Oregon Pro j ects Spurned ;
Because of : Election Result,
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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."
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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..: : . .
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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.
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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.
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