Hoax Leads to
Questioning oh
The Stcdesmcm. Salem. Oregon, Sunday. Janaary , 18S013
Young GOP Devises Alternate
Keappbrtioncent Plan; Allonvs
rice
UAWViole
labs and Bibi Ferreira are the remantte In terwtata TTba Wjfftj
River." filmed la Braall and at ths Grand with "The Stacy of Molly.
Veterans Plan iddy-Varied
Uses for Insurance Payments
Br ftewlamd Evans, Jr. U
WASHINGTON -)- "My In
surance dividend will Just ait for
many mmtM to come. Times
bar rhf"ii Durable foods and
an overnight aplurgt art out"
That's the way a lot of World
War IX veterans feel about the
$2,100,000,000 "special dividend"
payment which will start going
out Jan. 16.
A surrey by the Associated
Press reveals, however, that many
other veterans have already tap
ped part or all of the dividend
they havent yet received. More
than 200 letters written by vet
erans front' all over the country
show that these Items already
hare been purchased: A dental
plate, furniture, a water heater,
plumbing fixtures, television sets,
record-playing units, refriga
rator, a snowsuit for daughter, an
electric sweeper and other - ar
ables. The veterans administration's
special dividend task .force i of
3.004 workers is laboring fever
ishly to divvy the dividend on
schedule. The treasury depart
ment estimates it as probably the
largest sine federal expenditure
ever made to individuals over a
short period. It is $500,000,000
larger than last year's .record tax
refunds. It is bigger than our
entire national income 100 years
aco.
Almost llOO.aoO veterans will
get dividend checks. VA hopes to
send the treasury department
1.0000,000 check vouchers a week.
Treasury hopes to write checks
fact enough to keep up.
- At that rate the entire operation
would be completed by the mid
dle X May.' -
But the job won't be completed
anywhere near that soon because
almost t.000,000 veterans still
have not applied for their divi
dends! Some may never apply,
as - some World War I veterans
sever asked lor their bonuses.
All veterans who have applied
wiD be split Into two croups, about
11,000,009 in the first, the bal
ance in the second. VA says mat
generally speaking those in the
second,; andl;. -.smaller group got
their applications in late and will -not
begin to get paid until all
those in the first group have been
paid. ')
Who gets paid first within each
group depends on the last three
digits of the veteran's service ser
ial number. .The smaller those
last three digits, the quicker the
check will arrive.
Thus a veteran with the num
ber 4597001 would find bis
check in. the mail the first week.
Number S 1034999 would have to
wait till the end of his group.
The cuotmuus dividend pay
ment is neither bonus nor band
out, says Harold V. BreMng, VA
insurance director. It la, he says,
payment of the surplus widen
has built tip m the national ser
vice life insurance fund since
1940. The NSLI act provides for
dividend payments out of surplus.
There are these three reasons
for the surplus:
1. Premium rates are figured
on the basis of an ISO mortality
table which assumes people will
die a lot sooner than they do
today. The number of years of
life ahead of the average zO-year-
old American has risen from 42
to M years since 1&9. according
to tne federal security agency.
X. Insurance on veterans who
died as a result of line-of-duty
injuries or diseases is paid not
with premium money from the
NSLI fund, but by special con
gressional appropriations. Con
gress regarded these "extra haz
ard" deaths as abnormal cost of
war, not chargeable to policy
holders.
-OUT at 434OS0 deaths so far,
about 380,00a have been "extra
hazard" deaths, or war deaths.
Total cost of paying these death
claims has amounted to &238,
OoO.OOO so far,! none of which
came out of the liSLX fund.
X Insured veterans do not pay
the cost of running their insur
ance company, the VA. The over
head comes out of the general
treasury.
Stores all over the country
have been ofTering easy credit
terms to veterans who can show
they wfll get a slice of the di
vidend pie. One store In Salt
Lake aty has issued GI credit
purchase certificates' in the
amount of each veteran's expected
dividend. S
But many veterans aren't In
terested. Theyf will put their
checks (averaging $173) into long
term investments. . '
"No installment buying of un
necessary luxury -items for me,"
said one. "My dividend goes right
into the down-payment on toy
new home. '' T '
And the widow of a veteran
wrote: -My husband's dividend
will go Into government bonds,
where it will stay until our two
small daughters need it for
school." !
