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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1950)
I ohm L. Lewis Agrees to Renew Mine Contract T alk Owners Give No The SEC hearing on .the appli cation for sale of stock of Pacific Power and light co., opened a door on high finance. I am re ferring to the shoestring sale to a group of financiers with Guy Myers in the middle for a sweet profit for resale of the property or stock. Rather to the internal con flicts within the utility hierarchy. Owner of the common stock of PP&L is American Power and light As such it has elected the board of directors of the subsi diary, who in turn elected offi- Yet we have the officers, Paul B. counsel, John Laing, vigorously opposing the deal worked up by Mvfrm with APAiT Thpir interest and reason is clear: they want to continue the company as a pri- ! .til!.. Wn4K hsvM their own Jobs and to provide the serv ; ice the company has undertaken to supply to thousands of con sumers of electric energy. They HfinitAlv An nnt want to cm Pa cific broken up and "sold down the river" or up the river either, piecemeal to.PUDs. . Thus the officers of Padfic "de fled" the officers of the parent corporation. ; According to press reports they were threatened with being fired, but stood their ground. Thursday Counsel Laing urged SEC to reject the tender of the crowd organized by Myers and to accept another , tender made by Interests which contemplated the continued operation of Pacific as tvitom unto nrlvato tvammr. ship. :- - Another singular occurence was the attitude of another layer of the corporate structure. President Calder of Electric Bond and Share, oriemaiiT ue vjo aecjc 01 we EB&S system and ' at present holder of ; I. (Continued on Editorial Page, 4) West Protests Berlin Tie-Up By Russians BERLIN, Jan. 26 --?)- The western allies protested sharply to the Russians tonight over Sov iet Interference with truck traffic between . Berlin and West Ger many and demanded Immediate removal "of these. - abnormal , re strictions." r The United States, British and French commanders in Berlin de clared in a note to the Soviet com mandant, MaJ.. Gen. Alexander jvouaov, wai it is no longer pos sible to avoid the conclusion that these incidents are a calculated attempt to restrict the normal movement of persons and goods between Berlin and the western zones." , Soviet hindrance of the truck traffic at the Helmstedt check point, 100 miles west of Berlin, could not be Interpreted in any other way, they said. ' The protest came as the Rus sian guards at Helmstedt appear ed to be tightening a "baby block ade" to the passage of only one truck every IS minutes. The Rus sians have used all sorts of ex cuses in their Inspection of . the trucks to cut the flow of supplies to .West Berlin. Blast Reported On Planet Mars ALBUQUERQUE, N. M Jan. 28 -(AVScientists have ordered a worldwide watch of the planet Mars. A "terrific explosion" there January 10 has been reported. Walter . Haas, world director of the Association of Lunar and Plan etary observers, said the watch is concentrated In western Germany. He explained the planet could be seen better from there. He said his report of the explo sion came from a Japanese mem ber of the association. - V A greyish cloud was pushed Into the air 60 miles, he said, and the diameter of the cloud was about 900 miles. Haas said the explosion cloud was described as "remark able" In height and color. Animal Cracltcrs By WARREN GOODRICH "Mf Gosh, Mildred, is ice atm ill you know how to snake?" 20 Weather Scene Confused The weatherman thinks it will rain today. That is,, if it doesn't snow. Slightly conflicting reports call for snow for the northwest and rain for Salem. To confuse the issue, snow-rain was falling here at midnight with the temperature straddling the freezing mark. - The picture was clearer in the' Columbia River gorge country and around Seattle, Tacoma and Bell ingham. Wash., which have been taking a beating from the weather and apparently are in for more. Cold la Washington It was still cold yesterday In northern and eastern sections of Washington and most of British Columbia, too, but readings gen erally were 10 to 13 degrees warm er than the previous night Snow, however, swept in from the Pacific ocean and dropped a three- to 15-inch mantle on the region as far south as "southern Oregon. Salem somehow escaped most of the snow predicted for yester day' although a near-blizzard rag ed for an hour whUe most people slept, hitting it's peak about 2:30 Many Schools Closed To the north many schools were closed. Portland kept its schools open but reported numerous power failures. A hard rain rapped Eugene last night, dropping nearly an inch in six hours. Salem's precipitation yesterday totaled .72 inch and the prediction is for rain most of today and to night and showers tomorrow. A high near 40 degrees is forecast here for today and a low of about 33 for