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61st Year, No. 162
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Revision of Tax
Schedules for
Trucks Sought
Interim Group Strives
At Equalization
Of Classifications
An effort to adopt a tax sche
dule to equalize rates paid by
various classifications of trucks
in Oregon will be the first task
of the legislative highway inter
im committee, it was decided
Saturday. The committee will
make its report to the 1951 le
gislature. The committee, at its first
meeting, named Rep. Ralph T.
Moore of Coos county chairman
and Sen. Paul L. Patterson, sec
retary. It was the consensus of opin
ion among members of the com
mittee that the schedule of fees
adopted by the 1949 legislature
allowed some truck classifica
tions to escape without its full
share of taxation.
Not Evenly Divided
"I believe that the policy
adopted in Oregon whereby the
commercial vehicles are requir
ed to contribute 33 A of the to
tal motor revenue to the state is
fair and yet it is my opinion that
the rates adopted by the last le
gislature were not evenly divid
ed among the various classifi
cations of vehicles," said Chair
man Moore. "And this despite
the long hours spent by both
house and senate committees stu
dying the problem."
Senator Patterson announced
that he had obtained a digest of
motor carrier rates and laws of
all states that when brought
down to date would prove of
inestimable value to the com
mittee members. The digest now
contains information up to De
cember 30, 1948.
New Information
Much information that the
1947-48 highway interim com
mittee was desirous of obtaining
in its year and half study, but
was unable to obtain, is contain
ed in the digest offered by Sen,
Patterson.
The committee plans to meet
once a month, beginning with
meetings in Salem and later
probably holding meetings at
various points and cities in the
state, as was done by the former
committee.
The complete membership of
the committee was present at the
first meeting Saturday. In addi
tion to Moore and Patterson, the
committee members are: Sena
tors Elmo Smith and Jack Bain
and Reps. Max Langford, Ver
non Wilson and Edward A.
Ueary. .
Steel Strike May
Start in Week
Pittsburgh, July 9 (IP) A na
tionwide steel strike may begin
one week from today although
one segment of the industry is
ready to go along partially on
the CIO United Steelworkers'
demands for a pension.
Inland Steel Corp. of Chicago,
which employs about 16,000,
opened the door on the pension
issue last night. The steelwork
ers promptly closed it.
Philip Murray, president of
both the CIO and the steelwork
ers, didn't comment on Inland's
offer. However, another union
spokesman said the proposal was
"inadequate" and declared it
will be rejected'Monday.
- Murray is believed willing to
go down the line on his demand
for pensions for the men who
make steel. He hasn't said what
amount he desires but the
spokesman who termed Inland's
offer inadequate said the union
wants $150 monthly pensions.
Murray has maintained his
usual tight-lipped silence on just
now mucn of a wage increase he
wants. His men have received
three wage boosts since the end
of World War H and now aver
age $1.65 hourly.
The union's contract talks
have been tied in knots by big
steel's flat refusal to discuss the
pension issue.
Flying Saucer Fans
Call Convention
Alexandria, La., July 9 UP)
Have you seen a flying saucer?
If so, you are Invited to a con
vention. The young men's business club
announced yesterday it is plan
ning a convention for persons
all over the nation who have
seen the discs. It'll give them a
chance to compare notes.
Scientists, science writers, and
government investigators also
are to be invited.
Offers to Pay
For Privilege of
Killing Negro
Dallas Lawyer's
Threat Aftermath
of Auto Accident
Dallas, Texas, July 9 UP) A
Dallas lawyer offered to pav i
Negro's peace bond for the priv
ilege of killing him.
He was ordered jailed but
quickly released by County
Criminal Judge Joe E. Brown.
Judge Brown had said, earlier in
the case, that if he had been in
the lawyer's shoes during a June
21 argument with the Negro, he
would have killed the Negro.
It happened during yester
day's habeas corpus hearing for
Ozzie B. Watson, 31, Dallas Ne
gro. Watson had been jailed on
charges of threatening to kill
attorney Noah Roark and as
sault Mrs. Roark in an argument
following a June 21 traffic ac
cident. He was placed under
$25,000 peace bond.
Tells of Negro's Threat '
"If you want Watson to live,
you'd better keep him in jail,"
Roark told Judge Brown dur
ing yesterday's hearing. "I'm
going to kill him if I ever get
the chance. As a matter of fact,
I'll post his bond for the pleas
ure of doing it."
Watson's attorney, Joe Great
house of Fort Worth, turned to
Judge Brown:
"You heard that threat. Un
der the law it's your duty to
place Mr. Roark under peace
bond."
