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4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Aug. 13. 1946 Capitals-Journal ESTABLISHED 1X88 SALEM, OREGON An Independent Newspaper Published Ever? Afternoon Except Sunday st 444 Chemeketa St Phones Business Office 3571 News Room 3512 Society Editor 3073 GEORGE PUTNAM, The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or otherwise credited In this paper nd also news published therein. ' FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Bt CARRIER: WEEKLY, S.20; Monthly, SIS; One Tear, S9.00. BY MAIL I.N OREGON: Monthly. $.60: 6 Months, $3.00; One Year W.00. United States Outside Oregon: Monthly, t.6fl: 8 Months, $3.60; Year, 7,20 Purqee Slaps Back One reason for President Truman's interest in the defeat of ReD. Slaughter of Missouri reveals itself as the house special committee investigating the government's methods of disposing of surplus war prop erties progresses. As chairman of that committee Rep. Slaughter is digging up some scandals in the handling of surplus goods, which, from a political standpoint, are highly embarrassing to the administration. As a starter in what promises to be a startling series of disclosures between now and the ter called Benjamin F. Fields, moter and broker, to testily belore the house committee regarding his experiences in dealing with the surplus prop erty board. Fields told how the war assets administration rejected his offer of $800 each for a sizable number of refrigerators and told him they could be purchased for $295 each, at which figure he bought up 181 refrigerators and saved himself $91,400 at the government's expense. This, according to Slaughter, is only an isolated instance that his committee will expose. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal funds, he alleges, were squandered in these transactions. The disclosures of wartime profiteering being made by Slaughter's committee and by the Mead committee in the senate are, unless they are throttled, going to result into some highly explosive revelations before election day rolls around. As Lindsay C. Warren, comptroller general of the United States, told the Mead committee that "it looked as if everybody and his brother were out to get the government during the lush war years" and that loopholes in war con tracts had cost the government "untold millions." It was Warren who first charged that "with some high officials of the government the acceptance of entertainment, including cocktail parties, hotel bills and even travel from the contractor, while at the same time drawing travel expense and per diem from the government, was the rule rather than the exception." The Real Issue Bulking large in the struggle between the United States and Russia at the Paris peace conference is the question of the duration of allied occupancy of conquered European ter ritory. That issue, of which not an inkling has been uttered around the peace table so far is sure to be one of the princi pal bones of contention before the parley ends. On this issue the Americans and Russians are funda mentally at outs. It is the first consideration of the Ameri can delegates to arrange settlement of differences between the allies and Germany and her satellites so that occupation forces may be withdrawn at the earliest possible date. That, according to Washington sources, was the final and most emphasized of President Truman's instructions to Secretary of State Byrnes when he departed for the Paris meeting. This policy will accomplish two things. It will speed up the economic recovery of the occupied countries and remove one of the principal obstacles to normal social relations, both within and between the nations affected. The second reason is more easily understood. It is that continued occupancy by armed forces breeds hate, which in turn generates trouble. No nations, and most certainly not Germany, can ever be reconciled to the continued presence within their boundaries of armed occupation forces. It is two different things when a vanquished people are rendered incapable of making war, or when they are prevented from doing so by the presence of their armed oppressors. With Russia it is another matter. The Kremlin is more concerned with extending communism throughout eastern Europe than in the economic rehabilitation of Germany, Austria and the Balkan states. This process of communiz ing these conquered people can most effectively be accom plished under military occupation. Until this issue is decided the conference at Paris can reach no final solution, and the peace of Europe will be left dangling in midair. Dam Projects Postponed The district army engineer has announced the indefinite postponement of the request for contractors' bids on con struction of Dorena dam in Lane county and requested no award on bids for relocation of the North Santiam highway in connection with the proposed construction of the Detroit