Bridges Sentenced
To Five-Year Ter
i
U.S. to Seek Cancellation of Citizenship
- SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 -VP)- CIO Longshore Boss Harry
Bridges "was sentenced tooday to five years in prison lor his conviction
on charges he perjured himself when he denied he ever was a communist.'.--'
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. Th government then announced plans to have the Australian-born
labor chiefs U. S. citizenship cancelled immdeiately. It will press that
move at a hearing tomorrow i
morning. ,
Bridges was sentenced to five
years for perjury and two for
conspiracy to commit perjury at
his 1945 naturalization hearing.
The sentences run t concurrently.
The judge' said the government
had proved ; "Bridges lied in his
naturalization proceedings when
he denied membership in the
communist party."
Bridges was released on $25,
000 bail after a wrangle which
forestalled government plans to
seek the citizenship revocation
today. - ! v '
- Two union aides who testified
at his citizenship hearing each
was given two year prison terms
for conviction of conspiring with
him.
-Defense to Fight
The government motion to re
voke will be made at 10 a. m. De
fense attorneys said they would
fight it to the full extent allowed
them.
F. Joseph Donohue, the special
prosecutor at the long and stormy
trial of Bridges and his two aides,
1 said Bridges' loss of citizenship
would be automatic if the judge
rules it and Bridges then would
have the status of an alien resi-
dent. ; - .
All three defendants were
freed tonight after the lengthy
bail bond wrangle.
Robert McMillan, assistant U.
S. attorney, then began argu
ments in support of a motion that
Bridges citizenship be cancelled
a move in the direction of having
him deported to Australia.
2-Year Terms I
: Bridges! aides, Henry Schmidt
and Jonn R. Robertson, each was
sentenced to two years on con
spiracy to commit perjury and
two years for conspiracy to de
fraud the government. The sen'
tences in each case were to run
concurrently. Bail for each was
set at 110,000.
i The total bail of 145,000 repre
sented an increase of $30,000 from
that set at the end of the 81-day
tempestuous trial. A , cashier's
check for the added amount was
immediately supplied.
' Bridges, gaunt and pale, had no
immediate comment but his wile.
Nancy, said "what I said about
the last battle being the one that
counts, still holds good."
. -I don't feel like a criminal,'
commented Schmidt.
Most the Beginning
"It's just part of the fight; of
course I n upset.
snapped Rob- I
ertson. "But , this is just the be-1
ginning." . - - ,
Before passing the sentences,
Federal .Judge George B. Harris,
we inai juoge, icciurea we oe-
fendants, after denying a new
trial on charges the proceedings I
were biased. j
"By lying, cheating and de-
frauding the U. S. government,
Mr. Harry Bridges was gran tea
certificate i of naturalization," he
said. i I
Supreme Court
WASTtTNOTON Anril lftan
The supreme court today refused
a hearing to two Hollywood writ-
r. ennvinfiwl f emetrmt f rnn.
gress, thus letting stand a decision
fn. nm.dn.i
they are communists.
The votes was 6 to 2.
By the action, the high court re
fused to interfere with a lower
court decision holding that con
gTess may abridge either the free
dom of speech or the freedom to
remain silent "when legislating to
vert wni ii dcucvcs to De
threat of substantative evil to na
tional welfare."
Filni Writers
Denied Plea by
The high court handed down no WASHINGTON, April 10 -(yP)-oplnion
and did not explain its Stuart Symington was confirm-
. reasons. It took the action in
brief order which said It would
not hear the appeals of screen
writers John Howard Lawson and
Dai ton Trumbo. They had been
pending since last August 11.
, Lawson and Trumbo are each
tinder sentence to serve a year in
jail and to pay a fine of $1,000.
They have been free under bond;
The justice department ' pre
sumably will make no attempt to
carry out the sentence for at least
the IS days in which the two writ-
ers may ask the supreme court
to reconsider.
Robert W. Kenny, attorney for
' the pair, said in Los Angeles he
win iue sucn a petition.