Judge Brown told Chief Depu
ty Sheriff Millard Sweatt to
jail Roark. To Roark he said:
"I'm sorry, Noah but this is
the way it's got to be."
Roark told the judge not to
feel bad about it and added:
"That's O.K., Joe. I can put up
the bond in cash up to $25,000."
' Judge Brown first said he
would put Roark under $25,
000 peace bond and then decided
(Continued on Page 5, Column 8)
Dulles for Cut
In Rearming
Washington, July 9 Vi
-Sen-
ator Dulles (R-N.Y.) today call
ed the administration's propos
ed $1,130,000,000 program to re
arm western Europe "too big."
Sworn in yesterday as a suc
cessor to democratic Senator
Robert F. Wagner, Dulles told
reporters he intends to speak
next week in behalf of the North
Atlantic security treaty, which
he helped draft.
He said he also will support
the proposal expected to be
sent to congress as soon as the
senate completes action on the
treaty next week to help pact
signers rebuild military defens
es. But the new senator said he
doesn't now believe that any
$1,130,000,000 outlay, proposed
for the first year, ought to be
involved.
"The effect of the program is
largely psychological," he said.
"We cannot build up armies in
Europe in less than five years
that would stop a determined
aggressor. But we need to help
strengthen some defenses in stra
tegic places."
Million Dollar Train Trip
Makes Travel Delightful
By JAMES D. OLSON
Newspapermen and radio announcers from Salem, Portland,
and many Willamette valley points were oblivious to the heat
Friday as they enjoyed a cool, silent, bumpless journey from
Salem to Portland on the Southern Pacific's new Shasta Daylight
streamliner. i,
it was the last leg of a press
run originating in San Francis
co and carrying newspapermen
for short trips in every section
of the 718 miles of the Portland
San Francisco scenic route.. The
million dollar train" as the
railroad officials term it, will
begin daily operation Sunday on
1514 hour schedule between
Portland and the bay area.
Thousands of Salem residents
viewed the train between noon
and 4 p.m. Friday. A Salem dele
gation headed by Mayor Robert
L. Elfstrom and Walter Mus
grave of West Salem boarded
the train at Albany and rode to
Salem.
All of the guests on the Sa-
lem-Portland run were agreed
tnat tne trip was the "most com
fortable train journey any of
tnem had experienced.
Between Salem and Oregon
City the train demonstrated the
speed which the 6000 horsepow
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Community Furnishes Home for This Displaced Family
Ardo Tarem and family, Estonians re-established in Salem
through YMCA effort, are happy about their new home at 96
Lansing avenue. Mr. Tarem, for 29 years in Estonian YMCA
service is also an accomplished linguist. Top, right: Mrs. Carl
Greider instructs Mr. Tarem in use of an electric stove con
tributed by a Salem dealer. Lower, right: The washing ma
chine, also donated by a local merchant, is demonstrated by.
Mrs. Marvin E. Moore. Closely observing are Mr.' Tarem
and daughters Anna, Astride and Eevi.
Tarem Family Happy in
Lansing Avenue Home
Bv. BEN MAXWELL
Salem's Browing eroun of displaced persons from Central Europe
was increased Friday when the
arrived here, and discovered with delight and surprise that tne
YMCA had provided them a home at 96 Lansing avenue, furnished
Consul Freed
By Chinese Reds
Shanghai, July 9 W)--U. S.
Vice Consul William B,., plive
was released from jail by the
communists today. The Red
press said he "admitted his of
fenses" and had apologized to
police after being "educated."
Immediately after his release,
Olive went into a closed confer
ence with Consul General John
Cabot. Cabot would not permit
Olive to comment on his three
days in jail after being arrested
in a minor traffic incident.
Comment from Olive "might
endanger him," Cabot said.
Before Olive's release, commu
nistist newspaper came out quot
ing this as Olive's apology:
"I am willing to tender my
apologies to police whom I have
insulted. I am willing to pay
for all repairs and damages. I
promise not to commit the same
offenses and obey all laws and
regulations of the peoples (com
munist) government."
Cabot would not say whether
Olive had been injured by the
police. The consulate said Thurs
day he was beaten and seriously
injured.
Olive was able to leave the
jail without aid and he seemed
to bear no marks of violence.
er diesel locomotive could at
tain, and on the remainder of
the trip speed was idled down
to conform with the one-hour
and 30 minute schedule set for
the trip. At that, they beat that
by five minutes.
