Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, September 21, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextU EDITION Forecast: Tair through Thursday. Western Oregon, same. Temperatures; High Tuesday, 75 degrees; ,. low Wednesday, 36 degrees. tANE COUNTY HOME NEWSPAPER TWO SECTIONS 28PAGES EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1949 Phone 5-1551 fctpo' Its E e Returns Vacation; da Packed Us-(ff- House mli's vacauuu, fcaisbrf to'"5 " rm here the rest ..Mr mat stay that LdSovenberl" is the ,1 congressional ieaa i idiournnienL ccsaies nt to Demo- .hn hst weeit oy Ei, ihe House doesn't liiact an? major Dusl" inel Party spokesmen jat the recall messages a intended to assure at tt t quorum, 217 fallowed through kjs to their own mem Ei( then that the re- Barted on August 26 cm Wednesday and toiti hid been told to t it that time. iten or more major Mndisg, appropriation kaf almost (20 billion pnonty. They fi xilitary establishment, kr department, the for fait recovery program Bxtuaneous federal pruj Basil final congressional tx i(ncits are being : a temporary basis tel. tier 'ppropriation bill licommg to finance p arms-aid program al fced bj the House and Mated by the Senate, no summer recess ex ' Labor Dav werit- JJ1 under debate in the Ft no funds for the an. It merely gives it sanction. e legislation will be rate during the rest son probably won't be I i coniressinnal ' with President1 : Starts ad Talks -Join L. Lewis turned tn coal operators late to vote. !ervi . w, I J'Wtai to icuthern ' the nation United Mine operators .vlty con- feurer John L4itnd Tues-fSS-the oMrators. 9ue Results Ittacrt iSL..r-J '1 trar s H,tk'-i Paul R. , "A - V "A fcsofl Urges sure to hnd U Civil War .. nrv Secretary of State Dean Ache- b-G.N -,uV w Balkan satellites to join rasKeanu-- Greek clvll war. major statement of policy appeal r aM,tinns General Assembly, before,tne u" ' .pbate- 0n the world situation. H Jters here were expected to make FfSe Russia's Balkan problems were ftAchesonspoKe ,amPaigning actively among f YU8SationS for a seat on the UN's Security feca!e?a " h Soviet-backed nominee. The Yugoslav lobbying, confirmed by high United Nations sources, Drougnt tne Belgrade-Moscow rift into the open as the diplomats of Mar shal Tito's national Commu nist regime sought to achieve a major prestige and propa ganda victory over Premier Stalin's Soviet representa tives. Acheson told the General As sembly that the UN's Balkan Com missionboycotted by Russia should be continued and asked the Soviets to join it. Guerrilla Aid Lessened "The Balkan Commission," he said concluded that Yugoslavia has decreased, and may have ceased, its aid to the Greek guerrillas, and that guerrilla activities in gen eral are declining, but the danger still exists because of continuing aid, principally from Albania. "It is timely for this assembly to make a renewed effort to re store peace along the Northern Greek border and to reestablish normal relations between Greece and all its northern 'neighbors. Outside aid to the guerrillas must stop and Greece must be per mitted to bind up its wounds. Bid to Russia "I believe that I express a de sire widely shared in this assem bly when I voice the hope that the U.S.S.R., which in the past has not participated in the Balkan Commission, will join in renewed consultations looking towards a settlement of this persistent and serious problem." Acheson set the tone of the American position at this assem bly with an appeal for a coopera tive international approach to world problems. Address Change Cheats Voters About 7000 Lane County citi zens who think they are legal voters are due for a surprise, Mel Wadman, county election clerk reported Wednesday. The reason is that they have changed their addresses, b u t haven't moved. Persons who are registered voters with addresses listed as Box something, Route something, but who now have house and street numbers, are ad vised to look to their registration. The law requires the voter to re-register everytime he changes' ms aaaress. Those who have not re-resistered are likely to be dis- Mumica wnen they are turned away from the polls next May, U r L ., ... - 1 - . --"""J, win men it is too mil norm- warimQw . Addresses get changed in a number of ways, Wadman pointed out, but none of the agencies no tify the county registrar of voters. The post office changes ad dresses from route numbers to street numbers, the Central Lane canning Commission .does the same, and even the Danebo Fire department has seen fit to assign new addresses. Voters who are thus affected should contact their nearest regis trar in person, since registration rds must be signed. The court nuse office is located in the base- and open dailv m 5. a"i yntu noon on Saturday. Mickey Cohen Named LA Extortion Ring Hinted -V!L" ii-j ! of . . t-norges .'rV''ol.'i.rt 'ormer Hollywood actors 1 "'! fen! thBt "hundreds of thousands im. .- "".mm nave been wrune "rom its victims by "a ring of prostitute extortionists" were on " ectnesday in superior court. A transcript of the testimony of 11 iiin.jfl, 1 1 was filed ...... 