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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1946)
i Valley Project New Dam Sites Win Approval Columbia Basin Com mittee Favors Army Engineers' Proposal The Columbia basin inter agency committee, meeting at the State House today with the army engineers, unanimously approved an alternative plan lor construction of dams on the Mc Kcnzle and South Santiam rivers, proposed by the engi neers in the development of the Willamette valley flood control project. The committee includes rep resentatives of the department of the interior, federal power commission, United States de partment of agriculture, Bonne ville administration, and the army engineers. The committee presented a scroll to Major General Thomas M. Robins for his services as i district engineer at the time the project was inaugurated and he was referred to as the father of the Willamette valley project 'tnd the Bonneville dam. Col. '.Chcron D. Weaver, who pre sided, made the presentation. The approval given the alter nate plan of the engineers to day, together with support they received at Lane and Linn coun ty meetings, means they will recommend the four-dam plan as a substitute for the original Quartz creek reservoir on the McKcnzie river, and the three dam plan as a substitute for the original Sweet Homo dam plan on the South Santiam. The three substitute dams on the South Santiam are at Jordan, Green Peter and Wiley creek. Explained by Walsh Col. Orville E. Walsh, district engineer, in explaining the substitute plans, said the flood stage of the Santiam at Jeffer son would be raised from 13 to 15 feet, and eliminated at Sa lem and Oregon City. Objec tions by community residents to jestuction of scenery on the Mc Kenzic, interference with fish development and some other reasons caused the change in plans. In reply to a question Col. Walsh said the total cost of the entire project would be increas ed about $6,000,000 over the original plan. Costs are esti mated on a 1940 basis. While costs are now greater he said that by the time construction is started it is believed they will have been reduced. The Scio Afcl'ea was mentioned specially as a beneficiary in irrigation from the project. Graiit Murphy, Marion coun ty judge told the engineers that the relocation of the road around the Detroit dam is of vital interest in this area. In a report by a department of agriculture representative the engineers and committee were told that the Salem alumina plant in the last week has com pleted the production of 25,000 tons of ammonium sulphate fer tilizer which is being distributed to farmers in Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho. Russia Asks Purge of Japs Tokyo, Nov. 13 W Russia proposed today to purge 17 . . members of Japan's diet, in cluding a labor leader and a member of the premier's party, and got surprisingly quick ac tion with a minimum of fric tion. Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko made the motion at a meeting of the allied council for Japan, scene of many a bitter verbal clash between Russian and U. S.-representatives. He said all 17 were ultranationalists. v Yorkson Shen, acting Chinese (felegate, and W. MacMahon jjall, British commonwealth representative, i m m e d i a tely swung behind Derevyanko's proposal. U. S. Chairman George Atche son Jr., Invited Derevyanko to "let supreme headquarters have all the evidence on Svhich you based the conclusion enunciated here today."- Those listed by the . Soviet general included Komakichi Matsuoka, chairman of Japan's federation of labor, and Hitoshi Ashida, former welfare minis ter who is a leader of Premier Yoshida's liberal party, and Ken Inukai, son of a former pre mier. "The Soviet member's ideas with, regard to democracy," Atcheson asserted, "may differ from my own, but I submit that in democratic practice a man accused cannot be convicted ex cept on evidence or proof." Atomic Bomb Tour Washington, Nov. 13 VP) Member'; of the new five-man civilian atomic energy commis sion, headed by Chairman Da vid E. Lilienthal, left today on a nation-wide tour of principal atomic energy facilities. They will return November 21. The tour will include the Hanford Engineering Works in Washing- Capital 58th Year, No. 269 Airliner Lost With 11 Aboard In California Burbank, Calif., Nov. IS M'J A Western Air Lines plane, with eight passengers and a crew of three aboard, was missing to day apparently in the snow swept mountains north of here. The two-motored Douglas DC-3, inbound to the terminal here from Salt Lake City, was last reported at 3:24 a.m. (Pa cific standard time) when the pilot informed the control tower by radio that he was bringing the craft down for a landing. He was over Newhall, on the upper fringe of the San Fernando val ley, at 9000 feet. Heavy Storm Raging A Western Air Lines spokes man said at 6:45 a.m. announc ing that the craft was missing that it had enough gas to remain aloft only until 7 a.m. Western Air Lines' spokes man identified the pilot as Capt. Gerald Miller, the co-pilot as Ted Mathis and the stewardess as Joan Fauntleroy. A heavy storm has been rag ing over Southern California for two days, but during the night had abated sufficiently for planes to resume using busy Lockheed air terminal here. Snow was reported generally above the 4000-foot level. Passenger List ' Western Air announced the passenger list as: W. B. Davis, Los Angeles. A. F. Itice, Los Angeles. Dr. S. G. Schaefer, Beverly