One Oklahoma City veteran
will barely glimpse his dividend
check: "It Is the old Peter-Paul
story for roe. ITU send my divi
dend check right back to Wash
ington where it came from to pay
my 1919 Income tax."
By Glean Engle
DETROIT. Jan. V ibk. !
teams of detectives questioned a
aoa-a-wees: employe ox the CIO
United Auto Workers today about
a campaign of violence egTt
the union over the pest two years.
William ST Tfcnmaa Jt itMiL
lastly denied after five hours of
grilling any knowledge of the at
temDted assasxinatJan of tS Pmu
ther brothers.
The whiteJiafanf Ttlefct mM.
man also denied knowledge eg an
attempt to blow up tmion Inter
national headquarters, lie Insisted
nis niy part was ta neipmg end
the dud dynamite bomb plant there
wecemoer za.
After- IS hours of rrfilfatf. Tho.
mas oomnrea sate last nignt be
xaxea a torture-kidnaping story
early vesterdav. The has lA
police to question Thomas about
use enure campaign ox violence
that led the U. S. department of
Justice to order an FBI lnvestira-
tion.
Deanlle offers rf eaarfv x2SntiOfl
in rewards, authorities have fail
ed to solve the artemnted chert-run
assassinations of "Walter Reuther,
uaw president, and bis brother.
victor, uaw education director.
Alter admitting the kidnap hoax,
Thomas told notice he had brooded
ever since the bomb plot disclo
sure.
"I wanted to kffl myself." be
said, "because people were, saying
Denmo my back mat I set the
bomb. I'm in a bad mental state."
Inspector Krug reported tests
showed there was no similarity
between tne voice of Thomas and
the man who called a Detroit
Times repot ter the night of the
attempted dynamiting. The an
onymous call to the Times warned
there would be a bombing.
Pedestrians of Future May
Travel on Conveyer Belt
Br Sa-d rest
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NEW YORK HPh In the Times Square or loop of the future,
people may be transported like so many cans of soup in a factory.
Escalators will carry them below ground where they will be mov
ed around by vast conveyor systems. On the street level, the city of
the future may even have moving sidewalks. i
Underground conveyor lines to handle both human and freiaht
iramc voou even ne a good idea
ngm now xor many dues, says
Harold. Von Thaden, vice presi
dent of a conveyor firm (Hewitt-Robins,
Inc.). He described bis
Ideas at a recent 'national meet
ing of engineers. Truck j traffic
alone ' in some busy downtown
, areas, he says, could be reduced
1 by at least SS per cent by moving
goods below the streets.
' Ne Stops rlamned
The convenience to, human car
go would be even greater. Mere
people, he says, could cover short
distances underground with less
wear and tear, less congestion, and
no waiting. The conveyors would
never have to stop to take on or
discharge passengers.
There would be no problem in
moving the people safely by con
veyor. The only problem would
be to get them on and off without
killing more than you transport.
This, Von Thaden believes, could
be solved by having, say, three
parallel conveyor lines of vary
ing speeds three miles an hour,
six miles an hour and nine miles
an hour. (Three miles la a normal
walking speed.)
The passenger -standing on a
fixed platform would board the
three - mile - an - hour conveyor.
Then he could move over to six
miles an hour lane and finally to
nine miles an hour. Getting off,
be would use the same gradual
stages.,-..- : i' . ; -.
- Of course, there wfll always be
some smart-alecks whoTl go first
for the top speed and maybe the
more agile ones. Von Thaden says.
ave Wtih Safety
' "Auto Insurance crt a saving srtfh bo sksctI&oo Sb
- nlty" la a good slogan to romssabor when buying that i
car. Consult SALEM'S GENERAL OF JIMZZ3CA AGEKtT
for InJormcrtlon. No obligation, of
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HEW GATEWAY TO ROUE i
Central Station. Jbaeae, Italy. w!3 fc
to Che
roe.
DeSoto AimounewrBrandNewMode
f
could make it but women, children
and old folks would have to start
with tne slow lane.
"You could erect seats on the
conveyors or have the passengers
stand," Von ' Thaden says. "In
either case, you'd need hand rails
so people wouldn't fall off.
