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Newspaper Page Texti . Carrier-Based -The StatftancDV, gglwn, Oregon, Thursday. July. S Truck Fee Revenue Ahead of Estimates v Fears that a 1949 legislative act increasing truck fees from a flat $5 to 90 cents per 100 pounds and reducing the ton mileage . fee would result in heavy loss to the state motor transportation fund were placed at rest ' Wednesday by State Utilities Commissioner George H. Flags;, u: Flagg said it had been estima ted the fund would lose 41,500,000 during the current biencium. Rec ords show however that during the frist six months of this year the revenues -under the new schedule are 98 per cent of those of last year. ! Bishop 0?Hara Ordered Out Of Romania North Koreans ? ABOARD A U. S. NAVY CAR RIER OFF KOREA, July 3-(De-layed)-P)-Strilting at dawn in a surprise . attack, aircraft terrier planes of the U.iS seventh fleet . and the British far eastern station under the overall command of Vice Admiral Arthur Dewey Stru ble today smashed with rockets, bombs and incendiary projects at air installations along north Kor- ; mm'm west coast.; . - ' - All planes returned safely from ' the strike, whicb was the first sea borne air assault by the United 4 Nations aeainst the communist ' north Korean government. : Taken by Surprise ; . The enterorise which was plah- , ned and executed within less than , four days seemed to take north Korean air ceienaers oy surprise. Panther lets. ! led by Comdr. i Harvey P. Lanham of Temple i City, Call!, were the first over i the target area on low level straf- jinsj sweeps. Lanham destroyed a ' transport aircraft on the ground, and Lt J. G. Leonard Plotf of Hood River, Ore., shot down a iYak fighter as it shifted from the : ninwav on the takeoff. . The only high altitude will of , the morning strike was credited xo beardless Ensign Eugene Brown, of Little Rock, Ark.,, who blew a yak off the tail of his second; leaa Credited With Kill : Both Lt t JzY Donald Christian' son. of Pittsburg, Calif- and MaJ. F. H. Connor, of the air force, living with-the . navy on an ex- ' change of pilot arrangement, were ! r credited with destroying a plane on the ground. ; The U. S. air elements (of the task force) are under command of Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins, col orful veteran of the Pacific war, who lost Dart of a leg when the U. S. Aircraft Carrier Princeton I .was sunk. -"! i j i ' The heavy support group which Includes U. S. and British cruisers, is under I command of Rear Adm. ! W. C: Andrews of the Royal navy Duplex Hoitse Permits Listed 1 Permits to build two duplexes '"'and two bouses were issued at the city engineer's office Thursday. Bernard Ahrendt obtained per mits for the duplexes, to: rise in j, the 900 block of Mill street at an estimated cost of $8,400 each. The dwelling permits went to George Stanley, for a $4,700 house at 1805 University St., and to Alice Daulen, for one at 1980 . N. 17th st, $13,000. Public Eleeords LONDON, July S--Romanla announced today that she has or dered American Bishop Gerald P. o Hara, last Vatican diplomat in an Iron curtain country, and bis two chief aides to leave in three days. ; The soviet satellite charged that the Nunlciature, the Vatican's di plomatic mission, was a center of Anglo-American espionage against Romania. Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The action was no surprise to the Vatican. A Romanian source at Vatican city said a week ago that Romanian authorities had been trying to get rid of the 65 year-old . bishop for months and that the outbreak in Korea "prob ably persuaded the regime to make an end of his case." - The Romanian news agency At erpress said in the broadcast the Romanian foreign office told Bl shop O'Hara yesterday he must luit the country by Friday. Oust ed with him were Msgr. Delmestr de Chonbert the Italian auditor. and Msgr. John Kirk, the Amer ican secretary of the Nunciature, Both Bishop O'Hara and Msgr. kjtk are from the diocese of Sa vannah-Atlanta, Ga. The Romanian foreign office based its spying charges on the treason trial of seven persons who were sentenced only last night Car Plunge Hurts Four MUNICIPAL COURT Jack Barber, Portland, charged with reckless driving; posted $40 ball. . ' William Henry McClain, 3530 Portland rd., charged with reck less driving, on ( municipal war rant; pleaded innocent, trial July 17, released on property bond. Joe Mike Teisl, Salem route 7, box 179, charged with failing to give right-of-way to pedestrian; fined $50, driver's license sus pended six months with permis sion granted to; drive between B:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. ., CIRCUIT COURT V . J. H. and Callie W. Brown vs Delmar E. Wood; and others: De fendants Frank and Mariam Bowles file answer to complaint ; L. . P. Bartholomew vs Con stance Bason: Sheriff ordered im mediately j to place plaintiff ; In possession ! of real property In volved in decree and to deliver defendant's personal i property to her, : - 1 . Leonard Scbultz vs Lucy fichultz: Complaint for divorce alleging desertion. Married Nov. to, 1947, at Wheeler, Tex. Glenn Melvin Snilth vs Alyce Arlyne Smith: Default of defend ant entered. Harold Oar vs Mike Steinbock: Complaint seeks judgment 1 of $5,000 for money allegedly paid to defendant on contingent con tract for purchase of Leonard's Supper dub and allegedly not re paid to plaintiff. . utto and Maude Kuehn vs Earle. F. and Myrtle A. Rowland: Plaintiffs file third amended com plaint -j ,. Herman Clark vs Oregon Phy sicians' service: Plaintiff files 'sec ond amended complaint i John Schukart vs P. C. Gerous beck and others: Plaintiff files amended complaint PROBATE COURT I Elva C Sutter estate: Apprais ed at $4,000. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS i Cecil George Zinn, 44, logger, and Edna M. McCormick, 50, dish washer, 1087 S. 13th at, both of baiem. ! Marvin Henry Carter, 19, army, 1420 N. 8th st, and Mary Alice Mulilns, 18, waitress, 4$ Hrubetz ra, Dotn ot saiem. : Lloyd O. Totton, 38, section worker, and Judy O. Totton, 23, Housekeeper, both of Salem route , box 876X. Statesman Nwi Scrvle ST. PAUL, 3uly 5 Foiir per sons were injured early Wednes day when their car crashed over a 30-foot embankment six miles east Hiere. " They were listed as Keith Moot ryrl815 N. Capitol st., Salem, Pat Mciiwain, Silverton, Ray Stamp ley. Jr., Woodburn route 1, and James Maddox. Salem. Authorities said Mootrv swerv ed his car to avoid one that was approaching on his side of the highway. He and Miss Mcllwain were dismissed from a Salem hos pital after treatment- Maddox was taken to a Newberg hospital. Stampley was not hospitalized. Truman Hopes For Break in Railway Strike CHICAGO, July 5-CflVPresident Truman was reported as hopeful of a break In the railroad strike, but it didn't come today. A spokesman for the striking AFL switchmen's union said, "We met with the national (railway) mediation board but we made no appreciable progress.' Earlier today, Senator Darby (R-Kan.), after a conference with the president in Washington, said he-is hopeful the strike Is near an end. He said Mr. Truman told him everything possible is being done" and what the president is hopeful of developments which will be -good news." Some 4,000 switchmen walked out June 25 on five western and midwestern railroads, demanding a 40 hour work week at 48 hours pay. . A presidential fact-finding board had recommended a. 40 hour week for them and for 75,000 other yard workers but at a wage increase of only 18 cents an hour. In Washington Senator Morse (R-Ore.) again urged President Truman to call on both sides in the switchman's strike "to sit down and work out a settlement." He told the senate he believed agreement could be reached with in five hours if the president, as commander-in-chief, told the un ion and the carriers that he wished the dispute settled at once. Morse maintained that "we art at war" because of the fighting in Korea and said "the time has come for us to get our economy in shaoe just as fast as we can to meet any emergency that may develop." New Explorer Boy Scout Post Formed Organization of a new Boy Scout Explorer post (for older boys) In Salem was completed Wednesday night at Mayflower hall when eight boys formed post 9, sponsor ed by the American Legion. The boys elected James Ellison scribe, Robert Joy quartermaster, Man Friese crew leader and Jack Bishop senior crew leader. The adult adviser is Ellis White. , First project decided by the post is clearance of a piece ot land along the Abiqua river, owned by Asa Cole. Boys will turn over their pay for the work toward purchase of the land and eventually will build a cabin on It. sponsoring committeemen, on hand last night to help organize the group included Paul Koontz, James H. Turnbull and William Doll. 9 Marine Reserves Slate TWifli Ttii?rA Bring a Buddy" drill for Sa lem's marine reserve unit, C bat tery of 4th 105 mm howitzer bat talion; Is slated for Sunday after noon, Maj. Leonard G. Hicks, com manding, announced Wednesday. Members of the reserve, battery are to take men friends to the 2 to 6 p. m. drill with them. They will be taken through a tour of the navy-marine reserve training