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I'm not lost, my mommy's lost." Janice' Ann! Bye told .City Pollec
Captain Glenn A. Bowman Monday afternoon at the station. Jan--.
lea Mid she. was "coming three", and she difn't cry a bit. Bqt
- police (are her the time-honored candy barjand police hat treat
ment anyway. Mrs. Ruby Bye, Salem, claimed her daughter 25
minates after she went astray downtown. (Statesman, photo.)
Idanha to Get Separate
: Ballot on incorporation
The Detroit-Idanha merger squabble '-; took a new turn Monday
When the, Marion county court, on the basis of a petition with 147
certified signatures, set December 9 as the date!--for a vote on a pro
posal to make Idanha alone an incorporated city.
Previously, the court set December 13 as the date for an election
on the plan to incorporate Detroit and pari of Idanha, including inter-
Off
Though ' refusal to review th
ease in which the United Mine
Workers and John L. Lewis were
fined $1,420,000 la 1948, got the
."headlines -Monday another deci
sion of the U. S. supreme court is
of much greater Importance to the
northwest. That was a two-lint
order affirming the decision of the
Washington state .supreme court
which declared constitutional the
state's forestry practices act.
The legislation set up standards
for forestry practice and required
those engaged In logging to leave
certain number of trees standing
to serve as seed trees for the area.
A landowner challenged this act
as -unconstitutional, claiming .the
right' to do what he wanted with
his own property. The Washington
court denied he had the right to
cut all the trees even though he
owned the land they stood on. The
court said that there is an. "un
written contract" between the
dead, the living and the unborn
which requires that the living
leave to the unborn "something
more than debts and depleted Nat
ural resources."
Oregon was the first state (1941)
to enact such legislation. Here the
act was not challenged. Instead
owners of timberland accepted the
legislative plan and have observed
Its requirements with few instan-
, ces of violation. This provision for
natural reforestation, with artifi
cial seeding and planting where
nature fails to do the Job, will In
sure a, permanent timber supply
for the1 state and for the country.
That this legislation has been up-
' held, though if does Invade the
traditional "sovereign right" of
. the landowner, Is a real milestone
in maintaining our economy.
FIRE STATION PROJECT
PORTLAND, Nov. 7-(P)-City of
ficials broke ground in a ceremo
ny here today marking the start of
construction on Portland's new
$450,000 central fire station.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
' tell fa Mt drhina me nidi!
Iverj day for fifty years h says
ff hfrr than you thinVr '
I vening territory, into one city witn
the name of! Detroit.
May Void Election
Under the situation as , it now
stands,:; the f vote to incorporate
Idanha alone would come four
days before! the' DetroftV Idanha
plan and a lifavorable vote would
void the December 13 election in
the two North Santiam towns.
Several weeks ago, the Detroit
tdanha; merger and incorporation
program was defeated 200 to 99 at
an election participated in by both
communities,! A second one was
called for December IS on the
grounds that changing of the pro
posed boundaries (to eliminate
that part of Idanha west of Main
street, as well as a nearby CCC
camp) would switch the result of
the vote. 1
The Detroit - Jdanha merger
proposition has been led by Edison
Vlckers of Detroit.
Support New Plan
e opposition to the merger,
and support for the new plan
broached Monday to incorporate
Idanha alone, are being led by
Lloyd Girod, Charles Haseman, G.
Cochran and' Sam Palmerton.
The Idanha merger proposition
calls for incorporation of the area
from about 2 Vi miles east of De
troit to a point a mile east of Idan
ha, including the entire Idanha
community and such industries as
the Harvey Lumber, Idanha Ven
eer; Idanha Lumber, Idanha Shin
gle, B St W Logging, Seitzinger and
Pamelii Lumber.
The election board for the De
cember: 9 election at the Idanha
Fire hall was named to include
LaVelle Haseman, chairman: Gla
dys Alvin, Freda Ray, Rilla Schaf
fer and Elsie ' Girod.
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FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNaryj field, Salem): Partly
cloudy with a (few acattered howera
this morning. Hearing; thla afternoon.
Increasing cloudiness tonight with rain
early tomorrow moraine High today
near S3; low tonight near 42.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
!EECIPIT
Last Year
7.50
This Year
J.71 .-.