Animal Crackers
By wmm GOODRICH
CHIROPODIST
1 COMPLETE
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To Appeal
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 19
Lojirshore leader Harry Bridges,
whe was sentenced to five
year prison term here today en
a charge ot perjury, lie will ap
peal the decision.
Flegel Asks
uit
i
Governor Race
5T. HELENS. April 10 -MV
State Sen. Austin Flegel tossed a
wrench today at State Treasurer
Walter I Pearson's contention that
his election to the povernnrshin
would ive the democrats rinmi-
nation of the state board of con-
trol.
- Flegel, himself a contender for
th governor's post, declared that
just the opposite would happen,
The republicans would control
the board. I
And he aDDealed to Pearson to
withdraw from the race, in "the
best interests of the democratic
party.
Weuld Aoooint Demo
Pearson had argued that. If
elected, he would resign as state
treasurer and appoint a democrat
to the post. That would leave only
the republican secretary of state
on the board of control.
Senator Flegel. in a speech to
Stl Helens mill workers, declared
that Pearson would have to resign
while Republican Gov. Douglas
McKay was still In office, and
that McKay would make I the
treasurer's appointment
Assure GOP Control
TIf he (Pearson) should secure
nomination, and if he should
Pl successful in defeating Mc-
Kay," Flegel Said, "he WOUld 8J
f'?"08
repubhean party of the state
by ; sucKing to tne lob as
treasurer . . f. election of another
democrat as governor would auto
matically assure that the party
would nave a : majority on : the
board I control."
FleceU' Pearson and Lew Wal
lace are all contending for : the
democratic nomination ior gov
i ernor.
1 SYMINGTON CONFIRMED
ed by. the senate today as chair
man of the national security re
sources board. The post had been
vacant 10 months.
I f COAST LEAGUE
At Portland 11. Oakland
Only - same scheduled.
"earson Q
City Zoners Withdraw Suoport
From Apartment House Plan
Salem planning and toning com-
! mission Monday withdrew its en
dorsement from the controversial
petition seeking permission to er
ect a $1,500,000 apartment house
at South , High and Kearney
streets. . .'. . : '.
This new development took the
apartment issue out of the city
council's lap far the time being.
Petitioners William E. Healy
and Paul F. Murphy through their
attorney, Allan Carson, have ask
ed for action on the petition in
time for them to meet a May 24
financing deadline by federal
bousing administration.
Zoning commissioners who have
had several special meetings to
thresh out conflicting technicali
ties In the . petition and remon
strance indicated they would get
the matter before the council by
Its April 24 meeting .
Petitioners and opponents axe
split about 50-50 over the request
for zone change on which the ap
artment project hinges.
After several re-figuring ox tne
: " ' . 4- - :
100th YEAR
Bathroom Lock
Story Reversed
i ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 10-(ff)-Two-year-old
Caroline Y ur
ic unas today turned the "locked
in the bathroom" story inside
out.
: She locked in her mother and
her infant sister.
1 Caroline's cautious mother,
Mrs. Anna May Yurkunas, had
switched the key to the outside
so Caroline couldn't lock her
self in.
I To escape, Mrs. Yurkunas
had to open the bathroom win
dow, knock out a storm window
and call neighbors. The neigh
bors summoned firemen who
brought ladders.
Boeing Makes
Gas Turbine
Truck Ensrine
SEATTLE. April 10--A pow
er-packed midget gas turbine en
gine for trucks was unveiled today
by the Boeing Airplane Co., which
said "a revolution is about to take
place in the powering of ground
vehicles, similar to that in the
air." .
Henry Hill, supervising engin
eer of the Boeing engine project,
demonstrated the 200-pound, 175
horsepower turbine for a score of
trucking industry representatives
and newsmen.