1 . . ,. ':y by District Attorney 1 ""St? , " "!m E- Simpson in support of "VdaT-d'0n ,hat ',"' be de- rpf.;i . "'"""in 01 court ior 1 ,0 answer questions be 'ore the grand jury. His allegations that the extor- "ng nad shaken down nu- irh.ii. - lnnocer" victims" were --.wc in mawn..-. .nrlK 1 'en,''il his own grrv SimPSn read 10 I'nder Mickey Cohen' om. two or three year past a Political Crisis Faces British Administration Unions Threaten Labor's Solidarity LONDON (AP) Brit ain's Labor government faced a po litical crisis in its own ranks Wednesday. Trade unions threatened to revolt against higher prices resulting from money devaluation. Outside Britain echoes of the slash in the British pound's value continued to jolt the world's mar kets. In all, 23 nations now have devalued. Belgium, with a cut ol 12 per cent in the Belgian Franc. and Portugal, with a 15 per cent cut in the value of the Escudo relation to the dollar, were the latest to join the devaluation parade. France proposed to Italy, Hol land and Belgium that the four countries act together o ease trade barriers and make their currencies freely interchangeable. The threat of a British po litical crisis was raised by the general council of the Trades Union Congress, whose eight million members are the back bone of the ruling Labor Party. The TUC council instead of endorsing government policy as it has in the past decided Tuesday night it "could not pass on the necessity of devaluation." It call ed for assurances from Economic Chief Sir Stafford Cripps thathe government would make every effort to limit price rises which will be sure to come from cheaper money. Observers regarded the TUC reluctance to take a positive stand on devaluation as evi dence of a split in Labor's own ranks. TUC leaders so far have back ed the government's wage-freeze policy against heavy pressure from their rank and file members who have been demanding higher wages. Trades unionists expect the cheaper money to result in a rise! in the cost of living of at least I five per cent in the next six or I eight months. Now the TUC leader's are on the spot. Will they support the government in denying wages boosts and run the risk of being tossed out of office by their own union members? Or will theyfi- nally go along for higher wages Many observers felt it was doubtful the TUC leaders could hold out against rank and file pressure much longer. Prime Minister Attlee sum moned his cabinet ministers to a meeting Thursday to discuss the political crisis that has been piled on top of his government's eco nomic crisis. President Asks New Steel Truce WASHINGTON (P) President Truman Wednesday asked a new six-day strike truce in the steel dispute. The President also asked that the steel concerns and the CIO WASHINGTON JP) United States Steel Corp. Wednesday accepted President Truman's re quest for a new six day strike truce - and agreed to bargain with the CIO Steelworkers Union. steel workers union resume collec tive bargaining on thejr own. He said federal mediators would be available to assist them. Cyrus Ching, mediation chief who announced Mr. Truman's new truce request, said no reply had yet been received from either union or companies. The present truce runs out Sat urday midnight and the union is poised for a walkout by its one million members at that time. The President asked that the truce be maintained until 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 1 in- the "national interest." Again ring of prostitute extortionists who work under the direction of Mickey Cohen and who derive their immunity from arrests and prosecution from the police and the district attorney's office," it said. Gambler Mickey Cohen, now on trial in municipal court on a charge of disturbing the peace by cursing police officers who called at his home recently, commented on the testimony "Utterly ridiculou, stupid and not worth answering. Anyone who knows me knows that I never mix in anything of that kind." Simpson named several women, including Lila Leeds and Vicki Evans, whom h did not identify, and asked the witness their rep utations. "Their reputations are that of prostitute extortionists," Behr mann replied. fair RECORD CROWDS WT.RE EXPECTED as the Lane County Fair opened gates at 9 a. in. Wednesday for a four-day run. A bigger and better show than ever before was promised by Manager Herb Welch with each building crammed with exhibits. Facilities are identified in the aerial picture: 1. Office at main gate. 2. Maltese Cross building, containing art needlework, floral displays. Home commercial, Future Farmers, etc. 3. 4-H Club building. 4. Main display arena, mostly Grange booths and commercial. 5. Horse barns. 6. Tennis courts. 7 Amazon. 8. Grandstands, covered. 9. Garage. 10. Caretaker's house. 11. Very Little Theatre. 12. Fine Arts building. 13. Sow display building. 14. Poultry building. 15. Thirteenth Ave. 16. Race track. 