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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION CITY EDITION LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1948 Phone 6300 r i ndnConauer affic Hazards Street Widening Moves Initiated. fflmination of tranic 7." ot tiff 01 tne 'i-j IMS Initi- L to widen wmame IT! a. city hall and sev- Kr of Kugene's narrow Wvari and Patterson. Sts 'Sfflnt li only 18 to 24 Siment for street h. was evidenced in state Vt&Z citizens attend- the mee"" B""U" i-. hfr,re the Pernitv house owner argued fthe counui onv. lenity sessions are resumed could express L..l.,. nn tfte PTODieiii. -u Eh, said, student organiza m "at least 25 per cent of property. i.,t (he council members re l.j thf local alumni associa- L. .M he counted upon to Eracnt these interests. As tor Americans Reject Soviet Complaint Against Air -Lift Berlin Hears Drone of Yank, British Planes Hauling Food Over Hump BERLIN (AP) The Americans rejected Tuesday a new Soviet protest charging "disorderly flights" by U. S. aircraft Elying the allied air bridge to blockaded Berlin. m . i i j i c a! nn A !i Xne proiesi latest in a series ui mure man ou since April came as the Americans countered the blockade with as signment of more transports and expansion of facilities at Templehof Airlieia. Cat the council did: i t.HmI an ordinance to Libit parkin? on section of (idir, Hilyard and Patterson tl ordered me inuum i Em for widening these greets. l Received a petition asking L Willamette St. be widened Zt Eleventh to Sixteenth In. tad referred it to the pub- tmks oommlttee ana we cny taeer for study and prepara- n ol tentative plans. I Authorized the purchase of lt-oell steel Jail block from lultnonuh county. tea. Mayor Earl McNutt liM out that either the parked the trees had. to go and J tat sound development of required widening of the i Burs Petition Tit move to push back the fcta to the Willamette St. sec. fa, between Eleventh and Six. kit, came with presentation by II Gulp of a petition bearing futures representing over 60 k tent of the property front INp urged that the widening uidertaken this summer and fcoke of the growing business Jmlopments which will add to (rnoniestlon on the already ln- fcnnite thoroughfare. Xut, a remonstrance petition K transferred to the council by pntjr Jmlje Clinton Hurd, who M on Willamette In the 1800 ft Oak St.? Judge Hurd spoke of the costs noy Dome by property holders paving the street and offered Hemate olan. Bathei- than m Willamette, connect Oak St. N the Amazon, and this route, Si, VOllld drain nff mi,nh f f lorui-south traffic that now " on Willamette. (Up took I out that other streets east Munmelte are open from fwtnih to the north across PJAaaionbut they do not the discussion turned n tijuestion of how much and how 'uld Willamette be widened. l an adiMlnnoi . Ink .u . ilvc -icet nil l Hd be enough? Should the r. .u me way to Nineteenth? Over lor Study " Questions 4 J S.pubUc works eommit- r Ha the rnnnnil ..-! PW that the citv .ninOT Prepare a study of the pro f Rowing estimated costs of l7u . k ue IO"owed, Child Beating Draws 180 Days PORTLAND (U.R) Municipal Judge J. J. Quillin called John Archuleta, 26, "the most con temptible" man he had seen in his court as he dealt the maximum as sault and battery sentence to the construction worker and ex-pugilist Monday for beating 2 '4-year-old Linda Riley. As Judge Quillin sentenced Archuleta to 180 days in jail and fined him $500, he said: "I believe you are not telling the truth when you say you did not strike the child hard with your fists. I think you are not only the most guilty man I have seen here, but also the most contemptible." The Defense Archuleta contended he spanked the child lightly and that she had been injured in a fall in the bath tub. Policemen testified they found the child brutally beaten in the home occupied by the defendant and Thelma Riley, 21, the child's mother. Archuleta and Thelma Riley also were bound over to the coun ty grand jury on charges of illicit cohabitation. Accomplice Sentenced Pablo Edward Garcia, 21, also charged with assault and battery against the little girl, was sen tenced to 180 days In county jail. He pleaded not guilty and denied he had signed a statement admit ting beating the child. The two men were further accused of beat ing Larry Riley, Linda's twin brother. This charge was not heard. Linda now is in a foster home. Her brother