y Plan $300,000
' New Hospital
For Fairview
State Medical and
Surgical Building to
Replace Burned One
Naval Board to
Probe Suicide
Berlin Request
For Seizure ol
Depots Rejected
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No. 122 r.,"or Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 23, 1949 i &;esj .
61st Year, No. 122
Price 5cVI IUIIOIQI
By JAMES D. OLSON
A thirty-bed turf ical ind med-
leal hospital will probably be
constructed to replace the fire
damaged hospital at Fairview
Tome.
Members ol the board of con
trol Monday authorized Dr. Ir-
vin B. Hill, auperintendent, and
L. P. Bartholomew, architect, to
draft plans for a fireproof hos
pital estimated to cost approxi
mately $300,000.
The state emergency board
will be asked to furnish the
funds for the hospital.
Fire Losses Scaled
Dr. Hill reported to the board
that the fire losses on the old
hospital were much smaller than
first estimated. The major por
tion of the expensive hospital
equipment was saved and the
hospital building can be recon
structed at an estimated cost of
$92,000, according to Architect
Bartholomew.
The board was told that the
old hospital had not been fire
proofed nor did Dr. Hill believe
that it was originally construct
ed properly for hospital use. The
building was constructed in
1913.
If a new hospital is authorized
it is planned to convert the old
hospital building into use as ei
ther a school building or pos
sibly a one story hospital for tu
berculosis patients.
Thanks Fire Department
The board authorized Roy
Mills, secretary, to forward a
letter of thanks to J. L. Franzen,
Salem city manager, for the val
uable aid given the state by the
Salem fire department. Dr. Hill
told the board that the city fire
department did an outstanding
job in handling the fire.
The city planning commission
of Portland requested a hearing
before the board on the site for
the proposed new state building
in Portland. The board set 10
a.m. on June 1 as the time to
hear the city planners who fa
vor a west side site for the new
building.
Incidentally all was peaceful
between members of the board
Monday in contrast to the stor
my meeting last week when Sec
retary of State Earl T. Newbry
and State Treasurer Walter
Pearson, ousted Tax Commis
sioners Earl L. Fisher and Wal
lace S. Wharton over the pro
test of Gov. McKay.
McKay said the matter was a
closed Incident so far as he was
concerned.
(Concluded en Pare 8, Column 4)
15 Percent Cut
In ERA Funds
Washington, May 23 W The
house appropriations committee
today ordered a IS percent cut
In the Marshall plan spending
for the year starting July 1.
Overriding a subcommittee
recommendation, the full com
mittee voted to cut $629,730,000
from the $1,198,200,000 Presi
dent Truman had asked for the
European recovery program's
second year of operations.
The subcommittee had recom
mended a cut of only $182,300,
000, but republicans claimed
this wasn't enough.
The full committee also voted
to cut $150,000,000 from the
$1,000,000,000 President Tru
man sought for government
and relief in occupied areas.
The subcommittee had chopped
this Item only $50,400,000,
The full $50,000,000 asked for
aid to Greece and Turkey was
approved by the committee,
-was a fund of $1,074,000,000
sought for Marshall plan oper
ations for the April-June quar
ter of this year.
The overall amount recom
mended for all operations in the
bill was $5,542,470,000. The pre
sident had asked $6,322,200,000.
The actual amount of money
to be made available depends
on what the full house and sen
ate vote when the bill comes be
fore them.
last Melon
Enjoyed
By 3-Year-0ld Boy
Richmond, Calif., May 23 OP)
Ronnie Calvert has enjoyed
his last watermelon.
The three-year-old leukemia
victim, whose craving for the
fruit got into the news a few
weeks ago, died yesterday
Ronnie came down with the
disease last December.
His craving for watermelons,
typical In that disease, brought
gifts of melons from both Flor
ida and Mexico. The largest
shipment, more than a score
was uown irom rioriaa By a
B-29 crew on a routine training
flight to the west coast
Funeral services will bt eon-
ducted Tuesday in Warren, Ark.,
where Ronnie s paternal grand
smother, Mrs. Christina Calvert,
"jives.
SP Streamliners
Start July 10
On Shasta Route
Portland, Ore., May 23 VP)
The Southern Pacific railroad's
$5,000,000 Shasta Daylight
streamliners will be "placed in
dally operation July 10, the
railroad s president announced
today.
