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wAirArm football Gfesulfcs Duty Said .21 WSC......0 iyfi'- ' " - ,77. ' 17 1 Vinson (Claims. r - mm -'mm mm, - mm mm mm mm mm mm I ' ' ' , ; , ll y-t '... m j m t mm convoy Oregon Navy Role 4 ' osc;;...7 li 3 UCLA.. .14 Stanf.....7 USC. ...13 Ohio St. .13 Willani.. 14 - I:.: ' GofIda..41 21 miJL Mich. .... 7 (Complete scores ' I have backtracked in my readt Ing lately to rtad book that wai old whtn I wii boy Jan Au tn' 'Prida and Prejudice," which waf llrtt woltttn In VM and pub lUhad In! 1813. The title I had known falwayi," perhapa first leaning It In the old game of "Au thor." But why read a book by a woman so long as there were the Leather! Stocking Tales," and "Treasure Island" and "Tom Saw yer," to iay nothing of the Hora tio Alger and Henty books (with surreptitious lapses Into the Dick Merriwell or Nick Carter series)? (if I had read it 80 years ago I probably would have called it mush, alt about girls getting hus bands. Reading it now Is like opening a window on an age long spent; but still one becomes In credulous over the amazing vital ity of "Pride and. Prejudice." Tor the novel and Jane Austen have a popularity now they never enjoyed n her lifetime. In fact, four books about Jane Austen are published this fall, - an informal critical study,. "More About Jane Austen" I by Sheila Kaye-Smith and G. B. Stern; a fictional bio graphy, fParson Austen's Daugh ter'5 by Helen, Ashton; "Pemberly Shades" by D. A. Bonavla-Hunt, a continuation of "Pride and Preju dice"; and a biography "Jane Aus ten" by ; Elizabeth Jenkins. And soma weeks tgo the New York Times Book Review featured a re evaluation of the durable Jane by an Engjlsh critic, Edwin Mulr. ITha ftiot of Tride and Preju dice" is simple and the. pace slow. It works to no climax of action, though when the book was drama tized (Continued on editorial page 4) Heart Attack QaWs Hunter MEDPORD, Ore, Oct 8 A search party brought the body of Charles McCoy, 49, Central Point, out of the mountains east of here tonisht. I Coroner Carina M orris aid McCoy had died of a heart auacK wnue Hunting in the Butte Fallj sector. Members of the McCoy family, led byt Forest Ranger John Hen ahaw and Jackson j county sher iffs deputies, had i searched for the sportsman since last night when he failed to return home. Wesley j Bagley, a logger, found the Dody. McCoy's death was the eighth ef the Oregon deer hunting sea eon, the fifth fatality attributed to heart failure due to over exer tion. c Frcdaw se- 00 AO o eo PortUnd fan Francisco Chicaso Hw York TORtCAST (from V. . weather tw rtt. MeNary Zltld Salem): Cloudy with raia today and tonight wiUt IittW ehanse to temperature. High today near 61. Lew tonight near 40. Bala Will kinder farm activities today, , rKKCiriTAXIOM Yea tea Taae formal - HI ,'. :"f"' v SJS Was! Army Dip 0HHD0 TO) HQS J i j ,. Max. . Mia. J St - 39 u 11 e si S7 vl . is- es Minn,..;! 21 Northw. I . 7 Texas . . 1 14 OCE...120 Pac. Col. i L 0 Linfld .... 0 Pac.UniJ.25 Galif. . . i 35 Wise... 20 Noire D.I. 35 Purdue. I 12 on sports pagesj) oyment In Marion-Polk '1 j - si ; The Marion-Polk county area reported the highest Increase of unemployment in the past 30 days of any area in the state, the state unemployment compensation com mission reported Saturday. A total of 1,500 are reported out5 or work by tne JSalem office of the state employmnet icrvict as against 750 a month ago.1 Portland had 18,000 Jobless, and Lane coun? ty was in second place with 3,400 unemployed. - The commission reported that over the state unemployment re mained at record summer-time levels throughout September des pite renewed activity in food pro cessing, lumbering and other sea sonal industries. ! Local employment li offices re ported 38,000 out of work October 1 as compared with 35,900 a month ago, but the total was 73.5 per cent above last year. The Salem area, however, had a lessej! amount of unemployment increase over a year ago that the state as whole. Although the gathering and pro cessing of nuts and:: other late crops, continues in some sections west of the Cascade mountains, most recent increases fin the num ber of unemployed ha ye come from the interior valleys bnd Eastern Oregon. The usual October short age of farm help has failed to de velop, ; . ' ' U.Se Soloiis Visit Franco MADRID, OdlB--Five Unit ed States legislator! conferred with Generalissimo Francisco Franco for more than: an hour to day. "They said they talked about general world affairs' and did not discuss the return o(i ILS. am bassador to. Madrid. J ' Sen. Brewster (R-Me.) and Rep. Richards (D-SC.), he ranking republican and