J The little engine, a David with
the muscles of a Goliath, was put
through its paces under normal
trucking conditions, hauling a 10
ton freight truck and heavy trail
er around a test course, i -
j "This is the first installation of
a gas turbine in a motor vehicle in
the United States," Hill said. "We
have a new kind of prime mover
which we think will compete, with
all categories of piston-type en
gines." The turbine weighs one-four
teenth as much as a diesel engine
producing the same power and oc
cupies one-eignin or tne space.
iThe saving in weight and space,
the company said, makes possible
the hauling of more than a ton ad
ditional payload.
: . !
Fertilizer Plant
To Resume
Operation Soon
j Production of fertilizer Is ex
pected to be resumed before May
1 j at the former Salem alumina
plant. Arch W. Metzger, manager
for Continental Chemical com
pany, announced Monday.'
-1 Metzger said the operation
would have started next week ex
cept for the shortage of ammonia,
due to the heavy demand for fert
ilizer manufacture at this season.
The local firm's order for the raw
material could not be placed until
the plant lease was secured last
month.
j Meanwhile, about 12 to 15 men
are on duty at the Cherry avenue
location, cleaning up and getting
facilities into condition for opera
tion. Metzger said the past win
ter's -freeze was exceptionally
hard on water pipes.
I In full production, the company
expects to employ about 30 men
and have an output of about 100
tons of fertilizer per day.
I The plant, constructed during
the war to develop manufacture
cf alumina from clay, has been
on lease for fertilizer production
at various times since. It had been
vacant for several months recent
ly until leased from the govern
ment by Continental, headed by
Charles Strickfaden, George A.
Rhoten and Metzger, all of Salem.
percentage of affet -d - property
represented on the petition and
the remonstrance, it sow appears
that the petitioners have 49.645
per cent, just under the required
percentage of "over 50.
But Attorney Carson Monday
entered new considerations when
he asked for attention to a 40-year-old
lawsuit involving the ap
artment site property and to the
South . High street dedication in
the block between Mission and
Kearney streets.
Zoning law for Salem does not
permit the commission to recom
mend zone changes unless favor
able reaction is on record from
owners of more than half the
property within 300 feet of the
change area.
Homer Smith, Jr., representing
the remonstrators at the Monday
meeting; asked the zoning com
mission to consider the zone
dung solely on the basis of city
zoning law, "and not obscured by
the! potential $1,500,000 worth of
this property.
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(City to Vole on Six 10 Year-Plan Projects May 19;
3-Hour Meters Included in Revised Parking Plan
By Robert E. Gangwsre
City Editor, The Statesman
First six projects in a 10-year
plan for Salem municipal develop
ment will be voted on in a special
ity election May 19, it wa de-
ided Monday night by the; city
ounciL i I
The projects will go on the
allot separately. They embrace
1,205,000 in new bond issues for
rainage, sewage disposal and
ridge replacements; millage taxes
or airport improvement and two
ew fire trucks; reauthorization ot
17-year-old water bond issue of
00.000 for which water ! depart
ed funds are already on hond.
These public works, if ! ill ac-
epted by the voters, would tarry
but the first two years' work; Under
City Manager J. L. Franzen's
recommended timetable. Also in
cluded are an $80,000 Madison
street drainage project and; two
new fire trucks, brought forward
from a later date in the blaster
plan by action of the council at
jits city hall meeting last night.
List of Measures . I I
The projects which go i en the
May ballot: I
Firefirhtinr equipment: A one
year 1.7 mill tax to raise $50,000
for a new pumper and a' replace
ment ladder truck. The i present
aerial ladder rig has been used by
Salem 26 years.
Airport: A 2.6 mill tax for two
years to raise some $150,000 for
overall improvements in j which
the federal government Will! con
tribute funds. Main runway and
taxiway extension, lighting im
provements and access road are in
this program. j h
Drainage: A $280,000 bond; issue
to be retired over 20 yearsJ I New
northeast Salem drainage; system
would account for bulk of : the ex
pense. I j j
Bridges: A $125,000, 20-year
bond issue for five new bridges,
at North Church and South! 23rd
streets over Mill creek. Ford and
South 25th street over Shelton
ditch. Mission street over jPfingle
creek. !
