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2 Tho Statesman. Salem. Orogon, Tuesday. February 7. 1950 Ross Named Silverton Mayor . As"C. H. Weiby Resigns Position t lUUui Newt ferric SILVERTON, Feb. ft Errol Ross tonight was named mayor of Silverton by the city council to replace C. H. Weiby who announced 'his resignation at the council meeting here. Weiby said he resigned because his business took him out of town too much of the time. He will retain his membership in the council. The new mayor, a Silverton native who manages the Shell Oil Secretary of :cepts FrliiPfltinn Post j WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 - (JP) Gordon Gray, 40-year-old secre r tary of the army, was elected to I day to be president of the Greater University of North Carolina and accepted. He will make the switch by Sept. 1. Gray, who had been a private In the infantry, became secretary last June 20 after serving as asslst m. ant secretary and then under ; secretary. , ' ' . There was no Indication who : might take his place in the defense i establishment. The presenl under !. secretary is Tracy Voorhees. Gray, father- of four sons, law yer and millionaire publisher of ' the Winston-Salem Journal and ; Sentinel, was Chosen unanimous ' lr by the university trustees to j head the school of which he is an alumnus. His was the only name ; presented. The post became vacant when ; Frank P.. Graham left, it to go to ; the United States senate,' an ap ! pointee o2 Gov. W. Kerr ScotL Gray said In a statement that he would take the presidency not ' later than September 1, and as -; early as department requirements ' permit Gray volunteered and became an army private in May, 1942. He ad I vanced to sergeant, was chosen for i officers school and rose to be a i captain. He served seven months overseas. He left the army In 1945 and became a North Carolina : sUte senator, a post he resigned to become assistant secretary of the ; army in September, 1947. . . . 1 1 Junior Highs In High Schools Part of Plan !' (Story also on page 1) Plans to meet the need for more classrooms at all school levels in uc ouiem puoue aistnct were told to a group of Salem citizens Monday night by SupL Frank I B. j zienneti. , i Those present indlcated'a favor able reaction to a suggestion that m new plant be built in south Sa lem. It would house both a junior high and high schoo at the start, . but eventually would be used only as a high school. ; . Salem ultimately would have ; six junior high schools under the j plan mentioned Monday night I Construction of the new ones 1 would be last on the school build I ing program however and would j sot start for about 10 years. : Until then, Parrish and Leslie Junior highs would be augmented i and by converting part of the I present Salem high school into a : junior high.. I It was stressed that the latter i would not become "six-year high ! schools." The Junior highs would I operate entirely apart from the ! senior hicti rA nrrHaVW urraiM 1 have different names. Central fa i cilities such as gymnasiums and i auditoriums would be used by j both student body's however. If the change was made, the : West Salem junior high school f would be converted to grade school f use. West side junior high stu dents would cross the river to at tend, classes. v I When new Junior high plants ' are built one would be In. west ; Salem. Others would be south of j the present Leslie junior high and f to the north or northeast of Leslie. . Location of new elementary : schools would "depend on which v. way the city grows," according to r Bennett 1 Additions to several grade ! schools should be made this year, i he said. Mentioned were High t ' land, Richmond, Pringle, the new Washington school and possibly , McKinley. Dodd Declines PORTLAND, Feb. 6 -flV SUte Democratic Chairman W. L. Joss lin said today there wasn't much chance that Norris Dodd, a United Nations agency executive, would run for the senate under the par ty banner in Oregon. Not "this year," he added. Josslin said he had a letter from Dodd, a Baker county farmer who is in Chile as director gener al of the food and agricultural organization of the United Nations. . He said Dodd wrote "I do not believe it will be possible for me to undertake the assignment this year." His name had been propos ed by Monroe Sweetland, state democratic national committee man. ; ; ;...;. ; ; i-.'