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Oregon Pro j ects Spurned ; Because of : Election Result, ; A dm inictra tinri Official Sfl VS $6 Mint Price Told at Session By, A. ROBERT SMITH . I ; Statesman Correspondent ' WASHINGTON-Thc Eisenhow er administration has passed ov er Oregon in preparing the new federal Budget in the field of new reclama tion projects for 1955, while approving new starts on add ed y'- irrigation acreages' in neighboring Wash ington, Idaho and California. A. Robert Smith Oregon was left out because of the outcome of the recent election, in which the voters of the state refused to return Republican Sen. Guy Cor- Lumber Mills Face Shipping Spac Trouble PORTLAND Uf) Pacific North west water-shipping lumber mills are going to find themselves in serious trouble within the next month or two because of lack of shipping space, the Oregon Jour nal said, Friday. There are some' 49 big mills in the Northwest which ship by water and , they account for a "major share of payrolls." said the article. by Lamar Newkirk. the newspa per's business editor. ' One lower Columbia River mill has 8 million board feet of lum ber, filling its docks to ! capacity and is going to have to shut down, the article said. Others will have to do the same, it predicted, as storage areas fill. The cargo space shortage has many causes, the newspaper said, among them a dispute under which sailors keep steam on loading winches only one shift a day in stead of 18 hours as in the past; the world-wide pickup in charter ship business which has taken vessels away from the Pacific Northwest and increased rates to "prohibitive" levels for lumber shipments; and transfer of 70 ves sels in recent months to foreign registry which takes them out of ju.a. pon-w-pon service. : , Transfer of shipments to rails would" be costly, since coastal mills handle heavy hemlock and their fir is , heavier than that of Inland miTls. and it -alan wntiM AA to the rail burden where car - fthnrtaffM have hn mmrrvin in summer and fall months, the arti- die said., : OEAtoSeek Basic School tort Boost Supb PORTLAND 'Uft ;The Oregon Education 'Assn. will ask the Leg islature V; to increase the basic school support fund $20 to $100 per census child Cecil W. Posey, executive secretary of the organ zation, said Friday. ' Posey estimated such an in crease would boost the b a s ic school funds about eight million dollars. The fund is expected to exceed 70 million for the bienmum beginning July 1, based on the present $30 per census child fig ure, he said.fi - The OEA's legislative commit tee also will urge that Portland Stale College be made a degree granting institution; that the mint mum salary for 'teachers and em ployes of the Stale Department of Education be raised; and that changes be made in school district reorganization laws, Posey said, don and thereby gave Democrats control of the Senate, according to a highly-placed administration official. " Badgei Rarean Adamaat The Oregon jwoject which the Bureau of Reclamation and Ore gon members of congress nave , been seeking to get started in 1855 is the Talent division of the Rogue River project, a$20,500 000 irrigation proposal near Med-1 ford authorized; by Congress last summer.' " -'A ' ' - But reportedly the project was turned down by the Budget Bu reau, which has the last word on how to. allocate a the president's annual budget requests that is, which projects go in and which get chopped off. Official word on the matter will not be out until President Eisenhower sends his detailed budget message to Con gress Jan. 17. Three Prajects Inclnded Only three : new reclamation projects are reportedly contained in the new budget -santa aiana, near Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mich aud Flats - near American Falls dam on the Snake river, Idaho; and Foster Creek near Chief Jo seph dam on the Columbia river, Washington. ; A high administration official said Sen. Cordon had tried before leaving office this past week to get the Budget Bureau to loosen funds for the Rogue river project "But the boys in the bureau feel. 'Why should they help Cor don? He was defeated.' And that's aU they need to cut a project out of the budget See McKay Oa Short Ead. Reminded that Secretary of In terior Douglas McKay is still in office and favors the project, the official declared: "But the Budget Bureau has seen the. Oregon elec tion returns, and they know Mc Kay came -out on the short end.' In short, it was pointed out the few projects . gaining approval were doled out to states .that stood by GOP candidates. The California project is a pet of Sen. Henry Dworshak, a victorious Re publican in 1954: and the Wash ington project goes to Rep. Walt Horan, Republican, and Sen. War ren G. Magnuson, a Democrat who will be the . top man. from the Northwest on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee in this Congress. No Word Received Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.) said he vigorously argued for Rogue river project funds but had no word on whether they had been approved or disapproved. From Democratic circles, it be came clear that Sen. Wayne Morse and Sen. Richard L. Neuberger will try to add funds to the bud get during its review by Congress and that the slighted Oregon proj ect would be one they would push. The long-haul