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PAGE TWO The) OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oreaon, Thursday Morning. February 14, 1948 Transformer Doubles Power In Substation Capacity of th Garden road substation of the Portland Gen eral Dec trie company in Salem was doubled thia week, when fi nal connections made operative a new 57,000-volt transformer, it was announced Wednesday by W. M. Hamilton. PGE division manager here. Hamilton said the new trans former, installation of which be gan some time ago, was rushed into operation early- Tuesday morning to alleviate some of the congestion caused by the burn-out and explosion which killed two employes" Sunday at the main Sa lem control room. The work crew was on e jpb all night Monday getting the new transformer into operation. ots no.tos The hew unit is described by Hamilton as a! 10.000 KVA (kilo volt amperes). 57.000 volt trans farmer valued at $21,000 and in stalled at a cost of $9,000. The huge transformer' was formerly used in the Swan Island ship yards. Rated aormally at 10.000 Kva, th- new transformer will be able to attain a 1J.000 Kva capacity through the use of a forced air cooling syctem. The capacity thus will d cubic that of the two 3B07 Kva transformers which it repla ce. Hamilton said. EtMuin Needed Tbe Lvison manager explained that the additional capacity at the station is necessary because of the havy load placed on the smaller transformers by greatly Increased iw of electricity in this area According to present n the two smaller transformers are u b removed from their rreit lo cation and used elsewhere In the Salem site to increase capacity of the oty't distribution system. Tacoma Power Strike Ncars TACOMA. Feb. ll-To jhead off. if possible, a strike by city light department employes which would leave the city without ugh srv.ee except In hospitals, fire d-partment and other essential services, the city council will hold a special meeting tmorrow morn ing. Utilities CommissMHier C. A Errtahl announced tonight. Notice that a strike will be os 1 ltd at 12:01 a.m. Monday un let agreement can be reached over a wag increase was given today by local 413 of the Inter national Brotherhood of Electric al Workers, AFL. The union rep- . feints 200 light employes, virtu allv all the department's workers with the exception of office help Anion (Wirm llol For Sunday Party Honoring Srrvirrmafi OHCUARD HKIOHTK, Fefr. 1.1 (Si ial)-Mr. and Mfs, Amon Gri'e and daughter, Mrs Howard BUnkley, entertain! Ji u n d a y with a homecoming party for If iwtrd Planklev, ukl'e UJ. ntvy, fa-sbees, recently dis charged after three yers duty. It wss sjso a birthday surprise t'tr Mrs. Percy Csntle, sister of Mrs. Grke. Pussy willows and be g'tfiias decrirsted the rms. The gusets Included Mr, snd Mr. Howard Blankiey, Mr. and Mm Petty Castle, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pillon and children, Bar bara and Cerald. Mrs Nannie Csnnoy, jWinton immerman, Mr. and Mrs.; Arble Martin and daugh ters. Doris. Cleta and Ardlth, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schwartz Mr. and Mrs, Conrad Fox and daugh ters, Beverley and Glenda. Mr J and Mrs. James Bt, Mr. and, Mrs. Guy McDowell, end Lester Lippert. ' rOl'NDEVMEN DELAY STRIKE SEATTLE, Feb. 13 -(A) -The deadline for a possible strike by SOOO workers in jf Pacific north west metal working plants was changed from tomorrow to Mon day as baUnt were being count el tonight in an election on a wsge proposal from management. LONCnOtNS WIN HOUSTON, Tex., Feb IS -(JP) Two late minute scores by peppy Biunt. big substitute center, brought the University of Texas Longhorns a thrilling 50-48 vic tory over the Rice here to night. A capacity rifowd of 2500 fans saw the gime. Friday High! Salem Armory GLENN WOOimY'S ORCIIKSTIIA 13 13 Entertainers Vera Esck, Veealist Ice Wouldn't J " , 0 mmmmm wmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm wmmmm , r i x -"V t"r y''J - -' t f - 4 $ K ; s.. i. K,, ; r7 i4 CCC Accused Of Secret Talk In Grain Sales WASHINGTON, Feb. lf-WV The