1 Capital Journal. Halem Or., Monday. Perember . 194
Record Breaking Mailing
Of Packages for Christmas
The largest volume of Christmas mail in the history o( the
Salem postoffice if anticipated by Postmaster Albert Gragg.
"Everything point! to a record breaking flow of mail and if It
doesn't develop I will have been badly misled," Gragg stated.
By way of backing up hi prediction, the postmaster pointed
"to a comiderablt Increase In the
Dashbach Mum
On Red School
! September when the receipts
Seattle, Dec. -John Dash-! off ilightly. The October
bach, extension director of the; Win ai proximately 2 per
Pacific Northwest Labor school, I cent and that of November was
has declined to confirm or deny bit over 18 per cent. If the
charges that it Is a communist trend is continued through De
jhooj, jcember we will unquestionably
nave a Danner year.
Civil Rights Bill
A Time Bomb
Washington, Dec. 6 U The
civil rights dispute lies like a
time bomb today within the
structure of the democratic
party.
The dispute is moving toward j
a showdown In the 81st con
gress. That could rock the ad
ministration to its foundations.
The vital decision whether the
Until hnll h fnilDhl tVi Win.
mumn increase u.- ..... - , or bf comprom iM1 in the jn
the year with the exception of tere,t, of p,rty ntrmony iie,
population served by the local
postoffice and the snow-baii-
ing of receipts during the year.
"Our books show i month to
es
with President Truman. It will
be among the most difficult de
cisions he must make in his
first year as president In his
own right.
The situation is developipg
this way:
Southern democrats: As a
The house un-American activ
ities committee issued a pamph-j Gragg gave assurance that his group they are looking for some
let Saturday listing the school' office was ready to handle a way to reduce the scope of the
lis one run by communist?. larger volume of mail. "We are cjvji rights program submitted
' That's none of J. Parnell in better shape than ever before to congress by Mr. Truman last
1 nomas business." Dashbach m the matter of trained per-1 February.
Chambers Accuses Hiss
Of Giving Him Microfilm
Washington, Dee. 6 The house un-American activities com
mittee released today sworn testimony of Whittaker Chambers
that Alger Hiss, former state department official, gave him "re
stricted" government documents that were relayed to a Russian
agent.
The testimony was read to re-1
porters by Rep. Nixon in.i
Calif ). It was part of that
brought out in preliminaries to
a $75,000 libel suit Hiss has
brought against Chamber! in
Baltimore,
Nixon read only excerpts.
Chambers is a senior editor
of Time magazine who says he is
a former member of a pre-war
Red underground in Washing
ton. He has said, and Hiss has
denied that Hiss was a member
of the communist "apparatus."
It is because of these state
ments that Hiss, now president
of the Carnegie foundation for
said when asked to comment on .onnel ." he said. The crew of
the charge. Thomas, New Jer- 149 regulars and extras will be
sey republican, is chairman of augmented by the addition of 75
the committee. persons who will bi employed : them see civil rights as an is-
nowever, uasnoacn mane mc whenever the volume or man j sue on which the administrat
Republicans: Many of them
want to enact all-out civil rights
legislation
Permit Arrest
Jap Ex-premier
Tokyo, Dec. i Japan's
house of representatives voted
today to permit the arrest of
former premier Hitoshi Ashida,
accused of involvement in a
bribery conspiracy. j
A special session of the house j
voted 140 to is 10 waive par
liamentary immunity for Ashlda
who until recently was one of
Japan's most influential politi
cal leaders.
from Letlerman hospital where Consolidation Vot
he had been unaer treatment
and charges Involving checka in
Washington are reported to
have been dismissed and sen
tence in the court here has
been suspended with directions
for his release to the command
ing general at the San Francis
co hospital.
Suspect Held
For Burglaries
A possible suspect in the wave
of burglaries which has victim
ized more than a dozen Salem
residents in the past month was
nabbed by police on a vagrancy
charge Sunday afternoon.
