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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1950)
r Survey Shows McKenzie Road Still Goscd, Detours in Others June vacationists and other traveler! were advised Wednesday that sections of 12 state highways are closed or restricted at present, i State highway department officials gave this account of traffic conditions: ' .. " t The McKenzie pass route, at first scheduled for opening today, remains closed by high water It is now expected to be opened June 20.- ml Hood Iood highway Is to be fully open today with reopening of the Barlow pass-Hood River mea dows section. ; Other highway conditions: U; McKenieBend Twentyrseven ton load limit over Deschutes river "' bridge. ; ' i Joha Day Highway Six miles construction between forest border and unity Junction. Slight delay. I Columbia River Highway Five iniles unoiled macadam surface between Rainier and Goble. f . Heavy construction between Dod ' eon and Bonneville Monday through Friday, inclusive. Blasting t 12:30 a.m. and 9:30 aj. Usual ly traffic can get through every hour on the half hour beginning at 7:30 a.m. but occasionally three to six hours delay have occurred. Open 1:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. every day with no work on Saturday or , Sunday. Rough and dusty. 1 Two miles construction between milepost 97 and Big Eddy,, no de lays. Six miles construction be tween milepost 125 and Quinton. Slight delays. Rough and dusty. F Old Oregon Trail 11 -ton load limits on Weiser and Payette brid ges. : i j Pacific Highway 6 miles con struction. 4 miles south of Can- yonyille to Azalea. Detours avail able wiin siigni aeiays. I Oregon Coast Highway--Six ml' les new construction from Tilla snook south. I Colombia Highway Cold Springs junction - Wallula section closed by construction until March 3951. Detour via Pendleton or via Paterson or Umatilla .ferry. ! Alsea Highway Six miles grad ing, very rough, from state hatch- ry east. Through travel advised to use US. 20. Umpqu Highway Two miles COMING JUNE 23! GENE and His Orchestra KBUPA CRYSTAL GARDENS grading construction between Scottsburg and Keedsport No de lay. , r. Willamette Highway Bridge under construction near milepost 2.57. No delay. Grading five miles from Lowell past Meridian dam. Rough and dusty. Four gravel de tours. Some delay. Detour due to underpass con struction mile east of Oakridge. No delay. Paving 18 miles east of Oakridge, traffic under pilot car. Short delays. Crater Lake Closed by snow, north, east and rim road, because bf snow. Crown Point section, closed due to bridge construction at Sandy. Laborites Win 2 Close Votes LONDON. June 15 -WV The labor government won two more showdown votes tonight and con tinued to hold its shaky grip on the house of commons under con certed attacks by Winston Church ill's conservatives . The government won by 10 votes its tenth test on the finance bill for 1950 - 51. It defeated by 299 to 285 a conservative motion to knock out a 33 Mi per cent sales tax on commercial vehicles. Then the laborites beat down by i 292 to 278 a conservative at tempt to lower taxes on earned income. In a 16 hour and 20 minute overnight session Prime Minister Clement Attlee's party had won nine votes by margins of 11 to 19. Crackdown Due On Violators of 'No Turn' Signs City police officers win begin drive tonight against motorists who violate "no left turn" signs on Center street at the Commer cial, Liberty and High street in tersections. The signs are placed at the In? tersections during the morning and evening rush hours. Police said that there have been few vi olations of signs in the central business section but that many motorists are disregarding the Center street Indicators. Guard Units to Hod Parade At Ft. Lewis ruraan Sees Marines Use New Weanons Mike Wasserman, associated with Miller's fur department in Salem for the past four years, has been appointed manager of all fur rtnratinna in Miiier'a ctnrea in Sa QUANTICO MARINE BASE, inv Eueene. Klamath Falls. Al Va., June 15-CVPresident Tru-1 bany and Rosebure. man saw the marines storm and I Wasserman was connected with capture fortified beaches today ome of New York's leading fur- witn Helicopters, jet planes, roc- riers as a fashion designer before nets ana otner weapons oz modern he moved west four years .ago. warxare. But when it was all over the last simulated attack - ended in victory, it was 75mm field artil- ery piece that caught the fancy of "Captain Harry" of Battery D. It wasn't on the program, but. when the firing ceased, the Presi dent strode about 100 yards to a 75mm howitzer commanded by Corporal Earl T. Fultz, of Baxter. WENATCHEE WINS H- VANCOUVER, B. C, June 15 (CP): Second game in nings). Wenatchee 212 103 0514 18 2 Vancouver 011 013 03 8 8 3 Farareet, Blankenship (6) and Pocekay; Snyder, Tuscoof (3), Gunnerson (6), Owen (7), Costello (8) and' Brenner. iT0KIKHTi Official Cherryland Festival Cryslal Gardens Ballroom BILL DeSOUZA'S ' U-Pieco Orcheslra FORT LEWIS, June 15-(avrhe northwest's greatest national guard