Rogers Balks
On Designs for
New Courthouse
County Commissioner
Opposes Offsets on
Main Floor
By DON UPJOHN
rnnnlv rAmmlMlnnfer Ed
Rogers dated Saturday that he
will appose the exterior Design
proposed for the new courthouse
by Architect Pietro Belluschi of
Portland with its three offsets
above the main floor and base
ment which Rogers said in his
opinion would five the building
too much of an aspect of a struc
ture built with "child's build
inr blocks."
On the contrary, he said, his
idea of a courthouse would be
one to conform to the business
' like structures used in the capi
, tol building group such as the
new, five-story office structure
now under construction, with
V possibility of an offset on the
top story for the jail.
No Expansion Room
"The structure as now pro
posed may be adequate for years
but as I see it allows no room
for expansion and when the time
comes will have to be replaced.
"It will be a different looking
structure than any others in the
civic and capitol group and I be
lieve with a building conform--l
ing with those the same ade
quacy in space could be secur
ed with less height and also give
an opportunity for expansion
when needed.
"The arrangement for the
basement and the main floors of
the courthouse as now proposed
seems to be excellent and not
requiring anything but minor
changes to meet individual
cases.
Wasted Space Cited
"But as it goes on up with the
offset and 20 or 30 feet ceilings
for the circuit court and library
I think there is considerable
wasted space which could be
used advantageously in a build
ing built in the plainer but, to
my mind, more appropriate of
fice building type of a struc
ture. "What it is planned to do with
the present arrangement in six
floors could be done in four with
a building of the other type.
And when the time came for
expansion the building could be
run up to the six floors and
furnish needed space for many,
many years more.
(Continued on Page B. Column )
Permit Issued
For Englewood
A permit was issued by the
city building inspector Friday
for remodeling the old part of
Englewood school and the con
struction of an addition of six
new rooms.
The cost is put at $178,454,
and the contract has been let to
Viesko & Post.
Work on the old part of the
building is to be completed by
the date of school opening Sep
tember 9. The addition will not
be finished by that time.
Included in the work will be
installation of fire doors, addi
tion of a cafeteria and remodel
ing of the heating plant in the
old building.
Under its construction pro
gram the Salem school board has
completed the addition to the
West Salem school, a six-room
addition at Bush, and a one
room addition at Middle Grove.
In progress are the addition to
Parrish junior high, a two-room
V addition at Swegle, the Engle-
wood contract, and complete
new buildings going up at Four
Corners and Capitola.
Four new class rooms and a
combined auditorium and cafe
teria at McKinley school will
not be on this year's program.
Other new building permits:
Early Early, to wreck a two
story dwelling at 1930 F a i r
grounds, $50. Robert N. Phillips,
to reroof a one-story dwelling
at 1180 Columbia, $50. L. D. Mc
Allister, to reroof a two-story
dwelling at 680 Lefelle, $200.
Flying Saucers Said
Buzzing Over Oregon
Pendleton, June 18 W Fly
ing saucers purring like kittens
were reported buzzing through
eastern Oregon skies again.
R. H. Osborne, Sr., and E. L.
Young, both of Pendleton, said
today they saw one while on a
fishing trip in the John Day
country earlier this week.
"It was flying at about 10,
000 feet." Osborne said. "It was
a whirling disc, plainly visible
for a minute or two as it re
flected the sun rays."
He said that it changed di
rection and disappeared. The
Ipiir reported they heard the
purring noise gradually decrease
until it faded out of sight and
out of hearing.
61st Year, No. 145
Valuation of
Public Utilities
Up $40,333,000
By JAMES D. OLSON
Valuation of public utilities In
Oregon have increased 4t,330
000 during the last 12 months,
according to tentative figures re
leased Saturday by the state tax
commission.
The total valuation of all pub
lie utilities in the state at pres
ent is set at $493,429,040.30 as
compared with $413,090,284.57
in 1948.
Railroads Lead
Steam railroads lead the list
of utilities in high value, the
tax commission setting a valua
tion of $184,817,761. Last year
the total valuation of all rail
roads operating within the state
of Oregon was $177,126,546.60.