senate agriculture committee accused the commodity credit cor poration today of "secret negoti ations" in grain sales, contribut ing "substantially" to th present grain crisis, and competing with private enterprise. , The committee said also that the procedures used in buying, storing and .selling grain were "open to possible T"ft. collusion and favoritism." The accusations were in an in terim report on the committee's continuing investigation into mat ters relating to food production and consumption. The report was signed by Senators Thomas (D Okla), committee chairman; Wheeler (D-Mont); Bush field (R- SD and Stewart (D-Tenn). It said its findings were based on the testimony of representatives of the corporation, the agriculture department, the OPA, and of pro ducers, dealers, exporters of grain and officials of the Chicago board of trade. Roving Secretary To Aid Ministers PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 11- An expanded program and hiring of a traveling full time secretary to aid pastors of the state were approved today by delegates of the Oregon . council of churches meeting here. The annual session was presld ed over by Charles A. 8prsgue, president of the council. The council meeting is one of three sessions planned by three state-wide protestsnt groups here this week. Hie Oregon state pas tors' conference opened tonight and the Oregon council of church women will meet tomorrow morn ing. 76 Experimental Forest Centers Proponed WASHINGTON, Feb. .JP)-A $3,600,000 appropriation to estab lish 78 experimental forest centers throughout the country was pro posed today to a house appropria tions subcommittee. The number of stations, areas and amounts proposed include seven in the Pacific northwest. Jefferson Myers Hits Second Mudhank VANCOUVER, Wash, Feb. It -P)-The Liberty ship Jefferson Myers failed again to get far to day with its 9000 tons of UNRRA wheat for China, being towed back after hitting a mudbank. Yesterdsy the vessel wound up on a mudbank near where grounded today. it MAC Membership 5280 PORTLAND. I Feb. 13-P)- Multnomah Athletic club has membership of 5280, Including Its women and Junior members, Wil linm J. Collins, retiring president, reported at the annual meeting last night. Milton W. Rice was elected president. NISEI JOINS C. OF C. MILWAUKIE, Feb. 13.-0P) -The chamber of commerce here has admitted Jack Toshilomi, Japa nese-American, to its membership by unanimous vote. Officials said they believed he was the first Nisei to Join an Oregon chamber of commerce since Dec. 7, 1941. 1 1 Ml VOIP 0 Yvonne DeCarle and David Brace In "Salome, Where She Danced Co-Feature Ella Raines and Chss. Kervln In "Enter Arsene Lupin" Bargain Night - Open :45 Hold Them BjsMaaMaMaiksfssssBBSBWSBMa CHICAGO, Feb. 11 Chlcag re cue . crew members ; recover James Burke, Bine, from Mat- I eiU Park laa yesterday in pre pars tioB for an ansaeeessv fa! artificial resuscitation at tempt. He was esse ef three bars drowned when tl railed te held them. Twe ether beys reaebed .hers. (AP Wire- bete te The oregea "talesman) 5 Ports Await 11,720 Troops ; : I By the Associated Press A - 7i . Trr I pw ana one east cuaii pon await debarkation of 11,720 re-1 turning service personnel from 20 vessels today. At Lee Angeles Miscellaneous on following: Magoffin, Pearl Harbor, 2534; Briscoe from Okinawa; 450; eight minesweepers : from Pearl Har- bor, 90; LST 1128 from Pearl Harbor. 37;? LSM 355 from Pearl Harbor, 16. At Ran Franclsee Capital Victory, six navy; Ok - lahoma City from Japan, eel navy and marines: Marine Swal- ow from Manila, four navy, 3348 army; Perida, 1492 army; Indl- day and brought to port after be ana, 93 marines (due originally Ing unreported, since noon y ester- yesterday). ! r - At Seattle" : n Sea Owl from Korea, 2084 army and 20 navy miscellaneous per sonnel. Former Smith College President Succumb NORTHAMPTON, Mass.. Feb. I! -(4 V William Alan Nrilson, former president of Smith col lege who long advocated ; equal rights for women and men in education, died tonight after a short Illness. M