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Operators of
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iService Held
(Story also on page 1).
City police cracked down on
nersonnet af the privately operat-
ed Salem Merchant-patrol Thurs-
;day,rresting two men on separate
fee -
.1 .Harier Cordray, former police
taara. laces charges ot promoting a
lottery. His Indictment by a Mar
lon county errand jury involved the
eperalMM eg a muuature-size aiot
machine it the Cappa used car lot,
1SS Union at Proprietor Lester
Cappa lace a municipal court
charges of lllefal possession ot a
aiot machine, dating from nil ar
rest October 8.
The Merchant patrol was start
ad hy Cordray during man power
shortages in the Salem police de
partment and was expanded to
otter service to West Salem, Four
Corners and Keizer, as well aa the
Hollywood district where it was
started. Recently it has consisted
of three men. Merchants who sub--Vi-ibcd
to the service g ot their
business property checked during
the night by the patrol.
Aa Armed Guard .
Cord ray also carried bank
money aa an armed guard. When
he was dismissed from the police
force it was assumed to be for hij
activities with the patroL Civil
aervice regulations prohibit police
men from having other jobs.
; But Chief Warren revealed
Thursday that discovery of a past
'criminal record on Cordray also
: was a factor. Cordray swore on nil
civil aervice application in IMS'
that he had never been convicted
nor indicted. He listed army and
nmvv srvlr from 1027 to 143.
Record from an Illinois prison
how him released in saxi
Warren.
Arrested at Home
s- Cordray was arrested at his
home on a Marion county district
court warrant following a grand
, jury secret Indictment. Sheriff
Denver Young made the arrest,
' accompanied by city police cap
tains Stanley Frieze, Letand Wea
ver and Glenn Bowman. Cordray
. was released on $1,000 bail.
Clifford M. "Everson, the other
member of the patrol, was held at
city jail Thursday night on a
charge involving illegal possession
of a weapon, a revolver he alleged
ly carried in the Merchant patrol
work. Bail had not been set.
Drinoft ProjMe Portland
Take Over Bus System
PORTLAND, Oct 20 -UP)- The
Multnomah county democratic
central committee proposed today
that the city take over the mass
transportation system here.
It suggested cancellation of the
franchise of the Portland Traction
company, then operation of the
system as a public utility. The
council took the proposal under
advisement
In Salem Only
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Actor's Aid
CANANDAIGUA. N. Y, Oct,' 20
-Vih Community : Chest workers
were having dinner in a local
hotel last night when they dis
cover Charles Laugh too, the Holly
wood star. In the dining room.
They asked him to join them.
Laugh ton arose and announced
that if everyone present would
donate a dollar to the chest drive
immediately, he would give the
Cettysberg address, complete with
gestures. ;
They did.
He did.
Biggest Radio
Station Slated
For Northwest
SEATTLE. Oct. 20 -MV Plans
for a new Pacific northwest navy
radio station, designed to be fthe
most powerful in the world" were
announced today by 13th naval
district headquarters.
The proposed 1,000,000 watt
transmitter will be part of a com
munications station under prelim
inary construction at Jim creek
In Snohomish county, Washington.
It will be 20 times more power
ful than the biggest commercial
radio stations.
Nary officials said the trans
mitter win send out strong, very
low frequency radio waves, need
ed to provide a positive means
of communication with ships and
planes in any kind of weather
throughout the North Pacific area.
Contractor bids on the trans
mitter will be opened early in
December. It is expected to cost
about one million dollars, the navy
announced, i
One-Way Grid .
Set in Portland
PORTLAND- Oct. 20-fJtVThe
last apparent obstacle to Portland's
one way traffic system in the
downtown area was removed to
day. The system Is scheduled to go
into effect November 24.
The city council unanimously
voted down a proposal that the
system be postponed a year. At
torney Darrell Milton said busi
nessmen favored the delay, and
presented a petition with 850
names.
Commissioner William Bowes
replied that Portland had delayed
action on its traffic problem for
10 years already, and could wait
no longer.
WRECK AT ACMSVILLE
AUMSVILLE, Oct 20 Ernest
Uttle of Aumsville and John Hie
bert of Dallas escaped serious in
juries when cars they operated
collided near here about 5:30 p.m.
Thursday. Front ends of both
machines were smashed.
taerraptfoh'of
Poultry Plant
Work Expected
A partial halting of operations
lw at ktt Iwh Ra1n i nmiltrv
plants is expected today aa a re
sult ox a UDor-ma nagemeni dis
pute over wages tnat Degan tnree
weeks aco in Portland on a state
wide basis.
M. A. Pekar, manager of the
Marion creamery here, said his
plant would close today as result
of picketing Thursday at the Col
umbia Produce company in Port
land. The Marion creamery is a sub
sidiary of the Portland company.
O. F. Ryals of the Northwest
Poultry and Dairy products com
pany in Salem said turkey-killing
operations would halt today but
that the rest of the plant probably
would remain open.
The manager of Oregon Turkey
Growers association in West Sa
lem, Lawrence Roberts, could not
be reached Thursday night for
comment regarding his organiza
tion's plans.
I Meanwhile, Elwood Smith, local
steward of the ATL poultry and
dairy workers union, said pickets
would be placed at the Marion
creamery today unless he is in
structed from Portland early this
morning that wage differences
have been settled. i
i Smith said onion officials in
Portland indicated that prospects
for settling the dispute were brigh
ter Thursday night than at any
time in recent weeks.
,; The wage dispute involves a
union demand for 8 pay increase of
IVt cents an hour., The union re
jected an offer ot 2V cents In
crease from employers.