is being treated at Doernbecher Hospital. Oregon Team Backs Truman PHILADELPHIA (P) Ore gon's convention delegation is lined up behind .President Tru man's civil rights and Anti-Taft Hartley law platform planks. In their first caucus since ar riving for the Democratic round up the delegation Monday also decided not to vote as a unit. The decision to allow split vot ing, Instead of all 16 votes going the way of a majority, may result in splitting of the delegation be cause of a release from the pri mary pledge to vote for Justice Douglas. The motion opposing the Taft- Hartley Law was made by John O. Chatt, Eugene, and seconded by Don Stansell, Medford, an AFL official. Its support was unani mous. Roy W. Hewitt of Salem, deleea tion vice chairman, presided at the caucus. Chairman T. R. Mahoney participated. In London authoritative government sources said Brit ain was preparing to increase greatly tne number , or men and aircraft assigned to the air lift. In announcing the plane step-up last night, U. S. Air Force head quarters in Washington said the nine additional skymasters will bring to 160 the total of two and four engine transports at Amer ican disposal in Germany. New Air Strip Workmen at Templehof dumped tons of rubble into an excavation for an additional runway. Air Force officers said the new 500 foot landing strip would be large enough to accommodate huge B-29 bombers but added that there was no need for using B-29s in the present operation. The new runway is being built parallel to the old one and will give the field two all-weather and one grass landing strip. It will take six weeks to compete the new strip. Steady Flow , Despite bad weather at Frank furt Tuesday both U.S. and British planes were arriving in Berlin on schedule bringing food and essen tial supplies from western Germany. The Russians' Berlin newspaper, Taegliche Rundschau, said the western Allies' air operation was being carried out "without regard for the nerves and repose of mil lions of persons who have not yet forgotten the terror of bomb at tacks" and described the air ferry ing service as the "circus parades on Templehof Airport." Hauling Coal Arthur Henderson, British Sec retary of State for Air, said Rus sia will have to bear the blame for the economic paralysis "bound to be felt with increasing severity" in Berlin. . Here on an inspection tour, Hen derson told newsmen the British American air armada "cannot at course maintain the economic standard" of the city although food supplies can be kept up. He said the British planned to open a second airbase at Fassberg, in the British zone, to be devoted entirely to the lift. RAF planes thus far have flown in 2000 loads of supplies and soon plan to join American aircraft in hauling coal, Henderson said, He said that for security reasons he would not disclose the tonnages brought in by the British. Up to Monday night the U.S. Air Force had carried 11,006 tons in 2721 flights. Holy Land Truce Hope Growing Despite Battle US Demands -Enforced Truce LAKE SUCCESS OP) The United States formally demanded Tuesday that the United Nations order an immediate end of the Pal estine war and, if necessary, back that vacancy. In the strongest proposal yet laid before the Security Council, the U.S. demanded that the cease fire become effective not later than three days after the adoption of the resolution. Britain Agrees If either the Jews or the Arabs refused to obey the order, they would automatically be held re sponsible for a breach of the peace and subject to all penalties pro vided in the U.N. Charter. Earlier British sources said Britain is now ready to join strong United Nations action to stop the Palestine fighting. Calls for Action Previous Russia n-American moves for forceful action in the Holy Land crisis were blocked largely because of British oppo sition. The shift in British policy was reported as the Security Council was called into emergency session to hear Count Folke Bernadotte outline his views. Bernadotte said the council must issue a firm order for an imme diate cease-fire and make it clear that the use of force by either party in Palestine would not be tolerated further. Meat, Take Egg New klch i l""s ordinance te"he.t0 be applied knth T 1in,neenth to Nine- C 2,between 35381 Broad w and Sldvantu , .... l-H ..j .:. '"" u naer, mi- L T erson, was tabled hv Kld'hecoun- tware i. UJr engineer to nP.aiS "nd specifications V sections to standard paved 1 Bw Oi. Monday in- ot limn. 10 Pmit the steel 1nPn Chf,se a used ou' :ilcT! lsfrom Mult- city'au'" r '"Ma fn " waJ can mesthe;;i,.:.?u.pl,cated 'Flood Bonus' Asked PORTLAND fPl The Ore gon Communist party believes Vanport evacuees should receive cash payments of $2000 per adult ana siooo for each child. Other resolutions at the state convention charged discrimination against Negroes in the Portland area, condemned the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, the Taft-Hartley Law and the Mundt Nixon Bill. Courirn p"ce..we are pay- Pt h;;;. 