..:- . -,. Army Ac To Enter Race Hoso RGdciiRar; dum to a cold? V Te nlim fnwtlng brttatioM mad fcaio aatart aaL smooth oa a bit of gvaU ewtalag, carcfally SMdkated CGIQEJ::m:in company here, is a veteran coun cilman and 'has been active with the local fire department. Councilman Lloyd Fry also re signed tonight as he is moving to Grants PassL His successor will be appointed at a special cduncil meeting in the near future. " A citizens committee was named by Acting Mayor George Chris tiansen tonight to study the local water situation and report find ings to the city planning commis sion March 25. Water shortages have been ex perienced locally at intervals dur ing the past few years. Named to the committee were: Earl J. Adams, Harry V. Carson, sr, R. B. Duncan, R. A: Fish, Lloyd Larsen, Clark Bachman, W. R. Tomison, Howard Morrison, Mahlon Hoblitt, Charles Hoyt, El mer Johnson and Alfred Adams. Earl J. Adams will "serve as chair- man. U.S. Issues Sharp Rebuke To Germans STUTTGART, Germany, Feb. 6 -(JP)- American authorities crack ed down on the Germans today with sharp ' rebukes and stern warnings. High Commissioner John J. Mc- Cloy fired both barrels in a major policy speech here, three days af ter returning from official confer ences in Washington. He told the Germans their pol iticians were harming Germany with anti-Allied criticisms, that they-had better quit agitating on foreign issues send get down to business on their serious internal problems, that there will be no German army or air force, that too. many former nazis are creeping back into important' places and that the people are too apathetic toward their political duties. "We Americans are not here ex clusively to feed the German peo ple."' he declared. "Our main pur pose is to i help Germans achieve political recovery. "That Js my answer to those who occasionally say that we have no right to mix in the political problems confronting this coun try." It was the most critical' speech to the Germans be has made, since he became high commissioner last McCloy said there had been a recent tendency of certain German spokesmen "to jump all the way from a denial of collective guilt" to blaming other peoples for their difficulties. "Such utterances do incalculable harm and set back the cause of Germany," he warned. "They call to mind what people are now dis posed to forget, that is the amaz ing docility and acquiescence of the greater part of the German population toward nazi outrages." U. S. Jobless at Postwar Peak WASHINGTON. Feb. 6 -GPV- The nation's Jobless Increased to 4,480,000 i n January highest since the war. Secretary of Commerce Sawyer. announcing the figure today. blamed the rise in unemployment on bad weather, the holidays and the normal "mid-winter lull in trade and outdoor work." "It is noteworthy." he said. "that industrial employment! did not appear to be materially affect ed. A year ago, industrial lay offs were an important factor in the rise of unemployment" Georgia Strong Convalescing From Operation Georgia Leora Strong, former director of religious education in Salem public schools, is convalesc ing from an operation at Watson- ville, Calif, according to word received by friends here. - This was the second time Miss Strong had undergone surgery for complications developing from a severe back Injury sustained last July. She was reportedly gaining slowly after loss of strength and was expected to be able to resume teaching in Sep tember. ' "Let's Dance, That Others May Walk MARCH OF DIMES BENEFIT DANCE CRYSTAL GARDENS 2 Bands- 2 Floors - 1 Admission tX!l DeSouza's 1 Modern Music J! 1 HICIOIII tf Pastors Fails To Materialize PORTLAND, Feb. 6 -UP)- Five laymen gathered here last night for a expected criticism of Portland ministers in a discussion of "The Minister's Job." The first few had only non committal words. Then E. B. MacNaughton. Port land banker, and a member of the panel, got up and said: ; "For us to sit up nere to teu these preachers what to do is un mitigated gall. Not one of us would want to be in his position, or have bis job." The other four nodded agree ment and the,, meeting closed. Movie ors Asked to Ban 'Stromboli HOLLYWOOD. Feb. B-UVThe men who set the movies' morals were asked today to ban Ingrid Bergman's pictures. The office, of Eric Johnston, head of the Motion Picture association, said "no com ment" to a church's requests for a bar on Bergman films. Varied reactions were reported on the - international Lindstrom Bergman-Rossellini triangle. The actress , gave birth to a baby boy last Thursday in Italy. She and Film DireeVr Roberto Rossellini both have been quoted as saying that Rossellini is the zatner. In Los Angeles, at a Sunday service, the membership of Trim ty Methodist church adopted a resolution asking that any movie in which