Claude E. Peterson, vice pre
sident in charge of passenger
traffic for the company was in
charge of the train.
"What we are primarily sell
ing is an unexcelled view of the
greatest stretch of scenery in the
country," he said. "We don't
sell the train itself, although it
is magnificent, nor do we sell
just the service, although it is
the fastest rail service ever of
fered on the coast.
"What we do sell is the day
light trip through the mountains
and valleys, where the passen
gers can sit relaxed and see ev
ery bit of it through these big
ney windows," he added.
(Continued an i i. Column I)
Estonian family of Ardo Tarem
to tne minutest aetan.
Mr. Tarem, a linguist fluent
in German, Russian, Estonian
and English, received his mas
ters degree from Springfield
college as a foreign student and
has been in Estonian YMCA
services during the past 29
years. He was accompanied to
the United States by his wife
Lenora,- and daughters Astrid,
19; Eevi, 15, and Anna 13. His
arrival in this country was
largely accomplished by the Sa
lem YMCA and its officials,
Marvin E. (Gus) Moore and Carl
Greider.
Finding and establishing a Sa
lem home for this displaced fam
ily was the cooperative effort of
many local civic and religious
groups. Location of a home and
partial subsidy of rentals was a
contribution of the Salem
Realty board.
Bedding, furniture and uten
sils were contributed by the
Salvation Army, Red Cross, Sor
optimists, YWCA, Christian
church and the Salem Woman's
club. Ralph Johnson donated a
washing machine, Doug Yeater
an electric stove and Elfstroms
refrigerator. Besides gifts
from individuals other dona
tions came . from Harry Scott,
Y's Men's club, Salem Box fac
tory, Memorial hospital and the
Chamber of Commerce. Green
groceries for immediate usage
were contributed by Bergs.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 6)
Hot Weather
Stifles East
(By Ih AaaocIiInI Prex)
July's hot and sticky weather
clung to many parts of the na
tion today with no immediate
relief from the high tempera
tures and humidity of more than
a week.
Instead, forecasters said a gen
eral heat wave is expected to en
velop the country after the
week-end.
Drought conditions in the
northeastern states appeared
more serious. There were no
signs of heavy rains to help the
parched crops. In southern New
England, New York and New
Jersey crops have suffered mil
lions of dollars damage after
seven weeks of rainless wealh-
Proposals have been made to
declare Massachusetts and New
Jersey "disaster areas." Gov.
Paul A. Dever in Boston yester
day said that the 45-day
drought in Massachusetts is "the
worst since 1912 and possibly the
worst in the state's history."
Crops are blighted and in
many cases a complete failure,
Dever told newsmen, adding:
We face a serious shortage of
fodder crops. Many market gar
dens report almost a total loss."
In Trenton, N. J., the U. S.
department of agriculture coun
cil for New Jersey, said it would
ask Brannan to desclare the
state a disaster area.
Police Exams
Passed by Seven
The names of seven successful
candidates for employment in
the Salem police department,
including four men currently
members of the force, we're re
leased Saturday by Chief Clyde
A. Warren.
The announcement of the suc
cessful applicants followed a
meeting of the civil service
commission Friday afternoon at
which records of the men were
studied.
Harvey Tautfest, presently ju
venile officer on the force, was
at the top of the list of those
who were approved by the com
mission. Others, currently mem
bers of the police department,
were David Bain and L. D. De
Kett. Ben Bello, a radio depart
ment technician, also passed the
examination.
Three new names Robert
Tindell, Eugene Grunewald and
Ronald Wiebe were added to
the list of elligibles by the com
mission action Friday.
The names of one other man
who successfully passed the ex
amination and was approved
after a check of police records
was withheld pending a medi
cal recheck.
At the present time, two va
cancies exist within the ranks
of Salem patrolmen, and the re
sults of the present examination
meet the immediate need of the
department. A new examination,
however, is expected to be
scheduled in the near future to
meet with a plan to expand the
department by 10 patrolmen
and a captain.
According to those plans, the
present roster of elligibles would
be emptied, leaving the police
department from 9 to 11 men
short.
To Investigate
Hiss Trial Judge
Washington, July 9 u.R A
house spy hunter today called
for a congressional investigation
of Federal Judge Samuel H.
Kaufman, who presided over
the Alger Hiss perjury trial.
Rep. Richard M. Nixon, (R-
Calif), a member of the house
un-American activities commit
tee, said that during the trial
Kaufman's "prejudice for the
defense and against the prosecu
tion was so obvious and appar
ent that the jury's eight to four
vote for conviction came frank
ly as a surprise to me."