A. T. Mercier said the coach
streamliners would make the
718-mile run between Portland
and San Francisco in 15 Vi hours
three hours faster than the
best present schedule.
The trains there are two of
them will leave Portland and
San Francisco daily at 7:45 a.m.,
arriving at their final destina
tions at 11:15 p.m. Schedule de
tails along the route have not
yet been worked out.
Carry 15 Cars
The streamliners are dicsel-
powered, and carry 15 cars.
Each train includes a 6,000
horsepower diesel locomotive,
nine chair cars, a parlor obser
vation car, tavern car, baggage-
postal car, and a triple unit com
prising the coffee shop, kitchen
and dining - cars. The exterior
red and orange like the
Southern Pacific's Daylights
now operating south of San
Francisco.
President Mercier made the
announcement here, where he
paused en route to San Fran
cisco after an eastern trip. The
new trains intended for opera
tion by 1947 but delayed by ma
terial shortages will enable
travelers "to see the most scenic
portions of the whole Pacific
coast by daylight," Mercier said.
(Concluded on Pare 8, Column 6)
Big 4 Agree on
4-Point Agenda
Paris, May 23 VP) The Big
Four council of foreign minis
ters met today in an attempt to
solve the problems of Germany
and decided swiftly to add the
Austrian question to their agen
da. '
The four ministers agreed on
a four-point agenda:
1. Problems of German unity.
including economic and political
principles and allied (four pow
er) control.
2. Berlin, including currency
questions.
3. reparation of a peace
treaty for Germany.
4. Preparation of an Austrian
Independence treaty.
The Austrian question has
been deadlocked over many i
long meeting of the foreign min
isters' deputies, and Austria has
begged the council to take it up
at this session. Like Germany
Austria is occupied by the four
powers' forces.
The first meeting of the cur
rent session lasted about two
and a half hours.
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son of the United States, Foreign
secretary Ernest Bevin of Brit
ain, Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman of France and Foreign
Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky of
Kussia assembled In the flag
festooned pink marble palace.
inis was the sixth meeting of
me council of foreign ministers
since the war and the fourth on
me uerman question. It was
their first session since the
council was deadlocked in Lon
don In December, 1947,
German peace treaty.
Vandenberg Calls for Full
Atomic Bomb Board Inquiry
wasmngton, May 23 VP) Senator Vandenberg (R., Mich), called
today for "a complete inquiry" into the attitude of the atomic
energy commission and Chairman David E. Lilienthal or all se
curity problems.
A congressional committee already is looking Into the com
missions operations ana one in
vestigator Senator Hickenlrop
er (R., Iowa) has demanded
that Lilienthal resign.
The investigation has revolved
about the award of atomic edu
cational grants to an admitted
communist and to others who
failed to receive security clear
ance for work on secret mat
ters. Vandenberg said in i state
ment that "it is unthinkable to
me that communists should be
educated at public expense."
He added that he must with
hold "final judgment" on Lilien-
thal's work as AEC head until
the security issue is cleared up.
Vandenberg, a member with
rtickenlooper of the senate-
bouse atomic committee, said
the importance of the security
matter "cannot be Ignored in
view of Senator Hickenlooper's
statement, because he Is In my
opinion, one of our best inform
ed experts on this whole mat
ter.
Twisters Kill 46,
Injure 229 in
10 Eastern States
(Br th Associated Pru
A rapid succession of torna
does and other weather fury
killed 46 persons and caused
millions of dollars in property
damage over the week-end in
widely scattered areas.
The storms raked ten states,
injured at least 229 persons and
smashed 900 houses. In Wash
ington, Basil O'Connor, presi
dent of the American Red Cross
said the organization had set
aside $500,000 for the relief of
the many hundreds left home
less.
Hardest hit were Missouri,
Illinois and Indiana where a to
tal of 44 persons were killed.
Other deaths were reported in
Kentucky and Pennsylvania
while West Virginia, Texas,
Tennessee, Iowa and Maryland
reported heavy property dam
age. Heavy Property Loss
Cape Girardeau, in southeast
ern Missouri with 21 dead and
property damage estimated at
between three and four million
dollars suffered the most. A sur
vey of that hard-hit city showed
202 houses totally destroyed,
231 damaged, 18 business build
ings and a church destroyed,
and 12 business buildings and
another church damaged in the
city of 20,000 population. More
than 200 persons were injured
and hundreds left homeless.