dam on the Santiam river. Both are included in the proposed Willamette Valley project. The postponement is the result of the 56 days moritorium on public works contracts announced last week in Washing ton by Reconversion Director John R. Steelman at the request of the president. Advance notice will be given prospective bidders 30 days prior to the new date for opening bids. The bids on Dorena dam were invited August 5 and were to have been opened September 4. The return of plans and specifications is requested. The high bids on the Santiam highway job, far beyond estimates, as well as the restrictions and limitations on expenditures now in force account for its postponement. These government projects compete for skilled labor and materials with private enterprise and needed expansion of industries and housing projects and it is wise to delay them until needed to ease unemployment when it materializes. Lack of materials is now bogging down 75 percent of new building in Oregon and elsewhere. There is shortage of cement, lumber, steel, nails, and other building necessities, and half finished structures are everywhere. And there are applications for $315 million worth of construction permits on file with the Civilian Production Administration con struction review committee for LEGAL NOTICE OF INTENTION TO IMPROVE THAT PORTION OF SAGINAW STREET FROM THE SOUTH LINE OF OWENS STREET TO THE NORTH LINE OF LIN COI.N STREET IN THE CITY OF SALEM. OREGON, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tn. Common Council of the City of Salem Oregon, deems It necessary and exped ient, and heieby (ieclares Its purpose and Intention to Improve that portion of SaRlnaw Street Horn the South line of Oft tub Street to the North line of Lincoln itrcrt in the city of Salem, Marlon Coun ty, Oregon by bringing said portion of said street to the established irade, con structing Portland Cement curbs, and pav. Ing said portion of said street with v phnltlc Concrete pavement 30 feet in width. In accordance with the plana and specifications therefor, which were adopt ed by the Common Council on tha Sth day of August. 1040, now on filed in the Office of the City Recorder, and which are hereby referred to and mads a part hereof. The Common Council hereby declares its purpose and Intention to make the above described improvement by and through the Street Improvement Department oi the City of Sslem, Oregon. By order of the Common Counrll ot the City of Salem, Oregon, this Sth day l August, 1040 ALFRED MUNHT, Olty Recorder, flslenj, Oregon. 194 Editor and Publisher for renomination to congress November elections, blaugtv ex-convict, Washington pro Oregon, LEGAL NOTICE OF INTENTION TO IMPROVE THAT PORTION OF N ERR ASK A STREET FROM THE EAST LINE OF lflTII STREET TO THE WEST LINK OF S0TH STREET IN THE CITY OF SALEM, OREGON. NOTICE IS HKRFBY GIVEN that the Common Council of tha City of Salem Oregon, deems It necessary and exped ient, and hereby d"clares Its purpose and intention to Improve that portion il Nebraska Si reel from the East line nf 15th Strret to the West line of 20th Street in the City of Salem. Marion County. Ore gon, by bringing said portion of said street to the established trade, construct ing Portland Cement curbs, and paving said portion or said street with Asphaltic Concrete pavement twenty-four feet m wldtn. in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor, wnlrh were adopt ed by tha Common Council on the Sth day of August, If) 40, now on file In the Office of the Olty Recorder, and which, are hereby referred to and madi part hereof. , The Common Council hereby declares Its purpose and intention to make the above described Improvement by and througn the Street Improvement Department of the City of Salem. O teg on, -py order of the Common Cotineil of the CITy ot Salem, Oreon. this sth day o August. 1046 ALFRED MUNDT, City Racorder. flalem Oregon. im A Dog's Life j Ma!WM IIV DNT KNOW WHERE WU GET WfflWl m WfMi (THAT MCAN STREAK . TPRTURIN6 jUMf 4 ' JL J fM JWfcA . ) THOSE POOR ANIMAC5 LIKE THATjlVf-AliVI). '' '' V A 100 AT THEM DROOL. COME rfM TiS.v N- rfflw ff'' A2Qt IN THE HOUSE TILL YOU'VE ' L P'y,' . By Don Upjohn The gentleman visiting in our midst for a day or two who is on his way to pushing a wheel barrow around the world no doubt is causing envy in the minds of a lot of our hometown boys because he thought of it first. Pushing a wheelbarrow around the world seems to be quite an intriguing idea and our thoughts will go with him as he picks up one foot, puts it down and does the same with the other, through valleys, ov er mountains, across plains and around swamps until he finally gets back to his old town up in Washington. Gosh, wouldn't that be fun. It seems like such a jolly good way to pass the time that we're doggoned if we don't Novelties I11 the News (By tha Associated Press) Cautious Seattle, Aug. 13 (VP) Navy Comdr. W. N. Thompson is in the eighth