Power companies are second
on the list with a total valuation
for 1949 of $145,913,763.40 as
compared to $130,974,852.15 a
year ago.
Valuation of properties of
telephone companies operating
in the state are third in the list
with a valuation of $81,271,-
473.47 as against $64,806,459.48.
Decreases Shown
Valuation of telegraph com
panies, express companies and
electric street railways showed
(Concluded on Page 5, Column S)
12 Missing in
Potomac Flood
Petersburg, W. V., June 18
WP) More than a dozen persons
were reported missing today as
flash floods sent water rushing
down streams of the Potomac
Shenandoah valley areas of West
Virginia and Virginia.
West Virginia state police said
they had received unverified re
ports that several others were
missing and feared dead.
State Police Capt. Basil E.
Wright said at Elkins, W. Va.,
that indications were that many
hundreds were made temporar
ily homeless and that property
damage was heavy. "The situa
tion is pretty bad," he said.
At least seven persons were
missing in Bridgewater, Va
After Shenandoah river flood
waters poured through the town
of 1,000.
Fire Chief Allen Harvey, Sr..
said the town was "in a state of
confusion and near-hysteria."
Many residents were maroon
ed on housetops and trees.
Houses were bowled over by tons
of water sweeping down on
them.
Petersburg was virtually iso
lated. Bridges were washed out.
Communications lines were
down. Rescue workers had to
walk the last several miles to
get to the town.
The home of state police CdI.
A. M. Hurst was swept into the
Potomac river near here during
the night. He, his wife and two
children are unaccounted for.
'Big Mo' Open House
For British Visitors
Portsmouth, Eng., June 18 W)
Britons by the thousands crowd
ed aboard the 45,000-ton U.S.
battleship Missouri today to see
the spot where Japan surren
dered.
It was open house on the "Big
Mo," here with nine other U.S.
naval craft for an official eight-
day visit to Britain.
Some 4000 officers and men
of the ten ships, plus 1200 An
napolis midshipmen who came
along for a six-week training
cruise, took turns going ashore
for a glimpse of England.
School Districts in County
To Hold Elections Monday
School district over the county will hold their annual meetings
next Monday when in each district new directors will be elected
to rentnr directors whnu term will evnir.
In addition elections will be held for directors from zones 3
and 4 both on the non-high school and rural district boards.
In zone 3 of the non-high
school district an election will
be held to select a successor to
Carl Wipper whose term expired
some time ago because he was
automatically out when the Clo-
verdale district in which he lives
became part of union high school
No. 5. Andrew Doran was elect-
-it tn nrreeri Winner hut never
i-renteri or hor.m. memher of
the board. As there are no (purpose in addition to funds al
avowed candidates for this office lowed by the rural school board.
Wipper's successor will be elect-l What these are will not be
ed by "writeins." i known by the county superin-
In zone 4 of the non high1
school district John Plas of,
Crooked Finger is up for re-elec-
tion with no opposition.
In zone 3 or the rural school
board district Edwin J. Swarts of
Jefferson is running to succeed vote on Salem-Eola consolida-
I Eugene Finlay who declined toition will be on daylight time,
.1
G apital k Journal
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3S?SJS?oZ Salem, Oregon, Saturday, June 18, 1949
Ask U. S. to Pay
Counties Tax
On U. S. Forests
Washington, June 18 OP A
bill to pay counties annually
two percent of the "fair value
of national forests in their boun
daries may be considered by the
senate public lands committee
next Monday.
A hearing on the measure by
Senator Cordon (R-Ore) has
been completed by a sub-corn-mittee
headed by Senator An
derson (D-NM),
The sub-committee's recom
mendation will not be made
public until the full committee
has acted.
Senator Cordon, however, in
dicated during the hearing that
he would be satisfied with a
one percent payment. The agri
culture department considers
three fourths of one percent
enough. Chief Forester Lyle
Watts told the committee that
would approximate the 25 per
cent of gross forest revenues
now turned back to the coun
ties. Appraisal Necessary
The senate last year passed
Condon s bill to provide a one
percent fixed payment. The
house public lands committee
approved it but congress ad
journed before the measure
came up for a vote.