1 r- J- Hanns re- rVtlanrt r;"speEted the eel So. approached the ru council .i. , D1'er. hn ti. Attrney John Pn. -rf ..... . v me citv fcaii .:,.7" onlv ! Vu?ed t" bui d a 'enhi.il. : ",e W M By The Associated Press A person associated with the Israeli foreign ministry said Tues day there seemed every reason to expect a new Palestine truce by Saturday. The Israeli army and the crack troops of the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion were fighting an increas ingly violent battle within sight of Er Ramie and Lydda for supre macy of the road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Both cities and an esti mated 80,000 Arabs in them sur rendered to the' Jews Monday. The Legion counterattacked with tanks and artillery and scored some in itial success before Israeli lines congealod. ' ' 1 . ' Rejected The informant in Tel Aviv pre dicted a new armistice would come from modified proposals Count Folke Bernadotte is expected to place before the United Nations. Jews and Arabs both rejected his proposals last week. The mediator flew to Lake Suc cess and pleaded before the Secur ity Council that halting the war is the first essential. He personally asked U.S., and British delegates to press for council action. 'Captive Mine' Strike Over WASHINGTON W) Justice T. Allan Goldsborough Tuesday announced settlement of the strike in "captive" steel company coal mines. Goldsborough said representa tives of the steel industry and of John L. Lewis' United Mine Work ers had agreed to accept the same coal contract signed recently by the rest of the coal industry. The judge told reporters there is one condition the UMW agrees to modify its union shop clause in the new agreement if the provision eventually is ruled illegal by the National Labor Relations Board. At his news conference, Golds borough said the 40,000 miners in the steel industry-owned "captive" pits will return to work Wednes day morning. They have been idle for a week. Spies Charged In Croatia Court BELGRADE, Yugoslavia OP) The Croatia supreme court heard charges Tuesday against 50 ac cused "spies and terrorists." The indictment charged the Vatican with abetting the defendants and British-American occupation au thorities with harboring them. The mass trial opened Monday in Zagreb. Chief defendant is Ljubo Milosh, former Ustachi commander accused of responsi bility for the death of more than 200,000 persons during the Ger man occupation. The accused are part of a group of 95 whom the Croatian interior ministry said had been picked up by security police as they enter ed Yugoslavia during the past year. Accused They are accused of setting out to disrupt communications, plun der warehouses and cooperatives, destroy the Yugoslav five-year plan and finally to overthrow by armed rebellion, with outside help, the existing order in Yugoslavia. Agents Helped The indictment said the defend ants were under direct command of the former puppet dictator of Croatia, Ante Pavelic, who is re ported still at large. The documents declared the ac cused "with the help of agents of foreign espionage and trustees of the Vatican, started forming spy terrorist groups." General Strike Feared in Paris; Traffic Tied Up Cabinet Strikes Back With Decree PARIS iP) France faced Tues day a threatened general strike of government employes which may eventually involve as many 1,000,000 persons. Some airport personnel already have walked out, causing a spreading tieup of plane traffic in France and French North Africa. Premier Robert Schuman's cabi net hit back quickly with a degree which in effect mobilized striking weather and radio men and made them liable to penalties for deser tion if they failed to report for work. The civil mobilization measure, apparently prepared hours ahead of the airport strike, may fore shadow the cabinet's plans for breaking the whole series of