year of an interna tional chess game that still doesn't appear near an end. Thompson recently notified his opponent, Alfred Milner of Didsbury, England, of his 47th move. Thompson originally took over the competition when a friend died in 1938, but he and Milner started a new game af ter a couple of exchanges of correspondence. Municipal Cleanup Montello, Wis., Aug. 13 WV This community of 1,200 has "cleaned out the city hall" to make way for a washing ma chine manufacturer. The city council, fire depart ment and public library moved out and the municipal building was leased to Barlow and See lig Manufacturing Co. of Ri pon, Wis. LEGAL NOTICE OF INTENTION TO IMPROVE THAT PORTION OF MILL STREET FROM IIIK EAST LINE OF 11TH STREET TO THE WEST LINK OF 10TH STREET IN THE CITY OF SALEM, OREGON. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that IhS Common Council of the City of Bdle-n OrcBon, drrms it necrssary "nd exped ient, nnd hoieb? declares Us purpose suri intention to improve that portion of Mill Street from the East tlno of ntn by brlnalim said potion of said street to (lift Olty of Salem, Marion County. Orenon. Street to tho West line of 19th Street In the esUbllslipd grade, constructing Port land Comen; curbs, and paving said por tion of said street with Asphnlttc concrete pavement thirty feet In width. In accord ance with the plans and specifications therefor, which were adopted by the Com mon Conner, on the Sth day of AtiBUftt, 1944, now on file in the Office ot the City Recorder, and which are hereby re ferred to and made a part hereof. The Common council hereby declares Its purpose and Intention to make the above described Improvement by and through the Street Improvement Department o the City of Salem, Orexon. By order of the Common Council of ih City of Salem, Ore a on, this Sth day or August 19-16 ALFRED MUNDT, City Recorder. Salem. Orenoii. 198 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO IMPROVE THAT PORTION OF SMITH STKl'.ET FROM THE EAST LINE OF FAIR GROUNDS ROAll. EASTERLY It. VI FEk.T. IN THE CITY OF SALEM. OREGON. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that the Common Council of the City of Saturn Oregon, deems it necessary and exped ient, and hereby declares tts purpose and Int rn lion to improve that portion of Smith Street from the East line of Fair grounds Rond Easterly 3SS feet. In the City of Sslem. Marion County. Oregon, bi 1 bringing said portion ot said street to the established grade, constructing no curbs, and paving said portion of said street with Asphaltic Concrete pavement twenty feet in width, in accordance wici plans and specifications therefor, which were adooted by the Common Council tn the Mh dnr of August. 1948. now on file In the Office of tho City Recorder, and which are hereby referred to and made a part hereof. The Common Council hereby declare .. purpose and Intention to make the above described improvement by and through the Street Improvement Department ol the City of Salem. Oreson. By order of the Common Council of th Ctty of Salem, Oregon, this Sth day of August. 1940. ALFRED MUNDT, City Recorder. Salem. Oregon. 19a INSULATION and Weatherstripping A new Home Owned Com pany with a new policy. Prices, material & work manship guaranteed. No obligation for estimates. Salem Rockwool Co. Phone 3748 2225 N. Liberty go home this afternoon and push a wheelbarrow load of compost across the yard and dump it around some shrubbery like our wife asked us to do with it early last spring. There can't any guy from Ellensburg, Wash., come down here and have all the fun pushing a wheelbarrow around. In the meantime we send our regards via the wheelbarrow pusher to the little new king of Siam, provided he's still alive when the wheelbarrow, et al, pass through that country. "Beavers Head to Seal Park," says headline in the Oregonian sports section. Come to think of it, who cares? We understand that under present prices a dollar is really worth only about 33 cents. This sorta gives one pause. For if a dollar is only worth 33 cents, then il stands to reason that 33 cents is only worth 11 cents, and so on down the line. It brings us out holding up the fact by the tail that a dollar isn't worth a darned thing which we've been finding out in buying groceries, et cetera lately. But that isn't going to keep folks from grabbing all of same they can get hold of. It looks as if maybe the old democratic merry-go-round is about to break down or some thing. When time for filing for precinct committee posts closed yesterday afternoon there were only 12 democratic candidates for such places and 178 of them to fill. The republicans did a little better, rustling up 81 can didates for their 178 positions. Yet, after the elections are all over, the votes counted and the elected officials take over, folks will holler their heads off if anything goes wrong. People like to cuss the politicians but they don't seem to show much