Sewage: A 20-year $$00,000
bond issue for new trunk sewers,
pumping stations and completion
of interceptor and disposal plant
which now must be planned for
a larger population than ! consid
ered when authorized two! (years
ago. i
Water: New reservoir at Turner
and other water improvements! are
in this $300,000 bond issue! which
requires no tax money fori-debt
retirement.
(Additional council neWs
on page 2.) Ml
Mercy Slayer
Given 3 Years
1 1
ALLENTOWN. Pa.. April 10-UPi
i-Harold A. Mohr, convicted of vol
untary manslaughter in the so-
called mercy killing of his blind,
cancer-ravaged brother, today was
sentenced to three to six years in
prison.- M
1 LeHigh county Judge James F.
Henninger said he "took into con
sideration a jury's plea of mercy
for the 36-year-old defendant who
didn't deny the rifle slaying of
Walter Mohr, 55, but testified
couldn't remember doing iit.
The maximum sentence! Was 12
years in prison and a $6,000! fine.
Besides the prison sentence, Mohr
was fined $500. j !
10 Workers
Assigned Farm
bbs Monday
The recent spring decline in Sa
lem area unemployment gained a
new impetus Monday as farm; work
began in earnest. About 110; work
ers were dispatched Monday! from
the Salem office of the state em
ployment service to temporary
agricultural jobs, principally in
hops and strawberries. I I j
Manager W, H. Baillie said the
demand for such labor would in
crease steadily unless the weather
reverts to rain. Considerable farm
work has already been delayed
beyond the customary tim4
While the bulk of the crop
workers are driving to thej jobs,
Baillie said some farmers are pro
viding transportation from the em
ployment office. -' j j
Jobless pay claims in Marion and
Polk counties dropped by 323 last
week to 2,202. They have shown
an almost steady decline! I since
February.
taster seal Agency to
i - ill
Build Hospital in Eugene
PORTLAND, April 10P-The
easier seal agency today an
nounced plans to build a $150,000
hospital in Eugene for treatment
of crippled children. ji.
The building will be started In
May. and ready for occupancy in
the fall. It will accommodate 65
youngsters.
POUNDDD 1651
Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregonu Tuesday. April 11. 1950
Money Floats on
California Breeze
LONG BEACH, Calif., April
lO--Ten and $20 bills were
floating on the downtown breeze
today like maple leaves in an
autumn gust.
So said David E. Melton. To
prove it he turned over to po
lice a ten spot he said he found.
He added he saw a woman catch
a $M and then a $20 bill "out
of thin air" and watched a man
pick up a ten spot.
Melton said he saw no one
chasing the money- -as its
owner might be expected to do.
Silvertonon
Daylight Time
on
SILVERTON, April 10-(Spe
cial) -Silver ton's city council voted
tonight to follow the lead of Salem
on the daylight saving time issue,
in passing, a resolution at a city
hall meeting here.
The resolution was drawn up
calling, for Silverton to make the
switch to fast time at the same
time as Salem, should the city
council there favor the measure.
(The Salem council voted in fa
vor of DST and will switch over
at 2:01 a.m., April 30.)
A motion for the state, to pro
ceed with plans for the replace
ment of the James avenue bridge
was also passed by the council.
The state highway department re
cently approved $15,000 for its
share in construction costs of the
bridge. Silverton will pay the re
maining $11,000 and construct the
approaches.
Early action on meeting Silver
ton's water supply problem was
indicated following a report of a
citizens committee to the council.
The committee recommended that
the city build a dam at the old lo
cation ; pn Abiqua creek, four
miles above Silverton. The reco
mmendation was referred to the
planning commission headed by
Rohland Cooley for its study. The
commission, special guests of the
council to hear the report, prom
ised action at a special meeting
which: would be called as soon as
additional information was avail
able from consultong engineers.
