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County Judge Grant Murphy
issued a forthright statement re
specting the subordination of the
counties in the administration of
public welfare which should
command public attention all over
the state. He pointed out that as
a result of the ruling of the at
torney general! that counties must
provide the money, even in ex
cess of budgeted amounts, on or
ders of the state public welfare
commission, counties are made
puppets in the
running of wel-
fare programs,
correct. And
jThat contention is
i his conclusion Is
logical, namely, that the state
should take oyer the whole ad
ministration; add, what is a fur
ther logical inference, should re
lieve counties of all the cost -they
have hitherton borne
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fusal of the j Columbia county
court to increase its budgeted al
lowance for public welfare at the
behest of the state commission.
The attorney general ruled the
counties are obliged to do to,
even if it means to suck money
from emergency, or other sources.
This in effect makes the welfare
fund a preferred claimant on all
county revenue?.
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This has grown up because of
the pressures of the present state
administration for increasing al
lowance to the aged. This pres
sure has been exerted on the state
public welfare j commission and
thence down to the counties. Rer
' cently. for instance, the state
commission has!
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Boston Mayor
Convicted of
Mail Defraud
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18-W)
Jiimcn M. Curle
mavor of Bos-
in and representative of Massa
chusetts, and two others were
tonvicted by a d
ytrict court jury
tonight of . using
fraud.
ithe mails to de-
Convicted with Curley were
Donald Wakefield Smith, former
member of the national labor re
lations board, anil James G. Ful
ler, who is strvjing a five year
sentence for sending fraudulent
M-curitits through the mails.
The jury came
in at 10:05 p.m.,
erdict, but when
member was
EST, to jjive its
each individual
xjll-d they disagreed on some of
the counts in thH indictment and
Justice James M. Proctor sent
Diem ba k to the jury chamber to
comfose their differences.
By the time this had been done
and the jury polled a econd time
a final verdict wis not given un
til 11:27 p.m. !
The white haiied, 71 -year-old
Cuilcy stared ijiitently at the
Jurors as, he heard their verdict
viand, and sat dvn with a siKh.
Smith turned tio hi wife who
i us in
erted :
the court
room and as-
"ImposMb
Mac Issues
Court Order
TOKYO, Saturday, Jan. 19-JT)-General
MacArthur today issued
an order establishing an interna
tional military tribunal for the Far
East to try for war crimes sus
pects, and made (public a charter
under which the tribunal will
work. j
The tribunal was established,
MacArthur noted, if or "the just and
prompt trial and punishment of
major war criminals in the Far
East." . j
Its permanent 1 seat will be
Tokyo, and members will total not
less than five nor more than nine,
appointed by the supreme allied
command from names submitted
by allied surrender signatories.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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W. rauley (top), former secretory-treasurer
f the democra
tic national committee, selected
by President -Truman today as
undersecretary of the nary. W.
John Kenney (bottom), former
Los Angeles lawyer, was re
cently named to replace H.
Struve Ilensel as assistant sec
retary of the navy Feb. 21.
Pauley in No. 2
Spot of Navy
Department
WASHINGTON, Jan, ltKT)-
Prcsidcnt Truman today selected
Edwin W. Pauley, oil operator
and former secretary-treasurer of
the democratic national commit
tee, to be undersecretary of the
navy.
The action immediately arous
ed speculation as to whether the
president had tabbed Pauley to
succeed Secretary James V. For
rcstal when the latter quits, as he
has said he wants to do soon.
Pauley recently has been Ame
rican member of the allied repa
rations commission Ills work on
the commUsionf.ynpw.(naring
its end and It had been gener
airy expected he would be nam
ed to another government post
but his appointment to be No. 2
man in the navy department
came as a surprise. A number of
congressmen had been backing
Colgate W. Darden, former gov
ernor of Virginia, for the posl
tion.
Keith Brown
Plans Proirram
Of Expansion
The new Keith Brown store
which opens for business today
'at Court and Front streets in con
junction with the company's lum
ber yard, is one of a series of ex
pansions planned by the Keith
Brown company (Keith Brown
and Asel Eoff), and the next will
be a wholesale hardware estab
lishment at the concern's Holly
wood plant.
Modern sales offices and dis
play space for all types of hard
ware will be included in the new
department, to be opened in 30
days, M. E. Walters, general man
ager of the Brown company in
terests, said Friday.
Vic Waldele will manage the
wholesale hardware department.