The current measure would
require an appraisal of all na
tional forests. Watts told the
committee this would cost $1,
500,000 and that the bill would
authorize the expenditure. The
work would be done in three
years.
Watts testified a three fourths
of one percent payment would
represent a little less than the
average tax rate on privately
owned rural lands.
Cost of Building Roads
The forest payment, he said,
should be lower because the
government is required to do
much development work such
as building roads and fire pro
tection;. (Continued on Page 5 Column 6)
West Europe
In Full Accord
Luxembourg, Luze m b o u r g,
June 18 W) Foreign ministers of
the five western European alii
ance nations reported at the end
of a two-day session today they
are in complete accord on their
role in world affairs.
The ministers from Britain
France and the Benelux coun
tries wound up their current
business in a three-hour mid
day meeting in the Luxembourg
chamber of deputies.
French Foreign Minister Rob
ert Schuman told correspondents
there had been no disagreements
in the sessions which began yes
terday afternoon.
"There were no majorities,"
Schuman said. "Mr. Vishinsky
(Soviet foreign minister) could
take some lessons from us."
Dutch Foreign Minister Dirk
U. Stikker said the ministers had
discussed Germany's future and
the part that the five western
nations could play in shaping
that future.
He also said that they had dis
cussed the financial aspects of a
Joint military program which
would later be integrated with
American and Canadian pro
grams under the Atlantic pact.
Schuman said the Atlantic
pact itself had not been dis
cussed. "We must now wait for the
pact ratification and before that
happens we cannot go into the
details," said Schuman.
be a candidate for re-election.
in zone 4 of the rural school
district Fred J. Schwab of Mt.
Angel is candidate to succeed
himself. Neither Swartz nor
Schab has opposition.
It is also likely there may be
some elections Involving money
I in a few of the districts Where
a lew is desired for some sneclall
'enaent i office until tne budgets
begin to roll in. ! wreckage of the long-missing
In the districts of the 2nd andiair corps bomber after all. The
3rd clam meetings will be heldiMcChord field air rescue serv-
between 8 and 9 o m.. standard
time, although it is cxDccted the
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, June 18, 1949
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They'll Rule Cherryland Members of the 1949 Cherry
land Festival court pictured Friday night prior to the an
nouncement of the Judges' selection of Patricia O'Connor of
Stayton and the Sacred Heart Academy in Salem, as queen
of the 1949 festival. Left to right the girls are Princess
Dorothy Neufeld, Dallas; Princess Jeannine Bentley of
Lyons and Stay ton high school; Princess Katherine Specht
of Jefferson; Queen Patricia O'Connor, and Princess Grace
Marie Kirk of St. Paul. Below Queen-elect Patricia O'Con
nor of the 1949 Cherryland Festival. (Photo of queen by
Bishop Modern studios).
Patricia O'Connor to
Rule as Festival Queen
By MARGARET MAGEE
Petite, brunette, green-eyed Patricia O'Conner, who stands
only five feet one inch tall, will
Festival set for June 30 and July 1 and z.
The tiny 18-year-old miss irom Stayton, and graduated this
spring from the Sacred Heart
at a program held at the fclsmoree-
theater Friday night.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis O'Connor, who, to quote
Qleen-Elect Patricia, "lives right
in4 the center of Stayton," the
Cherryland ruler for 1949 has
lived at Stayton for the past
nine years and was born at Man
kato, Minn. Besides Pat there
are seven other girls in the
O'Connor family and four boys
living. One brother lost his life
in World War II.
Queen-elect Patricia has def
inite plans for her future and
has a career cut out for herself,
that of nursing. She's wasting
no time in getting started either.
for she has already enrolled at
the St. Vincent's School of
Nursing and will start her
studies in the fall. In high
school Miss O'Connor took the
academic course and her activ
ities included membership in
Sodality. Treble Triad and Pep
club. She also served as oheer
leader and has been active in
music circles.