Normal
9.S7
TO Dean Heads Atlantic Union
Chapter; Brandlakes State Post
By John IL White
Staff Writer, The Statesman
A Salem chapter of the Atlantic
Union committee was organized
Monday night with Dean Robert
Gregg of Willamette university's
liberal arts college as president.
Nearly 65 Salem residents turn
ed out for1 the organizational
meeting at the chamber of com
merce and about 30 joined the
group. i . I
Justice James T. Brand of the
state supreme court . announced
at the meeting that he would
accept responsibility as president
of the 'Atlantic Union committee
for Oregon and would "coordinate
work of various cities In the state."
In accepting the position. Brand
compiled with a telegraphed re
quest from Justice Owen Roberts
of the U.S. supreme court, a na
tional leader1; in the movement
founded by Clarence Streit, a re
cent speaker "here.
Aim of the Atlantic union chap
ters is to prers congregional ac
, Laughlin
Jones
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Still
Negotiates
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -(JF-The
country's fourth largest steel
producer signed a strike-ending
contract with the CIO. United
Steelworkers tonight. Officials
hoped the agreement would hasten
settlement 'of the "Whole steel-coal
shutdown, j '
Jones and Laughlin Steel cor
poration and the .steelworkers
reached their agreement at Pitts
burgh. Effective immediately, the
contract provides for company
financed pensions.
The steelworkers .reached a like
agreement! last week with the
Bethlehem Steel company, second
largest producer. -
Chances glowed bright for an
early peace! between the union and
Republic Steel, third largest pro
ducer. Inland Steel will resume
talks with I the union tomorrow.
Wheeling Steel is drafting a con
tract proposal.
But "Bid Steel, -If. S. Steel
Corp., was still out of the settle
ment picture.
Meantime;, John'L. Lewis, meet
ing in Chicago with his big United
Mine Workers policy committee,
was reported aiming anew at
cracking the operators' front by
reaching contracts with segments
of the coal industry. But operators
appeared indifferent. :
Supreme Court
mes
Against Lewis
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7-UP)-For
a second time, the supreme court
upheld today the contempt - of -court
fines with -which the govern
ment in the past has cracked down
on walkout by John L. Lewis' Un
ited Mine Workers.
The courth acted indirectly In
upholding $ 1,420,000 fines imposed
on Lewis and his union as a re
sult of the 1948 walkout. By a 5-3
vote if refused to review a deci
sion by the TJ. S. circuit court here
affirming the fines.
The supreme court action has
the effect of lettingv the circuit
court decision stand.
Those who- voted against, the
UMW's petition for a review were
Chief Justice Vinson and Justices
Frankfurter,! Jackson, Burton and
Minton. I
Among other things,: the court
also: agreed to review two major
school segregation cases.
One arose in Oklahoma. A ne
gro, G. W. jMcLaurin, contended
that his rights were violated be
cause the University of Oklahoma
required him to sit to an ante
room, apart from white students
In the same class.
The other segregation cases came
from Texas, A negro, Herman
Marion Sweatt. asked the court to
throw out sections of the state
constitution land law which re
quire separation of races in public
education, i
Mill City Vote
Due on Charter
Statesaua News Service -
MILL CITY, Nov. 7 Mill City
voters will decide Tuecdav nn ac
ceptance or rejection, of the first
mKmw4m : j i -, i At
vk iiiauci jiu special election
at the city hall from 1 to 8 p. m.
Opponents i state the elrtinn iJ
merely a formality since more than
iuu voters nave signed a disincor
porajion petition circulated recent
ly. The orieinal nroDonal tn in.
corporate carried by only a seven-
vote majority.
Proponents however, said they
believe benefits derived since the
city was incorporated will lead to
a favorable Vote on the new char
ter, - - !
txon on a pending bill asking
President Ha,rry Truman to call
a convention! of -democracies for
the purpose of forming a federa
tion for worjld peace.
Other officers, elected Monday
by the new ! Salem chapter in
clude: Miss! Loraine Meusey,
teacher at parrish Junior high
school, vice-president; Guy Hic
kock, manager of the First Na
tional bank Of Salem, : treasurer;
and Miss Laura Kellar, supervisor
of the state department of educa
tion, secretariat.