stop pages. The cabinet has rejected union demands for higher wages for low salary groups of govern ment workers. The strike at the airfields was not complete. Plane Crashes An Air France plane en a flight from Tunis crash-landed and burned at Orly Field here Mon day night soon after the walkout of airport workers began. It was not immediately determined, however, whether there was any connection between the accident and the airport workers strike, The French news agency said one woman was hospitalized. It added that the plane overshot the landing strip and hit the ground so heavily that the tail and one engine broke from the fuselage. One report said failure of the plan's hydraulic landing gear caused the accident. . - , A dispatch from Tunis said the airport workers' walkout had halt ed plane traffic in the North African city. KLM, Royal Dutch Airlin-is, announced in the Hague that it was suspending all air ser vice to France. British European airways in London said its six flights would not be sent to Paris Tuesday unless the walkout is settled. ' Unlike last winter's labor un rest, the new strike movement is being led by the cabinet's anti Communist allies the chiefs of the workers' force movement which split from the Communist-led general confederation of labor in January. This time thj confed eration is joining in the walkouts but is not leading them. Prices Upturns Poultrymen Say Some Dealers Cheating Public POLITICAL SOOTHSAYERS Tuesday called this ticket "the" obvious outcome" later in the week when Democrats in Philadelphia actually vote on their choice of candidates. Harry Truman is expected to weather any new attempts to bypass 'him, and Alben Barkley of Kentucky looked good late Tuesday to most delegates, for the number two spot. Barkley Predicted For Running Mate PHILADELPHIA (UP) The Rules committee of the Democratic national convention Tuesday rejected an attempt by southern delegates' to reinstate the rule requiring a two thirds majority to nominate candidates, thus almost assuring nomination of Harry Truman and Alben Barkley. No Drop in Sight, Meat Packers Fear PORTLAND (AP) Wholesale prices of meat, eggs and butter are climbing again. Steers hit $34.25 and lambs $27 a hundred pounds Tues day to set new marks at the North Portland stockyards. Higgs were up a cent on all grades at wholesale levels Tuesday. Eetailers will pay 61 cents a dozen for grade A. .Butter also lumped a cent for two top grades. Retailers now will pay 88 cents for grade A and AA. By LYLE C. WILSON CONVENTION HALL, PHILADELPHIA (UP) The Democratic leadership Tuesday drafted silver-tongued, 70- year-old Alben W. Barkley to be President Truman's 1948 wee presidential running mate, PORTLAND W.ra Memberi of the Oregon division of the Pa cific Butter, Egg, Cheese and Poul try Assn. were agreed Tuesday that consumers were paying too much for too little because of up grading, after the egg leaves the nest. Spokesmen said consumers were disgusted with inferior eggs sold under high ratings. One said bet ter enforcement of the state egg law would correct the situation. Hard to Enforce Director of Agriculture E. L. Peterson said the charges wen "over-emphasized" and an "army of inspectors" could not enforc the law 100 per cent. Peterson said a check of egg grades in Willamette Valley com- 1 Part of a new were to be an entire new HOT ON THE TRAIL of a bacteria colony Is Thomas H. Thomp son, Portland, technician In Eugene with the mobile laboratory of the state health department. Bacteriologist Albert Miller makes up the other half of this crew w hich Is payinfr Its annual visit to local restaurants. Reedsport, and Western Lane communities will be checked next. (Staff photo, Wiltshire engraving). Arson Squad Probes Blaze Eugene city police Tuesday re ported that investigation of a rooming house fire, which occurred Monday at 2:37 a. m. at 437 High St., has been turned over to the state police arson squad. City police headquarters also said a suspect was taken in cus tody Monday afternoon and ques tioned about the three-hour blaze which gutted the rooming house. Fire damage was estimated at $2500 and a dozen persons left homeless. The suspect has been over to the state police. Antelope Call The Order of the Antelope Tuesday reminded Lane County men that there is still room on the Chamber of Commerce bus which will leave here Friday for the three-day Hart -Mountain weekend. Fred Brenne said