interest, only on occasions, in who's going to run the coun try. The Russians, Americans and British seem to be getting along in Paris as one big happy fam ily like the Jews, Arabs and British seem to be getting along together in Palestine. The volume of air mail be tween the United Slates and Peru has Increased in 15 years to 181 times what it first was. Three Experienced Watchmakers We specialize in repairing fine watches. Material in stock for most all makes. Ten-day service. New watches for sale. Due to the elimination ot the OPA ther will be no changt in our repair prices. R. G. WARREN 141 South Liberty 1st Modern motor coaches leave Salem at 1:90 p.m. daily for Bend, Ontario, Caldwell, Boise, Twin Falls, Ogden, Salt Lake City and all points east. Ask your local agent to route you via "Hamman Stages" to the east. HAMMAN S1AGES Greyhound Depot Senator Hotel Phone 5054 mi Peace poor lady is having a tough time trying to do her lofty balancing act because so many folk are joggling the tight-rope. Nations, big and little, are contributing to the dangers undoubtedly without malice but nevertheless deliberately be cause the rope happens to be in their way. They don't want to see peace fall as witness their establishment of a United Na tions cordon to protect her but having set up this safe guard they now are breaking through the barrier in order to take short-cuts to desired ob jectives. There have been numerous instances in recent months of joggling the rope. The latest worry about a joggle from a new source has been occasioned by a British spokesman's state ment that John Bull stands ready to take unilateral action, without recourse to the United Nations, to quell any "violent or sudden" threat to his inter ests in oil-rich Iran (Persia). This is doubly startling because the Chesterficldian John is a staunch champion of peace and moreover he is a member of the big three upon whom the tran quility of the globe depends. What Has Happened Here's what has happened Russia, Britain and America all have heavy Interests in Iran. During the war the three pow ers had troops in Iran, as was clearly evident when I was there in 1943. Last December, during the big three parley at Moscow, America and England agreed to withdraw their troops and urged Kussia to do likewise. The Muscovites refused, on the ground that they had a treaty permitting them to retain troops there. The Yankee and British sol diers were pulled out. Then came the Iranian government's protest to the U.N. security council against the presence of red forces. After many heart' burnings the Soviet announced withdrawal, and since then there seems to have been what diplomats might refer to euphe mistically as a rapprochement between Moscow and Tehran, Russia has been granted large oil concessions in northern Iran, stronghold of the Soviet favor ed Tudeh party which has been given three posts in the Iran government. In Iranian Oil Fields Meantime in the southern Iranian oil fields, where John Bull's interests lie, there have been bloody disorders involv ing the Tudeh party. Britain has moved Indian troops to Basra, in Iraq, on Iran's front door-step. England termed these troop replacements, but the In dian government stated they were "in order to safeguard Indian and British interests" and protect lives in southern Iran. The Teheran government has protested the movement of these troops to Basra and has requested their removal. The British foreign office spokesman who gave out the news of possible unilateral ac tion said the presence of British troops at Basra represented a "precautionary measure in the event of complete collapse of law and order in Iran." He said there might "not be time to con sult the United Nations." Brit ish circles at the security coun cil in New York take the atti tude that an attack on British nationals and property in Iran would be an attack on Britain itself and hence military action could be taken in self-defense under the United Nations char ter. Of course that immediately raises an argument over the meaning of the term "attack" as employed in the charter. Door South First Nat l. Bank WI.O mutroro r tot Mi-JS Pfc. Edward Burton Rapp Listed as missing in action since the Roer river crossing in Germany last year Pfc. Edward Burton Rapp has now been declared officially dead by the war department. The service man, a graduate of Salem high school with the class of 1933, was an employe of Swift and company at the time of report ing for duty with the army. Sur viving Rapp are his wife, the former Mary Ann Heine, who formerly resided here, a son, Denny, and his father, E. B. Rapp, all of Portland. Gives Barbecue For 300 G. I.s Cougar, Wash., Aug. 13 W) Mrs. P. A. Mulkey always want ed to have those 335 GIs she corresponded with during the war come to dinner some day. Next Sunday she's going to. Up here in the Mount St. Hel ens foothills, she's arranging a barbecue for 300 guests: the boys