center, see films and demonstra tions of field problems and get an opportunity to use some equipment- Korean Battle Ups Service Abnli cations Repercussions of the Korean sit uation as affecting military re cruiting and reserves in Salem ap peared spotty Wednesday with the navy apparently most in aemana. The navy recruiting station was processing about 25 sets of papers for enlistment applicants, and at taches said the office had had three "big days" in the past two weeks, with considerably heavier activity than usual. The youths. mostly above high school age, are ready to go as fast as they can be processed, it was said, rather than merely inquiring for information. Army recruiters said that this period, about a month after high school graduations, is usually above normal for enlistments. They pointed . out that inquiries have increased considerably from women, some of whom are pro ceeding toward enlistment Inquiries were reported heavy also at the navy reserve headquar ten, where some reservists were reported interested in moving on to active duty. However, there was no evident rush to sign up with any of the reserve groups, of which Salem has army, navy surface, Seabees, navy air and marines. Most of the units have vacancies, some of them for highly rated individuals. Stocks Cain On Lukewarm Buying Boost NEW YORK. July 5-UP-Tha stock market responded to luke warm ouying interest with a gen tle advance today. uains ranged to above $1 a share although most were below that figure. Steels, aircraft j and a selertlnn of automobile, railroad, oil, chem ical and electrical equipment is sues were most In demand. Traders returned from the July fourth holiday in the same mood oi cauuon displayed Monday. Sales dwindled to 1,400,000 shares and compared with 1,540,000 Mon day. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks advanced .7of one point to 73.8, the high point of the mar kefs recovery from last week's slashing selling - attack. A total of 1,073 Individual is sues, appeared on the slow-moving H jter xape, oi wnien 30 moved up and 278 declined. - Only five stocks touched new 1950 highs during the dav while 67 stoifd new lows for the year. Of tho 15 most active Issues three ended lower and 10 higher. Supplement Jury Duly List Drawn Ten names were drawn Wed nesday to supplement the July jury Us t for Marion county district court Persons on the list are to report Monday at 9:30 a.,m. for duty. The names and the precincts in which registered are Oscar F. Iv ans 126, Willard Benson 148, Frank Doo little 24, Manda J. Downing 34. Helen B. Flcke 8. Josephine M. Habennan 2, James J. BaUweber 120, Patrick CLeary 88, Dorothy J. Hay 19 and Lewellyn J. Dav enport 144. , Tree-Sprayer Crash Toll Climbs to 7 LA GRANDE. Ore.. July B-UPU Two more tree-spraying plan crashes today raised the total to seven in eight days and the death toil to five. One pilot is missing and two others escaped uninjured. Robert Lonegan, Bridgeport, Conn., was killed today when his BT-13 crashed eight miles north west of Elgin, Ore, He was em ployed by the Ken Tyler flying service, spraying trees for spruce budworm for the state forest service. In the other crackup today, near Ukiah, Ore., 25 miles west of here. C. w. M unger. flying a Stearman. was not Injured. He was employed by Roberts flying service of Love- ock, Nev. Two other crashes occurred Monday. Cecil Hamm, 34, Ephrata, Wash., was killed and Joe Ham mer escaped unhurt Both were working for Roberts. , Bob Feller of Lovelock, another Roberts pil ot, disappeared last Wednesday during spraying operations. The day bef ore, three were killed when two tree-spraying planes crashed near Walla Walla, Wash. Two Injured In Gar Crash A two-car wreck near Brooks on highway 99-E injured two per sons Wednesday night Mrs. Durward F. Locked t, San Bruno, Calif, suffered mild con cussion and contusions, and Mar ius R. Brockway, Hopmere, bead lacerations. They were taken to Salem Memorial hospital where Brockway was dismissed and Mrs. Lockedt was termed in satisfac tory condition, State police said the acciden' happened when Brockway made t left turn off the highway. They said Lockedt was approaching from the other direction. 