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- ( 5 .'''.I'..- . . - . . ; ,('.-''V,v.Iv.,i"i,v. &fXVv$rf5 Jffjrst wl"wr Oa - , ' ' Zero Tinnpe i - . . f .. v . ; ....; . . 1 " i .? l. ' . . . ' ? v3J ft . .-. r' 1 1 Extra Coat for Doge;- - the extremities of Salem conditions are Vera. Mirlene, 3-year-old daofhtcr of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Coin,. 1230 Sixth st, and a lea- ther-Teated friend who happened to be wanderinc by. Marlene's father is a Statesman employe. Tho Corvallis Gazette - Times (TP epulis ' . announces the retirement of its veteran editor, C. E, Ingalls, and his partner, and news editor, My ron K. Myers. They wiU be suc ceeded ' by their sons;- Robert C. Ingalls and Bruce K. Myers, both of whom have been on the G-T staff for several years, carrying steadily increasing loads of re sponsibility. - This news touqhs "chords of memory or me, because I was associated- with the two who are retiring in the .ownership and the ' management of the G-T, begin ning in 1925 and continuing after I came to The Statesman in 1929 until 1937 when I sold my interest to Mr. Ingalls. Our relations were very friendly and so I suffer per- , sonai regrets at their dropping out of aclivd participation in newspaper work. "3 , Th R-T has been an uniaue or ganization. It represents as do many dailies the merger of one- time competing aames, me vi ette founded In 1862 and the TimM nf later oHrin. The- Original partnership i was composed of Charley Springer as business manager, N. R. Moore as news , editor, and C. E. Ingalla as editor, ingalls. who had been in the newspaper business in Kansas, came to Corvallis in 1913. Myers mirrhHoH Mnnn'i 1 n t T e t in - 1923. Springersold his one-third to G. Lansing Hurd who sold to me in 1925. The unique thing about the or ganization was the (Continued on Editorial, Page 4) Escort Carrier 6 Destroyers to Train in Pacific TOKYO, Feb. S -TV The escort carrier Sicily and six de stroyers are beinr sent to the Faclfie for Intensive . anti-snb-marine exercises, A dm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval ep eratlons, said today. Yesterday Sherman told newsmen that one-fourth of Russia's submarine fleet Is bas ed la the Pacific. Bo said the western Pacific fleet would bo kept at maximum strength doe to Eossia's expanding subma rine program. -, Sherman told reporters the carrier tnd Its destroyer escort weald work on "hunter-killer tactics which proved effective against submarines la the last wan Anim-1 Crachcrs . By WARREN GOODRICH "Co sttni in corner.' (Statesman phoi ihotoi Mercury Stays Below Freezing For Full Week Salem thermometers were play ing, tag with zerd again early this morning, but .the magic word "warmer" cropped up at last in the forecast. I l Temperatures which have been below 32 for a sqlid week are ex pected to climb to that mark to day following a iow of about -3 during the night. It was zero at 12:30 a Jn. today. Kain, predicted for the Oregon coast today, is expected to spread Thursday's Readings (By UJ5. Weather Bureau) j 1:3 sjo. -1 Z:3t pjn. it X:3 u, 1 1:30 p.m. a. 24 3:30 a.aa. 3 4:3 pjm. 24 4:3S ajB. -I :M p.m. 14 S-.30 ajn. .2 S:3 pjn. SS sjb. -3 1:3s pan. I am. -2 S:3f pjn. S 1:34 a-m. -1 . to pjn. Z 8:34 M. 3 14.34 pjn. 2 :34 ajs. 11:34 p.m. 1 14:34 a-am. 12 . Friday f 11:30 ajB. 17 12:3 ajn. t 12:34 pan. .21 1:3 lb. 1 I'M pa .ZZ .-. . ) . - .3 inland Saturday and bring temper atures of 34 to 44 above to the val ley. " ..j The high reading here yesterday was 24 above after a 3 below zero reading at 6 ajn. 3 Below in Portland Portland recorded 3 below zero. too an unrecognized record be cause it was recorded at the air- rport. Downtown Portland, where the old record stands, had 8 above. The Columbia river was becom ing more ice-choked. Fishing was at a halt, and boats were having difficulty navigating between floes. A number of schools were clos ed because it was too. cold to heat them. Salem had a serious fuel situation, too, for householders using sawdust for heat But there appeared to be a good supply of coal wood and oil ; . Dealers oat of Sawdust ; Many dealers said they had been out of sawdust all week because of the weather. The Oregon Pulp and Paper Co. mill was one of the few mills operating in the entire valley. Logs in many places remained frozen in ponds, and saws in some of the mills were stilled by ice. Fuel dealers said they saw no chance o more sawdust until weather moderated. The average mean temnerattirea for the past five days here was a near-incredible 11 degrees exact- Sr 30 below the average for this ate. Last winter the mercury had capped to li on only one brief oc casion. , . v Sookane celebrated ifa loth straight day of sub-zero weather with a -16." Seneca, in central Ore gon, recorded 40 below. . But mlimnta tmm 4tt vnwtwM wouldn't escape the cold by going oacx now. was -4 at Lacrosse Wise; -7 at Minneapolis; -9 at Sioux City, la.; and - at Grand Island, Nebrj too. TO" EXPAND AIR BASK PORTLAND, Feb. 2-ff-A $100r ooo federal grant for work on the Oregon air national guard part of Portland army air base has been authorized, Oregon Adjutant Gen eral Thomas E. Rilea said today. It will be used for construction and repair work. Ml?'