The man, Walter L. Loftin,
who was listed as a parole from
Nevada where he served a por
tion of a sentence for burglary,
was booked here on a vagrancy
charge and a charge of carry
ing a concealed weapon.
Marvin Hettick, 10B8 Larmer
street, tipped off police with a
1 story which led to the arrest of med b cj, Recorder Ilda will be J. Granville Jensen, pro-
f as.m U at4 1 i a lr wahnAi aa that - m a.
Slated for District
Unionvale A special school
election will be held December
6 from 8 to f p. m to decide
on consolidation in Grand Is
land district, No, 94 Hopewell,
Nos. 49 and 52, Yamhill and
Polk district, Unionvale, No. 44,
i Wheatland, No. 20, Mrs. Arl
I Launer, clerk of Unionvale dis
. trict, announces.
Lebanon Poll
f I -l" li J ;Forum at Lebanon
eC Oni mdUCiW.iI Hear Jensen
Lebanon Polling places for
the special city election Decem
ber 21, on the proposal to sell
8100,000 in bonds for drainage
and sewer lines in Lebanon are
Lebanon Chief speaker at
the monthly meeting of the Leb
anon Chamber of Commerce,
scheduled Monday night, De
cember 13 at the coffee shop,
latter
their
will be
services
following comment: i warrants. The
"Any statements of Thomas notified when
should be placed under the head- are needed.
Ing. 'red-baiting.' " j Th, n,,irA fi,,rp
to show the upward trend. Re
"We feel sure Thomas' dream
of an America in which all
schools conform to his bigoted . .. ..71 ana ,
lliuuK.il will 11.1, nunc ,u imbb.
for last year they were $835,183
For the first 11 months of 1948
receipts were $88,580 would
corded. A 15 per cent increase
over December of 1947 when
reeciipts were S88 580 would
mean that the final month of
1948 would top the 8100,000
mark.
"Higher receipts mean a larg-
can be heckled, needled and
damaged politically.
Minority groups: The more
aggressive minority groups will
demand that Mr. Truman and
the democratic congress make
good 100 per cent on the demo
cratic platform.
Loftin. Hettick reported that
the man had aU-mpted to
"mooch" a meal.
The officers located Loftin in
a box car where he was at
tempting to sleep for the night.
House Permission was neces- ,u.pect",iipped .hunting
rv because Ashida is a mem- . A.. . - .1..
Knue oemna mv seat 01 mc
prowl car.
Evasive answers concerning
the weapon he was carrying "for
personal protection" combined
with the fact that he served time
in Nevada for burglary led to
suspicion that the transient
might be behind several burg
laries.
wounding of four other members; said.
of his family. And, because everything
Raymond E. Jensen, 32, tele-points to a record handle of
phoned police last night and said Christmas mail, the postmaster
"come and get me." They found 1 pointed out that patrons could
him waiting In his parents' ,ave themselves considerable in
home. I convenience if they would an
Sheriff's Lt. Vic England said ticipate their postage require
that Jensen went berserk Satur-! ments and secure them early,
day during a quarrel with his Buying of stamps now that will
international peace, is suing
Chambers. nary because Ashida
Nixon quoted Chambers' tesber of the Diet. Ashida's arrest
timony In Baltimore this way: is expected soon in connection
"Sometime In 1937. about the! with disposal of funds in the 2,
middl. of the vear. J. Peters 000.000.000 yen Showa Kenko
Practically all of: introduced me to a Russian who Fertilizer Co., scandal.
identified himself under the The scandal forced the resirf-
lon (pseudonym Peter . . . The Rus-i nation of Ashida and his cabinet
sian, Peter, was one uoionei in October. Asnica acimmea nc
Bykov. . . . (Rep. Rankin (D.,had received money during his
Miss ), said Bykov has been 1 term, but insisted it was "a poll
identified as head of the Russian tical contribution" and not a
secret police in the United States, bribe.
at that time).