Three other Missouri towns,
not directly in the path of the
twister, each reported one dead.
They are Clarksville, Bessville
and Cabool.
Indiana's 11 dead and 47 in
jured are at Shelburn, Terre
Haute and Clay City. Ralph C.
Werner, a Red Cross spokesman,
said the state's damage would
run into hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Miss Business Districts
Eight persons were killed at
Shelburn, two near the outskirts
of Terre Haute and one near
Clay City. The twister missed
the business districts of the two
cities. In the west side of Shel
burn, a town of 1000, the torna
do demolished 65 houses, and
damaged 95, 60 of them severe
ly.
Illinois had a total of nine
dead, five of Wood River and
four at Palestine.
At Wood River, up the Missis
sippi from St Louis, 325 homes
the city of 8000 were de
stroyed and 55 persons injured
in a 25 square block area.
The four persons killed at
Palestine were in a highway
lunch stand which collapsed.
At Somerset, Ky., one woman
was killed and 60 houses dam
aged by a strong wind. Damage
was estimated at $750,000. At
Witt Springs, two persons were
injured and heavy wind damage
reported.
Port of Seattle
Foreign Trade Zone
Seattle, May 23 VP) The fed
eral government has approved a
foreign trade zone in the port of
Seattle, Sen. Magnuson CD
Wash) said here Saturday night.
A foreign trade zone permits
loading and unloading of goods
here without payment of import
duties, unless shipments are
moved into the United States,
Magnuson also announced he
intends to "get the army and
a navy out of the commercial
shlpping business."
Hickenlooper accuses Lilien
thal of "incredible mismanage
ment" of commission affairs.
Besides the educational pro
gram, Hickenlooper pointed to
disappearance of some uranium
235 from an atomic laboratory
in Chicago.
In reply Lilienthal said the
commission's record, Including
the building up of "a substan
tial stockpile of atomic weap
ons," is the best answer to the
Iowa senator.
Since the congressional In
quiry began, the commission has
agreed to require a loyalty oath
from those getting help under
its education program.
Observing that he is glad the
commission agreed to the loyal
ty oath requirement, Vanden
berg said:
"I have also disagreed with
the atomic energy commission
in respect to some other lm
portant security problems."
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There was never a bronco that
a scratcher that couldn't be throwed That couplet from a
western song is probably the consolation of Bud Spence,
2308 North Liberty, Salem, as he landed, face-down, in the
rodeo arena at Turner Sunday. Or could he be praying
that the heels of the horse don't land on his most exposed parts?
The fourth annual Turner Trail Riders rodeo attracted riders
and performers from all over western Oregon and was one
of the best shows yet offered. (Rebpix photo, by Robert E.
Brown)
Power Tower Menaces
Mill City-Detroit Airport
Residents of the Mill City-Detroit are up in arms over the
scheduled erection of a 90-foot tower and electric line that will
in effect eliminate use of the private airport of Byron Davis be
tween Mill City and Gates. Davis was in Salem Monday to
confer with the Chamber of Commerce to learn what, if any
Tomb Vandals
Not Identified
The persons who stole the
marker from the grave of Jason
Lee, pioneer missionary," last
Saturday, and placed it on the
Willamette university campus
near Waller hall have not been
identified. The police have noth
ing new on the situation, nor
have Willamette university au
thorities. The tombstone, which
weighs in the neighborhood of
300 pounds, has been stored at
the university until it can be re
turned to its proper place.
It is evident the culprits drove
up the service road back of Wal
ler hall and carried the marker
to a nearby maple tree where it
was upended. It had not been
broken and apparently was lift
ed from a slot in the base.
Mrs. Thomas Holman, mem
ber of the board of trustees of
the Jason Lee cemetery, said
Monday that a meeting would be
held to consider the matter in the
near future.
Protest Ousting
Of Tax Board
Eugene, May 23 VP) Dismis
sal of two state tax commission
ers by two members of the state
board of control has drawn a
protest from the Oregon Young
Republican federation.
A resolution on the subject
was adopted here Saturday
night after a four hour session
following a federation picnic
with University of Oregon party
members.
Miss Vivian McMurtrey, Port,
land, federation president, said
the resolution referred to the
vote of Secretary of State Earl
Newbry and State Treasurer
Walter Pearson.