strategy of Demo crats so long as they control Con gress and the GOP controls the executive departments, it is ex pected, will be something Hke this: " ;- I : . Although Eisenhower does not ask Congress for funds to start many new projects, the Demo crats will move to jack up his budgets by adding funds for such resource development They will initially appropriate the minimum amount of money needed in each case to get: construction work started, which would be calculat ed to force the administration in subsequent years to request addi tional funds to complete the proj ects without pouucaiiy-nsky and unecomonie interruptions. CORVALLIS Ul The Oregon Essential Oil - Growers League, composed of mint fanners, was told Friday that mint oil trom toe 1955 crop is being contracted for at IS a pound, the highest price to growers since 1951. M. , D. Thomas, Oregon State College agricultural economist, said high prices should hold up least until 1956. By then, he said, they might result in in creased production in other states and that could drive down prices. Thomas attributed the high prices to heavy exports to Europe, increased domestic demands and some drop in production since 1932. The league closed its two-day annual convention after re-electing John W. Whipple of Rainier presi dent Dale Turnidge of Jefferson, vice president and C. E. Horner of Oregon State College, secretary. Three new directors were named: Orviue Grant of Eugene, Howard': Snod grass of Jefferson and George Cowles of Rainier. City Promises Aid on Armory At Pendleton PENDLETON ( The City Council -here has agreed to pay SW.000 of the 579,000 by which bids for a new armory exceeded esti mates, and it hopes the state will put up the rest of the amount so construction can start soon. If the state will not. new bids on revised plans will be sought Low bid on the proposed armory was 1339.620. Happy Canyon. Which stages night pageant with the annual Pen dleton "Round-Up, sold its building and put the proceeds into the city fund. . It hopes to put on the 1955 show before a 'grandstand to be built adjacent to the armory. How ever, the armory won't be ready by next fall if new plans have to 4 be drawn. FIRE CALL NEW BRITAIN, Conn. U- Three fire companies rushed to the burning house of Morgan N Holmes. He is the fire sioner. Backivoskiof Crime Leases FBI High, Vndry on Diapers SEATTLE (A The backwash I fke, confessed his plight Friday of crime left the FBI high but not j night after telling of the arrest of dry on a pfle of used diapers Frirsix persons foe a $674)55 bank rob- day. It appeared there was no . Dery at Tacoma. immediate soiuuon iot me trian gular problem either; at least it wasn't covered in the official man uals. - ,' , Richard D. . Auerbach, special agent in charge of the Seattle of- Distribution , Piening Admits Slaying Guilt ' MEDFORD J) Marion Frank lin Piening, 50, pleaded guilty Fri day to a manslaughter charge in a death which was a 5 tt-year-old mystery until his recent arrest The grand jury indicted him Thursday in the case of Margaret Ann Cornell, 50, who died in April, 1949, as a result of sexual abuse. Piening was arrested last Nov. 30 in another sex case and after Questioning, he admitted the 1949 assault in a signed statement Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna is expected to sentence Piening next comnus- week, probably Monday or Tues day. . , - , ; Two of the suspects arrested were a married couple with a baby less than a year old. The baby couldn't be left untended, the agents reasoned with good reason, so they brought it in. In a short while the baby was uncomfortable and crying for food. An agent was sent out to collect the necessities of infant care. And for a full day whfle the crime hunters worked on the case they had to suffer periodic interruptions to feed and change the baby. Late Friday night the child was given to the custody of an aunt but ,the diapers remained, a prob lem still unwashed," unwanted and unsolved. WIDOW'S MITE i , CHATTANOOGA to-One of the ladiesj at the Old: Ladies . Home1 stepped forward " djlring breaking ceremonies for an, addition to then home. She handed officials a ten dollar bill and said she wished it to be used toward the cost of the, new building. Impressed, officials said the money bad been given her for Christmas spending by a local civic group. ', Of 0&C Funds Sought in State ! WASHINGTON W A. W. Laf ferty has urged Oregon's members of Congress to do all in their power to force immediate distribution of more than" V million dollars to 18 .Western Oregon counties. -, j The money is held in a special account pending settlement of the dispute over administration of 472, 000 .acres of Oregon and California 0&X railroad grant land. ' j Lafferty, as attorney for Clack amas County, has been working for cWt settlement of the contro versy and a distribution of the mon ey. He said that although mem bers of the Oregon delegation dis agree over who should administer the land, he feels they can unite to press for distribution of the funds to the IS counties. - Lafferty said the' Library of Congress figures the money should be allocated to counties as follows: Benton S209.400. Clackamas $399. 887, Columbia $116,183, Coos $410. 695, Curry $160,090. Douglas $1,- 749,509, . Jackson $1,093,612, Jose phine $652,519. Klamath $162,116, Lane $1,120,631, Lincoln $27,019. Linn $194,540. Marion $104,700, Statesman Salem, Ore. Sat. Ian. 8. 