Princesses in the 1949 court
are Dorothy Ncufcld, of Dallas
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Nick
i. fteutcia; jeann.ne Bentley or
Lyons and graduate of the Stay-
ton high school this year, whose
I parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Bentley of Lyons; Grace Marie
Kirk, St. Paul, daughter of Mr.
land Mrs. H. J. Kirk; and Kathi
erine Specht of Jefferson, whose
I parents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul
PCCht.
Concluded en Pre I, Column t)
Shiny Thing Not Plane
Portland. June 11 ifl The
"shiny thing" near Molalla
wen bv a logger wasn't the
ice. which sent a crew to check
the area, renorted the results
were negative, and called off
jthe search. I
, , , . i,
rule over the 1949 Cherryland
Academy in Salem, was chosen
Folson Orders
Klan Arrests
Montgomery, Ala., June 18
(U.R) Gov. James E. Folson, act
ing by executive order, today
ordered Alabama law enforce
ment officers to arrest all ter
rorist groups in the state.
Folsom acted shortly after the
state senate passed an anti
masking bill, designed to bring
into the open deprediations of
night-riding gangs.
The governor's action was an
emergency step which he said
would remain in effect until the
anti-mask measure goes through
the house or representatives
which expected to take it up up
on reconvening next week.
As the highest state author
ities moved in on recent acts of
violence in the Birmingham area,
veterans groups in that city
threatened to form their own
"committee against crime and
violence." They were angered
by the latest incident in which
hooded men flogged a former
sailor.
The governor said the order
would remain in effect until the
house acted and he signed the
anti-masking bill Into law.
WEATHER
'Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salrm and Vlcln
Itv: Fslr tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonlaht near 47 degrees.
HlKh tomorrow near 90 degrees,
"ondltlona favorable for farm
activities, exceptlne thrwe hind
ered bv moderate to freh north
erly Kinds. Maximum vesterdsv
" degrees Minimum todsv 4
dearees Men temperature ves
terdav 80 degree which was 2
devrees below normal. Total 24
hour orerlnltatlon to 11:30 a m.
todsv none. Total nreelnltatlon
for the month .'3 whlrh l 60
Inches below normal. Willamette
river height .
"l V
Reorganization
Plans Prepared
Washington, June 18 WPI The
defense establishment, maritime
commission and civil service
commission may be the first
agencies whose reorganization
plans President Truman will sub
mit to congress.
High administration officials
made this known yesterday as
the president embarked on the
yacht Williamsburg for a week
end cruise with several officials
with whom he is expected to dis
cuss the proposed changes.
Congress passed a bill giving
the president power to revamp
the government Friday. Charles
G. Ross, White House press sec
retary, said Mr. Truman prob
ably will sign the measure Mon
day. Ross said six or seven reor
ganization proposals will be
ready to send to congress soon
aiier inai, some possibly on
Monday. Some of the changes
are simple, staff members said,
ana some are elaborate.
The officials accompanying
tne president on his cruise in
nearby waters included Stephen
1. tarly, undersecretary of de-
rense, and White House admin
istrative assistants Charles E.
Murphy and David Stowe. Mon
C. Wallgren, former governor of
Washington state whose nomina
tion as chairman of the national
security resources board was
withdrawn in the face of sena
torial opposition, also went
along.
Robeson, Jr. to
Wed White Girl
New York, June 18 (U.R)paul
Robeson, Jr., son of the leftwing
Negro baritone, tomorrow will
marry a New York white girl
he met at Cornell university, it
was announced today.
The Rev. John W. Darr, Jr., a
Congregational minister, said he
would marry Robeson and Mar
ilyn Paula Greenberg, 21, with
the approval of the parents of
both. The couple was issued a
marriage license yesterday.
Robeson, who was graduated
from Cornell recently with a de
gree in electrical engineerinn.
spent seven years in school in
Kussia. His father sent him
there in 1936 "to escape racial
prejudice in a country where all
races are equal." Miss Greenberg
holds a degree in psychology
from Cornell.