democrat among the visitors, each had separate talks? with Franco, jj Afterwards, Representatives Gregory (D-Ky., Keogh (D-NY) andjj Pbage (D Tex. saw him in a group. Brewster said his tjilk with the Spanish head of state centered mostly on atomic enejrgy, and that Franco appeared particularly' int erested in the recent: atomic ex plosion in the Soviet'; Union. Chest Aims at ?: It - HaUofGbalby n A irport well past jthe half-way mark is the goal for the Monday report luncheon of iSalem Com munity chest workers, i Campaign Chairman Joseph A. $i. Dodd said Saturday. They hav already at tained 42 per cent of the $105,000 target for the drive ending Friday. Division leaders Were urged to make a complete roundup of in dividual workers reports for the Monday luncheon af the Marion hotel. Meanwhile, thw basic cam paign work firm canvasses and door-to-door calls was still going on over the week end. (On major recipient of Com munity chest assistance, the YM CA, iis dealt with at length in special story today ia The States man's zeature section.) Unempl Monday By Arthur Edson ! WASHINGTON Oct 8-W-The navy s air arm u Deing siasnea in half on Pentagon . orders, and the whole navy , reportedly is slated to wind up on mere convoy duty. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) of the bouse armed services com mittee charged today. . i f Congress itself apparently in tends to let naval aviation "wither on the vine" for lack of aircraft, spurred on by advice of unsympa thetic defense officials, Vinson said. ' ' j l Secretary of the Navy Matthews said the navy feels the nation's security is endangered, and that be is fighting defense department proposals to cut the navy. And a 'navy air expert said the navy's jet "Banshee fighter plane can knock down the, air force's prize B-36 atomic bomber any time, day or night. ? lj I "Could Destroy B-36" ! i v ; "Three Banshees should posi tively insure the destruction of the B-3B, said Capt. Fred M. Trapnell, commanding officer of the naval air test center at Patuxent River; Md. - ' - . j. :j . I' This came out at another stormy hearing of . the armed services committee, which Is looking into the Pentagon's row over waf strategy.' ; j Before the hearing concluded, volleys had been fired In all di4 rections. hitting secretary of dei fense Johnson and congress it self, i . - Trapnell, in his appraisal of the Banshee, was giving an expert's backing to yesterday's testimony by Flying Adm. A. W. Radford, Pacific fleet commander. I I "Million Dollar Blander" ; j Radford said the air force's de cision to back the B-36 to i the limit was "a million dollar blunder.- , : . i ; ' - : Trapnell once more called for a duel between the big bomber and the navy's jet fighter. "It is impossible," he. said, "to reconcile the publicity in favor of the B-36 with the reluctance to engage in Joint comparative tests with the navy." The nub of the argument is this: Should the air force or the navy, or both,, deliver the bombs In any future war? The navy feels it should have an important role, with carriers and fighter planes. "On! of Sympathy" . ' On the other hand, said Vmson, it would appear that "defense leaders in the Pentagon and the other services are out of sympathy with the navy air arm." Said Vinson: "I have seen a reputable docu ment Indicating the decisions have been reached in the (defense) de partment to cut naval and marine aviation strength about in half and that the air force is to be given an exnandl mi '"Jhe navy would become a pro- vx: "voy io move troops and fight submarines. f t "It is my understanding that secret orders to that effect have been issued In the pentagon." j Salem Men in Bend Hospital; After Accident Two Salem men, injured Friday night near Sisters when their car struck a tree, were reported to serious condition at St. Charles hos pital in Bend early Sunday. The two were. David King. 29. 1963, N. 4th sU and Victor Bous quet, 44, 1529 State st. King suf fered a fractured skull, chest in juries and multiple lacerations and Bousquet suffered internal injur ies, fractured ankle. Jaw and pel vis and multiple lacerations. Willaniina Issues Pinball Franchise WILLAMTNA, Oct S-(Special)-The city council this week granted the Saull Amusement company a franchise to operate pinball and other eotn-operated amusement machines in Willamina. The council also discussed pos sible annexation of several fringe areas and. ordered petitions pre pared to proceed with the proposal. Texas Flood Threat Eases After Hundreds of Persons Evacuate HOUSTON, TexOctl MaylA threat of more flooding in Houston and Harris county diminished to night as waters receded in