. Max. 24 IS ' - . 30 Via.' Proclp. -3 .44 -3 JOO 32 M IS trace Salem PorUand . San Franciac Chicago Kw Vnrk 42 33 .43 . FORECAST (from UJS. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Fair to day with increasing cloudiness to night. Slightly rising temperature with high today near 32; low tonight near 16. SALEM FKICIPrrATiqM ThUYear I MM Last Year . 2Z33 Kormal 23XS "RiffTa Tilr in Stinrl TheM dBk do,,t gem hppy bt th iee alone 11I US lUlU mix omuc MUI creek, norren mlnjUie eold wtr. They khouldnt ' -.to nach. They are wild mallards osed to beinj pampered by Mrs. Alfred Lane, 235t State at, " who keeps them fed anytime they appear. And ethers ia the neighborhood aid, . too. (Statesman McEwan photo). .-. -. 89th YEAR Truiman Okehs Senator JjoBumsoim Says om Start Anything, Joe' WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-P)-Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson said tonight America's armed might will be sent to "lick hell" out of Joe Stalin if he starts anything. Johnson told a gathering of about 300 fellow alumni of the Uni versity of Virginia, that this country's defense system is reaching a noint where it can be ready for action within an hour. ?y:v;-;' toal Operators Opi Accept t Plan for 70-Dav Truce Day WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (JPf The major block of coal opera tors, f abruptly breaking off their peace talk with John L. Lewis, to day accepted President Truman's plan for a 70-day strike truce and a White House fact-finding board. Operators of the northern and western mines, source of about half of the nation's soft coal, said negotiation was "useless" because Lewis still insists on "controlling production. They offered to have the mines ready for normal production on February 0, as Mr. Truman asked. But Lewis,' who accused the op erators of causing the new rup ture, withheld his answer to the president. , By every past .indication, the United Mine Workers .leader will refuse the fact-finding plan. That would put it squarely up to Mr. Truman whether to use a Taft Hartley injunction to end eight months of turmoil and part-time production In the coal fields. (Ad ditional details on page 2.) State Board to Discuss Buying Coates' Lot A Monday meeting of the state emergency board to consider pur chase of the Robert Coates lot on North Summer street was called Thursday by Gov. Douglas McKay. And the federal housing authority will act promptly to review Coates application for a change in loca tion s to , Chemeketa street, when received, (the - Portland office told The Statesman. The board's call followed con sultation with, Sen. William Walsh, chairman, in Salem Thursday. It was understood only five of the seven members are in the state. The meeting wul be at 2 pjn. Monday at the statehouse. . Coates, a Portland builder, was prepared to erect a seven-story apartment building on Summer between Marion and Union when action was begun to prevent such a costly structure on property in which the capitol zone may expand within a few years. Following state and city requests, Coates agreed to seek a new location to which he could transfer his FHA commitment. He took an option on a lot at 1163 Chemeketa st. (Additional details on page 2.) ; 18 PAGES Ga lis for $50 Billion Teace Crasade I . Johnson said that through uniff-. States is in better shape and stronger than at any time since the point system wrecked it in 1945. That was a reference to the point : system under which the armed forces , were demobilized after the war. , Johnson added that this coun try is getting stronger every day. The gathering, sponsored by the Washington chapter of the Uni versity of Virginia Alumni asso ciation, was held in the National Press club auditorium. - i In all we are doing we are seeking peace, Johnson told ap plauding listeners. "There is only one nation in the world that would start a war. We