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Dr. Paul J. Raver, administra
tor of Bonneville Power adminis
tration, has announced the con
tinuance lor a five-year term of
the present $17.50 wholesale rate
per kilowatt year. At the tame
time he makes it clear that t
the end of this period the rates
may have to be advanced, to
$22.50, because of the higher cost
of current construction. That cer
tainly should cause no surprise.
Bonneville was built in a period
of very low costs, and the major
part of Grand Coulee dam too. The
new power installations at Coulee
and the new McNary and Chief
Joseph dams now are being paid
for with "50-cent dollars". To re
turn to the treasury the money ex
pended, with Interest, will call for
higher rate schedules , for BPA.
Even so, the rate wiU still be the
lowest of any in the country.
With this announcement Dr.
Raver also disclosed that he was
cutting 59,000 kilowatts from the
contracts with five major private
utilities for 1950; and said he
might cut the private power com
panies out completely the follow
ing ear. It will be 1953 before
power comes in from any of the
new dams, according to present
schedules. ' --'
. Under the law publicly owned
utility systems and cooperatives
have priority In service from the
federal plants. But these now rank
third in consumption, falling be
low private industries and private
utility companies. Dr. Raver has
given the private industries (chief
ly aluminum) 20-year contracts,
but holds - the ; private utilities,
- whose service is decidedly more
essential than that' of roasting
alumina, to one-year .terms. The
la w " offers ; no warrant f or this
preference.-Denial of
(Continued on Editorial page 4.)
Seamen, Cab
Driver Found
Dead in Taxi
PORTLAND, Nov. 21 -(P)- The
bodies of a cab driver and two
merchant seamen were found in
side a taxi hauled out of the Wil
lamette river today at the edge of
Harbor, Pier here.
Police said the cab apparently
plunged off the pier in a Saturday
morning fog while hurrying the
sailors to their ship.
Cab Driver Frank Wing, 40,
Portland, had been missing since
about 3:00 a.m. Saturday when he
last reported to his employers, the
Radio Cab company. The sailors
were identified as Don Schrieman,
an oiler, and Ed Mazarceth, an
engine room wiper. They were
from the freighter China Bear,
now berthed at Longview, Wash.
The - freighter, police said, had
remained six hours past scheduled
departure tune at" the Linnton
dock of the Clark & Wilson mill
for the sailors to come aboard.
Sailors Union Strike
Postponed to Thursday
i SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21 -VP)
Postponement of a threatened
strike by the AFL sailors union,
until' Thursday at least, was an
nounced tonight by Federal; Con
ciUator Omar Hosklns.
Hosklns announcement came i
few hours after Harry Lundeberg,
secretary bf the Sailors' Union of
the Pacific, was to have begun
count of strike ballots case in
west coast ports. The union had
Indicated a strike might start to
morrow. Animal Craclcers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Good old Horace always
tho jam 1or 50 years Ms
been tour puu."
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VIENNA, tir. tiHiru Sebert A.
A. Vtgeler, Earopean representative of the InUnuUensl Telephone and Telegraph company, was
arrested br nnarta police last Friday aad Is betas; held incommunicado. She Is shown with their
abb. Kaber.slr-i left Mil William. In m recent nhoto. Tho HanararUn forelrn ministry disclaims
any i knowledge iof the arrest.
U.S. Business
unganans
VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 21 -(JF)-The
Hungarian foreign ministry
in' Budapest declared today it
"knows nothing about" Robert A.
Vogeler, American businessman
who disappeared fin that com
munist country i tour days ago."
Mrs. I Vogeler reported on Sun
day the disappearance of her hus
band, assistant vice president of
the International Telegraph and
Telephone company, while enroute
from Budopest to Vienna She
said he had been playing a hide-
and-seek game with Hungarian
secret 1 agents who persisted in
shadowing him.
Unofficial but reliable reports
today said it was believed he was
arrested at the Austro-Hungarian
border about noon Friday. The
report said files of the I. T. 8c T. in
Budapest had been confiscated and
Vogelefs secretary arrested.
American legation officials in
Budapest, as well : as representa
tives of other western European
countries, have - been making in
quiries; of the Hungarian govern
ment about the 'American.
Mrs.iVogeler alsd expressed con
cern that Edgar Sanders, a British
accountant for International Tele
graph and Telephone in Budapest,
may hve been srrested. She said
Sanders would know of her hus
band's .disappearance but she had
not heard from him and been un
able to contact him. '
Francis Elected
Mayor of Dayton
Statesman News Senrlca
DAYTON, Noy. 21 Carl Fran
cis was elected 'mayor here today
in the Only contested office of Day
ton's municipal, election.