His death came a few days al ter he had completed 'a history of Smith college upon which he had been working since his re tfrement in 193a. . . j FARM PIKES SOARING SPOKANK, Feb. 13 -UP)' Vet- erans returning to agriculture are finding farm prices 70 per cent. above prewar levels, livestock and equipment costs nearly dou bled and a serious shortage- of good farms for lease or sale in the northwest, Walter A. Duffy, Portland, regional director of the farm security administration, said today. : VISITS HEATERS UNION HILL, Feb 13 -(Spe cial)- Glen Morley of Portland visited bis grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.V Heater, and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kos- tenborder Sunday. . T NOW SHOWING CO-FEATURE 7XMxi BANCO- BUWlrv PflHTnEHS W TODAY AND FRIDAY as i RYAJI i CO FEATURE "Return of the Duranao Kid" ; With . Charles Starrett : 1 Continuous Dafly Officer Avers Navy Withheld Nip Messages WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -(JPj Henry C. Clausen, former lieu tenant colonel, told Pearl Harbor investigators tonight that the navy in the south Pacific was "short changing the army right up- to the latter months of the war on the information it receiv ed from decoding Japanese mes sages. I Clausen conducted a one-man investigation of the Pearl Harbor disaster last year for then Sec retary of War Stimson. Now in civilian clothes again, he is a San Francisco attorney. Clausen explained to the sen ate-house committee investigat ing the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that by "short changing" he meant the navy was not passing on to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's command all the information it got from enemy messages. The navy was handling the decoding, he said, and was de ciding which messages it thought the army should see. I He related that Maj. Gen. C. A. Willoughby, intelligence offi cer for MacArthur, protested on May g, 1MJ. during actual fight ng m the Philippines, that , was "having ; this perplexing problem of getting information from the navy.'? Mistrial Ordered J ' jkl s 1H UglCVle IISC PORTLAND, Feb. 1J. - (?V A j j l ,i , Oglevie here today when de fense attorneys said there was evi dence of jury tampering. ed with ohn W, Gllley'to defend ri-4- n.A v w I w.v . ...... i:rr Z nanw wea iivi mmu yuifiK, ma attempted to influence them to select members of the panel who, the. man said, were favorable to the defense. The man was known 1 to have telephoned one juror and I was seen talking to the others, Humphries said as he moved for a mistrial. ROCHESTER RESCUED LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 13 , (P)-0P)The propeller of his new 1 Cabin cruiser broken, Eddie An- I derson, the radio Rochester on Jack Benny's program, was taken in tow by a fishing boat late to- day. t"SSINO STUDENT FOUND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. Calif., Feb. 13 -(JP)- William Jac obs, 26, of Boston, a college stu dent skier missing since Feb. 2 in a blinding snowstorm at Bad ger pass, has been found alive, the national park service report ed today CON I . ROM 1 r.M. NOW SHOWING! SftlGYOUR tVAY IIOA4E m m i seat uiuy JACK HAUT amni jirrtgYS ALL-FUN CO-HTTI jtOWaTtOTS" mast J if y mMrry I'll 1 T lJ lM.l JiftMi jsVassglT, ssjpsnsSSla5s . jRasJVsMsalsaVv CisSsJsj( : OPENS :I3 r. M. NOW SHOWING! Andl Laurel & Hardy "Danting Masters" UM 3.51 rV. I OPENS t:45 r.M. Now! "A LADY OUTLAW!" GENE TTERNEY i la Technicolor ! "BELLK sTAnir CO-FEATUkEt Duncan Renaldo "CISCO ED RETURNS' w m..u..i w urorQ '""prolonged possible tf I 1 EM eVlttAW I I Mil, u Klamath Falls Barracks May Serve as Vet Educational Plant That the marine barracks at Klamath Falls may be obtained free of charge by the state for use as an educational plant for returned veterans was seen as a strong possibility Wednesday by Gov. Earl Snell. He indicated that the state board of higher education is ne gotiating to acquire the $6,500,- 000 marine installation and hint ed that- the state emergency board soon may consider funds for operating