she could locate and their families. "I don't have all their ad dresses any more, but I wrote and invited those I could," she said. "We're figuring on about 300 and one boy's coming from Atlanta, Ga." "Mom" Mulkey started writ ing GIs in 1942 and "just kept it up. Pretty soon I was writing 35 letters a day and sending presents whenever possible. . . , I don't know now where I did get all 335 names. Sometimes we'd pick up hitch hiking serv icemen and we'd get to talking and find they and their bud dies weren't getting any letters, so I'd just put them on my list." Fifteen of Mom's "boys" are dead there'll be gold stars after their names on a plaque she's going to dedicate to the 335 men Sunday. "I never enjoyed anything so much as writing to those boys," said the gray-haired woman. But come Sunday, she's count ing on something even nicer: seeing the youths she corre sponded with so long. "I'm looking forward so much to meeting them," she said. "Seems like I know them, every one." For Sale: Used 10-ft. porce lain Econ-O-Case meat case. Davis Electric Tavern Supply, 2134 Fairgrounds Rd. Phone 7193. 4 Have YOU sat with the wallflowers, wearing a fixed smile on your face that tries to say, "I Jjist love to watch the otheri dancing"? Then listen . . . ARTHUR MURRAY 155 South Liberty LaFollette's Entry into GOP Main Issue in Wisconsin (By the Assocllted Press) A three-way gubernatorial contest and Senator Robert M. La Follette's bid for republican nomination after 12 years as a progressive lent sparkle today to Wisconsin's primary. With the LaFollette senatorial scrap ; spilling over into the arena of national politics, the Wisconsin balloting outshone the selection of GOP candidates for governor and senator in Vermont and a free-for-all for the democratic nomination for governor in South Carolina. Both LaFollette and the 83-year-old republican governor, Walter S. Goodland, were snubbed when they sought the endorsement of the Wisconsin GOP convention for additional terms. But they went after nomination in the primary, any way, against these men backed by the party organization: For the senate, Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy, former marine captain; for the gover norship, investment banker Del bert J. Kenny. Also in the senatorial race is Perry J. Stearns, Milwau kee attorney. Third man in the gubernatorial field, with La Follette's blessing, is Ralph M. Immell, veteran of two wars and former state adjutant gen eral. LaFollette carried into his battle nearly 21 years' experi ence in the senate and a name lustrous in Wisconsin politics for two generations. But his attempt to force his way back into the republican fold, which he deserted to or ganize the progressive party, got no welcome from the state ma chine. Thus a LaFollette victory would weaken Chairman Tom Coleman's clutch on the state re publican organization. And it would shunt the senator into a position where he could help pick Wisconsin's 24 delegates to the republican national conven tion in 1948. That could be important to two potential presidential nomi nees. There have been dem onstrations of friendship be tween LaFollette and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, and there has been evidence of cool ness between some of LaFol lette's following and Harold E. Stassen of neighboring Minne sota. come join HOLIDAY IN MEXICO M-G-MV$(WL( lmdwecLtiM - Coming Soon Only 6 HOURS will moke you It's amazing how fast you can lea-n to danc the latest Rumba, Fox Trot, Samba or Waltzl . . Just put yourself in the hands of an Arthur Mur ray expert for six hours of lessons. You'U enjoy every minute be amazed to find how easily you pick up the new steps. And what a reward you'll getl Compliments galore at your next party! The) best partners competing for your dancesl And you, so confident and gayl Right now Phone 6128 or come to the studio. Open 12 to 10 p.m. And listen you'll be surprised to find how low our rates arel Funeral Services For Rev. Atkinson Portland, Aug. 13 W) Fun eral services were held here yesterday for the Rev. Thomas W. Atkinson, 86, pioneer Ore gon Methodist minister who died Friday. He was a Willamette univer sity graduate and his first as signment was as a circuit rider in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Later he served pastor ates in eastern Oregon, Port land was his home for the last 33 years. LEGAL EXECUTRIX NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that OUT H. BUke his been, by order of the Cir cuit Court of the state of Oregon for Marlon County, appointed executrli of the estate of RDca Melaaard Blork, de ceesed. All persons having claims against ssld estate are requested to present them, with proper vouchers, to said executrix, at 310 Pioneer Trust Building, fialem, Oregon, within six months from the data of this notice. Dated this 10th day of July, 1048. OLIVE H BLAKE. 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