i er bkik What to Do! Capital A Journal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor end Publisher ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publishtr Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press ond The United Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches eredited to it or otherwise credited in this paper ond also news published therein. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, May 10, 1949 More Than a 'Gesture' The Baldock traffic plan for Salem got a irreen light from the city council Monday night. The resolution, which would put Salem in position to talk business with the state highway commission on the plan to ease traffic congestion, survived a more than two That in itself, is significant, in view of the 6 to 2 vote that favored the resolution which SIPS FOR SUPPER embodied the program the highway engineer suggested for Salem. AlHprmsn fiille described the council's endorsement as , "gesture" toward solution of the traffic problem in the T..i 1 AU- 1 unnt innnfil'a atmn wna mnr - f HUSKY UP. HEZ J I -lit I 3n.jn..n.. r.l PLACE WITH XBAU KEEP QUIET, Vi. I THAT ROCK InTK WriA BERT...WELL BE -"ThIS PANTS) ) '":!' tVe A WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Wallace-ite Surprises GOP By Winning Its Contest By DREW PEARSON Montgomery, Ala. The Young Republicans club of New York staged a banquet In Manhattan the other night to announce the winner of an essay contest. It was a distinguished and important occasion. Some of the top leaders of the republican party, including Har old Stassen, had Mw . ..,. th ,h to work quietly and steadily toward improvement of race re lations. Two new Negro high schools have just been finished in Montgomery, and this writer, who recently visited them, can testify to the fact that they appear more up-to-date than the older schools for white children. Alabamans admit that the Negro schools were long over due, and that it has only been - . ,r : has begun to catch up. How- BY GUILD Wizard of Odds Judged the con test and another ludge, Bruce Bromley, of the. New York court of appeals, was present to an nounce the win ner. Judge Brom ley made the) announcem e n t' with much dig nity. He spoke of the import- f i l( A It J Drear reams rising to the front, and the im- ever, the important thing ia that pur ui nee 01 mc question on i l j which the essays were written Montgomcry als0 boast, , "should the senate rules be 4..i, . -.n. . changed? MtN. roa n grutcr cxANCts of mm FROM PNEUMONIA OR TUKMIROSIS THAN XAt 6IRLS, RUT WOMfsl ' LEAD IN DIABETES AND 6AIL5T0NC DEATHS. IT'S 7 TO 3. IF YOU'RE A HOUSEWIFE YOU USE FR02EM FOODS AN AVERA6E Of 8 TIMES A MONTH. IUKR1 HAli Mcurwooacu. fU6GtSU0 THJSI f Sit W fD ml M ' I M sT- ' A WIDOW?- IF YOU'RE OVER 65, AND A WOMAN ITS 2 TO I YOU ARE. Still Here Negroes which has a large num- city. But, by the vote itself, the council s action was more than a "gesture." Monday night's action amounted to By DON UPJOHN Such revolutionary proceedures as accepting the Baldock traf fic plan with a few emendations and daylight savings, as well, contest had been nonpartisan equipped buildjngs pius an following which he announced athletic lield whicn ,ome Aja. definite approval of the working out of a long-range pro- by the city council last night still seemed to leave our fair city J "",. J? :.u u uiv,.. .nn,n;..n nut Solom'. atracta i - England, the winner. H. Carl Market promising young man'from Wil liams college, one of the old and blue-blooded colleges of gram with the highway commission to put balem s streets in a peaceful in position to handle a constantly increasing traffic load, condition this Some who spoke against the Baldock plan tried to pic- morning wi t h ture it as a vicious program to ruin the city. Those dis- 1 p"e"' aenters failed to acknowledge the broad cooperative effort 'nV . " h ., i ,L. -:... ,;v. a. recent eartn- tnai. win go wun wie ciljt a iicKuiiauuiis mc om. commission. The plan is open to amendment as it pro- quake -or last winter's snow. As far as we can learn to this writing no mem Young Markel tistie. the job of painting the kitchen at home. And under pocketed the $100 nroDer suidance and direction is said: reported to be a veritable Titian "This is indeed a nonpartisan at swinging a mean brush. contest In fact it isn't even bi- partisan, but bipartisan. For Top Back Seat Driver during the last election I cam- bamans ruefully claim is better thtm