One thing lead to another this tfane the Santlam river. Karel Tomaiek, Marion county rancher, filed suit in circuit court Tuesday fpr $38,800 damages on the ground that 139 acres of hi land ware ruined as a result of construction of the hew Highway CCE bridge near Jefferson. Defendant is the state of Oregon. through State Highway Commis sioners T. H. Banfleld, Ben R. Chandler and Charles H. Reynolds Xomasek alleged that grading which narrowed the Santiam flow beneath he bridge had caused the river to change its fcourse. Wash away much of his I top-soil and "occupy" considerable of his 300' acre holdings; I v Attorney Brazier C. SmalL who filed the suit on Tomasek's behjalf, said the action was based on :a state constitutional provision that "private property snail not be tak en for public use without just com pensation." Tomasek's place is a few hun dred yard northwest of the new bridge. i Thej, bridge project was part of the road - straightening program which eliminated Stfiwer hill and cut off three miles of distance on the Salem-Albany stretch of 99 E. Deer Huntdr Fined For Shooting Man ,. i DELAKE, Oct 4-4P)-Accused of wounding a deer hunter, Lyman Gaucher of Grande Ronde was fined $100 cash in? justice court here. A 60-day Jail sentence and an additional $200 fine were sus pended. Gaucher was charged with mis taking W. C Mair Portland, for a deer as' the hunting season open ed Saturday. Mair was shot in the -i - 1 Gaucher also lost his right to hunt for the next five years, penalty that is mandatory under a new state law. I BLAST VICTIM DIES SEATTLE, Oct. 4-tfV Injuries suffered la the boiler room blast In tha main store; basement of Sears Roebuck & Company here yesterday proved' fatal to Hudson Jordan, jr., 25-year-old plumbing employe of Seattle - - - v .- -- J v -v.:. , . i-v .. ;:.. Millions . - 1 October Fund For Pensions Show Increase Br Conrad G. Prange Staff Writer. The Statesman Octo&er checksi to Marion coun ty's old age pensioners will add up to a postwar monthly record under a new state policy of a $50 minimum for old age assistance. County welfare authorities said this aid for the elderly will amount to $79,109 this month, as against $72,891 in September a gam of some $6,000 or 8 per cent. Marion Bo wen, county welfare administrator, said this means an average boost of $4 per month for 1,516 aged pensioners. Last month old age assistance went to US 14. f "The increase will continue as long as funds are available," she said. 1 But, Miss Bowen added, the de pendent children's budget "re mains inadequate. This month's $13,900 for children is 22 per cent under the July budget, but only about $400 under last month's. Other divisions) of the welfare program; include blind assistance1, $1,463 each for this and last month, and general assistance, $15,000 for October, a $2,000 in crease over September. The state law which requires relatives of needy persons to con tribute to their support, has re duced the number of aged persons receiving welfare assistance, In the past few months, Miss Bowen said. According to the law, a single person without dependent who earns $193 or more per month Is required to contribute. A married couple starts, paying when the iuuu7 wage reacnes sz33 per month. The commission does, how ever, recognize mitigating circum stances and acta accordingly, said Miss Bowen. Marion Corn Show Slated CENTRAL, HOWELL, Oct. (Special). The 1949 Marion Conn Sr Corn show will be held Satur ay, November 19 at the Central Howell school, the committee in cnarge. announced today. Plans for the event, sponsored oy tne central Howell local; of the Farmers union, are in charge of T. R. Hobart and Roy Rutsch man. Rules for the contest, vir tually the same as last year's may be obtained from the Marion county agent's office in Salem. farmers raising nyDrid corn are eligible to enter. A .yield con test will also be featured. Option Requested On Washington f School Property j -An option on the old Washing ton school property which occu pies a city bock at 13th and Gen ter streets has been requested of the Salem district school board' by an undisclosed real estate firm. Action on the. -matter - is antici pated at next" Tuesday's board meeting- ! I f Classes still are being held In the building, but will be trans f erred to the new Washington school in the Capitola 'district as soon as interior work is complet- ea. ix is expected td be ready Jn two Weeks. . The old Washington school site l near the rapidly-expanding Capitol shopping district j ; The school board has tentative ly planned to convert the school building into a school adminis tration building in the future. It ia. considered sound structurally. Max. . M . M . Mia-rradp. 41 iJ3 4S M 1 jM aa jw SalMi , ,, Portland San Frandseo Chaeaco , New York . 71 WUlamett rlw -S. teat. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary tiald. Salem) t Mostly cloudy today with taw scattered show er clearing gradually tonight. High today near S4; low tonight naar 40. Agriculture outlook: Farm condiUoos wUl be hindered hr ahower today. SALEM PRECIPITATION . Tkla Tear Laat Year Normal us r isi us i Death of Three i Claimed Due To Bnitality The state board of control Tues day was asked to investigate charges of "brutality and murders' at the Oregon state hospital for the insane in Salem. The Investigation was requested by representatives of the Citizens Action committee, a left-wing Portland organization, who appear ed before the board. A number of I cases were cited which, committee members said, involved brutality on the part of ward attendant.-1 and had resulted in the death ofj patients. Nam were divulged in a few instances. Questioning by board members brought out that in most cases the "brutality" complained of occurred several years ago and the informa tion of the committee was based largely on newspaper stories and hearsay. j . Ask Prosecution! The committee requested that a Chaplain be employed, at the men tal hospitals and that attendants charged with bnitality be prosecut ed in the courtsj i "If something is not accomplish ed to terminate brutality in the mental institutions there will be federal investigations," Samuel Friedman, a member of the group said. He referred to three patients Demg Killed in the state hospital in March, 1940, but gave no names. Mention also was made of the ac cidental poisoning of a larsie num ber of Oregon state hospital pa tients in 194Z. I The committee members suggest ed that a jury j trial for persons charged with insanity might go far toward correcting some of the de fects now, found in commitment procedure. i Statements Presented At the present time many per sons charged with insanity are not advised or the complaint filed against them and appear in court without an attorney," C. W, Pyllen told the board. ! , " Gov. McKay said he resented statements int mating that the board of control condoned brutal ity. The governor told committee members that the board of control would welcome; concrete evidence of brutality in any Oregon institu tion, and all such cases would be investigated, i (Other board news, J page 11) CALIFORNIA WOMAN INJURED Salem . first i aid men treated Tooker, 06, Em- Mrs. Elizabeth pire Calif., for severe bruises re ceived in an auto collision two miles north, of Salem at 2:30 pjn Tuesday. The Car she rode in left the road after another vehicle struck it from! behind according to reports. State police had no report of the accident. He'd Make v Anyone knows the care and f ceding ef alligators? Mr. and Sirs. Cecil Edwards, bez iSI Baen r&, received an af the critters fram an alleged friend In flerlda and are at a loss aa ta what ta da with It Above 1$ Mrs. Edward with the Utile alligatar. It la tw year aid ranghlyj IS ta 19 Inches leu, and has n nasty disposition. The Edward tw prix Airdale and purebred Debennan Pinseher axe completely buffaloed by tha little aHlgaier. (Statesman phate.) i Bill: ODD IS Confirmed WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 Federal Judge Sherman Mioton was confirmed by the senate tonixht to be associate Justice ef the supreme ceurt. Mlnton fills the vacancy left by the death ef Justice Wiley Rutledre. (Story on page 2.) Corporations Blamed for Block of Olds WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 Presideht Truman charged today that "powerful corporations are seeking to block his re-appoint ment Of Leland B. Olds to the fed eral power" commission and he urged the senate to confirm Olds for the post; The president's views, contained In a letter to the senate, were made public a few hours after a senate commerce subcommittee voted unanimously that Olds Is not qualified for the job. In his terms on the commission, Mr. Truman said that Olds "has labored diligently in the service of all the people. The four democrats and three republicans on the subcommittee held lengthy hearings on Olds' nomination. Today they voted un animously to advise the full com mittee: , In the evidence presented to your subcommittee clearly demon strates that the nominee does not possess the. requisite qualificat ions," . a Nice Purse n r f 4i-UVs ; ' J .!CI helves ILoinis-lfSainise Fao-irai aMe veo- Crop Supports Twofoqui nes Launched into Navy Charges WASHINGTON, Oct 4-r-Two Investigation were launched swift ly today in the aftermath of navy officers' charges that naval morale is shattered and the national se curity weakened under the unified defense setup. The .house armed service com mittee scheduled a hearing for navy officers who feel that the air force Is being given too much pri ority and that sea power and its own air arm are dangerously slighted. A few hours later, Admiral Louis Denfeld, chief of naval operations, announced an Investigation to de termine how "confidential" naval correspondence containing some of the charges happened to be made