Miss Bergman appears be banned. Defiance of Standards The resolution stated that "this is not time to overlook such open defiance of our moral standards as appears in this widely publi cized scandaL" The church mem bers asked Movie Boss Johnston, to "use his mighty influence to prevent the showing of the mov ing pictures in whicn Ingrid Berg man appears as an actress." RKO studio is preparing to re lease next week the film which Miss Bergman and Rossellini made on the volcanic isle of StrombolL The title: "StrombolL" No Comment - f To reactions of church groups and others concerning the actress and Rossellini a studio spokesman said: "No comment" - In nearby Glendale the board of censors announced it would not bar the Bergman film. The board secretary, Mrs. Derrick Paine, said it is not the province of censors to judge the "moral turpitude of actors and actresses." -Syndicate Theaters, Inc.. an In diana chain of six theaters, ad vertised that it will not show "Strom boli" in its houses, saying it is time movie exhibitors "re fuse to play pictures starring per sons tnat bring discredit to the business. Reclamation Bill Includes Canby Project WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -(JP) Secretary of the Interior Chapman recommended to congress today a reclamation program for the Co lumbia River basin to cost a little more than $400,000,000. ' It is part of a $2,000,000,000 plan worked out by the reclama tion bureau and the army engine ers for the Pacific Northwest basin and approved by President Truman last week. President Truman has suggested that congress hold its appropria tion authorizations for the recla mation projects to $200,000,000 at this time. The reclamation program in cludes 14 projects. Included are plans for what the interior de partment said would be the world's highest dam. It would be built in Hell's Can yon of the Snake river along the Idaho-Oregon , border. It would rise 740 feet from bedrock in gorge 6,000 feet deep and only 280 feet wide at the bottom. The dam would create a reservoir three-fourths of one mile wide for the 93 miles upstream to within 11 miles of Weiser, Idaho. Chapman's letter transmitted the report to the senate said the proposed developments "should not be considered as an effective substitute for the Columbia Val ley administration already recom- Recommended projects include Canby project Molalla river, Ore gon, $1,074,000, to Irrigate 3,270 acres. It Is estimated by the Tea Bu reau, Inc. that four-fifths of all tea consumed in the U. S. is drunk in the home, Pep Edwards' Old Timers Shot Aimed at ' fSe Herbert Noble, Texas Gambler DALLAS. Feb. B-CtfV-A gunman fired tonight through Herbert Noble's hospital window at an angle from which it seemingly would be impossible to hit the self-styled retired gambler. The shot missed. There have been six known attempts before this to kill Noble. He is in Methodist hospital re covering from bullet wounds in flicted in the sixth attempt Noble has been a central figure in Dallas gang violence which took the lives of his wife and another underworld figure in the closing days of 1949. On Fourth Floor Noble's room is on the fourth floor of the hospital. ' He was reported to be in bed. The shot was believed to have been fired from the ground, apparently from Victory Village nurses' quarters northeast of the hospital. Chief of Detectives Will Fritz and Sheriff Bill Decker were call ed to the hospital. They could sot be reached there, nor could hospital officials. Stepped Out n Porch A rifle bullet ripped into the silver-haired Noble as he stepped onto the front porch of his home the mght of December 31. The bullet, apparently from a high powered rifle, tore through his left arm, entered his back and lodged next to his spine. It is for that injury that Noble is now under treatment Noble was wounded exactly a week after an ambusher killed Lois Green, Dallas underworld leader, at a night club here. ; , Green had been questioned in the death of Noble's wife a month earlier. She was killed by a bomb wired to the starter of her hus band's car and evidently intended for him. Noble was questioned in Green's death. The attack December 31 was the fourth time he had been wounded Union, Phone Company Vary On Strike Issue Divergent opinions regarding the possible nation-wide strike of telephone workers were expressed Monday by representatives of management and labor in the Sa lem area. ' E. A. Berglund. manager of lh Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, branded national publi city of union leaders concerning telephone wages as "about as