theirs. MnntonmeFv'i mnef huaniifiil 6W monument to Negro education, . . however, is St. Judes school. rose, calmly hiH h .nri .ni.. priie, and Kraped together by a Catholic priest,' Father Pureell. It prob ably surpasses anything built by the state. POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Detroit, Young Man's Town By HAL BOYLE Detroit VP) Auto town sidelights: This metropolis of the motor ear has been one of the most swiftly changing cities in America. Another monument to North- And the rea-fcC". sons workmen give for going on strike here have changed, too. Some 05,000 New York vr) A gentleman paignea lor nenry Wallace." South -. hin """" will no more cheat a red light Dignified Judge Bromley bv the Blu- nd Grav " ora company or stop sign than he would cheat looked horrified. Some of the lion whicn nas built part o , workers walked in a game of cards." Emily Post republican, acted as if a bomb- lootbaU stadium for athletic wefuk' speaking. "A courteous lady will shell had struck. not 'scold' raucously with her automobile horn any more than why I worked for Wallace, 'fishwife' continued young Markel contest between the North and charging the gresses. They tried to infer, in some instances, that the city could let the rest of the state get along without Salem. In trying to close their eyes to the position ot the city bers of the city selected as the capital of Oregon, they also tried to ignore council have th fart that. hiVhwavB are ioined bv cities. Highways been tarred or .... i i i i 1 ri'l a. 1 foalhoparl n kn In ttlrt., no can't exist as unconnectea linns 01 travel, iney must nave "w .i.u.. '"8., sn(. w0uld act like a u vi p of huh nninta n nut rnnfinnitv to thu band of patriots disguised as In- f primiti niLi i i, u n;fai dians have rushed down to the i-nA.inAA..e .mna;Af . . . . . ... .. ed 112 vears aso bv camenters. , . m routes, inai leaves nu hilciiihuvc mi uciiuuiiuu , frnnt m,t in n,u ...it-""!;!" ers were lorcea xo in in silence lw0 great generals oi tne uivil .7 . 7, , , ng ireaa. iwo u, : "1 rr;"C. 7, Denavior Denina me wneei oi an and listen to a political pep talk war Lee and Grant will stand Bv.- and gn nour and 'And I would like to tell you tne Southf and ia now ing to SSJ!lt"felln y I worked for Wallace." ..i.. i nad instituted a raise sufficient funds to com plete the proiect. irrespon- Whereupon republican lead- Eventually a monument to the v,onperaun juai suuu, r"""" "" bor to toss tea overboard from Some dissenters also tried to describe the Baldock plan an ancnored snip no gang has as one being forced onto Salem by outside forces, those destroyed the city bastille and who talked that way apparently ignored the fact that the aside from a few mild cusswords automobile nas no place in so- by one of Wallace s ardent ad- outside this shrine to North- ciety. . . . Tne wen bred person mirers. will see courtesy and well-man- NOTE After Markel finish- i ..,n W 1., tho tnitrhwov ripnnrtnient .... I...... a .a . "5r unla" u" P.rac- ed. Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon, C VhoTr ;Jn cit v! The s ate h hchwav ennneer has been two bv somV dTsB niu dtT- rl V". L the main speaker of the evening, from the North and the South in Detroit is a young man's town. And it worships youth on the way up. Having never seen an assem bly line that web ot standing men and moving steel which lies at the heart of American produc tive genius I rode out to the Chrysler plant to inspect one. It wasn't as much like Charlie Chaplin's "modern times" as I had expected. It was quieter. Two men picked up a metal frame and placed it on a travel- thousand feel 9A minutes lat. shorter hours, more pay ef ,he completed car rolled oti South friendship, where already :"",; ''"Z AtiZL 7 . the assembly line under its own an annual football game is play- P'',13?, AVf .i fi? Power' ed between two all-star teams Y"ue 01 Apru ' 1837' Io1" In between were some 700 "speed up." But Detroit's first strike, call- lows: separate operations and 500 in- some disgruntled citi- ."",,,.. ","", .tii:,toZ tne ma n speaKer oune evening, u.c u.u. ..m w.. ... ,.Yesterday our streets were "C"-"-. ."a. . resident of Salem continually for 24 years. That is R. H. zen, everything seemed to be Z"wTm ".mV; M.nnV (L maae . ! mmen.1 on U,B "" ul Paraded by a large company of 'rj" , . n.u-.l. ,L u ,,:..J ili.J r 4n- .nin. nn .i.n.l T lnnlc. -Yr, essay: ' U yOU naQ BSKeQ me, 1 wmraeratv. r.ahl. llHr, - MZrT : uthe town wluVAtnstami SKS 2 S! Thara u.