night. Founder's Day Activities Set By Willamette Founder's and Benefactor's day win be observed next Thursday at mid-year academic convocation of Willamette university students and faculty at the First Methodist church. President G. Herbert Smith announced Thursday. The west's oldest university, founded in 1842, will honor Jason Lee, pioneer missionary, and the late E. S. Collins, former member of the board of trustees and long a friend of the university. "It is the plan of the university to repeat this convocation annu ally and each year to honor two additional people who have served with distinction in the up build ing of Willamette," Dr. Smith sta ted. Participants In the chapel pro gram, which will be open to- the ?ublic, wUl Include Student Body resident Russell Tripp, Albany; Collins Scholar Jack Gunn, Mon mouth; Jason Lee, administrative assistant to the state tax commis sion; the University a capella choir and President Smith. The date chosen for the convo cation annually will fall as close to February 1 as possible. On that date in 1842 a public meeting was held at the Old Mission house to consider the needs of the Willam ette valley community for an edu cational . (institution. From this meeting grew the Inspiration to establish Oregon Institute, fore runner of Willamette university. Bulb Growers, Dairymen Said Money-Makers GOLD BEACH, Jan. 28-P-The biggest agricultural money-makers in this country are flower bulbs and dairying, an Oregon State col lege survey showed today. Curry county made $400,000 on its flower bulbs in 1049, and about the same from dairying. 99th YEAR Old-Time Rally Honoring Lincoln Planned Feb. 10 An old-fashioned rally, complete with fiddlers and sweet cider, will be held ' at the Salem armory, probably on Friday night, Feb ruary 10, in honor of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. That was the announcement to come from the Marion County Lin coln anniversary committee, head ed by Roy Harland, late Thursday. Harland declared "there Is no admission and nothing to buy; this will be an old-fashioned rally in every sense of the word, with plenty of fast-moving entertain ment, and we hope the armory will be jammed.' - $ - . - PAGES Tho Wesli Salemni Walter Projects deadly New Signs in rh-..r.;i-i,-.i:-. New alms proclaiming Salem's extended city limits are now in place the edcea of recently annexed territories In Folk county. Above is the marker on Glen Creek road, very much oat In the country and looking a little lonely in an area where some snow remains. (Statesman photo.) li ! Con Caught, Claims 3 'Strolls' in Month City police Thursday nabbed a state convict who claimed he had walked away from the prison three times this month. Tony Gurrea, a returned parolee, was apprehended following a tip that a man had committed indecent exposure near Jason Lee ce metery about 5 p.m. A patrolman took Gurrea at r to at Arrive Today On Inspection LL Gen. Albert C Wedemeyer, commanding general of the Sixth army, is scheduled to arrive via plane from Portland at 10:30 ajn. today on an inspection tour of facilities In the Salem area, He will meet with Gov. Douglas Mc- fKay at 4 p.m. prior to emplaning. The general and other nlgn military officials, including Brig. Gen. R. A. McClure, will be guests at a luncheon to be sponsored by Salem Booster clu at the Sena tor, hotel at noon. General Mc Clure is commanding officer of the northern military sub-area. Staff officers of the visiting general to be present include Cols. W. R. Woodward, L. H. Slocum, R. C. Snyder, John R. Rodman and J. Notesein and Naval Cap tain R. W. Barry " Other guests will include the Salem military advisory board headed by CoL Carle Abrams, the military manpower committee, MaJ. Gen. Thomas Rilea, Brig. Gen. H. G. Maison, Brig. Gen. Robert Dodson, and commanding officers of reserveunits. POLICE CHIEF IN WRECK OREGON CITY, Jan. 28 -W) Tom Miller, Aurora chief of po lice, escaped injury today when his car skidded on ice and crashed into a power pole here. The offi cer had been pursuing a speed ing car. Gene Maleckl of Salem was named program chairman and master of ceremonies, and several entertainment features already have been, arranged, Harland said. Speaker will be VS. Rep. James L. Dolliver of Fort Dodge, Ia past departmental commander of the Iowa American Legion. Several former nilnoisans will have a part on the program and committee members said efforts were underway to obtain the rally dder from Lincoln's native state. . Har land's committee is to meet again Tuesday to perfect plans and confirm preliminary informa tion on the time and place. WT 1 ! W edemeye Oregon, Statesman. Salem Oregon, Friday, January 27. 