the weekend outing Is open to any man who enjoys a good time in the wide-open spaces, and that the trip can be arranged by calling the Chamber. The local Chamber has been given a blanket Invitation to bring as many from Eugene as can make the trip, Brenne reported. ' Cost of Living Boost Goes to Emperor TOKYO (P) Emperor Hiro- hito couldn't make both ends meet last year either. Given eight million yen by the Japanese government to spend during the fiscal year 1947-48, he actually spent more than 10 mil lion. He dipped into his own re serves to make up the deficit. Imperial household officials ex plained, half-apologetically, that high prices were the trouble. High prices, and hungry house guests. The diet (parliament) has upped the budget to 20 million yen for the current year, however. Sheard Triplets Enter Third Day in lucubators Katherlne Mary, Lee Ann ana Jane Ellen ffheard, tiny triplet daughters of Mr, and Mrs. Ray Sheard, 1452 23rd Ave. E., en tered their third day of life at Sacred Heart Hospital Tuesday. The little girls, all of whom weigh less than four pounds, are in incubators. One is so tiny she has not been removed to be weighed. They were born by a Caesarian section Saturday afternoon. MEAT CUTTERS MEET Meat Cutter's Local 324 (AFL) meets Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the Carpenters Hall, 5th and Willam were ette for a meeting to discuss i points of the new contract, ac- turned cording to an announcement by G. A. Johnson, president Dixie Resists Any Civil Rights PHILADELPHIA W Sharp southern opposition to a tentatively-approved civil rights plank Tuesday darkened hopes of .Dem ocratic party leaders as averting a bitter convention floor battle on this issue. Dixie leaders let it be known that the plank, described as a "strong" statement on the race is sue, was "entirely unsatisfactory to the south." General Terms This opposition was expressed as an 18-member subcommittee prepared to lay its proposed ver sion of the 1948 platform before the full 108-member platform committee. The big group must approve it before it can be laid before the convention. Southern members of the full committee declared that unless changes are made to suit them, they will carry their fight to the full convention, probably Wednesday. Phrased only in general terms, the civil rights plank was report ed to omit the far-reaching states' rights' declaration that angry 1 1 would accept under any condi- Dixie delegates had demanded. tions. Delegates to this 30th Demo- munities revealed upgrading of H cratic national convention will per cent in grade AA eggs, 66 per make it official Wednesday night cent in AA and 20 per cent on un- when they nominate Mr. Truman and the veteran New Deal senator from Kentucky on the first ballot, The plump for Barkley was an nounced by Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath at a news conference. Asked if there had been agreement on a candi date to run with Mr. Truman, McGrath replied: Truman Willing "I can only say that if the Dem ocratic convention sees fit to nom inate Senator Barkley, President Truman will be most happy to welcome him as his running mate." That meant it will be a Truman- Barkley ticket in the coming cam paign against the GOP's Dewey- Warren team. McGrath indicated he had not received definite assurance from Barkley that he would accept sec ond place on the ticket. "You ladies and gentlemen," McGrath told reporters, "are go ing to have to spend the rest of the day trying to get Senator Barkley to answer that question." Barkley, as he left for Conven tion Hall, said he would have to make up his mind before saying whether he would accept, "I don't want to seem evasive," he told reporters, "but I've got to make up my own mind whether Alcohol Plant Up For Sale Aug. 20 The war built plant to make I made through alcohol from wood waste at president of opringueia win De oiierea - ior sale by the War Assets Adminis tration Aug. 20, the Associated Press reported from Washington D. C. Tuesday. Rep. Harris Ellsworth said the WAA will open bids on that date for the Willamette Valley Wood Chemical Co. plant built at a cost of $3,000,000. Ellsworth said a number of in dustrial representatives have sur veyed the plant. It is expected that several may make offers. Local Men Hopeful Currently a group of Willam ette Valley Lumbermen are at tempting to raise $500,000 to make the necessary changes in the plant and