swollen Bayous. - Many of several hundred resi dents forced to evacuate by flood ing streams throughout the 'coun ty returned to their muddy, water-swept homes. j There still were numerous re ports of homes and small commun ities isolated. But further danger to them appeared to be past A ten-inch rain had caused flood waters which took one life, slowed and detoured traffic; chased sub urban residents in sections south west and northwest ef : the city from their homes, and marooned many others. Police reported water reaohedfhip-deep water, but were report depths up to live feet, la some 83th TEAS 40 PAGES 4- toDenD (Sao'So Busy Streets' L The nippy autumn season, with Its usual stepped -up tempo of activity, really arrived in Salem Saturday. Stores were busy, streets were well thronged. Shoppers carrying many a package were evidence of gen erally brisk business. These pictures, taken from the southwest cor ner of State and Liberty streets shortly before 5 o'clock last night. Yankees Win, Move Within Game of Title EBBETS FIELD, BROOKLYN, Oct. 8-vP)-The New York Yankees moved within one game of tl?e 1949 World Series title today as they turned back to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-4. The win gave .the Yanks a 3-1 edge in the series. Don Newcombe opened for the Dodgers today but didn't come anywhere near duplicating his brilliant effort in the first game Wednesday. Newcombe was chas ed from the mound in the fourth inning with a three-run outburst. Joe Hatten. Newcombe's suc cessor was treated equally as rough in the fifth as Bobby Brown uncorked a three-run triple. That ended the Yankee scoring. The Dodgers came back with a rush in the sixth. Up to then Ed Lopat of the Yanks had a fine two-hit shutout in the making. But before the sixth was over Lopat was in the showers as the Brooks unloaded seven hits for their four runs. Allie Reynolds, brilliant victor - in the first game 1-0 win for New York, came in to relieve Lopat and checked the Bums the remainder of the way. (Complete details on sports page). Idaho Woman Dies in Snow . BOISE, Idaho, Oct, 8 -4JPh An early-season storm spread )snow a foot deep across much of Idaho to day. It temporarily maroojred hun dreds of deer huntetssnd caused the death of a north Idaho woman. After a several hours break in the storm this morning, snow be gain falling again. Officials em phasized, however, that only tem porary closing of most forest roads resulted and isolated hunters gen erally were in no danger. areas. ' ; The only streams still rising' to night were the San Jacinto river in the eastern section of the coun ty, and Buffalo Bayou harness ed by an effective flood control system. ..-." ' Buffalo Bayou runs through the middle of Houston and becomes the Houston ship canaL It has been harnessed since a 1935 flood spree. All highways from Houston were closed to traffic at times, but the only one still blocked tonight was U.S. 75 to the north. It was under four feet of water about 15 miles north of Houston. It was in this area that 150 resi dents had been reported cut off. Most oz tnem still could not reach highways without wading through ed in no danger.) Th OrecA Skitesznan. Salem, Oregon. Sunday. Show Both Weather. Business Brisk in Salem - iri.. , mmtf (.unlit; mi iiiiuue miiii ui Drive in United Nations LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. -Wh Argentina I was reported today spearheading a campaign in the United Nations assembly for an immediate atomic armistice between the United States and the Sov iet Union. One diplomat at the U.N. assembly sal dArgentina and several other small or madium-sized powers wanted the general assembly Idaho Senator Dies; May Cut Demo Majority WASHINGTON, Oct. 8-(P)-Sen-ator Bert Henry Miller (D-Idaho) died at his home here today of a heart -attack. The 70-year-old former Idaho supreme court Jus tice had been in poor health for some time. Miller, who was serving his first term in congress, defeated former Republican Senator, Henry C. Dworshak in last year's elec tions. A native of St George, Utah, Miller was educated at Brigham young University and received bis law degree from Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn in 1902. He served four terms as Idaho's attorney general prior to his- appointment to the state's high court.,. Miller's death probably will re duce the democrat's present senate majority of 53 to 43 since Idaho's Republican Governor C. A. Robins is expected to name a fellow party member as his successor. Among those mentioned for the post are Dworshak and former GOP Rep. Abe Goff. . Lewis to Meet With Operators PITTSBURGH, Oct 8-(P)-Uncle