public last night. One of the navy's "cardinal reg ulations" regarding confidential material has been broken, Denfeld said. He said he was "distressed" and indicated disciplinary action was in prospect. Denfeld said he himself did not approve the charges, although he had spoken in the correspondence of the danger of stripping the navy of its offensive power, had noted the "present navy-wide concern' over recent defense developments, and had quoted a 1943 warning of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King against putting sea power under ''persons who are not thoroughly familiar with its potentialities." President Truman, in a brief comment on the row, today -expressed hope and belief that the navy and air force will "get all their troubles settled." When that happens, he said, he hopes "the army as usual will go along and make its way." The quarrel flamed into full pub lic view last night when a navy source, asking anonymity, released letters three admirals had sent Secretary of the Navy Matthews. Court Okehs Petitions for Road Projects Marion county court Tuesday gave tentative approval to peti tions seeking improvement for four Salem area roads first such action taken by the court under a new state law. Cost of improving the road would be borne . by owners of property abutting the roads. The roads are Southview place, ex tending west from- Liberty road south of Salem, and 34th street, Brenna avenue and Jelden. street, all three lying in an area north east of the intersection of Lansing and Sunny view avenues, Just east of Salem. The court directed the county engineer to prepare cost estimates of Improving the road. These cost will be presented to road re sident at a hearing. If accepted the court will then call for, bids on the road work. Woman Forger Stars Penitentiary Term DALLAS, Oct. 4 (Special) Edna Mae Jackson, convicted for ger, was transferred to the Oregon penitentiary today to begin serv ing a two-year sentence. ? She was found guilty of cashing a -forged check for $50.49 on a Dallas grocery store last Decem ber. Circuit Judge Arlie O. Wal ker set the sentence. Student Parking, Driving Situation at High . School to Get Study hy Salem Authorities Salem high school authorities are moving thl week to alleviate the "critical parking and driving situation at tha school. Willamette university officials stated they, too, had a aerious student parking problem oh their hand. They indicated, however, that no action la contemplated for tb present. . 1 1, High School Principal E. A. Caxleton said Tuesday that cars driven to school by student are being restricted "to necessary cases. Students are taking home forms this week and parents are asked to certify on them that their student-children need j to drive their ears to school. : i This is a cooperative movement among police, parent and school authorities, said Carleton. 'Many students drive cars to school whan ther is no need for It Other stu dents abuse their driving pxtrjlega Makes Charge y V 4 f n I iintnswi m f msi'ssnwsfmi i i WASHINGTON, D.CvOtL 4 The recent public charge of Capt John G. Crommelin (above), that the Navy' attack force la being "nibbled to death" at De fense Headquarters, have helped - stir the promise here today of ao Investigation. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman.) Workers Top 1548 Mark in Chest Drive Buoyed by an enthusiastic send off i from Gov. Douglas McKay more than 800 Community Chest workers went Into action Monday in Urging Salem to "lend a help ing; hand." - By nightfall their first report showed $28,538.80 pledged, a 13, 000 increase oven the first-rreport total of last year. The city's 1949 drive for $105y- 000- declared to be the minimum under which essential agencies of the chest may operate began with a kickoff breakfast at the Marion, hotel, with C a mp a i g n Chairman Joseph A. H. Dodd as master of ceremonies. Given Big Send Off Governor McKay told the group they were "selling the greatest merchandise in the w o r 1 d the American way of life." He added that on the basis of need "Salem can well afford this $105,000 and I have no doubt of the success of this campaign." There were two points of high drama at the breakfast meeting one when .seven Willamette stu dents from foreign lands declared in their own -language that "you should be proud of the American way of life,' and the other when Chairman Dodd, pointing sudden ly to four persons of divergent in terests, declared a a parting boost "there are 50,000 others in Sa lme just like them. Let's go!" Students Attend The quartet, who were Just leaving the room as Dodd brought them Into .public focus, were Al fred Loucks, William L Phillips, Dr. John. Goldsmith and Mrs. Frank Turner. The foreign student included Leopold Pospisll, who spoke in Chechoslovakian; Zdenka PospisiL in Zlavak; Charles Chong, In Ho kien Chinese; Michael Sweeney, in Gaelic; Steve Kwan, in Man darin