The reslution said the "young
republicans believe a person
holding public office occupies a
position of trust and confidence,
ami that appointments based on
political considerations alone
are betrayals of such
confi -
dence.
Newbry, a republican, and
Pearson, a democrat, had Joined
in ousting Earl Fisher and Wal
lace Wharton, two experienced
members of the tax commission.
The move was opposed by Gov
ernor McKay. Named by New
bry and Pearson to fill the va
cancies were Ray E. Smith,
Portland, and Robert MacLean
of Waldport, a Lincoln county
commissioner.
Rain Flouts Bishop
Wlsborough Geen, Eng., Msy
23 w") The Bishop of Chiches
ter led the congregation of this
village to the banks of the river
Arun and offered prayers for
rain to end the drought. Then
he hustled the parishlonaer back
inside the village church Just
in Urn to beat th rain.
irv
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couldn't be rode, and never
thing, could be done to prevent
the loss of the airport upon
which he has spent $10,000.
Not only has the airport been
used by private fliers, but is is
the base of an aerial taxi-service
between Salem and the Detroit
dam area with Henry J. Kaiser
scheduled to base three private
planes there during the construc
tion of the Detroit dam for em
ergency use and for key person
el of Consolidated Builders,
Inc., in charge of the dam con
struction.
Mayor H. D. Kliever, of Mill
City, reports that a telegram is
being circulated for signatures
to be sent to U. S. Senator
Wayne Morse in protest to the
erection of the power line. Also
active in the move is Ted Gal
braith, of Gates, who will be
manager of the airport for Da
vis. A conference Is scheduled
Monday afternoon between W.
E. Tronnersheunen, of Eugene
manager of the southwest dis
trict of the Bonneville power
administration, called to Mill
City for a general discussion of
the situation. He will meet with
Mayor Kliever, members of the
city council, Chamber of Com
merce and others interested in
the airport and the development
of the upper canyon district
Wording of the telegram will be
determined after the conference
with the BPA representative.
First intimation of the situa
tion came last week when equip
ment was moved to the cast
end of the field. Already there
is a knoll that is regarded as
minor hazard, but the erection
of a 90-foot tower on a plateau
near the base of the knoll and
the stringing of a power line
designed to carry electricity to
the dam site for construction
purposes, would make the air
port inoperable for any but the
smallest planes and even prove
dangerous for these to use the
field.
Mayor Kliever is in hopes
that some scheme may be de
vised whereby the proposed
power line can be re-routed to
avoid all proximity with the air
port. Surveyors are said to have
run the line about two years
ago and at that time their re
port failed to show that an air-
iport was in proximity to the
field.
PGE Customers to
Pay Higher Rates
Customers of the Portland
General Electric Co. and the
Pacific Power and Light Co
will begin paying higher rates
beginning with their next meter
readings.
Public Utilities Commissioner
George H. Flagg today gave the
PGE company a $1,470,000 an
nual rate increase, or about two-
thirds of that the company ask
ed. The P.P. tt L. increase to
tals $320,000.
Residential rates are boosted
8 8 percent, while increases in
other schedules range up to 11
percent.
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Lilienthal to
Stand on Record
Washington, May 23 J.R Da
vid E. Lilienthal said today in
reply to a senator's demand for
his ouster that he is willing to
stand on his record as chairman
of the Atomic Energy commis
sion.
He said the progress of the
nation's atomic energy program
over the last two and a half
years is in itself an aswer to Sen.
Bourke B. Hickenloo p e r's
"vague and ungenerous whole
sale indictment."
The Iowa republican, a for
mer chairman of the Joint con
gressional atomic energy com
mittee, blamed Lilienthal for
"incredible mismanag e m e n t,
and for "two highly-publicized
fiascos." He identified the latter
as the case of the missing ura
nium and the disclosure that al
leged communists were sharing
in the commission's fellowship
program. . - ..... -
In his reply, Lilienthal said
that this country's position in
atomic weapons was "nothing
less than tragic" when he as
sumed control of the program,
Today, he said, the United States
has a "substantial stockpile of
atomic weapons, including those
of new design."
Furthermore, he said, the na
tion has developed new sources
of atomic materials, set up new
safeguards for the atomic pro
gram and "restored" the morale
of atomic scientists.