Sam today got John L. Lewis and coal operators to go back to the bargaining table and try again for a settlement ; Of the , 20-day old mine strike. But there was only gloom on the steel strike front as the economy crippling shutdown of America's basic, industry headed into its sec ond week. Nothing is being done about peace, i United Mine Workers Chief Lewis and representatives of three operators groups will tit down in West Virginia next Wednesday : in an effort to ; unsnarl their con tract impasse, v 5 They reachedan agreement on the time and place in Washington where U. S. Mediation Chief Cyrus Chlng told them to get together and end the UMW strike because a crisis is approaching. BAKGE PROBE STALLED THE DALLES, Ore, Oct t-OPh xne grand jury investigation here of violence over the bargeload of "hot cargo pineapple from Haw aii ia at a standstill. The Jury re cessed late yesterday, and is not expected to resume sessions for at least a week. - tmm Ma irk SeaircHn Ifooi j m,0-m - - .... .v " u ;. " i Href . - -' 1 I m -! " sT i ... f i . " b. U ... ' :':r ' w wm iiwmmm . iiiwr 1111 imii 'i'lf:ii"'" ti(' in unit fri imnni i" ' r' i portray the pleasant variables of the season children well bundled but lapping away happily at ice cream rones; men with open collars still daring the chilly, air to' do its worse; women in nice fall coats; girls attractively red-rheeked and bandanaed. (Statesman photo). to call for an armistice to run for a period of years. This plan is expected to come before the U.N. in the 59-nation political committee as soon as the committee takes up the Soviet Union peace pact proposal early next week. It is one of several knocking about the U.N- to break the U.S.-Soviet impasse. ' Several nations, chosen on a geographical basis to insure world wide representation were said to be cooperating with Argentina on the atomic armistic plan. Informed sources said the main idea would be to have the as sembly apporve the demand for an armistice so that no nation possessing-the atomic bomb could use it during the time of the armis tice. It was said that the details of control machinery are not yet thought out; that the main idea is to put a curb on the bomb it self. It was assumed in U.N. cir cles that, once an armistice is ef fective, the countries then could get to work on a control system. Wreck Injures Salem Couple Two Salem residents were treat ed at Salem Memorial hospital Saturday for injuries incurred in an accident involving two autos at Center and Summer streets- W. S. Reed, 385 N. 20th st, driv er of one of the cars, suffered chest injuries and Mrs. Reed, bruised legs. Driver of the sec ond machine, Terril Cooper, Mc Minnville, was uninjured. Plans for $91,000 Warehouse Laid A $91,000 warehouse to be con structed at 1620 N. Front st, was announced Saturday by Wallace Bonesteele, who was granted a building permit by the city. The general storage building will measure 120 by 152 feet and will be of reinforced concrete, said I Bonesteele. Application of Oregon Electric company for a spur fran chise to service the building is be fore the city council. Companies Dismantle Astoria Naval Hospital ... ASTORIA, Oct ft-VWrecking companies were dismantling the 35 buildings at the Astoria naval hospital today. i The war assets division sold the buildings to wrecking companies for 130,942. The hospital, which cost the government $2,500,000, is surplus. Much of its equipment was sold earlier. October 9. 1949 s odd Meirtilhi regooti mm i - ... I State's Insured Fire Losses to Hit New High Oregon's Insured fire losses for 1949 will scale a new high of ap- proximately $12,000,000, Gov. Douglas McKay warned in a Na tional Fire Prevention week state ment Saturday. The statement noted that Ore gon's fire-loss trend is moving con trary to that of the country, as a whole, by continuing to increase while the national average is de clining. In stressing the importance of National Fire Prevention week, starting Sunday, Governor McKay said:-"While the nationwide losses for the first eight months of this year are down 10 per cent, ours in this state are moving toward a new record in terms of added damage." Oregon's insured losses from fire increased from $8,634,923 in 1947 to $8,885,301 in 1948 and stood at $8,750,000, as of October 1, 1949, Governor McKay said. The gover nor said the 1949 figure would continue to increase and would top the previous high year, based on information received from the state insurance commissioner. I suggest that greater emphasis ba placed on fire-prevention teach ings in the schools". Governor Mc Kay said, "and that every other means be employed to publicize