Chinese; Astrid Tarem, in Estonian, and Bying Koh, In Kor ean. (Additional detail, page 7). MAYBE HE WAS HUNGRY DETROIT, Oct 4-0P)-A police trial board today took under- ad visement a charge of conduct un becoming an officer brought against, Patrolman Charles Bruck ner, 47. He is accused of stealing fellow policemen's lunches. with careless driving. "The parking situation around the school Is acute," he said. "And at noon-times and in the after, noons, w hen school is dismissed, tha traffic Jam combined with careless driving raises a serious problem. i Students, whose parents indi cate a necessity for driving; a car to1 school, will be issued a card, said Carleton. Any driving or parking abuse by a card-holder will be relayed to tha student's parents. Continued abuse -could bring suspension of the ear privi lege, said Carleton... , - Although neither police nor tha school authorities can prevent a student from driving his car, said Carleton, school authorities may suspend a student from school If ha does not obey school rules. At Willamette officials stated a problera exists in parkins; of cars i Barkley Snaps Tie Vote on j Parity Issue 1 WASHINGTON, Oct L -(4V A senate, split wide open on . the question of bow to support crop prices, tonight ended two days ci bitter battling by temporarily shelving a long-range larnj bill. The vote was 41 to 29. The action came on 'motion td Senator Anderson (D-NM), form er secretary ol agriculture, after his flexible price dropf bill had been rewritten into a i high-sup port measure by Vice! President Barkleys action in breaking a tie " vote. i s Anderson"s motion to aend tha bill back to the agriculture com mittee for 48 hours was adopted. He promised efforts to compro mise, i i Plan New Action ! Senator Lucas of Illinois, tha democratic leader, said! the meas ure will be taken up agfiin as soon as the committee returns it to the senate. ? This afternoon Barkley went against Anderson and Senator . Lucas of Illinois, tha (democratic Jeader, to make the vote 38 to 37 for adoption of an amendment by Senators Russell (DfGa and Young (R-ND) ettina up prica props at 90 per cent of parity oa major crops cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco, rice and peanut. Anderson, supported jby Senator Aiken (R-Vt and others, had pro posed a sliding scale of support, from 75 to 90 per cent bf parity. Argue on Parity . Anderson and Aiken have -argued that a90 per cent! price guar antee, keeping "food prices high, may one day cause consumers to rebel and possibly throw out; the whole price support pj-ogram. ; Backers of the high-iupport'jeg-islation contend that fcny serious sag in farm prices could set off a depression , affecting ;the whole economy. Ki Senator Aiken (R-Vt) called the 90 per cent of parity iamendnient "an effort by cotton jand wheat producing states to get both feet in thet trough and shove every other producer out." First Major Issue - j f Barkley went against the ad ministration in hi first tie-breaking . vote on a major jlssue.. That turned the tide. The seriate, votinf again on the Russell - YounM amendment, reversed j itself and! approved it by a shouted vole vote. Lucas, Anderson and Aiken stormed at their colleague vainly. : Barkley explained hi action be fore casting the vote. fe told the senate he had advocated 00: pay cent of parity in everjr speech M made during the presidential earn peign. I - :i: 1 I j . J Top Red Leaders Lot Fight tot Diimiital j NEW YORK, Oct -pip)- tier, en top communist leaders tod a lost their fight to have their' con piracy trial thrown .out of . fed eral court. i 4 Judge Harold R. Medina' de nied ' defense motions for a di rected verdict of acquittal,: dle mlssal of the Indictment and tor a mistrial. j The court tha- -adj ourned the) trial until Thursday morning, when the defense will begin sua mation. Judge Medina acceded! to a defense request fpr four; day to sum up. - j HUNTING DEATHS AT SIX ROSEBURG, Oct 4 -pJS Tea number of deer-hunting season , talitles went up to six today t oU lowing, tha death of Louis Vernon Smith, 39, SutherllK, who; lapsed from over-exejrtion. of hundreds of out-bf-town-.stn-dents who reside on the campus and bring their autos with them, Conflict also develops between parking students and state Offic workers along State (street ; I A two-hour parking limit is fat fore on tha west side of South 12th street bordering the campus, and no parking at al is permitted on the east side of that street On South Winter street! next . to tha campus, student cars Hrle for park ing space with those of city li brary employes, apartment house dwellers and several businesses there. 'Bit ' Police and school official stated that In most large schools in man? towns tha bringing; of cars j Is school Toy students U sharply em, tailed. Local police aid they wou4 -bf-t work with school authorities; tat curbing reckless and careless drir- 1 lug by Juveniles. if