seek to have a military establishment suf ficient to deter that aggressor and to lick hell out of her if she doesn't stay deterred, he asserted. "Joe Stalin will know that if he starts something at four a. m., the fighting power of the United States will be on the job at five a. m., Johnson promised. "Describins: a movement to null service men away from desk Jobs and assign them as combat troops. Johnson said that despite an an ticipated reduction of -100,000 men in the services by 1951,,therewill be more men in combat units rea dy to fight than before the reduc tion ' : SIGN OF SPRING WENATCHEE. Feb. 2 -UP Petito Marylyle Cunningham, 17 year old Wenatcnee I nigh school senior, was tonight named queen of the 31st 1 annual Washington state apple 'blossom festival. Smb-Zero An Ice jam In the Willamette river jusf above the Center street bridge resulted from weather con ditions similar to this week's back in 1924, and old-timers are won dering if it will i happen again when the weather moderates a bit : The river itself i never actually froze over, but the edges, back washes and sloughs ' along the stream were heavily coated with ice, as they are now. A slight thaw caused huge tee cakes to break away and flow into'the Willam ette. A large arm of ice extended from Minto's slough into the Wil lamette and the cakes piled up against At. - The - resulting - slow down in passage of the broken ice ended in a huge ice jam across the river and piling up to great depths. It extended from the Cen ter Street bridge to about Patter son street on the west side. , W. B. Gerth, 378 Gerth st, re members the ice jam as one of the outstanding ' happenings of his many years of living along 4he Willamette. Salem residents of De cember,' 1924, when the jam oc curred, were astounded by the event, none ever remembering the Willamette to be Ice-bound be fore, Gerth says. The phenomenon lasted about a. week, Gerth re calls, and about the only dam age was to the old river stern -jx ! The Oregon Statesmcm, Salem, $2 Billion-Coin: McMahon Asb Fund Used to Halt A-Race By Roger D. Greene WASHINGTON, , Feb. 2 - Senator. McMahon ' (D-Conn) to day proposed a $50,000,000,000 American peace crusade, involv ing economic aid to Russia - and other countries, . with the aim of "moving heaven and earth to stop the atomic armaments race," The Connecticut senator, chair man of . the joint congressional atomic committee, warned that in Russian hands "the' projected hy drogen super-bomb "might incin erate 50,000,000 Americans in the space of minutes. And he told the senate: "At almost any cost,' we must assure . . , that the Russian peo ple act as part of the world jury which brings in a verdict cover ing this monumental (atomic) is sue.. " ' McMahon said that President Truman's decision to press ahead with development of the H-bomb "was dictated by the severe real ities of the world we inhabit to day." "He had no choice, and his de cision under present circumstances is right," the senator said. However.McMahon added that In exchange for this country's $50,000,000,000 contribution to ward world peace, the United States should ask general accep tance of an effective program for international control of atomic en ergy., , (Additional details on page 2) HOSPITAL DRIVE GROWS NEWBERG, Feb. 2-()-Contri-butions toward a projected $250, 000 community hospital touched $117,667 todays nearly half the foaL Amone the donors is ex- President Herbert Hoover, who once lived in this , town. Cold Recalls '24 Willllainniette Ulver Dee Jamni - ''i Salem residents of December, 1924, were awed to find lee covering the Willamette river, extending from Center street bridge to what Is now Patterson street en the west side. -The composite picture above ' is from photographs taken by W, B. Gerth, 27 Gerth, at, who has lived in West Salem for 49 years. Lambs Find World - - -. lambs prudently keeping his feet i Skyline road off the Buena Vista man photo.) 1: V. J; Oregon, Friday, February 3, ROME, Feb. 3 -(- Dr. Fief Lulaf " Guidotti announced 'today he delivered a' son to Xngrid Bergman last night. 