1S5S (See 2-3 Gas Dealers Hit ; Stamp Giving on f State Credit Card ; ROSEBURG (A The Oreeon Gasoline Dealers Assn., winding up a two-day session here Thurs day, deplored the issuance of trad ing stamps to governmental em ployes who buy on credit cards of the state or federal government A resolution said this practice was common, was not proper, and it called on members to stop is suing the stamps under that cir cumstance. ; 1 The association, taking note of its growth, decided to hire a secretary-manager. It set its next meet ing for April 12-13 at Eugene. I P. PIN RETURNED v H0LDREGE, Neb. (IK - R. Anderson recently received 1 a small package in the mail con taining the fraternity -pin he had fost 20 years ago. It was returned by a Bethany, Mo., woman who had traced it from a number on the back through the organiza tion's national headquarters. An derson has never been in Bethany. Manslaughter; Charge Filed MEDFORD Uf) Fred Warden. 32, was arraigned here Friday on a manslaughter charge based os' the fatal shooting of a child while v' hunting deer Oct 16. '-! A bullet fired by Warden, who v' said he shot at a noise, fatally n wounded Philip Minear. 12, Med- " ford. The same bullet also strode ' Sharon Ruth O'Connors, 12, Med for, but she recovered. ',l The grand jury indicted Warden Thursday. Date for his trial will be set later. Multnomah $53,636, Polk $160,000, Tillamook $14,880, Washington $45, 933 and Yamhill $52,687. - 4- Death Boosts Portland Toll in 1954 Traf fir PORTLAND UB This city's" 1954 traffic fatality toll Jumped to 42 Thursday with the death of Mrs. Cannie Massey, 35. She and her husband were in- t jured early last month when their" car skidded on icy pavement. : plunged through a bridge railing and crashed in a deep canyon. He still is hospitalized with serious injuries. Portland's 1953 traffic death toll . -was 55. . Reese, Paulus To Take Trip urses PORTLAND () A dozen Northwest attorneys, who axe Air Force reservists in the Judge Ad vocate General's Dept. will fly to Washington for a special orien tation course.; They also will be admitted to I practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Among those makmg the flight are attorneys from Portland. Med-1 ford, Salem and Vancouver Bar racks, including Col. Seward Reese, dean of Willamette Univer sity law school and Mai. John Paulus, of the Willamette law fac ulty. . ; ' ' CoL Eugene L. Clark, comman-l dant of the 2644th Air Reserve Cen ter at Vancouver Barracks will bead the group. CoL Charles H. McGirr is Portland fugbt com mander, f Jane Russell Signs Contract For 1 Blillion. BOLLYWOOD tfV-Actress Jane Russell has signed a new movie contract wii Howard Hughes and wiL receive a million dollars over a 20-year penod,' a Hughes spokes man said Thursday. , The shapely brunette win make - six pictures in five years, but her payments will be spread over 20 years. Three of the five films will ' be released by 20th Century-Fox. . The dark ' haired actress has been f away - from Hollywood for more than six months while mak ing a picture in Europe called "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes." (f 1 iti p .--.:vvi v::-...T- i v .iimiiw m 1111 . ' 1. J 4 - mrt T m l I l for the next three months or more very probably it tvill be the II i i a .: , ... e. ' - t - To insure its ever-mcreasins thousands of subscriber- friends of the most complete, accurate and comprehensive coverage of that Biggest Story available anywhere, OREGON STA TESMAN: pA Has detached Gty Editor Robert E. Gangware from his Important post to spend full-time heading this newspaper's statehouse coverage Girt Burned As Clothing Catches Fire JOHN DAY. Ore. Ml A little girl who stood too close to a fire place in her nightclothes Friday was brought to a hospital here in critical condition. ; The child, Debbie Sue Moore, wht was 5 years old only Tuesday, was warming herself at the family home in Seneca when her night- clothes caught , fire. Before the flames could be put . out, , burns covered most of her body. The temperature at Seneca has been below zero for several morn ings. ' ' l - ;-:fv - - The child is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dinty Moore, who have one other child, Laurie, 2. The fa ther is an employe of Hines Lum-I ber Co..: : . . 5) Has arranged for desks on the (floor of both the Senate and the House, and for the full facilities of the Capitol Pressroom ! j Will have available the full coverage, dav and night, of The Associated Press legislative staff. 1 DIVORCE ASKED CHICAGO UFi Mrs. Elizabeth I Wedding. 38, sued Ralph Wedding. 39, for .divorce Thursday, alleging I desertion. Their wedding occurred June 16, 1942, in Mount Vernon, Ind. DIM 4-6811 Today and Ask For "Circulation" Actions of the legislature will affect every one of Oregon's estimated 1,675,000 persons. The Immense problems faced, and the con Hnuing program unfolded to moot them, will be best told interestingly and understandably by word and pichOs in the pages of YOUR NEWi UdL 1 il-LL JJLJ1L BY CARRIER Delivery at year door every 'men Ing of the year for $L45 a month. BY MAIL SUI a BOBth (lllf a year) Just write The Statesman, Salem, 1 Ore and eadose year check. 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