bid for it, according to H. J. Cox, secretary-manager of the Willamette Valley Lumber men's Assn. The new company is headed by James Morrell, Oswego, and tot date $175,000 has been raised. It is expected that the sum will be assured by Aug. 15, Cox said John R. Snellstrom, president of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday a joint dinner meet ing of industry committees from the Eugene and Springfield Cham bers of Commerce has been ar ranged for Tuesday, July 27. Representatives of the lumber industry from Portland will at tend, and Rep. Ellsworth will be present to outline the history and prospects of the plant. Arrange ment! for tht Joint meeting were graded varieties. - Lewis Clark, Eugene poultry man and chairman of a special egf marketing committee, said: "Most eggs sold in the state are ungraded. Some of them are inedible, and It's damaging con sumption. . Oregon poultrymen must sell on quality to compete. If we can't compete, we might as well throw egg trading regu lations out the window." Marvin Sanders, the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Lee Raish chairman of the Springfield in dustry committee and Ralph Ful- brlght, chairman of the Eugene industry committee. At Least $500,000 Cox reported that engineering changes in the plant have been estimated at 100 to 150 thousand, but that at least $500,000 must be raised before the corporation can bid for the plant. - The plant, which was construct ed in 1944 and sponsored by the war Production Board, is for Ule manufacture of ethyl alcohol and other chemical products from woodwaste. Varied .difficulties arose, but none of them are believ ed Insurmountable. Attempts at production were undertaken in 1947 by a lessee, the Willamette Valley Wood Chemical Co., al though 'the plant was not yet complete. The plant has been abandoned by the lessee, and of fered for sale or lease by WAA. Lumbermen Interested in the new venture believe that this pro cess for the recovery of alcohol and by-products is successful and has been proven over a period of years and at several locations in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Technical study and experimental operations over a number of years by. the U. S. Forest Service has proven the feasibility and eco nomic justification of this venture, they believe. By United Press Soaring prices for livestock and wholesale meat Tuesday pushed the price of beefsteak and pork chops still higher at retail butcher shops. A survey by United Press showed that retail meat prices have risen during the last two weeks, and many retailers said they expect still further price in creases. Tops for Hogs Hog prices at Chicago Monday hit $30.50, equalling the all-time high. Other record-breaking prices for various grades of cattle and hogs were recorded at many other big livestock markets. At New York, where wholesale pork loins were selling as high as 65 cents a pound and choice beef brought 62 cents, retailers said they would have to raise their prices to keep pace. The sharp price rise across the board was attributed to heavy demand and short supply. Average 3 Cents Retailers said they had been doing all they could to keep prices down, and In many cases had taken losses. The survey, a spot check of 10 scattered cities, showed that prices for seven meat items had increased on an average of about three cents a pound in the last two weeks. In the 10 cities, this was the price picture: Two Week! Today Ago T-Bone $1.07 $1.05 Round steak .98 .98 Pork chops . .79 .74 Prime beef .79 .77 Lamb chops ... 1.05 1.01 Ham .72 .69 Spare ribs .55 .64 Of the 10 cities checked, Miami, Fla.. reported the highest prices and Kansas City, a large livestock and meat packing center, was second. Weather V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast! Eugene and vicinity, fair Tuesday night and Wednesday; slightly warmer. Western Oregon, mostly clear with rising temperatures Tuesday night and Wednesday. Local statistics: Highest temper ature Monday, 79 degrees low Tuesday, 46 degrees; no rain in 24 hours ending 10:30 a. m; total for month, .48 inch; normal for the month, .37 inch; stage of river at 7:30 a.m., minus 1.70 feet; wind at 11:30 a.m., north 9; prevailing Monday, north 8. Sunrise and sunset (PDT): Wed nesday, 5:42 a.m. and 8:53 p.m. Thursday. 5:43 a. m. and 8:53 p. m. MUSLAW TIDES (PST Thnridar Hifh :0i l.m. B.ett. T:Hp.m .4. Low J:oi.m. 0,5 ft. l:Wp.m. l-tft, t