the plant as a college. Inspection of the barracks re cently was made by Dr. A. L. Strand, Oregon State college; Dean Earl Pallett, University of Oregon; Dr. Charles Byrne, sec retary of the state board of high er education; Dr. John Cramer, dean of general extension and State Budget Director George Aiken, who represented Gover- tion already has been issued, ef nor Snell. fective March 1. Oregon Tourist Schools Urged PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. l-P) Schools on Oregon's tourist at tractions were advocated today s wmi i o.f w-nuifr .4 r -i i Howard J. Steib, Bend cham ber manager, said that as a re sult of a school there, tourists get intelligent answers to ques tions about Oregon's famed sights. Harold Say, director of the state's travel and information de partment, said the tourists' visits .k..m k! m-M- !..! I - - r -- CHEST LEADERS TO MEET Directors of the Salem United War Chest wilt meet next Tues- Jaf J 4rfwm' ,n tch Ulc,V 241 N- Liberty St., to elect offi- -- U.. ..111 by Executive Secretary H. L. " , Braden. INCH! why immmm io q Dig DusitdGcs to Hue VJillamQQ Valley Irrigation is a big business in the Willamette Valley. But it is destined to grow bigger much bigger. When foil look at the above chart showing the average annual rainfall by months ia the Willamette Valley, you realize some amazing facts which upset popular beliefs about Oregon's climate. For instance, we think of the Willamette Valley as having a rainy climate as being a "Green Land, and we do have a heavy rainfall in tbe winter months. Bat we have a corresponding deficiency of rainfall in the six summer months. Look at these figures showing the average rainfall ia the Willamette Valley by months (45-year avera): WET MONTHS. October November. ......... Deoember January February March What do these figures mean? They mean that the verdure you see in the summertime is mostly trees both evergreen and deciduous. They mean that Oregon is particularly well adapted to growing trees or tree crops because trees can send their roots deep enough to get i' The committee also conferred with Captain Coggeshall, chief medical officer and director of the camp. The Klamath Falls institution. Governor Shell said, is one of the finest and most elaborate of its kind in the country. Sixty live major structures are includ ed along with the largest dining room ever built by the navy. There also is an auditorium with a seating capacity of 1100, gym nasium, modern theater, huge swimming pool, class rooms, vo cational training setups, hospital and infirmery and other facili ties. Governor Snell indicated that he would seek a conference with the state emergency board fol lowing a conference with the board of higher education. The order providing for clos ing the Klamath marine institu New Residences Silverton Plan SILVERTON, Feb. 13-(Spe- cial)-Two new houses will go up in Parlulde addition as soon as materials are available. The John T. Hoblitts have sold their place on North Water street to the Allen brothers garage, and purchased a lot facing Apple street as have tbe Harry Carsons. L. H. Meyer, who has been con fined to his home because of ill ness since the holidays, has re covered sufficiently to be at work as parUmen st the Hartman ga rage for half of each day. Mrs. R. Moon has gone to Colo rado to visit her relstive. Her husband is attending school at Corvallis. Don Palmer of Silverton is at a Wood bum hospital following an accident near there Monday night. WILLAMETTE VALLEY RAINFALL AvftAag rftfcimArioM in inches by months fit Aft MAT I -1 " 'V. i'-t DRY MONTHS April , 2.12 May 2.12 June 1.45 July.., 50 August Ai September 1.93 3.SI 7.28 6.88 6.88 5.30 4.26 32.41 10.27 Through hi frlewltural tervict department KB of erg m fru twumhailom end srrWr on Irrigation and other operations applying electricity to the arm. POR-g-ILAH E GE E R AG. GLGCTTQllC COHPAHY National Guard Plan Doubles Pre-War Size WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-()- A national guard of 622,500, more than double the prewar strength, was outlined by the war department today. The plans call for about 571.