1 AiTKinon! DANCE and SOCIAL CLUBS The new bask Yaftan Laasv buIkQng wJ3 be ready by September 1st. W era now taklnfl reservations for the) fall season.' Com plete catering service available. Accommodations avalUblo for 250 couples. CONTACT ET.'JIIY leold Salem Chapter L W. L A. ' Phono 29249 Counter Set to Russ Attacks Soybeans Lead General Drops Of Most Grains CHICAGO. July 5-WVSoybeans lei a general retreat in most grain contracts on the board of trade to day. Wheat ended lower, corn lower to 2 higher, oats 1 lower, rye Vi-iya lower, soy beans 2-6Vi lower and lard 15 to 20 cents a hundred pounds lower. Brokers thought one reason for the selling was profit-taking. Grains, already advancing before Koreana hostilities broke out, have experienced a very substantial run-up since that development. A technical reaction was to be ex pected, traders said. Meanwhile, nothing came out of the news from Korea which would encourage any heavy selling, trad ers said. C. M. Calvin of James H. Ben nett and Company, commission firm, estimated the winter wheat crop at 698,730,000 bushels com pared with the last government estimate of 710,156,000 and spring wheat at 247,177,000 against the government's 234,358,000. WASHINGTON. July j S -flV Secretary of State Acheson said today his department has drafted plans for "a great campaign of truth to counter the Moscow- directed broadsides of propagan da against the United States. The program was drawn up in response to recent orders given the state , department by President Truman. The Latter is now con sidering the plan. Acheson told about lt tn testi mony before a, senate foreign re lations subcommitte which: is con siderlng a resolution by Senator Benton (D-Coon.) for a vastly ex panded "voice oi America" pro gram. . ' i Other witnesses Included Gen. George C. Marshall, Gen.: Dwight D. Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles. All strongly endorsed Benton's proposal for .a "Marshall plan of ideas." i r ' Even as they testified, dispatch es from Moscow told of angry headlines in the controlled Soviet press denouncing the American action In Korea and mobilizing public Indignation against the United States. i One Moscow newspaper quoted a woman speaker as saying Presi dent Truman: would "pay for his crimes In the same way Hitler had.". ! After testifying on Capitol Hill, Acheson told a news conference there was not a shred of truth In Moscow claims that South Korea started the 'fighting. V "Any contention that hostilities were started by the Republic of Korea is clearly in the category of the Nazi claims of 1939 that Po land started hostilities by attack ing Nazi Germany," he 'said. Asked about reports that -Rus sia might be planning to move against oil-rich Iran in the Mid die East, Acheson told newsmen he had, no indication of trouble in that sector of the world. ; Gen. Eisenhower told the sen ate committee that Intervention of U. S. armed forces in Red-invaded Korea has been so twisted by So viet propaganada that it has been made to look like a "vicious" act of American imperialism, j Suit Seeks 5,000 Refund from Deal Suit to recoved 15.000 allegedly paid' down on a contingent pur chase agreement for Leonard's Supper club in Salem in 1946 was instituted Wednesday in Marlon county circuit court. I Harold Oar, owner of a club at Coos Bay, filed the complaint against Mike Steinbock, then own er of the Salem cluh, The com plaint alleges that Oar agreed to purchase the club if he secured a liquor license from the state liq uor commission, but when the license was denied he was unable to obtain refund of the payment. Woman Leaps from Bridge in Portland PORTLAND, July 6-flVA faU from the Vista avenue bridge kill" ed Miss Hilde Margaret OSson, 36, here today. Police said the woman had slash ed her wrists yesterday in a suicide attempt. Miss Olson, an attractive dress maker, had been chosen by a sales man to travel with him in a job as a sewing instructor, her land lady said. The salesman, however, apparently left the city (without her, the landlady added. ; " Two Forest Fires Checked By The Associated Press Two forest fires in widely sepa rated sections of Oregon were controlled yesterday after burn ing 100 acres of timber and slash ings. The. biggest blaze swept 80 acres ot virgin pine timber own ed by, the Weyerhaeuser company along the northern boundary of the Klamath Indian reservation. It was started by lightning. Loggers and state forest serv ice crews controlled a 20-acre fire on McClernon Lumber company operations in Columbia county northeast of Vernonia. The blaze broke out Tuesday night in slash' ings. - Lightning set numerous other small fires in the state Tuesday, Including 15 on the Fremont Na tional forest and two on the De schutes National forest. The weather bureau forecast continued moderate fire danger throughout, the state. Submarine Hunters Off for Battle Area HONOLULU. July 8-AVNine Lockheed PJV Neptunes, the U. S. navy's newest snorkel sub killers have left Barbers Point presuma bly for Korean