-aa nfiliniam o an fin thp rniinnil a hPincr nrpss- tv-. whnsp nnmp has hppn avnnnv- .. n u : v, tw,.ia a. i i v hihwoiii -v. o i Tin senate ruies. oecause iiiev suuinciu hiku bviiwwu "i"cu .m iirpd" into makinir a hastv decision on such an important w . 1L . a . . ,:i mous with rules of etiquette for Mn 0aH northern school elevens to the . .. oay. ... of any of the ten. . il.,-,.: . t!..u ..:;: J t ",usl nignorow merary ,nv VMr, ... .h. namnhlet . " ..'' -7:..--.. ...u ..j.u-.j.. ana two QOliars lor pay. I h o,,in If h. nnW spWad ng Labor relation, were hardly job 4 by some rin ,11 "You can't legislate or force 1!! hdach,e then, day long was merely to tighten anvone goodwiU and brotherly love," ",.. " tt:."j certain nut as the cars passed. cue from the Blue """"," , A J single tasK. nut lor every ten many """"" men there was a utility worker ivited "ng . th,s PltnJ couplet: able to step in and take the place uicu iiitu iiiorhir a h.tij -v.0.v.. Most of the hlehbrow litprarv a aL . . . can spread more comusiuu u matter as the traffic program. Such criticism does not slw"o peck a two-fineered Tny T8?' te PPMet der the present archaic rules, jibe with the facts. Over two years ago the city council In a typewritar or fbuted Cfr to ind'ividua! ml ' ' ' vanl1ni 4hof iU hirrhwov fnmm ntl wnrlr With RnlPTYl I. i:..: t ' :.u tribUted tree tO Individual mo- eini.,, DonrDCGG requested that the highway commission work with Salem peck a living out with two fin- I"?".. The grateful highway OVTH MAKES PROGRESS lin iiguruig some kiiiu oi a uaiiic iinijiuvcnicnv iimii. oers on a typewriter, wnicnever . n oreanization of eroum A Iew year ko, u. aiiyunc - .: . -,.. 1 stnaers in tne request originally, however, was only for bridge assist- sound, better, have some sort of ?Tver. and ?he Pdlcted that white and Negro wOump JJ ch.ef or- &Mai in 1837 ance. Thee other pnases ot tne program grew as surveys went along. Then the final report, based on this long-time study, wai presented in January. That was almost four months ago. Since then, those traffic suggestions have been the main concern of the council. When viewed calmly, the council's action is a sensible, definite step toward getting the city's traffic problems settled along the lines outlined after careful study by Sa lem men. That is just what the city wants and needs. Time will ever, he hasn't gone modernistic, American Automobile Associa- teachers would soon be paid the "Z"T, . tO en- Th Vnr-A cfrilro A im ond to baseball ai a conversa- "No," he laughed. "They usually acrew on the nut as well as tighten it." a highbrow hobby as well tab-M 4hait minrli rxft 4rrm IKa mamtt eolnrioa in th crnnniS Of ZV;,iZZ", " aT".:"a :r.:i tion tendered Mr,. ro,t a lun- ' ' " " " m wn courage it" ZiUl r!" ,l thC PU" htel h" oed at. ,The.BIue nd.Gry ha. done tional topic. Believing the buye market mental fatigue. Right now we 11 a few years ago also, no one d h lh h t Detroit is currently the most nnasizine "custom tailorine" on take the case of our own Ethan The Salem Senators keep right wouid have believed the predic- Tr'.dw" .l.f.u'" ,..:.. . baseball-mad city in the coun- F.. .""luw ,i , IS! ,a But tion that Negro schools would 1Mle help lrom tnose m tne try. And the name of every- dayl ,tock cars were modified uram, weu Known to magazine on winning oaii games, jjui t on that NeEro schools woum -, . try. And tne name of everv- l'leu. ih! .WJ!fld. over: .W! Wh!n, L05',. ,"e ,oncev become as. P--da,te nd mod- north who sometimes criticize body's lips is Johnny Groth, the to meet eust0mer wishes. in ..a ieii up conning iwiiuc .up? gun i wic in iiou.- ern as wniic scnoois. without takinff the trouble to rounie center neiaer r ,., . ... . as a side issue. Yea. by gum. hearted way, they go all out like .., . .j rriirtpH W.J , J" for the Detroit Tigers. . employes at the plant remem-, really dabbling in oils. How- a football or basketball score . ' h"u Vmon t". ".ui"" K. Fan, here reaard this wnd.r " -iT :V, lw0...f . V ! that's all one-sided. This way I"",." ' j tre i """" " """. lad a, Tv Cnhh Rah. .ni umng prove the wisdom of the council's endorsement of the Bal- our ot landscape, .or por- they P jury which decided the fate of CHENNAIILt ON CHINA - BDiMa88io wrapped Up In tr'0 "xfSSTSaiS dockP,Bn- I?" " "'.n! .ta..e"...U,? "r L18 L?.: ..X l05e ne game whe man where the dea h New8DaDermen were shooed one P"rce1' bar. The other was for an Okla- sentence was involved. Be