Modernization of the lumber
yard sales and display rooms, op
ened approximately five years
ago on Front street, is also plan
ned for this year, Walters said
Nile W. Hilbom is manager of
that department. The new store,
managed by R. C. Lieuallen, was
filled to capacity during Friday
night s open house there.
During the past 2 years the
company has doubled its Holly
wood plant's roofed-over floor
space, until now it covers more
than 100.000 square feet, and the
market for its mi 11 work and cab
inet work has spread through
southern Oregon and northern
California building material and
lumber yard outlets.
Brhle's Purse Taken
During Ceremony
The bride's purse was stolen
during her wedding at Knight
Memorial church, 19th and Ferry
streets, Thursday night the Rev.
John W. Hood, Independence, the
bride's father, reported to police
Saturday. Besides the bride, who
is now Mrs. James Smart, three
other women at the ceremonies
lost purses, police said. Two of
the purses were listed as belong
ing to Mrs. Lawrence Fitzgerald,
162 Senate st, West Salem and
Mrs. Donald Hood, Gervais. Own
er of the fourth purse was undetermined.
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NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
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In Sales
I Colorful Valley
SFarni Lands
f Change Owners
Two of the Willamette valley's
best-known and colorful farm
properties changed hands in sales
revealed here Friday.
Five hundred acres north of
Salem, known as the "Jerman
place" because for many years It
was owned and operated by A. M.
Jerman, have been purchased by
H, L. DeArmond and sons-in-law,
R. M. Amrine and L. H. Dalken
berg, from Wilfred Weathers.
Weathers, in turn, has bought
the 384-acre farm near Carlton
owned the past five years by
Thomas Mitchell, moving picture
star. I
Formerly In Lumber
The DeArmond family, coming
here three years ago from Lake-
view, where it had been in the
lumber business, for two years
has operated on lease the Ruddell
hopyard of 90 acres in the Inde
pendence i area. DeArmond re
cently sold the Roberts apart
ments in Salem to Mr. and Mrs.
Homer H.I Smith.
Weathers had bought the Jar-
mert place two years ago. It has
two hopyards totaling 210 acres,
for which )t has been best known
in the valley over a long period
of years. Last year 110 acres of
peas were harvested there. Twen
ty acres are In red sour cherries,
and much of the residue is in seed
crops, DeArmond, who is living
on the place! now, said Friday
night.: The families of his sons-in-
law expect to move there later
this year. Only building contem
plated this 'year will be in way of
repair work, it is said. ;
SO Pnrebreds Included
Included in the sale of the
Mitchell place at a reported price
of $150,000 were 80 purebred Jer
seys; including J5 milking cows,
Roy Ketner, farm manager, said
Friday. Mitchell, who has "com
muted" between Hollywood and
the Willamette valley farm, op
erated the place as a hobby, but
reportedly cleared more than his
investment because of the rise in
property values. ! (
Senate Blocked
By Filibuster
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18-fP)-An
ant i-FEPC filibuster by
southern senators halted legisla
tive action in the senate today
with a prospect this may con
tinue indefinitely..
Senator Overton (D-La), co
leader of southerners opposing
establishment of a permanent fair
employment practices commis
sion, held the senate floor for
three and a half hours and prom
ised to keep on "at least 30
days. i: ;
A truce recess; over the week
end w?th the southerners still in
control, finally was agreed upon
at 3:30 p.m. (EST) as a mark of
respect to the late Rep. Joe W.
Ervirt (D-NC), who was. found
dead in his apartment here
Christmas day. !
Tracts
Involved
General Eisenhower Promises GIs. Nation
Strict: Adherence to Demobilization Schedule
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18-VP)
General Dwight !d. Eisenhower
promised homesick GI's and their
families tonight that the revised
demobilization schedule will be
"carried out to the letter.".
The chief, of staff said how
ever, in an address prepared for
broadcast to the: nation and by
shortwave to posts all over the
world, that the army will have to
abandon some of its present oc
cupation and liquidation tasks it
it fajls to retain 1,500,000 men
July i. ;
"There Is; no alternative," ha
said bluntly
Elsenhower advised that "this
is a time when maturity and wis
dom must assert j themselves for
the safety of this nation's future."
"I know how homesickness and
boredom may fill a soldier's let
ters with a disturbing sense of his
own unimportance in the pattern
of army life," he; went on, "But
our army is playing a great role
Salom.
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Natalie, 19, 1 missing since she
left Lamar, Colo., with her IS
months-old i son on Jan. 2,
shows how she effected a tele
phone reconciliation with her
husband in Chicago yesterday.