Snowfalls Added
To Nation's Weather
Chicago, May 23 IP) Snow
falls were added today to the
wild variety of the nation's
weather, which included disas
trous tornadoes over the week
end.
While ten states were adding
up the millions of dollars dam
age from tornadoes, wind and
hail storms which caused 46
deaths Saturday and Sunday,
chill blast brought snow today
to Montana and Minnesota.
Snow was falling steadily at
Great Falls, Havre and Living
ston, Mont., and at Internation
al Falls, Minn., the weather bu
reau said. Temperatures were
as low as 32 degrees at Great
Falls and 35 at Minot, N. D.
Communists Fail to Break
Defenses of Shanghai
Shanghai, May 23 VP) Communist troops tried all day to crack
Shanghai's defenses. But at nightfall they had not achieved a
breakthrough.
Some progress was made In spots. In others they failed.
The mid-day garrison communique described the Pootung bat
tle as nearing a climax. FronTS-
the Associated Press office Just
off the Shanghai Bund we had
only to look out of the window
to confirm the communique.
The center of the fighting was
directly across the Whangpoo
from the heart of Shanghai.
Fighting raged less than two
miles away. It started about 10
a.m. and was roaring on Into the
night
Thousands watched the battle
from high buildings and the
streets. Shell bursts set no less
than 40 fires during the day.
Some burned for hours.
In the afternoon with the bat
tle not more than 2,000 yards
away, two ancient, rust covered
rlverboats were dragged up
stream and Jockeyed into the
middle of the Whangpoo river.
What they were there for no
body here knew. They could be
evacuation ferries, midstream
defense against a crossing or
Truman Says He's
War Casualty and
Died of Overwork
Washington, May 23 VP)
James V. Forrestal, so wearied
from nine years of government
service that he took his own
life, will have a final resting
place with the nation's war dead
in Arlington national csmetery
The national military estab
lishment announced today that
burial will be with full military
honors, and that the funeral
tentatively has been set for 10
a.m. (EST) Wednesday.
The navy convened a board
of inquiry to inquire into the
death leap of the 57-year-old
former cabinet officer from the
16th floor of the navy's tower
ing hospital in nearby Bethes
da, Md.
His friends already have
written their own verdict: He
died because he worked so hard
for his country.
Tributes Pour In
That was the note, too, of an
outpouring of tributes from the
nation's great and from mem
bers of congress.
In house speeches. Rep. Case
(R-S.Dak) said "the nation has
never had a man more sincere
or more devoted to duty," and
Rep. Lodge (R-Conn) called
Forrestal "a shining example of
selflessness and high faith."
Rep. Boggs (D-La) told a
hushed chamber that Forrestal
was the victim of Washington's
"most devastating weapons"
the weapons of words.
"Mr. Forrestal was subjected
to a campaign of abuse and vili
fication the like of which I have
never heard," Boggs said.
This should give pause
real pause to the irresponsible
elements of the press and ra
dio.
Grave Near Knox's
The military establishment
said Forres tal's grave will be
"within the vicinity" of that of
Frank Knox, wartime secretary
of the navy whom Forrestal
succeeded.
Mrs. Forrestal has requested
that the funeral be kept simple,
it was learned.
(Concluded an Pate S. Column 7)
Silverton Gives
$357 to Fund
Silverton residents contribut
ed $357.10 to the drive for can
cer research funds in Marion
county, bringing the total col
lected thus far to $1807.57 Vi,
Robert M. Fischer, Jr., campaign
chairman, announced today.
Smallest donation was a cent
and a half stamp.
Heading volunteer workers
in soliciting money for the can
cer drive in Silverton was Mrs.
Frank M. Porter. Assisting her
were: Mesdames Jerry Gatineau,
Lewis Hall, George Christen
son, A. H. Smith, E. Owens, Ha
zel Brokke, Charles Frantz,
Lloyd Greenfield, Clarence
Reed, Norman Eastman, Arthur
Anderson, Karl Habcrly, A. C
Bollinger, Nels Langsev, Virgin
ia Miethke, B. Gaffey, Clarence
Higinbotham, Kenneth Hcn
jum, Edwin Van Giesen and
Miss Adeline Dick.
Approximately half of the
coin collection boxes were pick
ed up by Fischer during the
week-end with contents netting
$300. Remaining boxes are to
be collected from grocery stores,
cafes, beer parlors within a cou
ple of days.