These speeds 1 mentioned may
not sound like much but they are
fast when you consider there
would be no waiting for trans
portation, no crowds lamming the
platform. The conveyors would al
ways be moving. People could get
off whetem' they like, provid
ing you have enough terminals."
Treight Meres Faster
Coming back, passengers would
simply ride the ether side of the
loop. They would stand, on a
rubberized surface to prevent
supping, beneath mat would be
steel sections, to make turns, and
the sections would move on chains.
The freight conveyors. Von
Thaden points out, could move
faster than the huinan lines be
cause cargo is frrt perishable ttr n
humanity. More delicate goods,
like eggs or ladies hats, would
move slower.
Conveyor systems to move peo
ple, be says, could be installed at
less cost than subways and would
prove much cheaper to maintain
and operate.
If moving sidewalks would be
practical undeground. Von Thad
en was asked, why not move the
sidewalks already existing' above
ground? Then even pedestrians
would no longer be pedestrians.
As they come to a store window
which attracts them, they simply
hop oft j
Weather Hay Isderf ere
"If s food for thought," Von
Thaden says. "But the changes In
weather, snow, ice and rain, might
create difficulties. That sounds
like somefhng for the more dis
tant future. ,
"But I think even shoving sur
face sidewalks are coming. They
could be especially worthwhile
for arcades through buildings end
for bridging busy Intersections."
Think of it, moving sidewalks!
What a boon to the old and in
firm and the rest of us who are
Just plain crazy. And how about
the drinking man? AH he needs
is his address pinned to his lapel
and he could get blotto on the
sidewalk and just be rolled off at
his door. An escalator with a si
lencer could carry him quietly up
to his room. But then there's his
wife. !
Well, science wd think of
thing. j . ; .
An Alaskan sealskin is so light
and pliable that an entire pelt can
be passed through a napkin ring.
will
DETROIT. Men, Jan. T DeSoto
Tuesday. Jaawmry IS. Advaawe
of new style and perfarmaace teatares. lateriar styling CescrOesVai Isnosrieaa. In the fsceCrant of
wwhaalcal advances arc new and larger hydraalle brakes. The 112-aorsepewer, hUh iiaaaoei ssl
wttai Tls-Taa Bydraana aaift and crral flald Stive to adve "escoaUaai
Srtve withes ahffltog. auglueeis declare.
By Wfcsaeea H. Taylor
. , ; Staff wrttac. The Statesman
ITandstory reapportionment of the Oregon legislature every
"8 under a conipromiae plan, midway between Diana offered bv
legislators, was recommended Saturday by a special committee of the
Oregon Young Republican federation. If approved by the federation's
several dubs, the program is to be proposed as a constitutional amend
ment on next Novembers ballot.
In general, the proposal calls for
no county to have more than one
fourth of the menibersbip of either
house, would boost the senate from
SO to St members and would end
most of the splitting of seats among
two or mora counties.
The recommendation calls for
the following principles: . v
nones rail county to have at
feast one representative, With to
tal strength continued at SO. other
24 members would be apportioned
on basis of population. No repre-
aentatrves would be split
coon ties. "
Bent Claims Illegal Ouster from
Realty Board, Asks $250,000
Charging he was unlawfully rHanissed from membership la Sa
lem Board of Realtors, a local real estate broker lodged a gSSOjDOO
damage suit against the organiration's beard of directors Saturday.
Ralph Bent of Salem brought the suit la Marian county circuit
court. He alleges his exphision from the realty board has damaged
his busmen and his reputation.
Fairs Group
Sets State Fair
For Sept 4-11
:
PORTLAND, Jan. T -(AY- The
Oregon Fairs association set dates
today for 23 county fairs and five
larger events.
Concluding a three-day meet,
fair officials scheduled the State
Fair for September 4-11 at Salem
the Eastern Oregon livestock show
at Union, June S-10; the Eastern
Oregon Wheat league and Mid
Columbia Livestock association.
June 5-7; and the Pendleton
Bound-up, August 21-27.
; Dates for 12 other events are
to be set later. These are the
county fairs for Clatsop, Jefferson,
The realtors organisation Js a
non-profit, voluntary association of
real estate men, of which Bent said
he had been a member for the past
severalyears so to March SL 1149.