An advisory committee also was
elected to include: Dr. Henry
Gunn, president of Oregon State
Teachers' college at Monmouth;
Steve Anderson, former president
of Salem's jYoung Republican
club; and W. E. Richardson, Salem
businessman, j " ' !
The Salem group will apply Im
mediately forj a charter from the
national headquarters of the At
lantic Union
committee in New
York.
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$loSBMiionin
Projects
To Cover
6 Years
Department of
Interior Reveals
Advance Plans
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7-(JP)-The
interior department said today it
is getting ready to present to con
gress something new its first
packaged program for a section of
the United States.'
The initial program calls for
spending $1,500,000,000 over the
next six years for interior depart
ment work in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and western Montana.
Assistant Secretary of the In
terior C. Girard Davidson said the
regional presentation ''is not in
any wav a substitute for a Colum
bia Valley authority." such as has
been proposed by President Tru
man.
Davidson has already presented
the regional program: to the budget
bureau, which reviews government
spending plans before they are
submitted to congress. The pro
gram is due to go to congress next
year.
Davidson told reporters that of
the Pacific Northwest expendi
tures proposed for the -six years
starting July 1, 1950. 85 per cent
will be for construction and opera
tion of major irrigation and power
protects. ' - ,
The projects are now being op
erated, built or planned by the
reclamation' bureau and the Bon
neville Power administration.
Davidson said that while i the
Pacific Northwest presentation is
the first for the continental United
States, a similar budget picture
has been drawn for the third con
secutive year for all of Alaska.
Hog Prices
Fall to Near
Last OP A Level
PORTLAND Nov. 7 -Jft- Hog
prices tumbled as much as $1.75
on the Norh Portland livestock
marxeiiioaayi iaiung io wimin av
cents of the last OPA ceiling. The
drop came as shipments here more
than doubled last Monday s : re
ceipts, i
The market opened briskly at $1
below last week but buyers later
cut their offers and a third of "the
supply sold for $17.50 a hundred
weight. This was for butcher hogs
of good and : choice grades. The
last OPA pride was $17.20 in Oc
tober. 1946.
Cattle shipments dropped sharp
ly below last week and prices ad
vanced 50 cents to $4 a hundred
weight.
Fresh pork on the wholesale
market went down 2 cents a pound.
Loins were quoted 42 to 45 cents,
down 10 cents from a month ago.
Sub Launches
Buzz Bomb
ABOARD USS SPANGLER.
OFF HAWAII, Nov. 7-(yp)-The
navy today gave its first public
showings of guided missile launch
ing by submarines.
A 'loon," navy adaption of the
German wartime buzz bomb,
zoomed gracefully; from the sub
marine Carbonero and thundered
eastward under power of its 1 jet
engine. About 10 minutes later
word came from ships on the first
task fleet-i-50 miles away that
the missile was on course. It was
flying along the ships lined up in
a column 21 miles long. The ships
were trying to bring it down with
anti-aircraft fire.
Barhley Top
Grandfather
CHICAGO. N0v4 7 -UP)- Vice
President Berkley, who could
claim to be the bridegroom of the
year, learned today that he is of
ficially the Grandfather of the
Year. , .
He accepted a plaque with some
surprise but unruffled good na
ture .from representatives of the
National Federation of Grand
mothers' clubs. i
' Barkley has seven grandchild
ren, five boys and two girls. 4
Noting that the award acclaimed
him -Grandfather j of 1949," the
vice-president made a few courtly
remarks of acceptance assuring
grandmothers - present "that is a
very great honor.
Th Orecjon Statesanan. Salem. Orogon, Tuesday
Mew KeservoDirp Popelmie to
w est S
Fire Insurance Inspection Starts. in
Salem; May Save $150,000 for Area
An inspection which may save
Salem residents up to $150,000
annually in fire insurance prem
ium began here Monday.
Two engineers of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters ar
rived in Salem to begin a two
weeks'; scrutiny of this City's fire
protection, as requested by the
city administration in a move to
get Salem reclassified for lower
fire insurance rates.