Hills. J. C. Berry, Butte. Miss Mary La Branch, 12127 81st street, Edmonton, Alta., from Great Falls, Mont. Mrs. Florence Henry, Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Bridget W. Knight, Ju lian road, Banff, Alta., from Great Falls. Miss Mary Burns, Las Vegas, Nevada. Storm Strikes Los Angeles Los Angeles. Nov. 13 W) Winds cf gale velocity raked southern California today, ac companied by heavy rainfall which sent flood-waters in some districts lapping perilously close to lowland homes. Sixty-two children were evac uated from a trailer camp In north Long Beach by the Red Cross. Wind velocity at San Pe dro, on Los Angeles harbor, climbed to 52 miles an hour. Hundreds of trees were up rooted, streets and in some in stances stores flooded, traffic slowed or stalled in a score of cities. Power and communica tions were disrupted in some in stances. The weather bureau said an intense storm center, located 250 miles west of San Diego and moving slowly on the southern California coast, would reach maximum intensity during the day, tapering off tomorrow. With flood channels already bulging and no letup in the downpour anticipated, there were prospects of wholesale evacuations in some low-lying areas. Fain totals ran as high as 1.27 inches for a six-hour period. Only one death was attributed directly to the storm, but many were injured in traffic accidents on slippery streets. Police and sheriff's deputies closed several bridges and highways as turbu lent waters pounded approaches and rolled across them. Heavy snows marooned scores on mountain roads. Albany Laboratory Testing Northwest's Ore Deposits Washington, Nov. 13 m In a little testing laboratory at Al bany, Ore., the bureau of mines is striving to aid efforts of the northwest to develop an industrial come one day a use for even the "country rock" that black basalt which lines the Colum bia river gorge and spreads fan like over the states through which that mighty river flows. The French, Germans and Russians use a basalt product for heavy duty flooring in fac tories, on streets, on machines. Just now the laboratory is working on nickel, iron, silica sands, and zirconium steel. The plant was established about two years ago to conduct tests in an area which combined cheap hydroelectric power and abund ant minerals. Directing the project, along with two in other parts of the country, is Oliver Ralston, a member of Bureau Director R. R. Sayers Washington staff. A supervising engineer is in charge of the plant. 2SX?SZ Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 13, 1946 $400,000 Fire Destroys Salem Nut Co-op Plant The main plant, warehouse and 1946 walnut and filbert crops of the Nut Growers' Co operative here were destroyed in less than an hour last night in a spectacular $400,000 fire. Directors of the organization viewed the wreckage of the plant this morning and immedi ately went into a meeting to devise ways and means for get ting the plant reconstructed and back into operation for next year's crop. Nut Loss $300,000 J. J. Gallagher, co-op mana ger, said most of the 700-ton crop, valued at $300,000, was stored for processing in the two buildings. He estimated loss to the structure and machinery at $100,000. He said the crop was completely insured, but doubted the building could be replaced for the amount of its insurance. Fire Chief William Iwan said the flames apparently originat ed in the bleaching and grading sections, although plant employ es said no drying was in prog ress when the fire broke out shortly after 8 p.m. Residents of nearby apart ment houses fled to the streets carrying personal belongings and moving some furniture as the spectacular flames whipped 200 feet into the night sky at the height of the blaze. Firemen credited a shift in the wind with saving the apartments, housing about 20 families, and adjacent warehouses of Reid Murdoch and company. Concrete Wall Stands Only the concrete fire wall separating the two wooden buildings remained upright an hour after the fire began, Chief Iwan said, and firemen were kept busy longer pouring water on sporadic bursts of flame from the charred remains. He said it was the worst Salem fire since the August, 1945, blaze at the Oregon Pulp and Paper plant. Two small nearby storage buildings and a large stack of nuts piled nearby were saved by firemen. - Early spectators said that the fire was burning in the north east corner of the structure when the fire department ar rived and apparently was be yond control at that time. Several frame houses in the vicinity were threatened and furniture and belongings were removed frantically from the houses and about 20 apartments nearby. Householders brought garden hose into play and as the fire went under control the fur niture and furnishings went back into the houses. (Concluded on Page 9, Column 6) Army to Discharge 93,400 Civilians Washington, Nov. 13 W) Budget Director James E. Webb today ordered the army and navy to dismiss by January 1 an additional 93,400 civilian employes in this country and its territories and possessions. In doing so, Webb set a top limit of 892,600 on the number of civilians for military pro grams in the first quarter of 1947. This will require an army reduction of 73,200 and a navy cut of 20,200. The navy, down from 707.200 at V-J day to 384,000 now, was ordered to get under a ceiling of 363,800 for the quarter be ginning Jan. 1. The budget bureau indicated it would have similar word on reductions of personnel for gov ernment