Several persons requested
their contributions be listed as
a memorial to Mrs. Stearns
Cushing, Jr., who died of can
cer May 14.
they could be sunk to block
Shanghai's main channel if the
nationalists decide to let the
Reds have Shanghai.
It was not easy to assay the
battle even though it was under
our noses. At times the planes
and big guns seemed to be cov
cring a withdrawal. At other
times they seemed to be sup
porting an attack. All I can say
is that mortar and artillery shell
bursts and the new fires at 5
p.m. looked to be a half a mile
further from the river than they
were at noon.
While this battle at Shang
hai's backdoor flickered and
flared, word from the west de
fenses hinted the Reds had
driven to a point near the Hung
Jao golf course. That puts them
at least three miles further into
the suburban area. The com
munique said the Reds were
stopped at the main defense
lint.
3 Western Powers
Uphold Rights of
Russian Rail System
Berlin, May 23 VP) The three
western military commanders
rejected today a petition from
the west Berlin city government
to seize strike-bound elevated
railway stations In the city.
The strike against the Soviet
appointed management of the
railways, now in its third day,
was marked by a week-end of
bloody rioting in which Soviet-
controlled police used guns
against mobs of strikers and
sympathizers.
The decison of the military
commanders of the United
States, Britain and France in
effect reaffirmed the property
rights of the Russian-controlled
railway system. The rights were
established in 1945 by four-power
agreement.
Clamor for Intervention
The anti-communist city gov
ernment had asked western au
thorities for the right to send
their own police into railway in
stallations and stations in west
ern sectors, with the backing of
the American, British and
French authorites. The strikers
numbering about 12,000
had been clamoring for western
intervention.
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley
of the United States called tho
commandants into session to
discuss the city government's
plea and other aspects of what
he called an "intolerable situa
tion." Most trouble spots were inac
tive, at least for the time being.
At least three trains managed
to reach Berlin from the west,
although the rail yards were
largely unmanned.
Busies Near Normal
Even without the elevated
railway service, which normally
carries more than a half mil
lion persons dally, business ac
tivity in Berlin appeared near
normal. Street cars are not af
fected by the strike. The can
and busses were Jammed with
passengers.
The strikers seek, principally.
payment from the Soviet-con
trolled administration in west
marks. Russian-sponsored east
marks are worth only a quarter
of the western currency and an
illegal In western sectors.
The military commanders of
the west said they would permit
intervention In individual cases
if rioting should get out of hand
at any specific station.
A check with all official
sources in west Berlin showed
about 17 strike demonstrators
and 15 Soviet sector police and
strikebreakers had been hos
pitalized with serious wounds
or injuries. All official sources
said no deaths had been report
ed since the strike began Satur
day. Constitution
Now in Effect
Bonn, Germany, May 23 VP)
The west German constitution
was proclaimed the basic law for
45.000,000 Germans today.
The formal signing by 11
states was completed Just as
th four-power council of for
elgn ministers was convening
in Paris in an atempt to work
out a German settlement. Th
constitution is expected to
strengthen the hand of the west
in the Paris talks.
The signing sets the stage for
establishment of a west German
government by mid-July.
The signing took place in
Bonn Normal school, where the
constitution was drafted.
First to sign the document
was Dr. Konrad Adenaur, 70,
presdient of the 65-man con
vention which drafted the con
stitution in eight months of ne
gotiations with the western al
lies. Some 500 people jammed In
to the main hall of the build
ings for the signing ceremony.
Hundreds of others stood out
side. Flags of the 11 states of the
U. S . British and French zones
and the flag of Berlin flew out
side. Inside the hall a large black,
red and gold flag was draped
behind the platform. It was the
banner of the old Weimar repub
lic Germany's first experi
ment with democratic govern
ment and also the adopted flag
of tho new west German state.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Pair tonlstit and becoming
partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon
Slightly warmer Tuesday. Loweat
temperature expected tonight, 50
degrees; highest Tuesdsy, 78.
Conditions will be generally; fa
vorable for farm work Tues
day. Msxlrmim yesterday "2
Minimum today 49. Mean tem
perature yeaterday 67 which was
ft above normal. Total 24-hour
precipitation to 11:30 a.m. today
0. Total precipitation for the
month 307 Inches which Is .47
of an Inch above normal. Wil
lamette river height at Salem
Monday morning. 2 feet