the need of more fire prevention. The governor directed all state departments to cooperate in the fire prevention week program. Gill Sends Fireman To Tragedy at Own Home; Son Killed - PORTLAND, Oct. 8 -P)- A call came into a Multnomah district fire station today for emergency first aid help- Fireman Donald Ray Young went out . with the crew. 1 Not until he got out of the truck, did he realize he was at his own house. He found his son uncon scious from a bullet, fired in play by another son. The wounded- boy, Michael Lee Young, 8, died en route to a hospital. Donald Ray Young, jrl, 11, sob bed out a story of a game of cops and robbers, and of an "unload ed" .38 calibre pistol, owned by the father, going off in the midst of the game. Storm Warnings on Washington Coast SEATTLE, Oct Kfl-Thl weather bureau posted storm warnings tonight for the Wash ington coast from the mouth of the Columbia river north to the strait of Juan De Fuea and in land waters. - Southerly winds of 35-43 miles per hour velocity -were forecast for the coast and strait, shifting to west at 25-33 miles an hour Sunday evening. PRICE 10c No. 204 Hunt Turns : To Columbia - Gorge Area PORTLAND. Oct S-P)-A po lice search for two men and a woman suspected of robbing twe War'iington postoffices shifted to ward the Mount Hood and Colum bia gorge areas tonight!! I State police said a third stolen car had been reported serviced at Gresham and driven eastward en highway 50. The route shuttles traffic into both the; gorge and mountain areas. The party threw bills on the ground to pay for the gasoline and oil and sped away. I One of the men appeared to be hurt police said the service station attendant reported. Blood stain were found in the two other cars abandoned earlier in the chase in this area last night and today. Loot found in the first car. wrecked near Milwaukie at a road block, included $1140 cash, money orders for up to $50,000 and pos tage stamps from the Benton City . and Thornton, Wash., post offices, The two post offices were.burglar- ized Thursday night. . $ The Milwaukie crash followed ir chase from Cherryviile, on tbe Mount Hood loop highway cast! Portland. A man near the car had leaped into the vehicle which sped away when state police approach ed. i: The second car, stolen from, a Southeast 39th street garage im. Portland sometime aftef the crash at Milwaukie, was found later to day near 3705 S.E. 42nd. Them Wm. H. Beavert reported a 194 i Ford tudor model was stolen. Thia model checked with the ope serv iced at the Gresham gasoline sta tion, i t Dallas Hunters Bag Moose on Canada lrip j Statesman Ncwi Service DALLAS. Oct. 8 Two Dallas hunters, Lowell Barlowi and Wiley Gardner, have returned from Can adian hunting trips with a moose each. 'X Both animals were bagged in the wilds of British Columbia, frozem and brought to Dallas lockers. Barlow, vacationing: with hie wife, bagged a 1,000-pound bull with one shot on his second day out near Williams lake. His guide estimated the moose, which had a 47-inch spread, would dress out at 700 pounds. Canadian police said, it was the largest brought througfc the area's checking station thi season. . (T Gardner, hunting with a party from Corvallis and Portland, shot his moose near Clinton, B. C. The bull was expected to dress out oves 600 pounds. The antlers were near ly four feet across The Baflowt and Gardner also reported limit on ducks and trout Bulgarians Fire Ministers v SOFIA! Bulgaria, Oct. 8 -A parliamentary decree announc ed tonight that Finance Minister Petko Kunin and ills deputy. Georgi Petrov, had been relieved or their duties. i . It was the second dismissal el a cabinet officer and his assistant, in the last 24 hours. Stephen Ton- chev, minister of railroads, and his deputy, Vasail Markov, war, removed last night because they were "not able to cope with their work i ? No reason was given for the dis missal of Kunin, a member of the communist party; and Petrpv. Cyril Lazarov, president of th state planning committee, was named provisional finance minis ter. His deputy will be Mrs. Vela Lukanova. 4 Lightning Bolt Strikes Tlirice ROME, Oct 8 For' the third time in 50' years lightning ' struck the same spot at Taranto ia southern Italy. And for the. third time a man in the Primardo fam ily was killed. , S ; , -News dispatches from Tarante said 27-year-old RoUo" Primardo was killed In his own back yard '-i today by lightning during a heavg ; rainstorm .that swept : the area. Twenty years ago his father , was killed by lightning la the) same spot . ' : ii Fifty years ago his grandfather suffered the same fat on the saxnA ' plot of ground, . fj , , ' T