Union officials said they offered
to submit the dispute to arbitration
but that the proposal was refused
by employers.
Threat of Game
Ban Deters
School Fund
ASTORIA. Oct 20 UV The
students of Astoria and Tillamook
high schools were busy patching
Up a badly-ripped friendship to
day.
: Their purpose is to avoid being
ousted from athletic competition
In the state. School officials warn
ed that one more feud incident
might get the schools suspended.
Student body leaders from the
two towns conferred here Tester
day, and planned to! work for
friendlier feeling in their respec
tive schools.
The interschool rivalry first
neared feud proportions in 1945,
when the schools abandoned foot
ball games because of student
fights. Students then carried on
the fight through basketball sea
sons, and once Astoria s student
body had to pay $200 for damage
to Tillamook pupUsi cars.
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Con?alIis Pair )
Hurt in Wreck
ALBANY. Oct 20 Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Clark. Corvallis. route
2. were hospitalized tonight with
injuries Incurred la a car accident
two miles west of here on the old
AJbany-Carvallis highway.
Witnesses reported their ear
struck a vehicle parked along the
highway. They were taken to Cor
vallis General hospital. Clark In
curred chest injuries; his we,
bruises and lacerations.
Ching Asserts
Steel Dispute
Not Hopeless
NEW YORK, Oct 20UJVFed-
eral mediation chief Cyrus S.
Cning. in a brief statement issued
tonight, said the situation in the
20-day-old steel strike "is not en
tirely hopeless.''
Ching's statement said:
"We do not want to create the
impression that there is a basis
for optimism. But the situation
certainly is not hopeless and we
are continuing with our confer
ences tomorrow.
Ching's statement was issued
after a long conference today with
UJS. steel representatives.
GE Falls Behind
Demand for Goods
SCHENACTADY, N. Y Oct. 20
ne president of the General
Electric company said today that
because of an increased demand
for consumer goods GE would be
unable to fitt all production re
quirements for the rest of the
year.
Charles E. Wilson made the
statement in reporting to stock
holders a five per cent increase
in net sales for the first nine
months of 1949.
Football Gels
Mumper' Case
TORONTO, Oct. 20 HP)- Foot
ball is due for a court case paral
lel to the much-publicized suit
this year against organized base
ball in the United States by Dan
ny Gardelia, Max Lanier and
Fred Martin.
The principal is Bill Radovich,
295-pound lineman with the Ed
monton Eskimos of the Western
Canada Interprovincial union. He
nas instructed lawyers to file a
$100,000 damage suit against the
National Football league and De
troit Lions.
Radovich played with Los An
geles Dons of the American con
ference last year because, ha
claims, Detroit refused to release
nun Irom a contract with them.
Playing for the Dons, he "iumDed"
his contract with Lions, incurrine
a ban against bis playing, or
coacning. in tne ftfU
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Canvassing of votes cast In the
recent merger and annexation
election here was completed
Thursday Bight, and the cities of
Salem send West, Salem moved
one step ekwer to becoming one
municipality.
City Recorder Alfred Mundt
reported no ; discrepancies In tne
vote which was approved by Sa
lem residents 728 to 307. West
Salem citizens had approved the
wu. earlier,
The 685 to 292 vote favoring
annexation of property southeast
of Salem was found 1 correct, also,
but residents of that district had
rejected the proposal 138 to 108.
Other members of the canvass
ing board were Justices Alfred
Nelson of Silverton and Elmer
Cook of West Salem: Edna Pitzer.
Polk county clerk; and Harlan
judd, Marion county clerk.
FDR, jr. DeniesEye
On Governorship
DETROIT. Oct 20 -tfP)- Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, jr. today denied
rumors that he intends to run for
governor of New York state,
"I have no friends authorized
to say that for me," the late presi
dent s son told a press conference
during a visit here. "I am not a
candidate for any office except
that I hope my congressional dist
rict will send me back to Wash
ington next year."
U.S. Considers Giving
B-29 Bombers to Britain
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 Aft-k
defense department spokesman
said tonicht that "consideration' is
being given to providing B-29
bombers for. the United Kingdom
under the new $114.010,000 mil
itary aid program.
There was no immediate indica
tion how many superfortresses
might be turned over to the Royal
Air force. However, the United
States air force now has more
than 1,000 B-29s in cacoon stor
age.
FALLS DOWN STAIRWAY
A fall down a stairway brought
a possible spinal fracture to Wu
liana Crelghton, 308 N. 20th St., late
Thursday night, city first aid men
reported. His condition was report'
ed good by attendants at Salem
Memorial hospital early this morn
ing.
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Blood. oT A-Bomb
Survivors Said
NearlyNormal
ANN ARBOR. Mich, Oct 20-6?)
-The blood tst Hiroshima surviv-
ors1 flibwj ianows little difference
from1 that -of; 'Japanese living In a
neighboring town. University of
Michigan : professor, reported to
day In a medical Journal.
The article dealing with the ef
fects of the atom bomb was pub
lished in the ."Archives of Internal
Medicine'' by Dr. James V. NeaL
assistant professor of medicine,
and Dr. Frederick Snell ot the
Brooklyn board of health hospital
in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
It described blood tests given to
824 Hiroshima residents and 835
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Which was not affected by the
Domo. . ,
Whereas other persons who sur
vived A-bombs are known to have
undergone blood changes, there is
now little difference in the blood
samples from these two grodps, the
report said.
All metals are crystalline, as are
also building materials such as
brick and even clay.
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