The city hopes to get the project
underway this summer, j
Other action by the council In
eluded approval of the appoint
ment of Mrs. Charles Hoyt to the
library board. The appointment
was made by Mayor Errol Ross.
Parents Back
School Board
In fClub' Suit
PORTLAND, April 10 -P- A
group of Portland parents sided
today with the school board.
which Is being sued by members
of four high school societies.
The group of 27 parents filed
an interveners' complaint, which
charged that the societies really
are "secret" within the meaning
of the state law.
The members of the societies
had filed suit against the school
board, contending their organia
ti'ons ; were not secret and were
not in violation of state law.
Mrs. Joseph E. Keyser, leader
of the interveners, said her group
was interested in wholesome rec
reation. "My son and daughter are
not yet in high school," she said,
"but I want this controversy set
tled before they get there."
NO CLUE TO MISSING PLANE
WIESBADEN. Germany, April
10 -OPt- Search planes and ships
of three nations swept over the
Baltic sea tonight without finding
any trace of a missing U. S. navy
plane and its crew of 10.
TIME VERDICT AWAITED
ALBANY, April KMTV-City
council is expected to decide Wed
nesday, to go on fast time April 30.
The town is the only major com
munity; in the Willamette valley
that has not yet voted for day
light saving time.
1 ";,(? V7,QQ 000(3 1
Max. Mia. rrecta.
, M . ' jM
SO 4 -M
Saint '
Portland
Saa Frai
Chicago
New Ye
Saa Francisco. U 43 m
to (7 32 .32
fork. as ae .oo
WUlametta rirer 4 feet
FORECAST (from U S. weather bur
uu. MeNary be Id. Salem r: Cloudy
with rata today and toaifht. becomlnf
showery by Wednesday. Fresh to ee
caatoBauy strong southerly winds to
day and tonirht. High today S4-7. Lew
tonight 4a-sa
SALEM PHECHTTAnOM
This year Last year Normal
Mil
Bandwag
t .
Three-hour parking meters on
fringes of downtown Salem were
recommended Monday night by
City Manager J. L. Franzen.
The city council took under con
sideration a new parking plan
which filsn inolllHM ?n.minna
meters near the downtown banks
and conversion of several blocks
to two-hour parking.
Highlights of the Franzen re
commendations: . ,.
Estimated cost of converting
present parking meters is $1,000,
to come out of meter receipts now
on hand. About 300 of the city's
1,500 meters are involved.
Three-hour parking rate would
be 10 cents. A nickel would give
parker 1 hours. 1
To Reduce Parking
Parking space would be re
duced in the vicinity of the South
ern Pacific freight station at Trade
ana ront streets by parallel
parking and no-parking zones to
eliminate what Franzen termed a
dangerous parking congestion at
present." No meters are involved
here.
Three-hour meters recommend
ed for Church street from Ferry
to State and Court to Chemeketa;
nign street irom Chemeketa to
iwarion: Chemeketa street frnm
High to Cottage;. Liberty street
irom center to Marion; Commer
cial street from Center to Marion;
Center street from High to Com
mercial. For Liberty Street
Two-hour meters reeommnHd
ior uoerty street from Chemeketa
to center; Commercial street from
Chemeketa to Center; Chemeketa
street from Front to Commercial;
State street from Commercial to
front.
Two-hour parkiag, not metered.
recommended for Ferry street
from Front to Commercial and
Church to High; and for the Trade
to erry street blocks of Church,
High and Liberty streets. !
l wen ty-minute parkin meter
wouia oe at seven spaces at each
llJc iwo oowntown corner!
faced by the local branches of
u. s. and first National bank
me zo-mwute meters would h
paintea rea, two-hour meters
green and three-hour meters vel
low. Signs specifying the type of
meters would be placed in affect
ea oiocks.
City Manager Franzen said the
recommendations are based on i
survey of parkins densitv
ducted by city poliice over the re
cent months
Mayor R. L. Elfstrom said the
rreummewwnonj scarry the en
dorsement of the citizens' nark
lng committee he has appointed to
stuay plans for easing parking
i-uiigesuon.