Francis, a state; representative,
defeated A. J. French 141 to 103.
The incumbent' mayor, John D.
Jones, j was not , a candidate.
New counciimen elected wer
H. W. jFrink, Harry Williams and
Glenn ; Stewart. S Citv recorder D.
S. Filer and City Treasurer Ken
neth Ppmeroy also were re-elected
without opposition.
Official Held
ByiH
Interim Group Studies
Net Earnings Tax Plan
PORTLAND, Nov. 21 -CP)- A
legislative interim tax committee
today explored m 'proposal to re
place the present personal proper
ty taxi with a state levy on net
earnings of business, farming and
professions. f '
The committee reached no con
clusions,, but heard several argu
ments for and against the proposal.
State Rep. Giles French said the
plan "would raise the same amount
of money but f simplify the tax
structure so the average person
could Understand it without tak
ing a five yearstiidy course." He
explained the existing personal
property levy has so many exemp
tions it is confusing and unfair to
some people. s
French spokef of a 2 per cent
levy as a working figure. "It
wouldn't need be higher than
2 per jcent and ! might b lower,
he added. I ?
The proposal .included a provi
sion for return of a share of the
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Togeler (center) tola newsmen
(AF wlrephoto. to the Btateaman.)
health Board Okehs
Salem -Hospital Fund
Ground-breaking for the new Salem General hospital may start
next July or August as a result of state board of health approval
of a $270,000 federal grant here Monday.
The board's action' now goes to the surgeon general of the U.S.
Consolidation
Plan Expected
At School Meet
A statement of Salem school
district 24's tentative policy to
ward further consolidation with
outlying districts is expected at
tonight's school board meeting.
Frank Bennett, city school
superintendent, and! Gardner
Knapp, school board member,
Monday night told a meeting of
city, county and state jschool of
ficials that such action; would be
proposed. !
Policy Suggested j
Bennett believed the board
would recommend that school dis
tricts should not be consolidated
unless "the best interests of ed
ucation throughout the county
would be served." j
The plan Jte- formulate a tenta
tive policy was suggested by Mrs.
Agns Booth, Marion county
school superintendent, j
Mrs. Booth, who called Monday
night's meeting at the! state lib
rary building, said such a policy
would tend to unite outlying dis
tricts in plans to consolidate
among themselves. j "
View Consolidation j
F. W. Cammack, chairman of
the Rosedale school board, agreed
with Mrs. Booth. - j
Cammack's district ihas sche
duled a meeting November 27 to
discuss possible consolidation
with other districts south of Sa
lem. He said possibility. that Sa
lem would accept the Rosedale
district might cause disunity
among residents in his area.
Bennett,- in agreeing to ask a
statement of policy, emphasized
that outlying school districts
would be not prevented from
uniting with Salem at some future
date.
revenue to the counties to offset
present collections from county
personal property levies.
During the discussion, C C
Chapman, editor of the Oregon
Voter, a speaker at the committee
meeting, said farmers and profes
sional people would pay more tax
es under the proposed plan. He
said "lawyers have little personal
property except their law libraries.
A net income tax would' bring a
large tax income from; such sour
ces." f .
Committee members' indicated
farmers who now pay personal
property taxes on large invest
ments in machinery would bene
fit Their levy would be on their
net income. They added that tur
key growers, however who they
said buy eggs in the spring and
sell turkeys in the fall and have
comparatively smaller personal
property taxes would pay higher
taxes.
Bridges Trial
In Vienna that her husband. Robert
Public Health service for final
approval. The money is provided
by public law 725. the Hill-Bur
ton act, which was passed in 1943
to assist communities in the con
struction, remodeling and equip-
ping mi Hospital idiiiiiicB.
Following the state board of
health meeting M. L. Meyers,
chairman of the board of trustees
of Salem General hospital, slated
that plans for the $810,000 first
unit might be completed within
five or six months after final ap
proval and that construction could
thereby start by late next sum-
mer.
Plans Already Beran
Carl Erikson, Chicago architect
who has specialized in hospitals
for the past 42 years, already has
started plans for the new -build
ing. Another architect, probably
Salem man, will be retained
to do detail work.
The first unit will be a com
plete maternity wing plus the
central admitting and administra
tive core of an "X"-shaped bund
ing with an overall cost exceed
ing $3,000,000. The four wing
extensions will be added as soon
as finances permit.