She plans to meet him In La
mar. She was discovered here
after a grocer recognized ber
In an Associated Press picture
printed In a Reno newspaper,
(AP wirephoto to The Stated
man.)
South Salem
To Consider
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Fire District
Organization jof a fire protec
tive district for all, territory south
of Salem city limits will be con
sidered at a meeting of interested
persons at Liberty Community
hall Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored byjthe Liberty Farm
ers Union, the -project has been
under way for the last three
months and the meeting Sunday
night was scheduled before the
fire ; in south Salem Wednesday
night which it is admitted by
members of the committee "ad
vcrtised our proposal."
Rueben Nick'ol of Liberty is
chairman of the committee and
other members are James Adams,
Pringle, and A. W. Lovcik, Salem
Heights. While the Liberty Farm
era Union local initiated the pro
ject,! residents of Pringle, Salem
Heights, Sunnyside and Rosedale
have cooperated.
Plans are still in the formative
stage but it has been determined,
following consultation with the
state fire marshal's office, that
fire equipment, centrally located.
would serve any territory which
could be reached within 20 min
utes, committee members state.
in a troubled world. As each of us
comes to understand this truth,
then he will take pride in the
part he is playing.
"The fight has stopped. The
urgency of war has gone. But we
have a new urgency the neces
sity of building a secure peace
a peace purchased with the lives
of pur comrades.' The army's mis
sion is to do its part in establish
ing and assuring this peace and
to support our country in the
great, cooperative venture of na
tions. Tor myself, X feel that the
practical common sense which is
America's birthright will conquer
the sharp pangs of disappoint
ment; when loved ones are de
layed in coming home."
Expressing the hope that his
explanation would reach every
family at home With a loved one
overseas, as well as the men and
women still in uniform, Eisen
hower detailed the current demo
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Orocon. Saturday Morning, January 19, 1946
Reds Hold
Tight To
Veto Rule
New Zealand
Assails Privilege
Of Big Powers
By John A. Parris
LONDON, Jan. 18 -H7TV- New
Zealand sharply assailed the veto
voting privilege in the United Na
tions security council tonight
shortly after Russia had warned
against any effort to cut down on
the authority of the principal
powers in the new security league.
Addressing the general assem
bly, Prime Minister Peter Fraser
of New Zealand also differed with
the big three on the proposed
atomic energy commission. He
held it should report to the 51
nation assembly rather than to
the 11-nation security council as
decided by the Russian, United
States and British foreign mini
sters at Moscow last month.
Simultaneously, the Iran dele
gation held a long meeting to dis
cuss the best way of presenting
its complaints against ; Russia to
the United Nation. Nasrullah
Entczam, a delegate, said the Iran
appeal was being drafted. He said
it "might possibly" be '.submitted
to the security council tomorrow,
but more likely would be post
poned until Monday.
Kuzma V. Kiselev of Soviet
White Russia, opening . the first
night assembly session, specifi
cally mentioned Franco Spain and
ssked the assembly to urge those
"states not members of the or
ganization" to expel war crimi
nals "to the countries In which
they committed their i crimes."
Spain is not a member of the
UNO.
Search on for
Pilotless Plane
NEW YORK, Jan. 18-(;p)-Navy
planes searched the sea from
Rhode Island to New Jersey with
out sighting a pilotless radio-operated
plane which flew wild
over the New York metropolitan
area today after getting out of
control. ;
arusai eas-jis pjenJ seo3 aqx
command said tonight that the
plane was presumed to have
crashed at sea, after accompany
ing planes, chased the runaway
craft around the sky attempting
to shoot it down.
The navy disclosed that pilot
planes tried to destroy it after it
broke away from control, because
it contained "confidential equip
ment and because authorities
feared it might crash in a popu
lated district
Utility District
To Be Considered
Petitions to create a Marion
county peoples utility district
will be considered February 11 in
Silverton at a hearing announced
Friday by Charles E. Stricklin,
secretary of the state hydro-electric
commission.
The district would include 842
square miles with a population of
approximately 40,000 and assessed
property valuations of $23,000,000.
Salem would be excluded from
the district . !
bilization In terms similar to those
he used this week before mem
bers of congress. j
He said the situation Had suf
fered much from "misunderstand
ing." ;
"Every man, both abroad and
at home, who is surplus to our
needs and who can not profitably
take the place of a higher point
man, is to.be discharged as rap
idly as he can be processed," Ei
senhower pledged. "Our needs do
not include made work and use
less drill
"Next, by April 30 this year,
all enlisted men with 45 points
or with 30 months' service will
be out of the army or aboard ship
returning home.