waters. The navy admitted the planes had left but would not say when and where bound. The planes, which comprised squadron 6, arrived at Barber's Point on May 1. ; PICK AT YOUR FOOD? It's a good idaa . . . whtn you'rt picking those ever-luscious dishes off the Every day from 11 through noon t9 2 (Closed Sunday) , Down th faxaovs NOKLG&IN'S alley Driver Fined For Accident Joe Mike Teisl. Salem route 7, box 179, was fined $50 In munid- oal court Wednesday on a charge of failure to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian. Police listed Teisl. as driver ox an auto that struck L. A. With row. 57. Grand hotel resident, at Court and Xiortn commercial streets Monday night Withrow incurred a broken leg and bead lacerations. He was re ported improving at Salem Gen eral hospital Wednesday. Violent Deaths On Holiday Top Old Marks By The Associated Press The long, slam-bang fourth of July celebration was the bloodiest holiday period in the nation's peacetime history. It brought sudden and violent death to at least 793 persons km the highways, in homes, or at beaches, swimming pools, picnic grounds and other recreational spots. The president of the national safety council, Ned H. Dearborn, sad it makes America s part in the Korean war during the same p;nod "icok like a Sunday scnoo; picnic. ; ... The previous high holiday acrj dent fatality record of 761 was set during the three-day Christ' mas week end of 1938. An Associated Press survey of violent deaths directly or indir ectly attributable to the four day holiday celebration showed: Traffic accidents killed 491, new post war high and exceeded only by the 55 traffic deaths dur ing the 1938 Christmas season. Drownings took 179 lives. Fireworks killed only one a 55 year-old South Dakota farmer in charge of igniting a public display. Other types of accidents brought death to 122. The U. S. Department of Agrl culture has set up a system, of grading potatoes in even sizes so that they will be "done" together. IW.IU'i'TfrHJ NOW SHOWING OPEN f:15 m ifr r mm. SECOND FEATURE TATTOOED STRANGEaV John Miles, Patricia ' White ' Anna Opsund Dies Enroute From Alaska SILVERTON Mrs. Anna Op sund, former Silverton and Salem resident, died Tuesday night in British Columbia, it was learned here Wednesday. Mrs. Opsund and her husband. Theodore, were returning to their Portland home following a trip to Alaska. They came to Silverton in 1906 and later moved to Salem while Opsund was e member of the state fish and game commls sion. Mrs. "Opsund was born at Car- not. Wis., May 24, 1882. Surviving besides the widower are a daughter, Mrs. Jane Romano, Ellingsburg, Wash.: sisters, Mrs. L. J.1 Hoppe, Forestville, Wise- Mrs. Hattie Riches, Portland, and Mrs. Mable Martin, Mt. Vernon, Wash.; brothers. Otto and Arthur DahL Silverton, and lt A. Dahl, Port land. Services wm be Tuesday at 11 sun. at the Peterson funeral home Portland, v : If NOW SHOWING! H Oeesi t. Starts at Dusk Free Pony Rides Andie Murphy Gale Storm In Technicolor Kid From Texas" .- i - - William Hoi den Tether Is Bachelor" ' f ' , "Battle For Korea A 1 A NOW! 4 c5Lr::21D" STERLING HAYDEN LOUIS CALHERN JCAM KttCaMMES WMTNOtf SAM Mm JOHN SfcHITIBf COLOR CARTOON Brevity - Warner New AIR-CONDITIONED! ENDS TONIGHT! Mickey Rooney in t "The Big Wheel- and Wm. Boyd la The Marauders , TOMORROW! "BARRICADE" Color by Technicolor ALAN LADD in "Captain Carey, USA" Mai. Dally from 1 T. M. NOW SHOWING! ' U1 HO-DOWN CO-HIT! llllill OPENS f:15 P. M. e" SAVAGE CO-111 1 1 (my filial rf uiwuuir mm CO 11 Dill SID GTATGLIENT OP CONDITION juna 30, 1950 i RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due from Banks . . t. . . ... , $ 116,646,529.85 United Statee Government Bonds ...... t t r 235,553,675.03 Vf.rrVirial and Other Bonds 48,544,1491 Loans and DJscounta-Net ....... t ..... 151,643,346.73 e e t) )efeeeeee Stock in Federal Reserve Bank . . . . Bjinlr Premiaee Including Branches) . , Customers' liability on Acceptance Interest Earned Other Reeourcee.. IIMMMMI 600,000.00 7,40081.71 341,688.82 1,882,020.61 238,107-0g $ 562,849,799.17 UABIUTIES Capital ..$ 10,000,000.00 Surplus.... J,1 10.000,000.00 Undivided Roflta - 14,130,631.17 Reeerve for Interest, Taxes, etc. . . Acceptances. Dividends Declared .., Depoeits Interest Collected Not Earned.............. i iit e1 lMl((i Other LlablHtiea .1...... 84,130,531.17 253,745.05 415,088.03 250,000.00 623,856,788.04 1,621,005.78 322.64L10 $ 66249.7997 Tki tatoiunt UdudM 40 branch i Oregon Haxo Omci: PORTLAND, OREGON MSBUSH-WMICH AND : w mi BI1CH 1 DIBICT SaAMCKSS Of nn mnna nxm tunoiui iakx of roiruia f r SL'ZIS EUIIS mxvsa