The federal grant, to come from
the 1951 allocation provided
money is available, would repre
sent one-third of the cost of the
first unit. Ratio of local money
to federal funds varies by states
and is based on per capita wealth
of states.
Transfer Planned
When the first unit is complet
ed the obstetrics department will
be transferred from the ' present
Salem General hospital building.
A spokesman for that hospital
said this will make about SO more
bed --nable for other cases pro
vided the state health department
does not enforce a stipulation re
quiring BO square feet of space
for each bed. It is not enforced
here currently due to the over
crowded condition, he said.. En
forcement would mean a net gain
of about 10 beds when the new
unit is ready.
There will be 250 beds In the
hospital when it is entirely com
pleted. It will be built on a site
about 500 feet north and slightly
west of the present building.
Local money for the project is
being provided from the funds of
the Salem Hospital Development
program, from which Salem Mem
orial hospital already has been
remodeled.
(Additional details on page 2.)
COFFE PRICES JUMP
PORTLAND, Nov. 21 -(JPy-Wholesale
coffee prices jumped
3 cents a pound today by major
distributors. The latest advance
put the price of vacuumed pack
brand to 75 , to 76 cents a pound
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reau. McNary field. Salem): Connd
crabl cloudiness with scattered show
er today and tonight. High today near
S3; low tonicht near 32.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
This Year
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Last Year
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Testimony by
Former Aide;
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Raises Debate
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21-UPi-
The government's much-heralded
Sunday punch" witness took the
stand in the Harry Bridges Der-
ury trial today, but he had no
sooner testified that he once Join
ed the communist party than de
fense objections blocked further
testimony for the day.
The witness, through whom the
government has said it expects to
establish Bridges' entrance into
the commlinist party, was John H.
Shomaker, 48, of Menlo Park,
Calif., former aide of Bridges and
once a local officer of Bridges'
CIO longshore union.
The Australian-born Bridges is
charged with perjury and con
spiracy to defraud the government
in testifying at his 1945 naturaliza-,
tion hearing that he had never
belonged to the communist party.
Two other high-ranking union
member are also on trial, charged
with aiding and abetting the con
spiracy. Today's session was one of bitter
tension, marked by almost con
tinuous objections and heated ex
changes between counsel. Federal
Judge George B. Harris warned
Chief Defense Attorney Vincent
Hallinan that if he persisted along
his present lines "you might well
be in contempt of court.
Shomaker testified to holding
several longshore union jobs
uia tne time come when you
became a member of the com
munist party?" asked the govern
ment counsel.
"Yes, said Shomaker. But his
answer was nearly drawned out by
Hallinan's heated objection. Hal
linan said the question called for
opinion and conclusion of the wit
ness, and he wanted to argue the
point. After some argument, with
Jury excused, the point still had
not been settled when court
recessed.
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Libia Yoted
Independence
NEW YORK. Nov. 2WP)-The
United Nations assembly voted
overwhelmingly today to make a
sovereign nation of Libia, the big
gest colony of the African empire
lost by Italy In war. "
Ljbian independence will be ef
fected not later than 1952 under
the binding decision left to the
U. N. under terms of the Italian
peace treaty.
The assembly voted also over
bitter Ethiopian protests to send
Italians back to Africa as trustees
for 10 years over Italian Somali
land, and set up a U. N. commis
sion to decide within a year what
to do with Eritrea.
The final vote on the three-point
program for disposal of the old
Italian colonies on the Mediter
ranean, Red Sea and Indian ocean
coasts of Africa was 48 to 1, with
nine countries abstaining.
GRANGER RE-ELECT GOSS
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 21 -JP)-Albert
S. Goss, Washington, D C ,
was re-elected today to this fifth
Consecutive two year term! as mas
ter of the national grange.
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Lost
Aboard
ane
Discovery of Signal
Hare Raises Hopes
For Refugee Children
OSLO, I Norway, Nov. 21 -VP)-Discovery
of a burned-out signal
flare raised hopes tonight Ihat
some of the 35 persons aboard a
missing plane may be found alive
in the dense forests of southern
Norway. I Among the passengers
were 28 Jewish refugee children.
The plane, owned by Aero Hol
land, last) was heard from by radio
at aboutl 6 p.m. yesterday as it
neared Oslo's Fomebu airport.