"Finally, by June 30, 'all en
listee? men with 40 points or with
24 months' service as of that date
will be out of the army or aboard
ship returning home. This does
not apply to volunteers, of
course."
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Selective Service Head Clashes
With Proposal to
By Elton C. Fay
WASHINGTON, Jan. I8-(P)-A
selective service recommen
dation for continuation of the
draft collided today with a sen
atorial prediction that it would
"be out of the window" May 15.
1 The recommendation came
from Major General Lewis B.
Ilershey, the draft director; the
prediction from Senator John
son (D, Colo), chairman of a
military subcommittee inquiring
into the army's demobilization
troubles.
Johnson declared the public
hearings ended today, the third
day of the proceedings. The two
other members of the commit
tee. Senators R ever comb- (R, W
Va) and Briggs (D, Mo), ob
jected, asserting that only army
and draft leaders had been
heard. They wanted the com
mittee to go into complaints
from GI's.
Doolittle at Oil
NEW YORK, Jan. 18 U. Gen. James IL Doolittle (right), who is on
terminal leave from the army, dictates letter te his secretary,
Mary E. Gill in his office here yesterday, as he took over duties aa
vice-president of the Shell Oil Co, In charge of aviation activities.
Miss Gill, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa, first became General Doo
little's secretary when she was a WAC sergeant and he commanded
the Eighth air force. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.)
Kimmel Denies
Dereliction of
Harbor Duties
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18-(!P)-Admiral
Husband E. Kimmel de
clared today that the tragic loss
of men and ships in the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor stemmed
from no neglect of his Job as
1941 commander of the Pacific
fleet.
"I was commander in chief,"
Kimmel solemnly told the senate-house
committee investigat
ing the disaster. "I cannot escape
that responsibility. But I have no
responsibility that presumes der
eliction on my part."
"You did all that any prudent
commander could do?" asked
Senator Lucas (D-Ill).
"I think that is a fair state
ment," quietly replied the white
haired admiral.
Kimmel entered his disclaimer
late in a long session which in
cluded a decision not to call ex
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
as a witness on whether he and
President Roosevelt made pre
war agreements for parallel Brit-lsh-U.S.
action in the Pacific.
Truce Violation
Charges Mount
PEIPING, Jan. 18-P)-Cancel-lation
of a scheduled truce-inspection
trip into Jehol province,
plus continuing charges and counter-charges
of truce violations,
raised new questions today as to
the effectiveness of China's arm
istice of less than a week ago.
It was learned also that no in
spectors would be sent to Man
churia by the truce commission,
which has headquarters here.
This latter seemed to square
with reliable reports from Chung
king when the agreement was
signed Jan. 10 that the govern
ment would be permitted to con
tinue moving troops into and
within Manchuria to clinch Chi
nese sovereignty over that ter
ritory. Weather
Max.
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Min. Rain
11 M
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Eugene
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San Francisco
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Willamette river 3.3 rt.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau, McNary field. Salem): Cloudi
ness will increase this afternoon. No
marked change In temperature. High
est today will b M degrees.
No. 256
Let Draft Die
The committee spent the final
day questioning Hershey about
why the draft failed to provide
enough replacements, thus forc
ing a slow-down of demobiliza
tion. He said that if congress ex
tends the selective service act
beyond May 15, when it is
Scheduled to expire, it" would be
possible to provide an addition
al half million men.
He also thought it would help
if a definite tour of duty were
provided In the draft law. He
suggested that 1 8 months, now
used as one of the volunteer en
listment terms, would be an ap
propriate period.
Hershey recommended that
the war and navy departments
lower the physical standards and
that men with "substantially
less" than 18 months' service be
eligible for re-induction.
Company Job
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Oil Searchers
Aid Geologists
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18 -ifl1)
The Texas company's No. 1 oil
test in Washington county has
drilled through the basaltic lava
that underlies the Portland area,
F. D. Bode of the company said
today.
At a depth of more than 3819
feet the drill bit has struck sedi
mentary deposits but no oil
and is going ahead, he rjorted.
Geologists long have Kndered
the thickness of the Columbia
river basalt which flowed over
the region millions of years ago.
An unofficial report said the
company would double the pres
ent depth before abandoning hope
for oil.
Plane Crash
In Connecticut
Takes 17 Lives
CHESHIRE, Conn., Jan. 18-tVP)
Seventeen persons, including a
baby flying for a reunion with
its serviceman father, perished
today in a wrecked Miami to
Boston Eastern Airlines plane
which burst into flames in mid
air and crashed into heavy brustf
land. '
The body of the baby, child of
Mrs. Charlotte Sturroan, and a
serviceman apparently Just re
turned from overseas, were the
last to be removed from the
crumpled remains of the plane
which figured in Connecticut's
worst air disaster. Mrs. Sturman
was among the victims.