1950 West Salem V gunpoint near saiem uenerai nospi- tai alter a cnase xnrougn a muoay field. He was returned to prison by detectives after they questioned him at the police station. The detectives said Gurrea claimed he had been in the vicinity of Salem General hospital early the night before and had strolled from the .prison grounds on an other recent occasion. Police had investigated reports of a prowler at General hospital Wednesday. Warden George Alexander said Gurrea wouldn't be given an op portunity to wander away again. A cement worker, Gurrea had been working outside the walls in a trustee capacity. He apparently re turned from his other alleged out ings in time to go inside for the evening count without being miss ed. . Gurrea was sent up from Mult nomah county in 1947 to serve three years for grand larceny, was paroled in 1948 and was returned last summer for parole violation. Statesman Man Saves Cattle In Barn Fire BROOKS, Jan. 26 An Oregon Statesman circulation employe, Lafe Sherwood, was credited with savins: the livestock In a barn that burned today on the Elmer Hahn farm near Gervais. . The Hahns said Sherwood, who was on his rounds as distribution agent for the north section of Marion county, discovered the fire about 4:30 a.m. Sherwood aroused the sleeping Hahn family and then entered the blaring barn and turned loose nine head of cattle. The blaze, believed caused by defective wiring in a brooder, leveled the hay-filled barn and killed about 600 baby chicks in the brooder. The Hahns summoned firemen from Brooks and Woodburn who saved two adjacent buildings by soaking them with water. Fire men also helped Hahn rerrove about 500 setting hens from the brooder before it was consumed. Hahn estimated damage at about $2,500. He said there was little insurance on either the barn or the brooder. AIR ACTION IN CHINA TAIPEI, Formosa, Friday, Jan. 27 -(py- The Chinese nationalists today reported widespread air and naval action against the commun ists along the coast of China's mainland, including the big south ern city of Canton. i 1 rrrv l I SPEED. 1 l-iULEStrS 100,000 Call.... Tank to Rise In Kingwood By Winston II. Taylor Staff Writer. The Statesman . Relief for often-thirsty heights residents' in the Polk county por tion of Salem will be certain be fore summer returns. City Manager J. L. Franzen assured Thursday. Although the weather and a ma terials shortage are stalling most major extension work in the water system, construction is imminent for a 1 00,00 0-gallon tank on the heights and for a new 12-inch pipeline crossing the river. The pipeline under the Center street bridge, joining an eight inch line installed about two years ago, will be slung as soon as cou plings arrive. They reportedly were shipped a week ago. The city wa ter .department is doing the job itself. N - Meanwhile, the water -department is laying new pipe in several section of Salem, including ah East Nob Hall street- line where blast ing aroused the curiosity of south Salem residents Thursday. (See cut) j Eventually, a 24-inch pipe will add to the supply for West Salem and Kingwood Heights areas. It will be a part of the proposed Marion street bridge. Ready for Footing The Kingwood Heights reservoir will be on the same site as an upper-level, 50,000-gallon tank it will replace. The lot, near the southwest end of the heights, is ready for pouring of footings when the weather improves. Steel is be ing fabricated in Portland, and American Pipe and Construction company of Portland has the con tract for construction, which is ex pected to begin by mid-February. - The tank will, be high enough for all heights developments. It will be supplied from the 250,000 gallon West Salem reservoir 66 feet lower on the hilL It in turn is filled from four wells and an eight-inch line under the Center street bridge. The new tank's bot tom will be 100 feet above ground level. Lack ef Couplings The 24-inch arterial from 23rd street along D street to Church and thence to Union, eventually to Front and Marion streets, is halted now for lack of couplings which were reported shipped last week. But, the water department said "the dirty work" on the line is completed meaning the portion under railroad tracks on D and on Union street and under highway 99E-at Capitol street. It is hoped to continue work on this steel line by February 1. It will service the future line to Polk county. Installation Is also underway for four blocks of new eight-inch line between Market and Norway streets along 5th street. Current ly, this section has a two-inch line in the center of the street, where the sewer interceptor line is to be placed. The new pipe will be in the parking strip. 