County Court Rules in
New Road Improvement
The Marion county court made It plain at its meeting Friday
that public or dedicated roads which arc improved under a new
law of the last legislature permitting formation of districts to
improve such roads at the expense of abutting property owners
won't become county roads merely by the act of making such
improvement. .
It was stated that they will
remain In the class of any other
roads not county roads and will
have to take the necessary pro
cedure to show the county court
that they are of such public use
as to warrant them being in
cluded in the road system. And
if this is not shown they will
have to continue to maintain
their own roads as In the past,
regardless of the nature of the
improvemel.t made.
The court also discussed, but
did not decide, as to whether it
will abandon the policy now In
effect to accept Improved pub
lic roads m en improvements are
made up . ; Tocificatlons re
quired by ti -ounty court.
Four suehW -nrovements un
der the old j Icy were ordered
accepted Fne
ananinn oil l
river rosd neir
the Keizer ajiiol on report of
County Eng r Hedda Swart.
Britain Firm for
Trade Treaty
With Argentina
i
Cordon Sees Threat
To World Recovery in
Proposed Pact
Washington, June 18 (A Brl
tain was reported standing last
today on its proposed agreement
with Argentina, despite strong
objections from the United
States.
Senator Cordon (R., Ore.),
describing the agreement as "ar
ominous threat" to world re
covery, said the senate appro
priations committee will call on
Undersecretary of State James
E. Webb for a full report on the
American position.
Under the pact, Britain and
Argentina would exchange
i goods and commodities for
1 five-year period.
Hold on Food Market
Officials here are fearful this
would give Britain a strangle
hold on the Argentine food mar
ket. In addition, they argue, it
is the type of trade agreement
which could hurt Europe's
covery.
Cordon told a reporter the
freedom in world trade desired
by this country never will come
about If the world faces barriers
thrown up by a government
"which feels it must protect
itself in some particular field."
John Taylor, commercial min
ister of the British embassy, was
reported to have insisted during
a state department visit yester
day that the Argentine agree
ment due to be signed Tuesday
is essential to British recov
ery. Protest Rejected
That statement, delivered to
assistant Secretary of State Wil
lard Thorp, was taken as a ten
tative rejection of American
protests.
Economic Cooperation Ad
ministrator Paul Hoffman bit
terly denounced the pact yes
terday while defending the
ECA's recovery spending. ECA
(Concluded on Page S, Column I)
West Powers
Harmonious
Paris, June 18 (IP! Western
power diplomats concentrated
today on removing the obstacles
delaying agreement with Rus
sia on an Austrian independ
ence treaty.
The American, British, French
and Russian foreign ministers,
after a recess, will reconvene
tomorrow to try and settle the
problem in what may be the
last secret session of their four-
week-old conference.
They also are expected to dis
cuss a "code of fair play" which
would eliminate the barriers to
trade and transportation in Ger
many.
The western diplomats con
tinued today to study in detail
every aspect of Russia's price
for reestablishing Austrian in
dependence. They were seeking
to determine just what assets in
Austria Russia is likely to claim
as part of her settlement.
Meanwhile, leaders of the pro-
Tito "Slovene liberation front."
a minority group supporting Yu
goslavia's territo rial claims
against Austria, have been call
ed to Vienna for an emergency
conference with officials of the
Yugoslav legation. It was be
lieved the conference was call
ed to discuss the Austrian trea
ty negotiations.
And in Belgrade, the editor
of "Borba," Yugoslav commun
ist party newspaper, complain
ed that Russia apparently had
agreed with the western pow
ers in o p p o s ing Yugoslavia's
border claims and reparations.
He stated that Clark avenue,
Thornman avenue, Lowell ave
nue and Lawless street from
Clark avenue to a point 132 .16
feet east of Lowell avenue hdd
been constructed in a neat and
workmanlike manner meeting
specifications demanded and he
recommended their acceptance
as county road. Appropriate pro
ccdings toward that end were
directed as the court had agreed
to accept them if so Improved.