"When the full facts of the
conduct of this trial are laid be
fore the nation," he said, "I be
lieve the people will be shock
ed." Nixon indicated that he be
lieved the inquiry into Kauf
man's "fitness ... to serve on
the bench" should be conducted
by his house committee, which
made an all-out investigation of
Whittaker Chambers' charges
against Hiss last summer.
Ten Days Jail for
Taking a Bath
Salem police records indicat
ed Saturday that a man had
been arrested for taking a bath.
But from the report, it was
obvious that police didn't ob
ject to the idea of a bath, it was
just the time and place. After
police received information con
cerning a nude bather taking an
afternoon dip in the mill race
near Cottage and Mill streets,
they found Fred Davis, Fall
River, Wis., dressing.
He was sentenced to 10 days
on a vagrancy chargt.
ASSIGN SALEM BRIDGE
$1,250,000 U. S. FUNDS
Hiss Faces New
Trial After Jury
Deadlocks,
8 to 4
New York, July (P) The
perjury trial of Alger Hiss end
ed in a hung jury last night, and
the government promptly order
ed a new trial.
The jury, split eight to four
in favor of a conviction, was dis
missed at 8:01 p.m. after nearly
29 hours of fruitless effort to
reach an agreement.
Shortly thereafter, Attorney
General Tom Clark announced
in Washington:
"The department of justice
will vigorously prosecute the
Hiss case again as quickly as the
docket of the court will permit."
At the earliest, that probably
would not be before next aut
umn.
Murphy to Prosecute
A justice department spokes
man here said that big, must.'d
ed Thomas F. Murphy, the assis
tant U. S. attorney who handled
the prosecution will have the
same job again when the case is
retired.
Hiss was continued in $5,000
bail.
Failure of the jury to reach a
verdict left still in doubt the
role if any that Hiss had
played in an alleged prewar be
trayal of his country.
Jurors said that almost from
the outset, they had been dead
locked eight to four for convic
tion of the brilliant, 44-year-old
Harvard graduate whom the
stale department sent to Dum
barton Oaks, Yalta and the San
Francisco conference where the
United Nations was founded.
Jury Sent Home
Federal Judge Samuel H.
Kaufman, wearily and with re
luctance, finally admitted the
hopeless split and sent the jury
home.
On two earlier occasions the
small, thin-voiced jurist had sent
the jury back to its chambers
for another attempt at agree
ment.
The final deadlock left the
lanky, handsome Hiss exactly
wnere ne was last December
when a New York grand iury
indicted him on two counts of
per j ury.
Hiss' gray-haired, stocky de
fense chief, Lloyd Paul Stryker,
indicated he may try anew for
a dismissal of the charges. The
trial court refused to quash
them.
His face haggard, Hiss man
aged a weak smile as the jury
was dismissed but politely and
firmly he declined comment.
Hirohllo Makes Call
Tokyo, July 9 OP) -Emperor
Hirohito made a courtesy call on
General MacArthur today at the
United States embassy. As usual,
the subject of their conversa
tion was not disclosed.
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Kiss for Madame Minister Mrs. Perle Mcsta, righl), new
minister lo Luxembourg, gets a congratulatory kiss from
former War Secretary Kenneth Royall after state department
ceremony in Washington, in which Mrs. Mesta took oath.
Woman at left is Mrs. Royall. Mrs. Mesta holds her commis
sion in container in left hand. (AP Wirephoto)
Circuit Court
Work Divided
As
Formerly
Circuit Judge George R. Dun
can and Judge Rex Kimmcll,
newly appointed to succeed
Judge E. M. Page, will divide
work of the court considerably
on the basis it has been exist
ing under Judges Duncan and
Page with some slight changes
under agreement reached in a
conference between the jurists.
In the main Judge Duncan
will handle jury and law cases
while Judge Kimmell will take
over the equity side also han
dling probate, birth certificates
and some law cases as occasion
demands. Juvenile work will
probably fall largely onto Judge
Kimmell, also, but this will be
divided as the time allows.
Duncan's Position
It was definitely decided thai
the slate cases pending involv
ing statutory and constitutional
construction such as the fish
cases, public utility mailers and
similar suns now pending will
be taken over by Judge Duncan
(Concluded on Paget 5, Column 6)
Hospital Drive
Plans Listed
The office of the Salem Hos
pital Development program to
day announced the names of 10
commanders five mert and five
women who will have import
ant parts in carrying forward
the hospital drive for $1,100,000.