1 ROME, Feb. 2 -JF)- The Ital ian news agency Ansa said Film Star Ingrid Bergman, beautiful estranged wife of Dr. Peter Lind strbm, gave birth to a baby boy, tonight in a Rpme hospitaL Both the mother and child were re ported in "excellent condition." Ansa's account said the birth occurred at. 7 pjn. (1 pjn. east ern standard time) in the Villa Margherita clinic Director Roberto RossellinJ, stormy genius of Italy's film world, was reported at Miss Berkman's bedside. The 34-year-old actress has announced she intends to marry Rossellini af ter she obtains a divorce from Gas Tank Blast Burns Garage Statetmaa Newt Service SILVERTON, Feb. 2 An ex ploding gasoline tank; touched off a blaze that destroyed a garage at the C A. Reed residence on Mon son road here Thursday night. . There was no car in the garage; the fuel was in storage. Although hampered by a shortage of water, firemen kept the flames from the Reed home, a scant four feet away. Loss was estimated at more than $500. Tim .V Birth oft Baby Reported in n V-5--,'. '-.r Cold I? "ld w!?15D f m"y inHl- u-bt : ' ; Wn in this area now. Above, in center, to one of the fcardjl in the straw and just looking at the snow. The scene was found on highway about 14 miles south of Salem, (Photo by Don DilL States- , ... r- 1350 PRICE to man Dr. Llndstrom, a Hollywood physician. - - - - The Rome, newspaper Messag gero quoted an unnamed friend of Rossellini as saying the birth "occurred without difficulty" at 7 pjn. "even though it took place three weeks before ex pectations." "Ingrid is in good health, and the baby boy is alert and in fine health. He is a good look ing child, but "Rossellini was so moved that he forgot to tell me his exact weight," the friend told Messaggero. t . This informant, according to Messaggero, said Rossellini had "rusfeed" to him immediately af ter 'the birth and told him to "make the announcement 'in his name.' . , (Additional details on page 2.) Average Portland Salary 3,333 PORTLAND, Feb. 2-(3)-A sur vey, taken in connection with a housing program here, showed that 15 per cent of the families in this area earn -less than $1,200 a ear. Half of them, however, earn over $3,333. Twenty per cent make more than $5,000. ONE LESS WORRY WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-(flVCast one worry aside: The Smithsonian j institution' reported today it has no record of anybody ever being struck by a meteorite. - ..r-H' . : .m ...... ..x..v & oabia Basin Plaii Italy " t, 1 cL I - 4 J j. 5c No. 333 ' 9 i. ' . Approval of 'Conditional' " - . . . ; - . , ' U WASHINGTON, F e b. 2 - (flV President Truman, . Twith some modifications," has- approved $2,000,000,000 coordinated plan for development '6ithe Columbia River basin. Announcement came from In terior Secretary Chapman today. He said j the : budget bureau had advised him of the president's ap proval of the interior department army engineer plan, and 'asked ' that the recommendations be sent to the senate along; with amend ments suggested for the rivers and harbors omnibus bill now pend ing in the senate. Sen. Magnuson (D-Wash) ear lier said he- understood the presi- dential approval was forthcoming! and he predicted .the same list of projects contained in his 1949 bill would be approved by the budget bureau. Magnuson said he believed con gress would act en it this session. Approval, he said, would-result in generation of , nearly 10,000,000 kilowatts of power. Nine dams would be started or authorized on the Columbia river and four on the Snake river. A ; I The president conditioned , his approval of two proposed Irriga tion projects In Oregon - - the Crooked river and Canby pro jects. ' '.-'r-': - In the case nf the Canby project, the question raised was whether federal funds should be spent for irrigation in areas with as heavy a natural rainfall., as that of the Willamette valley It was noted that the project would pay itself out financially in40 years. Con- Esss will be asked to decide the ue. r 1 (Additional details on page 2) wheeler, the Relief, which was tied up along the Salem, ahorej. Ice punctured the hull, causing iT to list, but damage was cot great and it later was put back into use. Gerth was born in Sublimity iav 1883, and later lived at Lincoln, then , a thriving river town with three river coat lines serving the community. Gerth worked on the river boats la his youth and then 40 years agp settled in'the aree that became West Salem. Feed for the Birds The deep snow cover makes It a tough winter for birds. Many householders are putting out bread crumbs, rolled oat, chunks of suet for birds to feed on. More extensive effort Is re quired for the feeding of water fowl and the local Izaak Walton league has ' undertaken the chore. Airplane sowing of grain 'along the river and lakes has immediately a 1 1 r a c t e d the ducks. r " 'Cr-: Public aid needed to buy more grain for this purpose. All who will contribute are asked to . leave the money at D. A.: White & Sons feed store for the Izaak Walton duck feed ing fund. Canby Projec