"Colonel Bykov was extreme
ly interested in the Washington
apparatus, ... in August or the
early fall of 1947, I arranged a
meeting between Alger Hiss and
Colonel Bykov. For that pur
pose Mr. Hiss came to New York, at a total of $185 were looted
where I met him. . . . from the residence of W. G.
"Colonel Bykov . . . raised the Fisher, 540 S. Liberty, Sunday
Question of procuring documents bv a burglar who smashed in a forgery charge on November 3
Hermis'on. Dec. 6 11 School from the state department and door Dane to gain entry to the! was on his wav back to Letter-
mail and that's district voters crossed each Mr. Hiss agreed." At that point home. ,man general hospital in San
A sDlittini wedge, taken from Francisco Monday accompanied
involving plans for new high Marbury. inquired: "What?"i, tool shed at the rear of thelbv two United States army ser-
school and grade school facili- Nixon said Chambers went on: J home, was found on a drain-1 geants.
Runs Berserk
To Stab Family
Los Angeles, Dec. 8 f A
young father was held on suspi
cion nf murHpr tnHnv in the er Volume of
stomping and stabbing death of, why I feel sure we will top alljother up in a special election Nixon said Hiss' lawyer, named
his baby son and the critical previous marks, tne postmaster
Voters Cross
Each Other Up
Burglar Steals 3
Suits of Clothing
Three suits of clothing valued
Unger. feasor of geography, Oregon
Ward 1 (precincts 1 and 2) State college, according to John
polls will oe located in the Prcs- Lrosoy, cnamoer manager.
byterian church, ward 2 (pre
cincts 3 and 4) polls at the As
sembly of God, and ward 3 (pre
cincts 5 and 6) in the annex to
the First Christian church.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m.
to 8 p.m.
The election has been called
to confirm approval of the prop
osition shown in a previous elec
tlon July 20. when it was passed
248 to 66. This election was de
clared invalid, however, because
of technicalities in legal adver
tising, and the First National
Jensen will talk on "A Geog
rapher Looks at Oregon and the
Northwest."
He was committed to Jail on; Bank of Portland, low bidder,
a 15-day sentence and for fail-(refused to accept the bonds.
Meanwhile, Lee Scott has
been awarded the contract to
make the installation, and his
work, nearing completion, was
suspended immediately.
A snail's pace has been scien
tifically measured at 23 Inches
an hour.
ure to pay a $50 fine.
Little Sent to
Army Hospital
Charles C. Little, who pleaded
guilty in circuit court here to a
be needed to
greetings will mean a saving in
time and temper, indicated
Gragg.
"And tell them to mail early,"
was Postmaster Gragg s parting
shot.
Mrs. Richard Adams
Dies in Corvallis
estranged wife and her parents
England said he suddenly pull
ed out a knife and began stab
bing right and left.
His wife, Helen. 31, was cut
In the face and chest as were
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Bodner. Eighteen - months - old
Raymond, Jr., was trampled and
stabbed to death by his father,
England said. The officer add
ed that the couple's six-weeks-old
daughter, Jenean, was pick
ed from her crib and hurled;
against the wall and then stab- runerai rvlces will be held
?- lat the DcMoss-Youngblood May-
In a statement to police, Jen- ,flowPr chape n Corvallis Tues
sen said his actions resulted ;dav December 7. at 2 p.m. for
from a 'burst of anger andMrs Rjchard Adams, the for
were not premeditated. mcr jeannette Helen (Bonnie)
His statement related that he,Wat,on- wno di.,d at a Corvallis
fled in a car which he later jho,pital Sundav night. Rev.
abandoned He said he then !chari s .Neville will officiate
walked all night Once he got;at ,e rites, which will be fol
io hungry that he killed a chick-,,owed bv interment at the Oak
en and ate it raw. ,awn Memorial Park at Corval-
England said the knife was n jt
orninary pocxet unite, nonea
razor sharp.