wrong as possible." "Naturally, everyone would like to be paid better wages, he sta ted, "but it is only fair to the pub lic that pays the bill that tele phone wages should be in reas onable relationship with what is paid in other industries In the same community. This is what is now done." Thomas Bachelder, president of local 4, division 21, of the Com munication Workers of America- CIO, however, said that local em ployes would take a strike vote Friday at the Senator hotel. The vote will be yes or no on whether to support the nation wide telephone strike. Local senti ments are expected to support the strike because low wages and poor working , conditions prevail here as they do all over the United States," he said. Meanwhile, a strike scheduled Wednesday by installers and sales workers in the state who belong to a different union may cripple major state telephone exchanges before the strike vote is taken by the CIO-CWA group. This strike is not expected to affect local service unless mem bers of the CIO-CWA union re fuse to cross picket lines which may be set up by the striking em ployes. ISRAEL PEANUT BUTTER TEL AVIV -JP) Israel's first Peanut butter factorv. nnenpd a few weeks ago in suburban Ramat can, reported it is being "flooded with orders." Many Jewish im migrants who have moved into newly established settlements are buying bulk supplies. Valley Obituaries SUtesauui Kewi Serric Sandra Lee Gkh DALLAS Sandra Lee Gish, three-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gish, Kings Val ley, died over the week end at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 pjn. Tuesday at Henkle Bollman chapel in Dallas with burial at the I OOF cemetery here. The Rev. Fred Durdle will offic iate. Surviving, besides the par ents, are grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gish, Falls City; John Turner, Portland; and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Richardson, Kings Valley. ENDS TODAY OPEN 6:45 fii , ' I .iBGinsrar atm-Muwra-sjia kum Second Feature GASS OF THE BABY SITTER" Tee Neal. PaxaeU Blake Queen Mary Suffers Attack of Sciatica LONDON. Feb. 6 -jWV Queen Mary is confined to her residence, Marlborough House, unable to walk as the result of an attack of sciatica. A staff member said "there is a considerable amount of pain but otherwise Queen Mary's general condition is considered satisfactory.- Hints Giv en of New Arrests In A-Spy Case WASHINGTON, Feb, 6 -Jfh Hints of possible new arrests in the London .atomic spy case were given today as the FBI reported that Dr. Klaus Fuchs, key figure in the international hubbub, was a long-time communist sympathi zer. On a tip from the FBI, Scotland Yard agents seized Fuchs in- Eng land last Friday and Jailed him for allegedly leaking hydrogen bomb data and other vital atomic secrets, to Moscow. Chairman McMahon (D-Conn) of the senate-house atomic com mittee told newsmen that "further ramifications" of the case are be ing worked on by the FBI in this country and by British intellig ence agents in Britain. "Does that mean others are in volved, besides Fuchs?" a reporter asked. McMahon replied: "Sometimes common sense dic tates that arrests not be made immediately." Testimony Reviewed Alorig with this indication that new arrests may be near, Mc Mahon gave newsmen a hroad summary of testimony by FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover during a two-hoar session with the joint congressional committee at mid day. On the basis of Hoover's dis closures, McMahon 'gave this ac count of data turned up by the FBI: 1. That the imprisoned Dr. Fuchs, top British atomic scien tist, has been "definitely sympa thetic to - communist ideologies" since he was a young man. Knowledge of II-Bomb 2. That "no doubt" exists as to Fuchs wide knowledge of the so-called hydrogen "Hell" bomb the projected weapon which re putedly would pack eight to 1,000 times the explosive fury of the old atom bomb. 3. That Fuchs has "transmitted highly secret information to Sov iet Russia." 4. That Fuchs, who worked on atomic projects is in the United States from 1943 to 1946, was not under suspicion until the FBI gave the British government a lead about his activities. McMah on said the British first questioned Fuchs in late December, 1949. Today at WARNER'S! h r Harry - Mast End Soon! 