So furious were the flames that
it was hours before the air liner
which served as a pyre for the
Boston-bound travelers cooled
sufficiently to allow rescuers to
remove the bodies. Until that sad
task had been completed, offi
cials had been in doubt about the
exact number of dead.
Pendleton Pastor to
Replace Dr. Fairhani
PORTLAND, Jan. 18-OD-The
Rev. Oliver J. Gill, Methodist
pastor at Pendleton, has been
named Cascade district superin
tendent by Bishop Bruce R. Bax
ter. 9
The Rev. Mr. Gill succeeds Dr.
Silas E. Fairham, Salem, who re
signed because of illness.
Price Sc
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U. S. Steel
Rejects j
Proposal
Strike Set for
Monday, No More
Parleys Planned
By the AasocUted. Press
D;--ct government effprts u
serve? the nation's two bigget
laburj controversies failed yester
day. Tbei threatened strike of 750 -000
CtO steel workers was "or."
agtinj for 12:01 am. Monday, af
ter the U. S. Steel Corporation
rejected President Truman's un-ion-cccepted
wage proposal.
Effojts to settle the thi-ee-ciay
nationwide strike of, 263,000 AFL
and CIO meat workers reached
st aw mate in Washington and the
mejit fart-finding board arranged
to start public hearings in Chi
cago Tuesday.
President Truman, declaring1
that a teel strike would t!l
our attempts to establish a sound
economy to which our veteran
can return," appealed to ;U. S.
Shel to reconsider its rejection.
"A strike in the steel industry
will be felt in practically every
msjor industry in the United
States," the president said in a
statement. "It will hamper our
reconversion effort."
Will Not Reiae j
White House Press Secretary
Charles C Ross said the presi
dent had no plans for seizing the
industry and no further steps for
averting the strike were Under
consideration.
The steel workers union head
quarters in Pittsburgh announc
ed that on orders oC CTO presi
dent Philip Murray instruction
had been sent to all district iri
local directors idering the Mrikr
call m the industry "into ft. '.I
force and effect at 12:01 am..
Jan. 31."
'District Director Joseph Gny
of the USW at Pitttimrgh sa d
"we're all set to go. The rank and
filers are mad and if it's called
off now they'll be madder."
Taking Precautions
Meanwhile, a U. S. Steel Corp,
spokesman at Pittsburgh said the
company was taking "precau
tionary measures" for an ordely
shutdown with some curti
fnents going into effect imtned
lately. Thecivilian production admin
istration in Washington announc
ed that in event of a general
steel strike, a program of volun
tary rationing of steel supplies
would be put into effect. iTtus
would protect "essential need'
such as emergency repairs . and
maintenance required by hospit
als, transportation, public utili
ties, food processing, police & fid
fire departments and publ
health and safety.
Developing of
Barracks Set ;
-A.
To Get StarteU
The city of Salem win prm iiie
water mains, sidewalks and nec
essary streets for the barracks at
the airport as soon aa information
is received fcom the federal hous
ing authority as to how soon the
FHA will provide plumbing and
in what quantity the barracks
win be available, it was declare
Friday.
A formal application for the
barracks, which the FHA already
has assured will be made avail
able, has been forwarded to
Washington. It is estimated about
200 dwelling units could be ar
ranged. Steve Anderson, secretary of
the city housing authority, said
Friday that veterans who wish to
apply for use of the barracks
should see Herb Saalfeld at the
county office of veterans affairs
in the state library building.
Postoffice Branch
At West Salem 1
WEST SALEM, Jan. Ia-(spe-clal)-A
branch of the Salem
postoffice was opened here taiay
in the Kingwood market. Walter
E. White will be branch mana
ger, j
It will be a financial office
only, issuing money orders, r ro
istering mail and accepting par
cel post. No mail will be handled
through the office.
A branch postoffice here a fevr
years ago was closed during the
war because of inability to get
some one to manage it.
3 INJURED IN WRECK
Mrs. Joe Di Fllippl, CC0 Union
-treet, and Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Powell, 840 Union street, were
treated at Salem General hospi
tal early Saturday for injuries re
ceived in an auto wreck sate Fri
day night near Craw1erdsvi3.
Joe Di Filippi, who was in the
Filippi car, was not injured. :