The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 11, 1951, Page 2, Image 2

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Auto Makers
Reveal Plans
For Price Hike
WASHINGTON. Sept 10 --
ford and Chrysler notified the
government today that they intend
to 'increase car prices. General
Motor and other companies are
expected to follow suit.
' New price list were filed with
''the Mice of price stabilization
(OPS), which only last Friday au
' tborizeTautomobile manufacturers
to raise prices of new passenger
cars an estimated average of 3 to
f per cent if increased production
costs Justified the boost.
Chrysler corporation's new price
liit calls for a boost averaging
per cent in the retail price at the
factory. Ford asked price increases
of 4.J1 per cent on Ford ears at
; wholesale to dealers, ranging from
s(llii to 455.81.
is Ford's other increase requests,
"also at the level of wholesale
f rices to dealers, were: Mercury,
as ner cent, ran riii from 140.45
to $552; Lincoln, 347 per cent,
1 rename from sea J7 to so.uo; Lin
coln Cosmopolitan,-2.30 per cent,
ranginf from $58.90 to $10.77.
. Assuming that the companies
have followed the complicated
formula established by OPS in its
relaxation order, and that OPS
approval will be a matter of rou
' n th niti"imnhil eonmanles can
put their new prices into effect
within Cve days alter tney are
okayed.
Union Votes on
Settlement of
Copper Crisis
; NOG ALES. Ariz., Sept. 10 -WV
J The International Union of Mine,
I Mill and Smelter Workers find)
tonight adopted a resolution ejstab-llshing-a
19 cent an hour pack
ace increase as the final basis -for
The settlement in the current cop
; pe crisis. '
The Increase represents the
amount granted the union by Ken
necott Copper Co. in a recent
agreement.
The resolution said In part:
"We will not under any circum
stances give up the fight for our
: members' Interest We will not
settle with any of these companies
for less than the Kennecott agree-
'' t."
The other companies still re
fusing to accept the Kennecott set
tlement were identified in the res
olution as Anaconda Copper Min
- Inf Co- Phelps Dodge corporation.
American Smelting and Refining
Co, operators of the Couer d-
'Alene, Idaho, and the Miami Arl-
gona areas, the" American Brass
- Col, and others. t
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Limitations on Parking Near,
Capital. Buildings
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limitations otupaxking in the vicinity ct state buildings were
proposed by Salem aldermen Monday night, and the old problem of
congestion near the statebouse was referred to a new committee study.
Mayor Aided Loucas was directed to name a council committee
to confer with; state; university and
area.'. -M- . : "
Alderman Robert I. White pro
posed that one-hour parking be
enforced "front 13th street west to
the parking meter zoce." j i :
City Manager Ji X Franzen
asked the council to set a policy
on response to merchants seeking
relief from all-day parking in
front of stores ia the state build
ings and similar areas where park
ing ia not now restricted.
24-Mlsate Helen 3 " -' .
Another phase of parking ex
plored by the . council last night
was 24-minute meter spaces to
accommodate citizen having brief
errands in the present meter zones.
Action was del ered until . Sep
tember 24 and the mayor asked
to get an expression of opinion
from the Chamber of Commerce
and Retail Trade bureau.
City Manager Franzes sug
gested placing ;m 24-minute meter
at the end of each block (making
eight per Intersection), plus that
type j of meter In the middle of
blocks with angle parking. The
meters - would ; be in force until
9 or 9:30 p. m.
Pros and cons of two contro
versial issues were aired when a
north Salem delegation appeared
to urge the city to carry out an
agreement with the state to pro
vide : off-street parking,'' : and a
hearing was given also to per
sons i interested in the proposed
new city sidewalk policy .i No final
action was taken on either meas
ure. .- , . -
"Basad by Ceatraet
North Salem spokesman Robert
Forkner, Carroll Meeks, Earl
Mootry, W. J. Davies and William
Stortx declared the city bound by
its contract to provide parking to
offset loss of parking spaces on
the highway in connection with
the forthcoming new Salem traf
fic plan, i i
Lawrence Brown opposed the
parking lot plan, stating that the
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dty should not get into the private
parking business. ..-.- ,
The dty has before it a resolu
tion to pay $200 a month for leas
ing two Hollywood area lots for
about 75 parking" spaces. A third
lot already has been obtained by
the dty. : -. 1
Opposes Cnanges V ;
In the sidewalk hearing, Mrs.
W. R. Mefford and Fred Williams
opposed changing the present law
which requires property owners to
put In sidewalks within 100 days
of a street Improvement The new
policy under consideration would
allow property owners to petition
for walks and would make excep
tions easier.
In other dty business last night,
the council took these steps:
Authorized purchase of a water
chlorinator and scales from Wal
lace & Tiernan at $5,040.
Authorized a resolution to re
move parking meters from in front
of Glenn Burright's dry cleaning
plant on Church at Ferry streets,
after considerable argument over
special consideration asked by
parking and some other businesses
for removal of existing meters.
Transfer Approved . .
Approved transfer of garbage
service franchise from Martin Wil
liams to William Schlitt if the lat
ter completes negotiations to buy
out the West Salem Sanitary serv
ice. Schlitt operates to only other
garbage collection system operat
ing in Salem, i
Changed location of new Center
street stop, sign from 24th, street
to a point just least of existing
crosswalk.1 ;
Approved four-way stop signs at
19th and Nebraska streets.