Making the inspection are Carl
A. Weers and Walter G. Wells,
who said Monday their examina
tion will .embrace fire; depart
HighwayBoard
Office Buildin 2
Bids Opened
PORTLAND, Nov. 7-fP)-The
state highway department today
got a $1,599,931, low bid for con
struction of its proposed five-story
building in Salem.
The bid, submitted by the Sound
Engineering and Construction
company, Seattle, was '$334,333
lower than an earlier bid. The
department rejected that one as
too high. i
The highway department receiv
ed six bids today with a spread of
only $58,500 between highest and
lowest. The state ' highway com
mission, is expected to make a de
cision on the matter tomorrow.
Other bid action today included:
Polk County Construction .39
of a mile of highway roadbed and
182 feet of reinforced concrete
viaduct on the Little Luckiamute
river bridge section of the Kings
Valley secondary highway. Low
bidder, J. C. Compton company,
McMinnville, $48,750. Awarded.
Chain Letters
Back Again
Like flies, fleas and the fidgets,
they always seem to come back at
Jimes-Hneaning chain, letters.
Postmaster Albert O. Gragg said
Monday there had been a new in
flux of such missives, asking each
recipient to send on so-many copies
of the same, on pain of bad luck
or losing umpty-million dollars.
Gragg pointed but that chain
letters are illegal, even though no
money is involved, and advised
against anyone participating in
their perpetuation.
Camera Catches Young Burglar in the Act
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C. Tharlow. if.ef svbnrban Matty dale, bn burglary charge. Sans Martin, ewner ef store In whleh
it was taken; said pic tare waa snade byi combuaUea aatoniatie camera and borgtar aUrm, whicB
aiae act off lights, rang bell anmmening deputies. (AT wlrephato U the Statesman.)
Northwest
allemro wells. Twmien Sftaftes
ment setup, alarm systems, water
supply and distribution, struct-
ural conditions, fire hazards,
construction regulations and
other phases affecting fire con
trol. Salem, which has not been in
spected by the board since 1938,
now holds a class 5 rating, con
sidered about normal for cities of
its size. Grading is made by
counting "deficiency points' con
sidered detrimental to fire pro
tection. Out of a possible v5,000
points, the lower the number of
points awarded, the better the
Merchants Split Over
Armistice Day Closing
Salem merchants are divided
for Armistice day Friday.
Following a poll of all merchants affiliated with the Retail Trade
bureau, President James R. Beard said the reactioii was too evenly
split for the bureau to set a policy on store closing.
A slight majority of reporting stores indicated they would close.
but nearly all the larger stores
said they would remain open.
About 10 per cent said they would
follow the majority.
For the holiday, most public of
fices will be closed. Including the
postoffice, city hall and most
county and state offices.
Salem's celebration of the holi
day will feature a 10:30 a.m. par
ade followed by ceremonies at
the courthouse, for which Gov.
Douglas McKay will speak. (De
tails on page 9.)
Armistice Day
Parade Slated
At Woodburn
WOODBURN Service organi
zations of the Wood burn area will
stage their annual Armistice day
parade Friday, November 11. An
nouncement of the event was made
by the local American Legton post
which will coordinate the day's
activities.
Other features will include a
football game, an open house in
the new Legion hall and a dance.
The parade will start at 10:30 a. m.
Woodburn high will tangle with
Canby at the local field at 2 p. m.
and the dance will be held at the
armory from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m.
E. J. Hughes is in charge of the
Legion committee. He will be as
sisted by Joe Kirsch, Leonard
Hewett,. Arvid Ostrom, William
Merriott, Cornelius Donnelly and
Adrian Schooler.
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fire Insurance classification a city
gets. .
Most cities of Salem's size are
in class 4, 5 or 6, while most lar
ger cities are In 3 or 4, said Wells.
On the coast only Portland and
Seattle are in class 2, and
throughout the nation there is no
class 1 city, he added.
Local insurance men have es
timated that if Salem can win
a class 4 rating, the annual sav
ing in insurance premium pay
ments will approximate $100,000
to $150,000.
on
whether
to close their stores
Cold Found at
Bottom of Well
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CASTAIC, CaliL, Nov.
Reporta of a gold strike at the bot
tom of a 137-foot well had this
town's 300 inhabitants in a turmoil
today.