Soon afterward a sharp flash, fol
lowed by an explosion, was ! re
ported near Gjersjocn lake, a mile
southeast! of Oslo. The owners
said at The Hague the plane was
considered lost. Nearly 1. 000
searchers! including home guards,
police and hundred of volunteers,
struggled; through tangled under
growth sf 11 last night and today.
F : and a drizzling rain hampered
their efforts. j
Resume Tomorrow
"It is )ike looking for a needle
in a haystack," said M. Endresen,
who is cireting Red Cross units
in the search.
Norwegian airforce craft, aided
by Swedish and Danish planes,
took part in the hunt until dark
ness fel4 They will resume' to
morrow, j
Rescuej vessels searched : in
Swedish i and Norwegian waters
far out ihto the Skagerrak on the
chance the plane came down at
sea. Daijiish ships were alerted.
The only fruit of today's search
was thef discovery of a signal
parachute in the woods about 10
miles north of Oslo. It is believed
to belong to the missing plane
Aviation experts are examining
it. !
Terrain Hinders
The pSane carried the 28 child
ren, three nurses and four crew
men. Ajll the children were of
Tunisian! origin. A spokesman for
the American joint distribution
committee, Marcus Levin, said
they weife all undernourished i and
showed symptoms of tuberculosis.
Even though the plane may have
crashed jnear Oslo, bad weather
and the Jrough terrain may delay
discovery for days. Oslo is sur
rounded by vast stretches of forest
on threej sides.
The children aboard the plane
were to have had six months of
rest and rehabilitation in Scandin
avia before travelling on to Israel.
Court Rejects
Eisljer Appeal j
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 -ip)-The
supreme court today rejected
an appeal by the fugitive Gerhart
Eisler, reputed former No. 1 com
munist leader in the United States
against a contempt of congress
conviction.
The hjgh court had previously
shelved the case after Eisler jump
ed bail Jn this country and fled
abroad last summer to find refuge
behind the Soviet iron curtain.
Today's action means that Eisler,
whose flight came while he (was
under sentence of a year in jail
and $1,000 fine, will face prison if
he ever returns to the Uniited
States.
Give Food
Ail the boys and girls at Parrish
Airpl
brinrtar canned foods and non-perunaoie geoas to scnooi, resmt
Inr in! the hose collection shown above. The food will be turned
ver to the Marion county welfare commission for distribution to
needy! net-sons for their Thanksgiving dinners. An Informal eon
. test between the Boys' league
nearlyi 1400 pounds of foodstuffs. Ia photo, left to right, are Bob
Hushes. 237S Laurel ave. Paul Maison. 345 Manbrin dr.; Lyn
liardT. Bresident of the Boys'
Stewart, faculty advisor; Dorothy NoU. Girls' league president.
2095 Portland rd.; and Nola Campbell. Girls league rice president.
1575 Madison are. (Statesman
Captive
Angus Ward, U. 8. consulate of
ficer in China, who is being
held by Chinese communist
forces in Mukden.
Li May Form
Third Chinese
Government'
i HONG KONG, Nov. 21 -UPh
Well-informed quarters speculated
today that the ailing Li Tsung-jen
might form a third Chinese gov
ernment and seek American aid.
in opposing both the communists
and Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek. LL acting president of the na
tionalist regime since Chiang "re
tired" last January, flew to Hong
Kong and entered a hospital Sun
day. i He long has been at loggerheads
with Chiang, vainly urging active
warfare against the reds instead of
Chiang's prevailing policy of cau
tious withdrawals.
Although Li came to this British
Colony for the announced purpose
of treating a stomach ailment, his
departure from nationalist China
created consternation in Chung
king, the provisional capital.
Foreign! observers arriving in
Hong Kong from nationalist ter
ritory about the same time that Li
did" said.it was a fair speculation
that Li might loxm an anti-communist
anti-Chiang 'organization
and go to the United States to seek
substantial material aid.
Stump Blasting
Cuts Power in
Lincoln Area
A brief power outage along
Wallace road just north of Lin
coln Monday morning was the
result of a stump-blasting acci
dent, according to Portland Gen
eral Electric company officials.
. One of the stumps went high
in the air, came down onto the
primary, 2,400-volt circuit, which
snapped back into the 57,000-Tolt
line. The latter remained in ser
vice after the 8:30 a.m. flash,
but at least three transformers
and three capacitors were burned
out, said Fred Starrett, division
manager.
; Extent of the damage on cus
tomer premises was not deter
mined Monday night, but crews
re-established service in a short
while.
to Aid Needy
Junior high school have been busy
and Girls league has resulted in
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photo.)