Flaxseed Price
Supports Set
WASHINGTON, April 10-A
support price of; $2.82 a bushel
was set by the department -icf ag
riculture today for 1950 flaxseed
No. 1 grade at Portland.
That is lower j than the $3.09
price prevailing last year. The cut
reflects an accumulation of nearly
a year's supply of. surpluses.
The same price as at Portland
will prevail in Minneapolis. Du-
luth, Minn., and Chicago. The rate
at Los Angeles and San Francisco
will be $2.97, and at Corpus Chris
ti and Houston. Tex.. $2.57.
Prices for No. 2 flaxseed will be
5 cents less. Fanners will be re
quired to assume, the cost of stor
age during the first year a new
regulation.
Politics on Parade . . .
Who's Running for What in the May Primaries!
(tailor's Mto: CMMtents ia thla
! arc ! ky r fr tk cuaMtUt
witbrat rmrtcttMk, iaa nay r Bar
not reflect tfee epiaiea ( this aews-
Teday'a Sabject i
George E. Ensign, jr.: (r)
Candidate fer I
State representative (Marion)
I respectfully submit to republi
can voters of the twelfth district
my candidacy for state representa-
i am marriea,
have one daugh
ter and have re
sided in Oregon
since 1927. 1 have
a bachelor's and
master's degree
from Oregon
State college;
have taught phy
sical education,
government and
social studies in
Oregon schools
teorta; Katfgh
for 12 years and have been active
in all civic affairs in every com
munity in which 1 have been lo
cated. , I
X believe In a sound tax struct
ure and. although taxes are in
evitable, it is the responsibility of
ithe legislator to present
PRICE
Halts Drift
IS"
HEW DELHI, India, April 10 In
dian Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehra, whe submitted the new
India-Pakistan part te the par
liament ef India today.
Parliament of
India Ratifies
Pakistan Pact
NEW DELHI, India, April 10
(AVThe new India-Pakistan pact
to protect minority groups and end
the bloody communal strife on the
sub-continent was ratified today
by the Indian parliament.
The agreement also was presen
ted to Pakistan's constituent as
sembly in Karachi.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh
ru, in submitting the pact to the
Indian parliament, said he was
satisfied it would halt a drift
toward catastrophe.
"We have stopped ourselves at
the edge of a precipice and turned
our back on it,1 Nehru said.
Liaquat All Khan, prime minis
ter of Pakistan, said:
"It Is my firm intention to Im
plement this agreement in full. I
am satisfied that Premier Nehru
would do everything possible to
see that life, property, culture, cit
izenship, and other rights of Mos
lems in all parts of India arc safe
guarded."
The agreement was Crartea in
seven days of continuous negotia
tions between Nehru and Liaquat
All here last week. It guarantees
the security of the Moslem minor
ity in Hindu India and the Hindu
minority in Moslem Pakistan. It
also permits the unhampered mi
gration of both minorities across
the borders of the two dominions.
Neither Nehru nor Liaquat All
pretends that the pact solves all
the difficulties between the two
countries, but they both have in
dicated that it may open the way
for solution of other issues.
BOY BACK AT WOODBTJRN
Earl Lee Crawford, one of four
boys who escaped from the Wood
burn training - school Saturday
night, returned voluntarily to the
institution today. The other three
were still being sought Monday
night by state police.
which are most feasible and elim
inate those which are undesir
able. Our state pension plan for the
aged is in need of reorganization.
We do not pay as high an amount
as other itaUi.
As an educator, and also one
interested in th welfare of the
people, particularly the unfortun
ate, one of my main objectives, 11
elected, would be to improve con
ditions for unfortunate off our
various state institutions. I have
definite, proof, .for example, Lthat
the Wood burn Boys' Training
school, while It has the facilities,
is not serving its purpose. Proper
supervision and treatment will aid
these unfortunates rather than
make them bitter.