17. Machine Shed. In lower pho to, Bill Dctering, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Deterlng, Harris burg, beds down next to his prtie Hereford calf "Susie" tp awat judging. Many lads and lassies like Bill brought- their bedding along and planned to spend the next three nights sleeping at the. fairgrounds. (Register-Guard photos' by Schillios, Wiltshire en graving.) , Sawyer Asserts Economy Sound By Bill Buckley Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer told the-directors of the 'Portland Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night that the British devaluation of the pound will probably re sult in Ipps ririce changes than have been anticipated in many quarters. He indicated that the short term effects of devaluation "will be increased exports by pound countries to dollar countries at slightly lower prices." After visiting Bonneville Dam Wednesday morning the cabinet officer was scheduled to leave for Seattle on another leg of his na tionwide tour of business con ditions. In a press conference earlier in the day. Sawyer said that economic conditions in the Pacific northwest are not mark edly different from other areas. Press Answered Questions The press conlerence was un usual in that the assembled re porters, editors and publishers found themselves ' answering questions instead of asking them. About a dozen representatives of newspapers and radio stations were present in the secretary's Benson Hotel suite and it soon became apparent that Sawyer was willing to talk on many important issues, but bnly "off the record." "I'm here to gather information, not to give it," the Secretary ex plained at the beginning of the session. Then, he proceeded to make inquiries concerning em- Simpson read from Behrmann's memorandum: "Mickey Cohen received 60 per cent of shakedown money receiv ed by his prostitute extortionists. They retain 40 per cent and di- viae 11 among inuse in un n pni - ticular shake. One very rich man was shaken down for JiS.000 and thereafter for SoOO a week." 'Recording Made' It added that a sound record ing was made of an incident in which the asserted victim par ticipated, what purported tn be the master recording was sold to him for $75,000 and the additional $500 a week was exacted when it developed thai the women had retained the master recording. Behrmann testified he had gathered his Information in his ef forts "to fight crime and to fight corruption in the various law en forcement agencies." Gates Swing Open . S&r4iw fr 5Sfli4 Jk5u j ,11 it ployment and economic problems of the Portland area. Much of the talk revolved around the proposed Columbia Valley administration. Donald J. Sterling, managing editor of the Oregon Journal, summed up the general opposition to the pro posed bill. Admitting that he did not feel qualified "to comment on the de tails" of the proposed CVA be cause he was not familiar with them, Sawyer said that the De partment of Commerce is in favor of it This seemed a little incon sistent with a previous statement that he favors encouraging pnv ate industry to run things. He denied that there was any such thing as a "Sawyer Plan" for business, comparable to the Bran nan Plan for agriculture. The newspaper accounts of a plan to help hard-hit economic areas were, he stated, "made up out of whole cloth." "There is no Sawyer Plan," said the secretary, "but when I finish this tour I shall make a full re port of my findings to the Presi dent with recommendations de signed to improve economic con ditions on the basis of facts gath ered." , Country 'Sound' In general, he felt that the eco nomic condition of the country Is sound and that there has been steady improvement since May. However, he warned that pro longed strikes in steel, coal or the automobile industries could seri ously affect the economy. He said that he did not know what more could be done at the present time about the Hawaiian strike, but that he personally did not trust Harry Bridges, president of the striking longshoremen s union labelling him a Commu , - . ' sympathizer. To the newsmen one . of the most interesting comments on the Secretary of Commerce was that advanced by trre chambermaid who was cleaning up the suite prior to the conference. "He is one of the nicest politi cians we have ever had in the hotel," she observed. "There is no drinking or smoking and he il so businesslike." SHERIFF HUNTS HIS HORS NORMAN, Okla. (UP Sheriff Jess Jack searched Wednesday for the thief who stole his horse bom the backyard of hii home. Grove Couples Leon C. Godard, 40, and Har old D. Hayes, 41, are partners in business in Cottnge Grove. Their wives divorced them Monday. They both remarried Monday each to the other's ex-wife of a few hours. But that's not all. Each husband received cus tody of his own five children. Hayes has four boys and a girl. Godard has four girls and a boy. What's more, both were back In Cottage Grove Tuesday and the best of rusincss partners. And they don't understand what's so unusual about it. Mrs. Ruby A. Godard, 2H, and Mrs. Dorothy Janet Hayes, 38, went to Reno together and lived together the necessary six Jury Indicts Six Robeson Hecklers WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. lP) A police chief's son and. five other young men were under indictments Wednesday in con nection with violence which fol lowed a Paul Robeson concert Sept. 4. They allegedly were among roadside heckh-rs who stoned the concert crowd leaving the left-wing negrr. singer's per formance. Three of them are teen-agers. One of those named is Jo seph A. Lillis, Jr., 25, son of