1 ttt;io cGrxitGQ l' Max. Min. 24 IS 31 10 Preclp. .72 Jl M M M . Salem Portland San rranciaco Chicaxo as 4S 14 72 New York 37 Willamette river 13.S feet. XRCAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, McNary field. Salem): Cloudy with rain moat of the day and tonight; showery Saturday. High today 3S-40; low tonight 35 J7. IAUM ruxiPITATIOM This Year 25.75 Last Year 22.06 Normal 2U5 Farmers Hear New Drainage Techniques, Gte Old Complaint By LOlle L. Madsen Farm Editor. The Statesman County and federal authorities explained the newest develop ments in proper farm drainage, Thursday at the Marion county farm drainage meeting, and three farmers brought up an old drain age gripe which they said was neither their fault through incor rect practices, nor nature's fault by putting a river in the wrong place. The all-day meeting was held at Mayflower hall, with Floyd Fox, Silverton, Marion county chairman for the Willamette basin project committee, in charge. The three farmers were John Crab tree and B. Perszyk, both of Salem route 4, and Comyn Tracy of Turner. Their complaint was that water from the highways created a real soil erosion prob lem on their farms It washed over acres of land, created pools of water and ruined farming con ditions on certain fields, the three PRICE 5c Tough Digging r t 4 v; rv City water department crews blastCag their way through reck for new pipeline along East Neb Hill street In sooth Salena broarnt anxious queries this week to police and newspapers. Above Is J. R. Rowland, 1S54 State sU sUnding en one ef the hare boulders which is planting workmen as they dig the ditch for a two-inch east Iran main. To serve a new residential area, it will be supplied: from an " eight-inch line ' en Waldo avenue Ohmart street, extended from New 'Pumpkin Papers' Unveiled by Rep. Nixon WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-G5VA new batch of "pumpkin papers" was produced today by Rep. Nixon (R-Calif), who quoted Whittaker Chambers, admitted wartime courier for a Soviet spy ring, as saying he got them f0m a high U. S. treasury official. The Californian named the late Harry Dexter White, former as sistant secretary of the treasury, as the author of the notes telling Ordinance Trips Up Justice Lush OREGON CITY, Ore, JSn. 26 -JPf- As Chief Justice of the Oregon supreme court. Hall S. ijisk i "too man" in matters in volving the law in Oregon. But he Daid a 13.50 penalty for its infraction here this week with out registering a single legal ob jection. Unfamiliar with Oregon City geography, the chief justice park ed across the street from the fire hall in a zone reserved for fire trucks maneuvering. Police im pounded his car and collected the S3.50 before they would release it- Justice Lusk was here as princi nal sneaker at the first citizen banquet, and in his talk empha sized respect for law and the con stitution. ELEVEN POLIO CASES PORTLAND. Jan, 26 -W- Ele ven cases of polio have been re ported In Oregon so far this year, the state board of health said to day. The total for last year was 325. Twenty three of the stricken persons died. said. They had, they added, com plained many times but so far had had no results. They wanted to know what could be done about it and they brought the matter hfor the erouD at the time Judge Grant Murphy was presid ing as resolutions cnairman. Judge Murphy admitted that tViov had a Witimate comDlaint. The two Salem farmers complaint . m m m I A he said should De airectea against the state highway department and was not under his jurisdiction. Judge Murphy said that in Tracy's case, pipes put in by the county to carry the water off were not large enough and caus ed, instead, the water to wash over his property- The county, the judge stated, would do what it could to correct this trouble. The complaints drew the atten tion of the group present, and it developed others had similar troubles. (Additional details on page S.) No. 323 to in South Salem l and will Ue In to a stub-line at Aicliiienrut su (statesmaa pnoM. about such things as pre-war op erations of a U.S. navy captain assigned as a secret liaison man in England, and VS. treasury plans to bolster China's currency. Nixon made this disclosure In a house speech in which he charged that the Alger Hiss case was but part of a far-flung: subversive con spiracy in 'government circles which he said high officials knew about but took no action. He charged the administration with "inexcusable inaction" in not dealing with the so-called red spy ring. Nixon claimed that President Truman had access to a secret memorandum dated Nov. 25, 1945, saying the Soviets had an agent in this country "who was an assist ant" to the late Edward R. Stet tinius, who was then assistant sec retary of state. Nixon declared that Alger Hiss was Stettinlus' assistant at the Yalta conference In February, 1945. Nixon went on to say that this memorandum was prepared by a VS. intelligence agent and was based on information given by Igor Guzenko. Guzenko was the oviei coae cierk in Canada o supplied information to the Can adian government which led to the famous espionage trials there. Nixon contended that adminis tration officials disregarded such information and attempted instead to block further investigations of the Hiss case. Nixon, a member of the house committee oft un-American activi ties, told the house in a speech today that as early as December 5, 1948, his committee had learned from "unimpeachable sources' that justice department officials were considering prosecuting Whittaker Chambers in order to avoid bring in Hiss to trial. Chambers, an admitted former communist underground worker, was the principal government wit ness against Hiss in two trials. The first resulted In a hung jury, the second In his conviction. Nixon told the house that since last December, he has had in his possession photographic copies of eight pages of documents In the handwriting of Harry Dexter White which Chambers turned over to the justice department and which Chambers said he got from White. i ACTRESS GRADUATES HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 28 --TV-Elizabeth Taylor, 17-year-old ac tress, was among members of the graduating class at University high school's winter commence ment tonight.. , - S, V.: I I ,' .1 I Ground PITTSBURGH. Jan. " 2 -(JPl John L. Lewis agreed to renew contract negotiations today at in vitation of the strikevnlamed an ft coal industry. It is the first concrete develop ment of the year toward ending the freauent coal walkouts which have pestered the nation for montns ana cut luel stockpiles to we aanger point. More than 88.000 diemr nnr are idle in a no contract no work strike in six important bitumi nous producing states. Unemploy ment in allied industries like steel mills and railroads has reached 18.000. Four hours aftr th mai in dustry put out its invite for con tract talks. Lewis said h - will meet northern and western ope rators in Washington on Wednes day, February L r'ljFB reutlon That's the hour and date the United Mine Workers chief must reolv in Washington fooral trict court to a national labor relations board petition for -injunction against Lewis' three-day wore weear. Lewis advised the oneratora ho is willing to resume nerotlationa "in good faith without stipula tion, qualification or commit ment." J... , , , But the operators made no con- -cessions. They stand firm n the same proposals made to the UMW in fruitless sessions datinc kak to May 25, 1949. - ; xney nad asked Lewis for' prompt reply to their contract talk offer so miners can go back to work and ease coal shortages. Rnshed Reply Lewis didn't rMltt th immediately but shot, back this wire; . "NewsDaDers chronicle that now wish to negotiate. If this be irue, a navise tnat representatives of the United Mine Worker, of America will meet with tatives of your Industry group at me aiauer notei, Washington, D. C at 10:00 am. WtdnMHar Feb. 1, to negotiate in good faith, wiuioui supination, qualification or commitment." t Resumption of bargaining could have an effect on the NLRB suit for a court injunction , against Lewis on charges of unfair labor practices. . i Robert N. Denham NLRB gen eral counsel who filed the action, heard of the Lewis move and commented: "If Lewis and the operators can sit down and work out a legal agreement, nobody will support 'em faster than I wiU." Five Children Die as Locked House Burns 'LAWTON, Okla, Jan. 28-A. Five screaming children died to day behind the locked door to their blazing two-room home as their mother struggled frantically to free them. Seven persons living In an ad Joining bouse rushed out uninjur ed. The victims were the ; children of Mr. and Mrs. C D. Young; Their ages ranged from twe months to six years. . - ; Mrs. Young told Highway Patrolman Clyde Awtry a wooden latch on the kitchen door appar ently fell and locked Itself. She said one of her children slammed the door as she left the house. Mr. and Mrs. H. . A. Henslee; their four children, and an un iden tied man ran from their house when flames seeped through the adjoining walL Mrs. Young said she lighted the kitchen gas range and then walk ed into the yard for water. Min utes later while visiting with another neighbor she heard her children's frantic cries for help. Mrs. Young said she and the neighbors, who were unidentified, ran the short distance to her horn but were unable to force the lock ed door open. The heat from the fire drove them back when they tried to enter through one of four broken windows. Cause of the fire Is unknown. ' Defense Chiefs Say Formosa 'Not VitaP WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 HAV The nation's defense chiefs re ported today to have - taken the position that Formosa is of stra tegic significance but not vital enough for American troops to oc cupy it to keep it out of Chinese communist hands. .; That word was relayed to re porters by Chairman Connally (D-Tex) of the senate foreign re lations committee after the com mittee met in closed session with Secretary of Defense Louis John son and General Omar Bradley. T. R. Burton, school superintend ent at Gates, refused to get per turbed when Glenn Hearing, Gate barber, was unable to cut Burton's) hair this week because the power was oft, Burton just went homo and returned with a gas lantern and two pairs of ancient hand dippers. He got his semi-monthly trim pronto. .