Bent alleges In the complaint
that on Feb. 28. if 49, the defend
ants "unlawfully and contrary to
the constitution and by-laws of
the association," refused to accept
his tendered dues. Then on March
SL Bent said, "without notice on
hearing," he was erpeUed.
By his explosion, said Beet, he
is denied rights and benefits of the
Board of Realtors, he is compelled
Klamath, Linn, Malheur, Marion,
Polk and Wallowa counties, the
Lebanon Strawberry Festival, the
Northwestern Turkey Show, the
State Corn Show and the Pacific
Coast Turkey Exhibit.
i County fair dates: Clackamas,
Aug. 10-Sept 2; Columbia, Aug.
10-12; Coos. Aug. 24-27; Crook,
Aug. 11-13; Curry. Sept. 1-3; Des
chutes, Aug. 17-19; Douglas, Aug.
17-19; Gilliam, Sept. 22-24; Grant,
Sept 21-23; Harney. Sept 15-17;
Hood River, Aug. 22-23; Jackson,
Aug. 22-2S; Josephine, Aug. 17
20; Lake, Sept 2-4; Lane, Aug. 24
28; Lincoln. Aug. 24-26; Morrow,
Sept 7-9; Multnomah, Aug. 21-27;
Sherman, Sept 15-17; Tillamook,
Aug. 16-19; Umatma. Aug. 17-20;
TJnion, Sept 14-16; Wasco, Sept.
1-3; Washington, Aug. 30-Sept. 2;
Wheeler, Sept 15-17. .
I Christmas is still celebrated on
January , the ages-old Twelfth
Night, by residents of Bodanthe,
Small village on Hatteras Island
off North Carolina.
The collecting of contemporary
and antioue. Wheeling glassware.
made since 1819 in the upper Ohio
river valley area surrounding
Wheeling, West Virginia, has
brought fame to ttua handmade
American glassware.
SEE THE KODAK TOURIST '
CAMERA WITH1 KODET LENS
A brwllant, yet Insrponirra folding camera for fuS-color or
Wactand-while pteoras, Takes Kodak 620 f ilaas. Negatives,
214x3)4. Accessory flaiholder, $HC3- frioaa incWds
rodaral Tax. Stop In today.
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rtkzt cpsrzt3 ess'
to cease advertising and represent'
ing himself as a realtor, is denied
the use of the multiple hating pro
gram, his reputation is impaired.
be has suffered humiliation and
'teguisV' he has tost the benefit
of extensive training and acquired
clientele and has lost investments
and equipment
Officials of the board said Sat
urday that Bent was expelled be
cause he refused to abide by a
decision of the organisation's board
of arbitration. They said Bent and
one of his salesmen had a dispute
over a sales commission and that
both men agreed to submit the
matter to the arbitration board and
to abide by the board's decision.
Listed as defendants m the com
plaint are William J. Bh ven. J. W.
Hutchison. Walter Mas grave, F. H.
Weir, Burt Picha. Joe L. Bourne
and John Z Black, comprising the
board of directors at the time of
the incident.
Exhibit of New
Cars Set for
Next Tuesday.
DETROIT Mich., Jan. 7 De
Soto announced today Ma brand
new model that win Introduce a
long list of new style and per
formance features to give added
beauty, comfort, convenience,
safety and economy of operation.''
The new model will be shown
to the public for the first time by
DeSoto - Plymouth dealers, in
cluding the Wf X Anderson firm
in Salem, Ore, on Tuesday, Jan
nary 10.
New exterior styling of, the De
Soto is declared to give the new
car a longer, lower, wider look.
The rear of the car is described
aa completely new, with the rear
window now 23 per cent larger,
adding "distinctive beauty to the
design and giving wide - angle
visibility. !
Rear fenders have been length
ened and retain their full height
almost to the rear of the car. The
rear bumper has been deepened
and widened to conform with over-all
design and to give more
protection to the new fenders. The
tail light, atop light, and direc
tional tarn light have been com
bined in single units mounted on
each rear fender.