woma Qut o( tne ienate armed .ervices 'If Johnny Groth ran for homa oil heiress who wanted have been considered revolu- committee tne other day j mayor tomorrow," said one car to match the color of her tionary. order to find out if Gen. Claire "itizen, "he'd win in a walk." favorite hair ribbon. thing utilitarian as well as ar- at a time doing it. Old Age Pension Law Signed 'CREW CUTS GIVE HEADACHES Why Barbers Grow Old Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Who care, whether a young,ter has 88,000 or 140.000 hairs on hi, head? The barber doe,, especially if he must give the boy a "crew" eut. It means the clipper must Governor McKay is to be commended for signing the old age pension law passed by the legislature after pro longed study to replace the unworkable initiative pension bill voted by the electorate last November, which threat ned the solvency of the state and eventual bankruptcy. Under the law signed, qualified heneficiaries to men reaching the age of 65 and women 60, will receive $50 a month, if sufficient money is available and children of painstakingly snip most of those beneficiaries are charged with aiding the state in foot- thousand-odd hair, to give hi, ing the bill. customer the required "brushy" Mi, inllnf .J n-lv . Ii,.n . tinnia f roi- look. And the amount of trou- dence or be subject to a claim during his or her lifetime, ble ri" with ,ne complexion but m the event both recipient husband and wife die and leave an estate other than occupied home, a claim may be filed against such estate, which may be considered a pre ferred claim. In his message Governor McKay warned against a threatened referendum by pension groups, as such action might jeopardize federal grant monies for old age assist- boy about 10,ono. The redhead ance and lead to confusion and litigation. He called atten- sports a mere 88.000. tion to the evolution of state policy with respect to the rive barbers queried general administration of old age assistance in Oregon. ly agreed a crew cut is the TV.. i .((; . 4V, r.. v,t :.. . most difficult to give. In a regu- least two states. California and Arizona, federal funds J," n."'-."';' between Russia were withheld because of a definition of resources enacted n. a -iin ...-- h.ir " "IV? tn . we,tern in the state law similar to definitions outlined in the re- Th, bsrb(lr, Mirvrd ,h mod pealed Oregon initiative law. prn ..drv.. nfW fut .,, , ,m, Section 4 of the new law establishes the policy of the taiion f the old pre-World War state to provide in addition to direct financial assistance I stand-up pompadour, forced medical, dental, surgical, hospital, nursing home and other to aitention bv the liberal ao- care necessary to restore and maintain health. Such addi tional assistance is required to be furnished to the full extent that funds are available to do so. of the patron. ... A blond lad, according to Dr. D. D. Whitney of the University of Nebraska, is likely to have 140.000 hairs, a dark brunette 102,000. and a brown-thatched However, all of these things Chennault had anything eonfi- have happened in Alabama. dential to say about China. He didn't. Furthermore, there seems to In answer to a question lrom be a healthy desire in this state. Chairman Millard Tydings of which ha, one of the heaviest Maryland, however, Chennault estimated it would cost one mil lion dollar, a day to support the nine Chinese provinces still holding out against the commu nists.' As for graft in China, Chen nault snapped: "Corruption isn't confined to China. It is found in France and even in the United States." The Flying Tiger chief also urged that U. S. volunteers be And he probably would. For It was orchid. STORIES IN LIFE MacKENIIE'S COLUMN Tug-of-War Really Starts ly DeWITT KtaeKENZIE (11 rorelm Alltlra AnUMO The hard-boiled anti-communist mayor of western Berlin JSrnst Reuter says the New York agreement among the Big Four to Htt the blockade of the German capital marks the "real beginning of a tug-of-war between the East and West." Reuter means. I take it, that we are about to see the start of a great struggle Drfflll M.cktMt. Only to End Time Confusion Salem's city council by a vote of B to 2 has put Salem on daylight savings time from 2:01 a.m. Monday, until 1:S9 a.m. September 11, when we will go back to standard time The action was taken, not because all those voting for it plication of mustache wax or pomade. Crew cuts Increased during wartime, they said, probably because