agencies in the non- military field later this month. economy. From its work may The extreme shortage of nickel for wartime uses seemed to de mand first attention. At pres ent the United States is almost entirely dependent on Canada for its nickel supply. The domestic sources of nickel ore are described as sub margin al. But, as Ralston told a re porter, that merely requires an economical means for treating the ore. Principal domestic de posits of nickel are at Blewett Pass and Cle Elum, Wash., and at Riddle, Ore. Iron i ore, too, is plentiful throughout the northwest. But coking coal is scarce. The search here, based on deposits at Scap poose, near Portland, Ore., is for a method of using electricity to treat the ore, which, Ralston said, is undesirably high in phosphorus. : I , " ' I Film Strikers Bomb Homes Hollywood, Nov. 13 U.R Homes of two non-striking movie studio workers were blasted early today by myste rious bombings police said were directly connected with the strike dispute. Most violent of the blasts was at the West Los Angeles home of Paul B. Byrd, Columbia stu dios superintendent. The en tire neighborhood was shaken and windows shattered in sev eral houses. Byrd's home was partially de stroyed by the bomb, either cautiously paced on the front porch a few minutes earlier or hurled there from a passing car. The porch was splintered, the front door blown off and all windows broken. "This is definitely the work of the studio gangs," Detective Sgt. H. J. Compton said. "We are conducting a thorough in vestigation." The second explosion was in the community of Hawthorne. Sheriff's deputies said it was definitely the work of a single gang or collaborating group. Three other bombings yester day of non-strikers were under investigation, spurred by offer of a $5,000 reward for an arrest in the bombing of the home of a film technician-which imperil ed his two children. Maritime Strike Nearing End San Francisco, Nov. 13 P) Breaking of a deadlock over a critical union security issue for CIO marine engineers brought the Pacific coast's 42-day-old maritime strike within reach of settlement today, with Federal Mediator Nathan P. Feinsinger declaring "there is a very good chance the whole thing will wind up." . Union spokesmen were more cautious in predicting an early end to the tie-up, but negotia tors for both employers and the three unions involved were agreed that the compromise on the engineers' union had cleared one of the largest stumbling blocks to maritime peace in the Pacific. All parties to the dispute were scheduled to meet again today. The compromise, arrived at yesterday, provides that the em ployers will agree not to engage in anti-union activities nor at tempt to interfere with the in ternal affairs of the union, which is the Marine Engineers' Beneficial association. Originally the MEBA had sought rotational hiring for union members, pointing to east ern and gulf coast settlement of similar dispute by employer acceptance of preferential hir ing. The Pacific American Ship owners association, however, maintained such a clause would interfere with the ship owners' demand to have a voice in as signing officers to their vessels. Portland Stands High in Building Portland, Ore., Nov. 13 J,R) Portland s October construction activity according to compila tions of western building plac ed it eighth among 25 western cities and first among Pacific northwest cities. Its $1,888,455 of building started during the month placed it ahead of Seattle, in 10th place; Vancouver, B. C, 11th; Spo kane, lith, and Tacoma, 23rd. 100 Perish in Quake Lima, Peru, Nov. 13 IIP) Peru counted at least 100 known dead today in interior towns wrecked by eartli shocks which began last Sunday and feared a higher toll might become known with re storation of smashed communi cations facilities. Journal Night Fire Spectacular Sight J. the fire that Tuesday night destroyed the plant of the Salem Nut Growers' on North Front street. The picture above shows in its early stages the fire that had gained headway before an alarm reached fire hcadquai icrs. The picture below shows the fire when it had made further destructive progress. See also photo on page 9. Grange Master Asserts Wage Boosts Big Blunder Portland, Ore., Nov. 13 (U.R) Albert S. Goss, National Grange master, told the National Grange convention here today that the country is going through a ruinous period of inflation which can only be checked by immediate balancing of the budget through reduction in expenditures and institution of "a sound lax pro- gram. Addressing the opening of the 80th annual Grange con vention, Goss asserted that the yielding to labor demands for wage increases while refusing to allow compensatory price in creases ''has been our greatest national blunder." The result has been the crea tion of ruinous shortages and the increase of inflationary pres sures, Goss said. Goss was critical of what he called the nation's refusal to accept the fact that a great war calls for great personal econom ics sacrifice "and we have been chasing the rainbow of every body living beiLer amid such destruction." In his report to Grange mas ters of 36 states gathered for the convention, Goss pointed out the necessity of the farm organ ization cooperating with a dem ocratic president and a'republi can congress in working to avert a national economic depression. He said the Grange's 8000 separate chapters represent an investment of more than $25, 000,000. Gov. Earl Sncll greeted mem bers of the Grange convention when it officially opened this morning. Delegates went into private sessions after the formal opening. Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton Anderson was expected to arrive here tomorrow to address the Grar.ge masters. Convention sessions continue through No vember 21. All Bids Returned In 0. & C. Bidding Portland, Nov. 13 W End of OPA ceilings on lumber result ed here in the return of all bids on 36 tracts of timber in 11 western Oregon counties that were listed for sale by the Ore gon and California land admin istration. W. H. Horning, O. & C. chief forester, said the tracts would be re-advertised without ceiling price restrictions, probably De cember 3. The Weather (Released by United States Weather Bureau) Forecast for Salem and Vicini ty: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little change In temperature. Lowest tempera ture tonight near 30. Maximum yesterday 59. Minimum today 28. Mean temperature yesterday 44 which was 2 below normal. Total 24-hour precipitation to 11:30 a.m. today 0.00. Total pre cipitation for the month .67, which is 1.66 inches below nor mal. Willamette river height 1.2. Price F"' Cents Here are photographic views of Suspend Higher Rates on Gas In the case of the Portland Gas and Coke company, which October 26, 1946, filed with Public Utilities Commissioner George H. Flagg a new and higher rate schedule for the Portland and Salem areas effec tive November 27, Flngg has ordered suspension of tariffs pending investigation and hear ing, and set the hearing dale for November 25 in room 401, Multnomah county courthouse. The company on October 26 filed with the commissioner tar iff PUC Or. No. 8 containing rates, rules and regulations for gas service in Portland and sur rounding communities and tar iff PUC Or. No. 9 containing rates, rules and regulations for gas service in Salem and sur rounding communities. In making the filings it was slated that these revised sched ules would effect increases in rates applicable to all gas serv ice supplied in those areas. The company contended that the in creases were necessary to off set in part an annual increase, effective October 1, 1346, of approximately $1,000,000 in cost of oil used in gas manufacturing I operations. Franco Says Spain's Isolation Increasing War Possibility Madrid, Nov. 13 IIP) Generalissimo Francisco Franco main tained today that United Nations increase the possibility of war injustice always tends rather to wards war than towards peace," Spain's chief of state said last night in answer to questions handed him by the Associated Press. He said a diplomatic break would bring about "disunion among nations and dissension in the interior of many" and cost the UN prestige, and "the un dermining and disunion of the latter would greatly increase the possibility of war." (The UN general assembly, now meeting in New York, has on its agenda the question of what to do about the Spanish government. Poland has de manded the United Nations all break diplomatic relations with Franco. Secretary - General Trygve Lie has urged action by which "democratic government may bo restored in Spain".) Smuts Says South Africa Prepared To Take Over Mandated Regions If U.N. Refuses to OK Annexation Challenges Russia's Assertion that Charter Compels Placing All Former League of Nations Mandates Under Proposed Trusteeship System Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 13 (PiField Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, premier of South Africa, told (he United Nations flatly today that he was prepared to take over mandated southwest Africa by unilateral action if the general assembly refused to ap prove his proposal for its annexation. Challenging Russia's assertion that the UN charier compels the placing of all former League of Nations mandates under the pro posed trusteeship system, the 76-year-old South African leader, declared: "If the assembly docs not view favorably the southwest African request for incorporation, then South Africa has no other alterna tive but to continue to administer the territory as an integral part of the Union of South Africa." He spoke as the trusteeship battle flared again, with a British declaration disputing Russia's contention that Palestine and all other league mandates must be placed under U. N. trusteeship. British Representative Arthur G. Bottomley told the general assembly's 51-nation trusteeship committee that "there is no obli gation under the charter to bring any territory under the trusteeship system." Palestine Affected Bottomley, while not men tioning Palestine specifically, said "it is quite clear that a mandatory power is free to place a mandated territory under the trusteeship system, or not to do so." His statement was made in defense of South Africa's pro posal to annex southwest Africa, which Soviet Ambassador Nik olai V. Novikov charged last week would be a violation of charter. In supporting the Soulh Afri can proposal, Britain not only disagreed with Russia but with another member of the Brit ish empire India which has expressed vigorous opposition to the move to annex the man date. Bottomley spoke after Cuban delegate Guy Perez Cisneros had opposed the annexation of Southwest Africa on the ground that it would be a return lo the danger of "colonial exploita tion." Opposed by Cuban Perez Cisneros expressed the belief that the eight draft trust eeship agreements before the committee would win the neces sary two-thirds majority