- 000 officers and men in the ground forces and 47,600 in the air forces. The other 3900 pre sumably would be service snd administrative forces. The plans were outlined in tentative allotments for each state sent to the governors by Maj. Gen. Butler B. Miltonberger, chief of the national guard. The plan contemplates that many of the units closely identi fied with the military history of their states will be continued. All former national guard air units will be reactivated, but the pro posed expansion of the air forces calls mainly for activation of new outfits. The tentative allotments by states include: Oregon: 9009 ground, 775 air comprising one regiment of the 41st division, elements of the 50th armored division, one con trol squadron, one fighter squad ron. BUS DRIVERS TO VOTE PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13--Overland Greyhound Line bus drivers will vote tomorrow -on a new company wage proposal which, if approved, would start buses moving at midnight Feb. 17. The buses have been strike bound since Oct. 1 on routes north and west of Salt Lake City. ATC ORGANIZE CHAPTER PORTLAND, reb. It - UP) - A Nisei, J uncus Oba, was elected treasurer of Portland chapter No. 1, American Veterans committee, when that World War II organiza tion formed a unit here last night. Jack Gliev was elected chairman. iUNI. StfT ' a. J "iVt ."1 ' 4X n : -J. moisture; and for seed crops which the dry summer months aid in ripening. But for pasture, for green beans, for berries, and vegetables, and various other crops, lata) spring and summer irrigation is an essential. Irrigation increases pasture yields by as much as 9 to I. Tomatoes, string beans, and many other vegetables show increased yields of several hundred per cent when irrigated. Such increases in production resulting merely from the addition of water show the remarkable opportunities that exist foe improving both the quantity and quality of our agricul tural products through irrigation. PGE is calling public attention to irrigation in the Willamette Valley' because it is one of the region's greatest opportunities for creating new wealth that will benefit all of us who live and work here. PGE plans to do a lot of talking about this and other opportunities which exist for making more profitable our agriculture, manu facturing, retail business and home living. Nor does PGE stop at merely "talking up- the area irserves. PGE believes in doing, loo. It pioneered, for instance, many of the applications of electric power to the job of irrigation now in use on Willamette Valley farms. Its rural service men, experts in their field, are constantly at work advising farmers who seek more profitable ways of operating. Zone Commission Slates Hearing Salem's planning and toning commission will conduct a public hearing at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the city council chambers, to con sider the matter of a proposed zone change in part of block 35 of North Salem. At the commission's last meet ing Chandler Brown and others petitioned for a change from Class I residential zone to a Class III business zone. Hedda Swart is president of the commission. iMacMitchell Enters Baxter Mile Event NEW YORK. Feb. 13 -P-The field for the Baxter mile in the New York AC. track and field meet at Madison Square Garden Saturday was completed today with the entry of Les MacMit chell. twice winner of the event. MacMitchell will run against Marcel Hansenne of France, Tommy Quinn and Forrest Efaw. HERE ON FURLOUGH ITAYFVfT.T.V--W ,!m Stettler Ft. Worth, Tex., is spend tils lur.i . ,n .'.tin .ii. , uu, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stettler. ciisfeolrts 9 eJsjIaV CHHAcfcstoj I At thm ftr df ei nM-Um Qula tupUW rlxiU. tbraate m4 ha mrm tamMdiaUty rubbed wHk IliatartU. Musterole iaafsnffy starts te raits mmehm. Bora tbroat tad testae nnrlii f aotda. It sctoslly Upi brk a paiaful loesl as tins, stakes bratta iag easier. Great for greva-vps, tec' PCT-. NOV , etc 41? V r 9 mdvltory