I am also in favor of segregation
In our penal institution. First
time offenders have no place
among habitual criminal!. I would
also consider it my duty to support
DTODOsals designed to maintain
prosperity for laboring people,
farmers and small merchants.
Without unity and cooperation,
our government and state cannot
survive.
X will greatly appreciate your
support.
, (Teawarrew Lleyd Clred)
iwti it tat Cft wtk tf OrtM
5c
No. IS
Council Passes
Time Switch
Minus Debate
Daylight savin ti met tUfle Ar
ed Monday night for the city of
cuecuve April SO to Sep-,
tember 24. .
The city council passed an or
dinance to set the official clocks
U1 "ein one nour forward at 2:01
ajn. Sunday, April 30. The law
ll officiaI. city business
until September 24, with the ex
ception that any city elections win
cunauciea on standard time.
No eleventh-hour protests, or
endorsements, were heard as the
aldermen voted ft to 1 for the time
switch. Veteran alderman David
v was we lone dissenter, ex
plaining: "I never could wax n-
thusiastic over daylight time and
1 11 vote no so that opponents to
it can t say not a single voice wae
raised against th hill i ,-
Budget Cemmittee
. regular session in city
hall last night the council also
prepared (or the annual budget
making chore by appointing three
rw meraoen oi the citizens' bud-,
get committee.
New members will be Mrs. Eu
phrosina M. English, Bruce Wil-
tu. ana Jtan Burk. The three
openings were created by the re
cent death of Sephus Starr, ap-
uwucui oi nex lummell to
circuit Judgeship and addition of
an eighth ward to the city of Sa-
riu. mere is one citizen member
from each ward, i
la Touch with Affairs
Mrs. English, 2680 Cherry ave,
will be the first woman to serve
on the budget committee In re
cent years. She has kept in touch
with municipal affairs for many
years and has attended council
meetings regularly. She accepted
the appointment reluctlantly last
night after remarking: "I'd rather
not serve as I'm past 80 now mod
have plenty of .work to do out
home, t
Appointee Bruce Williams la a
.t auurucy. tari OUTK IS
former West Salem city council
man who is unopposed for eighth
ward alderman this year.
Other members of the budget
committee are Charles McElhinny.
George Hull, J. W. Simeral, Paul
Hendricks, Fred Paulus and E. E.
Boring.
Two Men Rob
Boy on Bridge J
City police were seeking twe
men who reportedly attacked a ;
io - year - oia Monmouth youth
Monday on the Marion-Polk
bridge and robbed him of $3.
Ronald Bartlow, Monmouth,
told police he was walking east '
cross the bridge about noon
when two men approached him
and afted for the price of a cup
of coffee. After being refused the
pair grabbed him, threw him:
down and took $3 from his wal- -let,
Bartlow said. He reported '
the two men left towards the east
end of the bridge and he re
turned to the west end to call po '
lice. . i
Bartlow described the men ae i
being 40 and 50 years old, medium
height and weight He said one
was wearing a leather Jacket and
the other a blue overall jumper,
ne of the men appeared intoxi
cated, Bartlow said.
COFFEE PKICES SEDUCED
NEW YORK. April 10
Major roasters today cut the price
of vacuum packed coffee by twe
cents a pound.! High prices that
cut. into coffee sales were given a
the reason.
Contest Ends
On Saturday
Hundreds of person have
sent in their guesses as to Sa
lem's 1930 population. Bnt
there still is time to compete
far the $40 in prizes offered by
The SUtesmaa for those whe
come closest to th official fig
ures, which are expected to be
known within the next two
weeks, v
The eeateat deadline I S4
wday. April IS. Gateau recei
ved after that date. s saatlev
wtoa they are mt Hiked, win
The majority of estimates
thus far received : range be
tween 41,000 and 19,000 but
many are under or over those
totals. ETEXYONat may enter
guess - - but only te a per
em. You may use th blank on
page 2 today or tend In your
guess via card or regular sta
tionery. Pleas write PLAINLY.