parade since the end of the war is to be held Saturday at 2 pjn. Oregon and Washington units of the 41st division and the air J power of both states will pass in review at the annual Governors' Day affair. Fifty-hundred guardsmen of in fantry, artillery and tank units will march before the acting gov ernors of both states, William Walsh of Coos Bay, president of the Oregon senate, and a repre sentative of the governor Wash ington. (Both Governors Langlie and McKay are attending a na tional convention in West Virgin' ia.) The F-51 fighter planes of the 242nd fighter group now in train' ing at Walla Walla will salute the field during the parade ceremony. This group is composed of the 123rd fighter squadron from Port land and the ltth from Geiger field, Spokane Their commander is Brig. Gen. C Robert Dodson of Portland. Brig. Gen. Harold G. Maison, assistant division commander, will command the troops for the re view to be received by Maj. Gen. William R. Carroll of Seattle, di vision commander, and dignitar ies of Oregon and Washington and the regular army. Also in the re viewing stand will be Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant gen eral of. Oregon; Brig. Gen. Lil burn Stevens, adjutant general of Washington; and Maj. Gen. Lawrence . B. Keiser, second 'di vision commander. The parade is to be the high light for visitors' day at the na tional guard encampment. After the parade the division area will be open for inspection. wheels four feet high." Sisk Bound to Grand Jury on Forgery Count district court and waived prelimin ary hearing on the charge. A city detective said Sisk admitted for lng four checks totaling more than $80. All were signed "Albert Ray'' and each was passed at a Salem gas station or restaurant The defendant was being held Thursday night in the county Jail on S 1,000 baiL SO UOHT .. . SO SMOOTH . SO MEllOW o pi Alike Wasserman Heads Boiler's Fur, Department Grange Stalls Final Action on Brannan Plan McCartliy Says Jolin Peurifoy Fixed 'Payoff , GROTON, Conn., June 15-WV Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) tonisht accused John Peurifoy, deputy un dersecretary of state, of arranging a secret "payoff favor for Eman uel Sigurd Larsen, a witness in the investigation of alleged commun ists in government ' Peurifoy blasted McCarthy's charges as "untrue," Iarsec called them "complete lies." i The "payoff deal, McCarthy said, consisted of a pledge to pro vide free legal advice and loyalty clearance to Larsen who five years ago was fined in the; merasia se cret documents case.; . Larsen, formerly employed in What is this, a 75?- the ex- nvraPTn j,. 1 s I JL Ji JS iw m, Z The Oregon State Grange yielded tee headed by Senator Tydings miZvi iihP'JSK t0 toe plea ct national &n&- (D-Md.) The committee has been man looked around at .the empty master, today and agreed to await looking into McCarthy's charges ' ,t V -.jM i - UM, UIU uc vviuiuuuisub UUiU- uv uvc unci lie ocu. th Rnnnan nlan I . v- .lntn There weren t any left , rh n Hfrri mt in-1 i.. He confided to the corporal that SS?.m2iS1iJ iTwJ 110,1 favoring the plan. National Un in Washington after learning 129th Field Artillery to World War Grangemaster Albert Goss, who of McCylTcomments tonight l, ne naa a gun someuimg uxe we onnoses the Brannan farm clan. 7hmu definite! no deal howitzer, only "it had wooden I win ddresa the convenUon then, no nvnff - h added. Anouer speaxer wui represent McCarthy declared that the Secretary of Agriculture Charles "payoff deal was to secure testi Brannan. He is E. H. Spoor, chair- mony before the senate committee man of the California state proa- favorable to the department uction and marketing committee, Peurifoy said that Larsen saw designated by Brannan to present him on March 20 of this year. They his side of the proposal. had not met before, Peurifoy said. Goss said the national grangel Larsen came to see him, Peuri has gone on record opposing the foy said in a statement "to express plan, -and that only one state. Can-1 his displeasure" that he had been fornia, has supported it. He added interrogated by Senator McCarthy the national grange favors "flex- and an aide "with an overtone of lble floors ' with support prices on I intimidation. a sliding scale, supported by gov- 'Claims Intimation' ernment buying. I "He (Larsen) said that it had The Brannan plan calls for high been intimated to him," Peurifoy level supports, but with compen- added, "that if he were to testify satory payments to farmers when I concerning John Service in a way prices are low, instead of govern-J satisfactory to benator Mccartny, ment buying of surpluses. I his name would not be included on The grange voted to go into the the list of 81 persons to be suomit automobile insurance business by ted by Senator McCarthy to a sub affiliating with the Washington committee." Grance Insurance company. That Peurifoy said his reaction was company will write the policies, that it was up to Larsen whether The measure was passed despite he testified but that "in any event opposition fromt Elmer McClure, he