Prohibited parking on north aide
of Columbia street from Donna
street to alley just west of Fair
grounds road.
Sold property at North Commer
cial and Tryon avenue to Kirby
Johnson for 13,200. '
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Even on non-premivim (prade fuel buHt-ta
MIechanlcal Octanes"; enab! the mighty
new Chrysler FirePawer engine to develop
the most power, give. the quickest resporM
tiveneas in emergencies, of eH modern pa4
enger car engnft '
fi-POVm STEERING :
For the Erst time In &n American carj
Chrysler brings you Hydraguide power
tteering. Hydraulic power does four-fifths
cf the work '. . . gives your hand on tha
wheel many times more seeririg control ia
ruts, over bumps or soft shoulders!
siFovo BiiiUnNa ; "
Another Chrysler erigineerins "nrst? taes
power from the engine to apply the brakes
t - the touch ; of your toe. Induces pedal
pressure required for fast, smooth steps by
as much es two-thirds of that ctherwis
needed!
Proposed )
Ancient Cars
Racing East .1
FromMidivest
MENDON, Mich, SepV 10-P4
Two ancient cars, their headlamps
flickering dimly, gasped on to
night toward Jackson, Mich-, first
goal in their race from Chicago to
New York, i - , I
: By 11:33 p. m- they still were
more than 50 miles from their goal,
somewhere enroute between here
and Union City, Mich, 20 miles
on down cloudy highway M-60. -
The. cars are a 1913 Stanley
Steamer, driven by Jack Brause,
78, and a 1911 Stoddard-Dayton,
driven by Rube De Launty, 70. As
the two vehicles coughed through
Mendon at 10 20 De Launty passed
Brause, who had to stop for water.
They got off to a crawling start
in Chicago at 10 a. m. this rrwmg
and were given a motorcycle escort
out of pjwn. ;
Blast on Ship
Injures 4 Men
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10 -4Jfh-An
explosion and flash fire ripped
through the forward hold of a
Liberty ship undergoing repairs
tonight, injuring four men.
The injured men were spraying
paint id the number one hold of
the S. S, James Kieffer, 70 feet
below the main deck. . , :
Fire alarms brought a steady
stream of equipment and police to
the scene, a northeast Philadelphia
pier on the Delaware river, but
the blaze was extinguished quick
ly. Cause of the . fire was not im
mediately determined.
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4. OniTLOVf HIDE CONTEOL
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Chrysler's revolutionary new type shock
absorbers have over twice the power of
other types, to keep your car steady' and
stable on rpugh roads. Driver and passeni
gers sit comfortabryr as has never been posi
sible in any car till now! I
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of Safety Rim wheels foam rubber Safety)
Cushion Dash i $ Safety Vion windows
all around ; ; s z Constantspeed Electric :
Windshield wipers . . . Drfrex-contxolled
. Automatic Transmission, f ; ' x
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BiplomatsOpen
Conference
i "WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -3V
The western big three foreign
ministers opened the first stage
of their -conference ; today with
Secrtary of State Acheson ready
to. urge more United Nations troops
for Korea's battlelront. - '.
f U. S. officials said - Acheson
would raise the troops re-enforcement
traestion during Ms talks
with British Foreign Secretary
Herbert Morrison and French For
eign Minister Schuman. .
SixSurvive
CrasK Landing
f ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 15
-V Six persons survived the
emergency crash landing of a B
11 bomber . 100 miles north of
here today. One person was killed
when the No. 3 engine exploded
while the B-17 was flying - at
11,000 feet
less serious injuries,
i The plane had been reported
missing earlier today and the
Wreckage was later IvntH K
tween Talkeetna and Summit.
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ENDS TONIGHT!
Ben Bogaa Story
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Issue Plea for
Blood Donors
WASHINGTON,' Sept l0-(5V
Three top U. S. military -leaders
pleaded tonight for ia creased
blood donations. y: ;i -
SDeakinf on a nationwide radia
program were Defense Secretary
ereorga i. uarsnau; Gen. Omar N.
jraouey, cn airman of the joint
chiefs of staff: and Cn. I7atthw
B. Ridgway, supreme commander.
Allied Pacific Powers- ,1
"The military needs fori whole
blood from Which nfasma tan hm
processed have been set at JOO.COO
pinis per montn zor every month
between now and next July," Mar
shall said. "Present donations fall
far below this figure -in' June,
oniy au.ouo pinis; m July, the of
fers dwindled to 36,000.'"
Pararescue teams parachuted at
the scene to give aid to the sur
vivors. .
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Hare's HacaH-wQTmln? ' Eniertcdnment
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Run for Mayor
PORTLAND. Sept 10-iP-Port-1
a n d city commissioner J. E.
(Jake) Bennett said today he
might run for mayor in 1952.
-If Dorthy (Mayor Dorthy Mc
Cull9ugh,Lee) doesn't want the job
I might run for mayor," he said.
"I think the mayor well be reelect
ed if she is a candidate, be added.
4 Uayor Lee has not yet announc
ed whether she will run.- 1 r
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turn, was lodged in the city Jail
Monday night in lieu of S250 bail
foUowws his arrest on a charse
olluteny. .i.' iw
Folitre said the complaint, - in
volving theft of clothinj?, was
signed by Hazel B. King, Everett,
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