Charles Allen, onetime gold mln
er in northern California's mother
fme country, reported finding the
precious metal while deepening a
well in the back of his cafe.
The value of the strike has not
been determined, Allen said, be
cause the assay report la still In
complete. Casta ic is only about 10 miles
from Newhall, scene of the histor
ic Placerita canyon gold strike in
1842. That was six years before
the famous Sutter's mill discovery
in northern California 101 years
ago.
Fighteri Work to Halt
Blaze South of Lebanon
LEBANON, Nov. 7-(P)-Forest-ers
recruited workers here today
to fight a fire that burst out of
control 37 miles southwest of here.
Logging operator Joe Gilbert
said the blaze had destroyed two
logging donkey engines by the
time it had spread through
acres of downed timber.
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City Editor, Th lutnmii!
Future planning for a 50,000,000
gallon water reservoir In the Went
Salem area waa divulged by E&Iem
City Manager 3. L. Franzen Mon
day night. I
He made this announcement to
the West Salem city council a It
adopted a resolution consummating
the merger of the city across th
Willamette river with the tiifv of
Salem. The merger will be Hfee
tive at midnight next Mondak
West Salem's 33-year history m
a growing Incorporated city, a resi
dential center which in recent
years has become also an inriua
trial center, neared an end at
Mayor Walter Musgrave adjourn
ed the final city council meeting
at 8:45 p. m. In West Salem city
hall.
Immediate and long-range watea?
developments . were briefed by
Franzen for the retiring West Sj
lem council as he and other Sa
lem city officials sat In on tit
final meeting. i
Pipe en Order f
Franzen said he had ordered
already enough 12-inch pipe te
put a new booster water; iline
across the Willamette river, under
the bridge, to West Salem.:
Thla
would, increase the volume of
Sa-
lent water already relayed to West
Salem via an eight-tnch plpejllnei
Water shortage at dry aeakona
and flooding In the winter hav
long been West Salem's biggest
problems j ,
Franzen said he planned! to
eliminate West Salem's weBsj as
soon as posaible, probably after
construction of a second Willa
mette river bridge here perfiiui
installation of a 24-inch witer
line from Salem to West Salemj
The city manager said arrange
ments are already started ' fojr a
100,000-gallon water storage itnk
on the West Salem heights,! plus
doubling the capacity of the cast
ing reservoir. I
Larrer Reeerrebr i
Then later on, Franzen continu
ed, a much larger reservoir i will
be needed on the west side ol jthe
river to match the recently piioj-.
ected SO.OOO.OOO-gallon reservoir to
be built near Turner. jl
Franzen said the wast side' res
ervoir would be Of similar capa
city. - .11
The city manager also told West
Salem officials, "I am sur all 6ur
(Salem) employes will be pleaded
to serve all the residents of West
Salem ... We will be asking ypur
assistance in seeing that we get
good start and do a food Job! la
this respect." I
City Attorney Chris Xowita.and
City Engineer J. H. Davis also At
tended the final West Salem coun
cil meeting. . J
(Additional details on page )
County Tax
Collections j
At $748,324
Marion county tax workers; had
counted $748,324 paid against te
current tax role Monday night.
The figure represented, overjtfte
counter transactions. Many addi
tional thousands, received by mail,
have not been computed, i
Monday's figure represented
more than 18 per cent of the;$4,
658,272 tax roll and 0,230 state
ments. It was less than the $13,
628 totaled at a corresponding
date last year. , I 1
Spokesmen at the tax office
again cautioned people who wafnt
information before , the , deadl ipe
to do so in person. Persona sentf-
Inff miriH h mail ahould) riot
count on an answer before Nov
ember 13 after which the 3: per
cent discount ceases and penalties
start. j . m
Centennial Cancellatioi
At Postoffice Today
Stamp " and stamp-cover collet- ,
tions will have their time In Salem
today. Cancellations at the post-
office will bear the imprint of tfte
office's centenniai. i
SPANISH TBAXNS COLLTOat
MADRID, Spain, Nov. 7-m-
Two trains couiaea norm or ws-
drid tonight and first reports mi
at least 12 persona were killed and
more than 30 Injured.
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