ties. -Mr. Hiss agreed. . . . Follow
Electors rejected a bond issue. jng that meeting Alger Hiss
to finance a new high school began a fairly consistent flow
but the grade school district 1 Gf such material as wc have be
okayed purchase of the existing tort us here. The method was
high school building for grade ; for him to bring home docu
school purposes. ments in his brief case which
Union high school district Mri. Hiss usually typed. . . .
electors turned down both the' -There occasionally came to rioor knnh
send Christmas propo"d ,ale ' tne !cno' "nd: Mr- Hiss' knowledge certain
Dona '' '"1 things, or he saw certain pa-.Malarlri Ihairman
vote on the bond issue was 35!) which he was rot able to iMdlClM Uldll lildll
no ann jii yes. hrinn nut nf the department for
Grade school pupils are now ; one reas0n or another, either be
cause they merely passed
through his hands quickly or be-
I Doara in tne risner iwiL-ncn. it oeveiopea at a nearing dc-
Police surmised that it had been fore George R. Duncan Monday
Water Problem
Irks Jayvees
Mrs. Watson, who prior to
her marriage attended Willam
ette university, had previously
been hospitalized after suffering
a cerebral hemmorhage in No
vember, but had returned to her
home. Early Sunday she be
came ill again and was rushed
to the Corvallis hospital.
Born at Portland, Ore , Feb
ruary 28. 1925, Mrs Adams was
crowded into library and church
basement rooms. The school,
with six rooms, has an enroll
ment of 181. Officials had plan
ned shifting three grades to the
old high school.
They are uncertain what steps
will be taken next. E. M. Fou
bert, union high school board
secretary, said the town, with a
pre-war population of 800. now
has an estimated 3.500 persons.
School enrollment is above 1,-200.
used to smash in the window o(
the rear door.
Three suits, a dark blue pin
stripe, a dark grey and a dark
brown suit, were s'olen. Fin
gerprints were found on the
20-30 Tree Planting
that the man had a remarkable
war record with wounds which
left him more or less a mental
case with lapses of memory and
halucinations.
He was absent without leave
WARNEB
Always I
BROS. THEATRE
B'tUr Shaw at
Gene Malecki Salem 20-30
cause he thought It inadvisable. 1 ciub delegate to the northwest
Food Chains Cut
Retail Meat Prices
New York, Dec. 6 (?.'
major food chains announced to
day reductions in retail meat
prices.
A i P Food stores said reduc
tions of from 4 to 8 cents a
pound on virtually every cut of
beef, pork and other meats have
been in effect since last Thurs
day following a decline in the
wholesale market.
One food chain spokesman
said meat prices were dropping
because of a seasonal demand
for poultry, particularly turkey.
But notations in his handwrit
ing are notes of such documents,
such information, which he
made and brought out in that
form."
Before Nixon made this testi
mony public, Rep. Rankin (D-,
Miss), had quoted a "former
high official'' as saying that
some state department docu
ments dug up in the house spy
hunt "undoubtedly contributed
to the Stalin-Hitler pact."
In addition, said Rankin, the
official reported "it is entirely
probable that they contributed
to the Pearl Harbor attack
e , Rankin, top democrat on the
nouse un-American activities
committee, said the official
in a position to know."
The documents turned up last , feathered flyer.
week In microfilm fcrm hidden
in a pumpkin on tht Maryland
farm of a self-described former
communist agent. Copies of
these and other seized docu
ments were handed today by the
committee to a grand jury in
vestigating subversive activities
district convention of 20-30
clubs in Portland over the week
end, was named state chairman
of the district's new project of
keeping Oregon green with re
forestation. Clubs of the dis
trict will supervise the planting
of 50.000 trees during 1949.
Attending the convention
from Salem were Mr and Mrs.
Malecki, Mr. and Mrs. William
Sullivan; Mr. and Mrs. Wes
Goodrich: Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ingle: Robert Gray, Don
Schmidt and Ken Dunnigan.