should of course tell the truth Three French Plane Mishap Total 101 Dead OverfiaaWinS Keserye Honor Chief Electronics Technician R. B. Overfield of Silverton was named "naval reservist ' of the month' Thursday night at a meet ing of organized surface division 13-28 in the navy : and marine corps training center. Overfield was cited for out standing service in training new personnel in the field of electron ics. He served in the navy from 1840 until 1948, with four years duty aboard the USS San Francis co, in IS47 be Joined the local reserve unit , , Eight men enlisted in the re serve unit Thursday, and 15 Sa lem area naval reservists will leave tonight for Seattle where they will embark Saturday on a Z 8-day training cruise to Mex ico. , ". The mountain bluebird was be lieved sacred by Navajo Indians. Pioneer Association Elects 95-Ycar-Old PORTLAND, June 15-(F-The Oregon Pioneer association held its annual meeting today, but only six pioneers were able to make it Charles T. Dickinson, 95, Oswe- o, waa re-elected president Mrs. ennie VT Hayes, who, at 93, was the oldest woman present, was crowned "queen of the year." BIGHT HOWI JOa McCREA'UIXKE cm 2nd MGM Hit! Deborah Kerr -Peter Lawferd ia "PLEASE BELIEVE ME PARIS. Jane 15 -(JP)- Here' is the three-day score on big French plane losses: Madagascar Military plane disappeared Monday 'on flight from Tananarive to Tamatave; plane and 16 aboard still miss ing. Persian gulf Air France C-54 Skymaster, Saigon to Paris, crashed early Tuesday off Bahrein Island landing strip; 46 killed, five survived. Persian gulf Air France C-54 Skymaster, Saigon to Paris, crashed Wednesday night off Bahrein landing strip; 39 killed, 13 survived. Total killed. 101; survivors, 17. state grange master-elect Ervin J. Sisk, 20 Highway ave. was bound over to the grand jury Thursday on a charge of forgery of four checks in the Salem arealhowever, gtrict security is PARIS, June 15 -(JPl- The crash of a second Air France Sky master in the Persian gulf last night led to strong suggestions to day that the lost airliners might have been sabotaged by Indo china rebels. Eighty-five persons were killed in the sister planes under almost identical circumstances - within ess than three days. Weather was bad in both cases but there were no suggestions of distress when the planes last sig nalled for landing. Sabotage is commonplace in the long-fought . war between the French-sponsored Vietnam state n Indochina and the communist- led forces of Ho Chi Minn. Asked about the possibility of sabotage, an Air France spokes man said that theory "could not be excluded." French autho rities insisted. Peru Asserts Revolt Quelled LIMA, Peru, June 15-WVThe Peruvian government announced today its troops have suppressed a bloody two-day revolt in which at least 40 persons are believed to "have been killed and a larger number wounded. , Estimates of the dead ranged up to 200. The announcement said troops are in absolute control of Are quipa, Peru's second largest city. The uprising started there . Tues day with a student strike said to have been Instigated by communists. The military Junta directly as he knev it As to loyalty clearance, Peuri foy said there was ho mention of that in the meeting with Larsen in March but that a year ago he had told Larsen that the depart ment's records showed he had been permitted to resign in 1945 17 ATTEND SCHOOL MEHAMA Seventeen children from Mehama have been attending the daily vacation bible school held at the Christian church in Stayton during the past two weeks. Mrs. Russell Wilson has been taking the children in her station' wagon. : l blamed the revolt on the' Are- quipa political organization called "Accion Civica" (civic action), headed by Gen. Ernesto Montagne, whose candidacy for the presi dency was rejected by the na tional election board. New Today! 2 of the Year's Biggest Hits! The Funniest Film Surprise In S Years! You'll REMEMBER Q s long as you can LAUGH! DONALD O'CONNOR Patricia Medina Zasa Pitts Ray Collins John Mclntire it- 'f nh -y. 'MViv L-- .irEE' p OLOR CARTOON - WARNER NEWS "PPeared to Marion countyintalned over planes to guard against sabotage on the airfield at Saigon, where both planes started their flights to Paris. The field is surrounded by lush cultivation and thickets that con ceal underground forces between their violent forays into the Veit- nam capital Itself. The rebels at one time slipped through a strong military guard to fire the great gasoline dumps on the field at night Air France officials both here and at Saigon lent support to the sabotage theory. They said it Is "unbelievable" that mechanical failure or crew errors could have caused both crashes just as the planes were preparing to land for fuel on British-controlled Bahrein island in the shark-infested Persian gulf. There was no suggestion now sabotage might have been used ta mabtvaw 4Ka TlanAe enrl ek 1 1 hut V UGSUVJ kUV yiUlM tUAU SUA ft I A a few of those aboard, mostly Frencn ana pro-Frencn lnaocnm- ese. NOW SHOWING! 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