the police chief of Peeksktll, N. Y., near where the outdoor concert was he'.d. In the indictments handed down Tuesday by a county Switch Mates weeks to establish legal resi donee. Then they divorced their husbands in Carson City, Nov. A short time later all four were married again, In Reno, each to the other's former spouse. While the two women whilcd away the required time, the two husbands stayed homo and took care of the business, the Latham Electric and Plumbing Co. of Cottage Grove. Tuesday, both families were settling down to the routine matters of living and of run ning the partnership business. The new Godard family is mov ing into a new home. "Everything is coming along okay," Mr. Hayes said, "I can't understand why everyone thlnka it won t work." grand jury, Lillis was charged with hurling a stone through a car window. Tho technical count is malicious mischief, a misdemeanor. Four others, charged with overturning a narked car, were accused of felonious malicious mischief. The sixth man, Robert Lent, 29-year-old Povkskill war vet eran, was charged with carry ing concealed weapons, also a felony. He allegedly had two knives, one strapped under each' pantleg. Lillis was continued in cus tody of his father, and the others remained free on bail ranging from $250 to (500. Record Number Entries Listed n County Show Gates at the Lane County Fair opened on schedule at 9 m. Wednesday alter taur Manager Herb Welch and his assistants worked halt tne night to bring order out of the chaos that always acconi-. panies a fair opening. A casual visitor to inc lair- grounds Tuesday night would never be able to behove that everything would be in order by morning, but it was. Mayor V. Edwin Johnson, members of the counly court, and other special guests were on hand at 9 a.m. Wednesday for a simple opening ceremony that featured a flog raising and music. Lane County's fair was then pronounced open to the thou sands of visitors that are ex pected to attend the four-day event. Gates will open each da? at 9 a.m., and close around mid night Division superintendents were able to say Tuesday night that the number of entries in most divisions will be the largest this year of any fair. Art, textiles; ooking, and floral exhibits are greatly enlarged. Livestock en tries will remain about the same because of limited stall space in the barns. ' Judging in most divisions start ed at 9 or 10 a.m. Wednesday. All Tuesday evening the fair grounds were crowded with exhi bitors and their families, per formers, and concessionaires. Granges and those with commer cial exhibits were working with a final burst of energy to finish their displays. Hundreds of per" sons were rushing around with their arms full of Xruit, vegetables and flowers. The grounds were crowded with cars coming and going, and a few of the'muny re freshment booths served refresh ments to weary and chilled work-, ers. .. . , ... . . . . . ... - - Wednesday was scheduled as Eugene Day at the fair. Evening entertainment will include 11 excellent vaudeville acts before the grandstand. On the remain ing evenings some of the vaude ville acts will be worked in with the rodeo acts, but there will be no rodeo Wednesday night. Browning Brothers Carnival was set up and ready to go Wed nesday, and will, operate full speed each afternoon and evening. All exhibits and booths will be open from 9 a.m. to closing time each day. . Thursday will be Pioneer Day. Events will include horse racing in front of the grandstand at 1:30 p.m., with six races scheduled. Vaudeville acts will be presented between races. The rodeo will open Thursday nlRht, with vaude ville acts In between the five scheduled events. Tickets for races and rodeo will be on sale at the grandstand. General admission tickets will be on sale at the gate each day, and Manager Herb Welch re minded visitors that It Is still not too late to buy season tickets. These cost $1.50, and admit the bearer through the gates at any time of the day and night throughout the fair. Wednesday night's program will Iso include the annual 4-H Club Fat Stock Auction, sponsored by the Eugene Kiwanis Club, This sale will be conducted by Auc tioneer Kenneth Dnnstrom in the sales ring near tho 4-H building t 7:30 p.m. All purchasers, and II members of the Kiwanis Club assisting have been asked to be on hand at this time. About 'IS beef, 40 hogs and 35 lambs Will be auctioned off. . GOP io Hear Committeeman " Ralph H. Cake, Republican na tional committeeman from Ore gon, was expected in Eugene at 2 p.m. Wednesday to visit the Lane County Fair before speaking to assembled Republicans at 6:30 p.m. at the Eugene Unlet Also coming to Eugene for the discussion of national conimittco activities were Sig Unancler, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, and Mrs. Vivian McMurtroy, chairman of the Young Republican federation of Oregon. John F. Durr, chairman of sr. rangcmenls for the mccting; said reservations have been coming In steadily. He ;aid, however, that ho had arranged with the hotel'tb accommodate persons who did not have reservations. Young Republicans were ex pected to make plans at the meet. Ing for the Young Republican policy convention in Bend next weekend.