in the assembly and that their approv al would open the way for crea tion of the trusteeship council during the present session. He also supported a proposal by John Foster Dulles, United Slates trusteeship expert, that the assembly sidestep a show down at this session on the highly controversial question as to which nations come under the meaning of the term "states di rectly concerned." Nivikov had contended thai it was impossible to approve any of the draft agreements un til this term was defined. Meanwhile, the United Stales and Great Britain were report ed working on separate plans to restrict the use of the veto in the United States security council. While both were defi nitely against any action by the assembly on the veto question, they were said to be planning to work out self-imposed restric tions among the five permanent members of the council. More Snow Expected In Mountains More snow is expected to night on state highways above 2. 500-foot elevations, the state highway commission said to day. Road conditions today were good, with most mountain roads sanded. Fog was reported at some valley points. The 9 a.m. road report: Government Camp 24 de grees, 16 inches of snow, Patches of ice from Twin Bridges on Mt. Hood highway to Hear Springs on Wapinitia highway. Odell lake, Willamette high way Packed snow from Salt Creek tunnel to Odell lake. 13 degrees, clear. Sanding and salting. isolation of Spain would greatly "Every action of violence and Franco said the UN charter prohibited intervention in mat ters essentially within the do mestic jurisdiction of any stale. "If those very nations which arc members arc not obliged to submit to agreements concern ing essentially domestic man ners," he said, "lo a much lesser degree would there be submis sion on the part of one which is not under its jurisdiction and has not even requested to be admitted. " He said Spain would "not ac cept any kind of reprehension" from the UN and would not seek lo loin the UN until that agency had attained what he termed "a degree of calmness sufficient to make possible its work in the cause of peace and until the passions provoked by the war have become extinct." - Trieste Issue Deadlocked New York, Nov. 13 (IP) Sev eral cracks showed up today in the timp-hardencd disagreement between Russia and the western powers over disposition of stra tegic Trieste, but diplomats were uncertain whether they foretold a real break in the Italian peace treaty deadlock. They became apparent despite a warning by Secretary of State Byrnes that the United States could not continue making com promises on the Trieste issue and an assertion by Foreign Minister Molotov that Russia in sisted on changes In some Paris peace conference provisions for governing the Trieste territory. Molotov also raised one new dispute by asking a treaty pro vision fixing a deadline of pos sibly three or four months, after the treaty becomes effective, for removal of foreign troops from Trieste. The troops there are American and British. Byrnes and Molotov joined argument repeatedly during three and one-half hour session of the Big Four ministers coun cil last right, then called a halt until 4 p.m. today after they agreed, along with British For eign Minister Bevin and Deputy French Foreign Minister Couve de Murvillc, to return to their showdown debate. Diplomats who sat in on the session reported it was by no means all negative and had sev eral results which might lead to a break in the main deadlock blocking completion of an Ital ian peace treaty. To Investigate Park Meters Mayor-elect Robert L. Elf strom believes there should be further investigation as to the VnrinilS 1 vnnr rf narlrlLrf 1 ... niitfi lUClCIS before a contract is awarded any particular manufacturer. "If we are to have meters we should install only the best, those that operate efficiently and with the least expense," Elfstrom said Wednesday. He pointed out that it has been approximately a year since the city council had investigated meters and that there might have been improve ments during the past 12 months. "I have no grudge against the Michaels Art Bronze company, whose meters were favored by the council. It may be their machines are the best and should be Installed. How ever no harm can be done in making a thorough investigation of all devices. Such an Investi gation might well prove profit able." The mayor-elect said he would favor a meter that permitted parking from 12 minutes to two hours. He pointed out that an hour does not give a person sufficient time for a visit to the doctor or dentist. Two hour parking can be secured by in serting two nickels. Mayor-elect Elfslrom said he had investigated and learned that no contract had been signed with the Michaels company. Beats CWIdlo Death In a Nightmare Arkadclphia, Ark., Nov. 13 tPi Victim of a nightmare in which her father dreamed he was having a fight, three-year-old Linda Joyce Pollard, died under the hail of his blows early Tuesday. Sheriff W. T. Matlock reported. The father. Willard Pollard, 25, told the sheriff and a coro ner's jury that in the dream he found himself trying to ward off attackers, but that he re membered nothing else. When ho awoke, he said, he was stand ing over the battered body of his daughter. Mrs. Pollard, who slept in the same room, did not awaken during the commotion. The coroner's jury took no action but at the suggestion of a physician consented to have Pollard placed under observa tion at a state or private hos pital. I