The summer convention for
the district will be held in Med
ford. The frigate bird, clocked at
261 miles an hour, is the fastest
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Oregon Farmers'
Sllverton Bruce Billings
who was formerly wtli th IT S
forest service, was speaker for the daughter of Thomas Bond
the Junior Chamber of Com-1 Watson and Myrtle Crain Wat
anerc when the vounser mem- son. She received her education
tttra nf th rivi ornnn ks.ram in the Portland schools and was JO00 War Dead Arrive
concerned about the local water graduated from Washington1 New York. Dec. 6 iUW Two nftmfl Tat or fiin
system. high school. thousand American war dead lillUIIIC IflfXCj lIU
The Jaycees feel that "too Julv 3. 1944. she was married arrived at Brooklyn army base
little water in summer and the to Richard Allan Adams. In 1945 lhl morning from cemeteries in fortlanfl Dec. B Oregon
grave danger of too much pol- the couple moved to Corvallis England and France aboard the j farmer didn t receive quite so
Intion in winter" call for Im- and for the past two vears have army transport Lieut. James E.tmui 'or their crops this last
provement in the present sys- made their home at Adair VII-: Robinson. Memorial services n,0",h-
tern of waler supply to the citi- laee. while Mr Adams has been i ' to be held at 11:00 am.! The u s; department of agri
lens of Sllverton. attending Oregon State College, i1 the army base prior to ship- culture said the average farm
Billings told of recent surveys Surviving besides the husband mPnt ,0 xhr'T ,m1 resting plac- Product price declined from mid-
r.uH" ""iriMirn ,hildrn RiharH A on
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area from where the present Arf,m. i. .h K.thi..n r-r.in
supply of water is obtained, of Ad,n , Ad(Mr village:
the pollution source. from hrr mo,hor, Mr,. Thomas B
streams and creeks leading into w,tM)n 0, Por,isnd: ,nd four
the Abiqua where barnyard and , M p,ulM,n 0
householn filth from wtc SB,fm. Mr, Er, O1?on of p,.,.
yiH. nurses, cu . are oe
iiiii dumped above the intake
October to mid-November. Low-
- -- 1 er livestock prices were respon-
From 20 to 25 percent of the sible for most of the drop, al
land surface of the globe is though the price on butterfat
classed as colonial territory. 1 went down. too.
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L,r. . r. uro(,. n prrmrn RK.hardi of Tri.mam.burg. N Y.
of Junior group, viird future and
fact in a blacktoard display
officer. Dr.
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Western Union Dies
a' lo.; Joseph L. Egan of
es'ed citiren. present Several
ears sko the main rism washed
out an-1 since then dependence
for extra supply and force has
been upon the ue of pumps
which have proved ma-ioquate
with the cost more than 300 a
month to operate one pump lt
was brought out that the pres
ent rhlonnation sstem is not
sufficient to combat the adverse
conditions
Tans. Dec. Joseph L
F.gan. president of Western Un
ion Telegraph company, died of
a heart attack today at Monte
Carlo, company officials here
announced.
F.gan. 2. was elected presi
dent of Western Union In Nov
ember. 1945. after serving as
Clint Weiby. Errol Row coun- vice president in charge of pub-
eilmen, and George Wiener, at
derman-elect. and Allan Grib-
hc relations since 1939
He Joined Western Union ss
ble. president of the state Iraak an attorney In 19U Later he
Walton League, were present
Three suggestions were con
sidered with figures presented
by Mayor Dickerson for each,
none of which was completely
was placed In charge of con
tracts and railroad relations.
As an officer In charge of
governmental, stockholder and
public relations he played an Im-
feasible: a dam IS miles up -,, rrt in n.Mi.fina ti.
stream on state owned land; or the purchase of Postal Telegraph
a dam five miles upstream above jn 1943
the present pollution: or a dam .
of rock one mile up stream from 1 ..
the present IntaVe. .Warehouse Destroyed
. I Dundee. Dec. ( i A boiler
One type of t fish In the Nile house was destroyed by explo
gives off an elecuic shock hen sion and fire here esterday at
touched. the Hudson-Duncan warehouse.
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