'OLIVIA DeHAVTLLAND MONTGOMERY CLIFT in "The rTeiress" Next Big Attraction! M-G-M FINEST PICTURE! THE GUTS GAGS AND GLORY OF A LOT OF WONDERFUL GUYS! . rreiinnpiu Yoar Top Show Bargain! NEW TODAYi 2 Major Laugh Treats! CMTtt CLEASM KMT . HcHUG 2ND ACE ran From the radio te ear screen! HENRY MORGAN R89YVAlia irtza ROtSfJT eai eoosKii LE06CRCEY JKCSE CCA CAVEWaiOCX YIRGXA &RCT la the Henry Morgan Show SO THIS IS NEW YORK Extra: . Color Cartoea News Prosecution of Truck Load Cases Snarled (Story also on page 1) PORTLAND. Feb. 6 -UP- Pro secution of logging truck opera tors for overload "is snarled in a log Jam" at the state's Justice courts, the Oregon highway com mission was advised here today. State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock said there are 1,038 over weight hauling citations pending in 56 justice courts of the state. The -commission sent a recom mendation to Jhe public utilities commissioner that property dam age and liability insurance re quirements for log haulers and other trucking operators be doubled. The state presently re quires $5,000 for property and S 10,000 for personal damage. A Lane county court request for federal aid funds for a $500,000 project to reconstruct a county road to Marcola was denied by the highway commission. Approved were: A Corvallis request for 8 traffic signals costing $24,000 on a new one way traffic plan through the city on Pacific highway: An Oregon City request for flashing beacons on Washington street at 14th and 17th streets in tersections; Scio's request for a flashing beacon at Main and Water streets on the Albany-Lyons highway; A state speed control board re quest for a traffic signal at the intersection of Arlington street in Gladstone with Pacific highway 99 east. National Officers Of Sigma Chi Visit Willamette Three national officers of Sigma Chi fraternity Sunday visited the Willamette university chapter in Salem. They were: Samuel BuHock, executive director; Russell Easton, executive secretary; and Boz Prit chard, editor of the national Sigma Chi magazine. The trio passed through Salem from Tacoma where they recently helped institute a new Sigma Chi chapter at College of Puget Sound. hum of New York qnd San Francisco Critics' "BEST of YEAR 1 t.V P A 1 AIRMAIL FOX MOVICTONI NZWSI Preparation of Hospital Addition Plans Authorized (Story also on page 1) Preparation of plans for ad ditions to state hospitals in Salem and Pendleton was authorized Monday by the state emergency board. The projects would add an ad ministration building to the local plant and an employes' dormitory at Pendletin. The board also accepted a pri ority construction list of projects aggregating $373,000, including a Fairview home sprinkling system for cottages and administration building, $56,000; construction of an addition to the administration building at the state hospital, $150,- 000; employes quarters at the east era Oregon hospital, $115,000, sewage disposal plant at the boys school at Woodbum, $25,000, and a dining room at the deaf school, $12,000. v Salem Couple Bound Over To Grand Jury David R. Cook and his wife, Jean, 635 S. Liberty St., were bound over to the Marlon county grand jury on burglary charges in district court Monday. Cook also was bound over on a forgery charge, but a similar count against Mrs. Cook was dismissed because it was not proved in court that the check was fraudulent City authorities indicated that the charge may be renewed, however. The charges against Cook and his wife involve a series of burg laries in the Willamette valley. The forgery count concerns a check purportedly-written with a stolen check-writer. Harold B. Lancelle, 635 S. Lib erty st., already has been bound over to the grand jury on charges stemming from the same case. In another district court ar raignment Monday, Albert LeRoy Crowe of Salem pleaded guilty to a charge of assault Vith intent to commit rape and was bound ovef to the grand jury. He was held in lieu of $3,500 ball. Traffic accidents at night are twice as likely to be fatal as ac cidents occurring : in daylight hours. O PH. 3-3467 O MAT. DAILY FROM 1 P. M. O Ends Today! (Tues.) Joan Bennett In RECKLESS MOMENT & "RUSTY BIRTHDAY" N f r- Cm All 4s. It was such iuiui vis Wreck Causes Broken Neck Mrs. C. E. Layton. 170 Lanslnc ave., incurred a neck fracture Monday morning when her car was struck from behind on State street opposite, state police head quarters. Salem's first aid squad took Mrs. Layton to Salem General hospital. where she was reported "resting favorably" Monday night. No other injuries resulted from the collision. A OPENS 6:45 P. M. New! Twin Color Hits! ENDS TODAY! (:45 P. M. Virginia May "Girl From Jones Beach" - . . James Cagney WHITE HEAT" TOMORROW! Randolph Scott "CANADIAN PACIFIC Xa Color o Alan ladd THE GREAT GATSBY" a triet wsddins auuii aiuvc'4 t OA own k9 u YOUNG Borboro HALE ILJf J