AchesoH
Issues S
Appeal
Angus Ward, Staff
Held by Chinese
Reds in Mukden
By Edward E. Bomar
WASHINGTON. Nav ' 21 tal-
The United States today! askjpd ; 30
nations including soviet I Rus
sia to Join in bringing pressor
on the Chinese communists to free
American Consul General An tut
Ward and his staff from a Mukden
Jail. I ! . ! j
An unprecedented personal ap
peal for; urgent concerted action
was sent out by Secretary of :Stato
Acneson over me weekend to tho
foreign minister of every country
with representatives in China, t
The new step, announced by iho
state deoartment, was taken amid
a mounting outcry for the use: ot
force if neoMaarr t fr th ran.
sular officials, who were jailed
'our weeks ago on charges ta-hirh
the united States has denounced
as "trumoed un." I it l
Termed Outrago I If !
Officials said Acheson's personal
appeal was I without diplfimalie
nrecedenL It rnt mit TVtlv
night, a few hours after President
Truman caned tne treatment s of
Ward! an outrage. ! ill
Acheson's move posed: a direct
test of the attitude of Soviets Rus
sia and of four other Soviet bloe
countries to which his; messago
was dispatched. ji
Some diDlomatic officials voiced
the susoiciort privately that Rds
sia as the princiDle backer of tho
new Chinese Red regime may have
instigated the war incident as a
blow to American prestige, i i
Protest Ignored i t . S -
"As a matter of urgency." Ache
son asked eath foreign minister; to
"express to the highest Chinese in
Peiping through such channels !
may be available to you, the con-.
cern which your government un
doubtedly feels" over the treat
ment of Ward. I 1 J
AchesoD liimed to the Inter
national appeal after communist
authorities at Peiping ignored di
rect U. S. protests and requests for
The state iepartment'i toie jn
formation about tho charges,
which have come via the com
munist press and radio; is! that
Ward and the four others were
accused of beating a Chinese con
sulate emp'oye who asked foif back
pay for his services. r I
Demands forr Force .
Demands that the 1)1 S use
force if necessarr la fn Warri
have been voiced' by the Ameri
can Legion's National Coinminder
George r. Craig, and by Senator
Knowland fR-Califl. Ther has
been no hint, however, that Iheso
proposals have received serious
consideration at the state depart
ment! f . - I
Although the IT. S. has a task
fleet In the western Pacific which
could enforce a blockade! of communist-held
ports, both ' Mukden
and Peiping are far inland, 'j
Aside from other possible, ef
fects, the new American finnvm
miffht servo to rallv ttntimne '
against tSe" admission of, commu
nist China into the United Nations.
This is expected to come Up aa
an urgent issue, possibly in ' Jan
uary, i; r s I
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Suspect Held j
InjSIayinffj j
Of Little Girl!
FRESNO, Calif- Nov. 11 (JPi
A 25-year-old cotton picker: war
booked tonight on a charge of mur
der in the brutal rape slaying cf
17-months-old Josephine Yanez.
Deputy Sheriff Hubert Kevins
said the man. Paul Gutierrea, ad
mitted in a statement that he had
"spanked" the baby a bit but had
blacked out and did not remember
exactly what had happened. !j 1
He was arrested this afternoon,
six miles west of Huron; tho tiny
cotton growing community linear
where the child was raped,; and
smothered and thrown in the mud
in what police called the most
vicious murder ever committed in
Fresno county. f! 5
Brilliant investigative Work pre
ceded the arrest. ! ij
Nevins said prints found in the
mud where the child v Lay showed
that the coat worn by the; assailant
was not a common coat weave, and
that it had three buttons on tho
cuff. Footprints gave officers' an
indication of the man's isize,
Running down numerous tips on ,
men seen with mud and possibly
blood upon their clothing,; the offi-
cers were led to Gutierrez. i
The Little -victim was a daugh
ter of Joe Yanez. 29, a ranch work
er, and his wife, Teya,! 22J: She
was kidnaped from their car; Just
after i midnight 'Sunday : morning.
After an all-day search,'! her
body was found face down i in ! a
muddy furrow in a field. Her j head
had been shoved into the mud.
There were flakes of mud in her
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NORON'IC FAULT FIXED I I
OTTAWA,- Ont, Nov. .21 HJPr"
Justice R. L. Kellock reported to
day that the captain and owners
were i at fault for the disaster to
tho Great Lakes steamer Noronlo
which burned at her Toronto dock'
Sept ; 17 with a loss of 118 lives.
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