the teen-agers, with whom they are most popular, copy their soldier heroes. Estimates of the time con sumed In giving the crew cuts varied from 10 to 20 minutes. and at IraM one conscientious heavily on the Reich for wanted it, but to avoid the confusion caused by an hour's barber Questioned the value of necessities which it is doubtful difference in time in various cities, forced by the action of devoting that much time to the H""a alone can provide. Portland and many other cities and som bus linea and radio task. w re harking back to the broadcasts v,,t economic empire which hrhi:e.WJit,,Khil " had "ir81"1 ,he a n""" " i,h "'"'"nordtr roTr.::! chaotic time table by passing ; a law g ving the governor h.,r oi, . bllt 0bscurinB hi, nex and enslave all Europe- authority to establish atate-wide daylight saving time pro- ears, the barber related, and and after that only Heaven ti.hiik uuuit-iiiiK Binirs 01 Hsuiugion, uiano ana i amor- want, a crew cut. A trvln. ilm. know, what. ensue,, but eventually the boy ,.,Wh'n "itl"' 1unch'd wrld ,., u i . . ;, ... .. war II, he was virtually czar of look, almost human," with his ,h. . , ., F , rM .. . . . . . Hu, vfn y to the Russian border, because This strange chapter of his- allowed to help train national tory has been discussed in our ist soldiers and plan their battle column before, but I revert to strategy. He warned that the it now because it', the chief ex-, communists have a geniu, for planation of the struggle which organizing and will be able to is boiling up over Germany. hold China once they conquer Hitler held all eastern Europe it. and the Balkan, in the itching palm of his hand. Why? Be- PRUNING THE GOVERNMENT cause industrial Germany over President Truman has told a long period had built up an friend, that he i, dead seriou, economic jtructure under which about chopping the deadwood he supplied agricultural coun- out of government, and will use trie, with manufactured articles, the Hoover commission report and took from them in turn the a, a blueprint to do so. agricultural product, which the First to feel the presidential Reich didn't produce itself. paring knife will be the agencies Most of these satellites now dealing with federal works. Dro- bZ,,,: ZZVtZ r:Ter ..... . - - i, n.i i" mi inriii, niiu I LUIVtS, she can go in supplying the in- These functions will be lumped dustrial necessities. together in a general service If Moscow could gain control agency, headed by able, amiable of Germany through communiz- Jess Larson providing congress ation, the problem presumably approves, would be solved for the Soviets. (Copyright, 1B4B) Couldn't 'Bulldog' the Pushcart Colorado Spring, UP) A pushcart made a 10 mile lip trip down a mountainside to involve Z7 year old Leslie Kincaid in a strange traffic accident. The cart a light affair used by a railroad section gang high in the Rockies, took off on its solo spin from a spot on the other side of Manitou Spring,. The section hands Jumped in a oar and gave chase along a road paralleling the track on which the cart travelled. But before they caught up with it the cart busied through Mani tou Springs and into the western sector of this city, smack ing squarely into the small coupe of Kincaid, as the driver attempted to make a grade crossing. Kincaid said he saw the cart coming but he underestimated its speed. His coupe took quite a beating. The cart however, was undamaged. allies for con trol ot all Ger many. It', the old story pre-war Germany wa, the keystone of much of con tinental Europe's economy. ... W Gallagher, A. P. chief ot many international observers there believe victory for the West would shatter the Red Iron Curtain. The reason is that eastern Europe traditionally has depend. ma havt adopted I)ST. Attorneys declare that there is nothing in the bill preventing cities from adopting the a.t tini liv nrrlinntiro Portland at niu-e defied tli. iiilnnt f th. I.u, .,. . ",r rigidly alert. Then a cou form time table by adopting DST for the law did not go p,e of dv u"r hi" h,ir "' Into affect until DO days after enactment, and announced ""PP"1 ,own ov his head like that a referendum would be filed to prevent it efective- orv mop." rs until the November election. "If, discouraging," the bar- The advocates of standard time should settle the issue i1- once and for all by an initiative bill banning daylight sav ing and abide by the result of the vote. 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