However, from the discussion
it la possible this Is the last time
the court will accept such roads
under the old policy. althouBh
no definite decision was reach
ed In that regard. The new law
may throw a different light on
what policy the court will adopt
to all public or dedicated
in Carllhaveniroads seeking to become cnuntvl
roads by making Improvements
on them at the expense of the
I owners.
Stackhouse to
Coach Football
At Willamette
Ex-Michigan Staff
Member Has Fine
Victory Background
Chester R. Stackhouse, former
member of the University of
Michigan coaching staff and now
athletic director at Lincoln uni
versity In Pennsylvania, has been
named head football coach and
athletic director for Willamette
university. President G. Herbert
Smith discolsed Saturday.
Stackhouse comes to Willam
ette with top recommendations
from the schools in which he
has served and from other
coaches, among them LaVeme
(Kip) Taylor, the new Oregon
State college grid mentor. Taylor
was a contemporary of Stack
house in Michigan sports. He is
a graduate of Central Michigan
Teachers college.
"We have had our eyes on
this man for three years," Dr.
Smith said in making the an
nouncement of the new appoint
ment. "From the large number
of candidates, Mr. Stackhouse by
his experience and achievements,
seemed outstanding for the Wil
lamette position.
Track Achievements Impressive
The new athletic director, who
replaces Jerome (Jerry) Lillie
who resigned last month to ac
cept a backfield coaching assign
ment with the University of Ore
gon, will also coach track.
His overall record of coaching
in high school and college levels
includes 93 football wins com
pared with 23 defeats, 180
basketball victories against 47
setbacks, and 64 track meets
without a defeat in dual or tri
angular competition.
(A photo and additional de
tails on the appointment on
Page 9.
No Censorship
On Text Books
Washington. June 18 (IPi Th.
house un.Ampripnn aMivitio
committee formally assured the
nation s educators today it
doesn't intend to "censor text
books" or interfere with aca
demic freedom.
The assurances were distrib
uted bv letter. Thev uwm ln.
'tended to quiat some of the
furore, that hrnlr n,,t nmnrt
schools and colleges and with
in me committee itself over a
request for lists of textbooks.
All the committer ic trvin t
do, the letter said, is check un
on "serious allegations" marie
about textbooks by the national
SOnS Of the Ameriinn raunl..(inR
These allegations intimated that
wummunisi propaganda has been
injected into some books.
The committee ctarto u
flurry by writing to various state
and city boards of education and
to something over 70 colleges
and universities, picked at ran
dom, asking for:
A list of textbooks and sup
plementarv reariintf tn(,nt,
with authors, which are being
usea Dy your institution in the
fields of sociolnpv dmafs nk
economics, government, philoso
phy, history, political science
and American literature."
There were roars from educa.
tional organizations and a num-
uer oi college presidents.
Senate Votes on
Strikes Monday
Washinfftnn. .Tune 1ft a.
Democratic Leader Lucas (D.,
III.) today predicted a senate test
Mondav on the hnt nf u,Kn
to do about strikes imperiling the
national welfare.
Lucas Said he exnrrt vntlna
to start then on the five differ
ent plans for handling such
.strikes. He said things will
"move pretty rapidly" once tho
balloting begins.
That forecast came after a high
rankimr rlrmnrmt tnlrl rnnri.,-.
privately "we are going to lose"
at least the first round of the
battle for a plan which would
let the government seize struck
pianis in national emergency
labor disputes.
This method of dcalinff wilh
critical strikes, sponsored by
Senators Douglas (D., 111.) and
Aiken (R., Vt ), has been en
dorsed by Lucas.
The main alternative to that
nlitn i nnp hv Senntnr Tuft tn
Ohio) which would keep the
Taft-Hartley law's injunction
section and add to it provision
for government seizure. They
could be used separately or in
combination.
Bond Isaue Sold
Washington, June 18 The
securities and exchange com
mission today granted Portland
f as and Coke Co., Portland, Ore ,
authority to sell $3,500,000 of 23
year first mortage bonds to
Metropolitan Life Insurance
company. The utility said the
proceeds are earmarked to meet
bank obligations.