The 112 - horsepower De Soto
engine, with a caenpresaiaa ra
tio of 7j0-1 will operate efficient
ly on standard fuels, engine i a de
clare. )
There are eleven body styles
in new colors fas the new De Soto
line - custom and deluxe 4-door
fHawf, custom and ifelwire dub
coupes,, custom and deluxe 8-pas-senger
sedans, carry-all sertsns.
9 iaaw m'i r suburban, convertible
coupe, station wagon, and the new
sportsman hard-top convertible,
which will be in production soon.
F1X3IS ASK TAEXFF
KUALA LUMPUR -WV- Lead
ing rubber goods manufacturers
in Malaya and Singapore have
warned the government that sev
eral hundred snore workers may
have to be thrown out of work
if "steps are not taken to restrict
the importation of such goods
from ex-enemy countries."
Senate --Membership focreased
fromJCT toXs. In answerto con-
od senators that there are too few
tors to do the required Sob.
No district would include more
than three counties, all of which
must be contiguous, No county
which has sufficient population to
have a senator would be grouped
with other counties In a district
for a Joint senator. Districts would
be as nearly equal in population
as ptrnTff. - : ,
No county to have
than one-fourth of member
ship of cither house.
at ns afartty If legislature
tails to reapportion following de
cennial census, responsibility
would fall to secretary of state. If
be failed be would be subject to
mandamus action, required by the
court to pun tie specified proce
dure.
Freeman Holaer. professor of
political science at Willamette uni
versity and committee chairman.
said tne plan "ns a compromise be
tween tne extreme views of the
federal plan and the pure popula
tSon plan, in an attempt to recog
ruse both area and population."
At Open Meeting . -
Three plans were presented In
an open meeting Saturday morn
ingthe federal plan of one sen
ator from each county and repre
sentatives on the basis of popula
tion, offered by Rep. Giles French
or Moro; ootn houses on a popu
lation basis, offered by Walter H.
D6dd of Eugene for Sen. Richard
steuoergert a plan xrom a group
of young republicans on the Wil
tomette campus, presented by Prof.
Mark Hatfield, calling for a house
like that in the adopted plan and
a senate on a population basis
with a limit of 19 members to any
county. -" - w i -
Appearing at the meeting with
suggestions or advice were Repre
sentative French, Rep. Rudie WO
beun of Portland, Rep. John Steel
hammer of Salem, President Low
ell Steen of Oregon Farm Bureau
federation; President Eddie Ah
rens of Marlon county bureau, and
President Jim Collins, Portland, el
the Young Republican federation.
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Capital Drug Star
State & liberty "On the Corner
lzi asses Aid Job Ssonlly
Success on the job
more essSy to thorn
women whose efficiency
Unbreakable Lenses are pre-
t Scmler's ta the
prescription of Registjenad Op
tometrists, and they are ready
earning; poaverjm fay (mere time required
are not; ham-J i&4ocah. Td-focals and
paw T eTHtisded lenses).
Jiead-I
and IH crmtton to the Beaaler Optical
tig MooVrsJ OfIleee-Wators-A4etph BUg,
eksafks2y-l state and rammeirliT rhena
W fitted trasses j.1111 to ebtato Caujreakahla
No aifflflsnal
If .
venting costly
faulty vision.
cme to
have proved!
ta be of seati
value in tmu
by or
due to,
.In addition, the new Ud
breakable Leases shield the!
eyes against Hying
optometrists prescription er sa
lt is NOT accessary to pay
cash for glasses at SemlerV
iSmaS weekly or cnonfhly pay-
eaaary and Quickly
torranaed. ' abaolutrir without
and reduce mjury from fadus-l extra cnarre. Terms as low
.t i - .
las toe a day ore avauanie, moa
payments can be spread over
trial accktoat.
In the Portland area, Ua-l
breakable Lenses are now ie-jBT
tared at the Semler Optkau
Offices, and Harry Semlcr.l
wMident and founder., resorts
the mr mlma in zreai demandiUcrrv Semler. "TaTsnent
nmv mvtaML i rheaehaer--on easy terms to fit :
glasses wi3 sot break when e4bKJgrt--when yon w Scmler's
cidentaTly clropped, liberal Credit Plan." Adv.
length of time.
The important thing is to
get the glasses yon need, and to
get them srithont delay," aayt
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