This part of the organization
will, be solicitation of the gen-
eral? public. Tne public cam
paign is under the general chair
manship of Alfred Loucks.
Co-chairman for the men's di
vision, previously announced.
are Charles Edwards and Co-
burn Grabenhorsf. Co-chairmen
for the women's division are
Mrs. Chandler Brown and Mrs.
Ralph Moody.
Commanders, announced In
day, in the men s division arc
Burton Selberg, AI McMullcn,
Arthur Bales, Marvin Clatter-
buck, and Harold Phillippe, and
in the women's division, Mrs.
Ward Davis, Mrs. Donald Burke,
Mrs. Robert Wulf, Mrs. Ralph
Schlesinger, and Mrs. Arthur
Roethlin.
Each of these 10 commanders
will have under his or her di
rection five teams of six mem
bers each, making a tolal of 1100
men and women actively engag
ed in carrying forward the gen
eral campaign.
This part of the campaign Is
prededed by the advanced gifts
campaign, now moving towards
conclusion, in which a total of
$248,000 had been subscribed
Friday of this week.
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$425,000 Alloted
To Completion of
Silverton Road Project
By DON UPJOHN
The Marion county court Sat- I
urday received formal notifica
tion from the state highway -partment
that out of the $2I,
500,000 In federal fundi avail
able for federal aid to roads I
Oregon during 1959 and 1951,
$135,000 has been assigned to
completion of the Salem-Sllver-
ton road project, from Steffen
corner into Silverton and !,-
250,000 has been assigned -tor
construction and right of way
for the Salem-Dallas bridge at
Salem over the Willamette river.
At this particular time the al
location of the money for the Sa-lcm-Silverton
road improvement
has added interest because of
complications which have arisen
among the land owners affected
over the routing of the road.
complaints being registered ag
ainst using the proposed new
right of way instead of following
Hie old road.
New Right of Way
The information as to the allo
cation of federal fundi indicatei
clearly that they are based on
use of the proposed new right of
way. It is stated that $290,000
has been assigned for surfacing
and asphaltic concrete. An ad
ditional $60,000 li for use in
construction of a bridge over
Pudding river and $75,000 for an
overpass over the Southern Pa
cific railroad. , .
Court members Indicated it
was their understanding the al
locations are based on the use of
Hie proposed new routing and
that in the final analysis where
the road improvement will (o ii
largely up to officials in the bur
eau of public roads and the state
highway department.
"I feel sure," said County
Judge Grant Murphy, "that the
county court, even if it wished I
to, could not change the routine
back to the old road by resolu
tion without the consent of the
bureau of public roads and prob
ably th slate highway depart
ment. , '
Lose Federal Funds
"And in all likelihood, tf it
was decided to keep the joad
improvement approximately on
the present route the allocation
of federal funds now. set up
would be lost. That is,, it would
be necessary to start at the be
ginning again, secure a new allo
cation and this would take time
and probably mean we'd be off
the program with this road for
1950 and 1951. The information
received plainly states that the
allocation as set up is for these
two years."
It also specifies its use in con
nection with the Pudding river
bridge and overpass. Officials
have slated there is no place
whore an overpass could be es
tablished if the present routine
was selected for the improve
ment.
Russian Killed
Attacking Yanks
Frankfurt, Germany, July 9 UP)
A young Russian soldier wai
killed in a border gun battle be-
, Iwecn U. S. and Soviet army pa-
irois yesterday near Coburg,
American officials announced to
day. A U. S. army lieutenant shot
the Red trooper 200 yards inside
the American zone after "numer
ous" Russian soldiers fired on an
, American patrol, the announce-
j mcnt said.
The U. S. constabulary com
mand said a protest would be
filed charging the Russians with
firing on an American patrol in
the U. S. zone and illegally croii
mg the zonal boundary.
The army announcement laid
the American patrol was check
ing markings along the American-Soviet
boundary at Rothen
bach, near Coburg in Bavaria;
i when it was "fired on."
"The patrol was forced to hit
i the dirt and then withdrew, re
turning shortly after with two
officers," the announcement
said. "They were fired on aeain
and returned the fire.
"Une orticer's bullet instantly
killed a Russian soldier."
The officer' was identified by
army sources as Lt. William C.
Linderose of Port Huron, Mich.
The Russian, a private about
18 or 19 years old, wai left ly.
ing where he fell after the two
officers "saw numerous Russian
soldiers behind treci and under
other cover," the announcement
said.
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