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Record Treasure Hunt on
To Recover War Loot
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
Tokyo U.R) One of the biggest treasure hunts the world has
ever known has been going on here since the end of the war.
This treasure hunt has been led by Brig. Gen Patrick H. Tan-
sey, whose )ob it is to locate all looted goods brought back to
Japan by Japanese armed forces during their victorious days. Gen.
Tansey is Gen. Douglas MacAr--
thur s civil property custodian.
For almost four years now,
Gen. Tansey and his agents have
been looking in museums, pri
vate homes, temples, public
buildings and anywhere else
they thought they might find
things which had been brought
to Japan from areas previously
iccupied by the once powerful
imperial armies.
Trading Center
Gels Parking
Approval of an alteration on
North Capitol street to give car
parking space in front of the
Sears and the Kress buildings in
the Pacific Mutual trading cen
ter was voted by the city coun
cil Monday night.
W. M. Hamilton, representing
the company, said It would per
mit 13 vehicles in front of the
Sears building and 17 In front
of the Kress building.
Between the buildings and the
curbline is now a space of 32 V4
feet. Of this, when the change
is made, 12 feet against the
buildings will be for car park
ing. The action was taken by
adoption of a resolution, Meters
will not be installed.
A resolution, introduced by
the city manager, to prohibit
parking at all times on the south
side of Columbia street from
Fairgrounds road to Myrtle ave
nue, was tabled until the next
meeting on motion of Alderman
O'Hara, who said he thought the
property owners should be heard
by the council.
A resolution was adopted lim
iting to two hours the parking
of cars on the south side of 13th
from Center southerly to the al
ley Immediately south of Center.
Record Crop of
Corn Forecast
Washington, July 12 () The
agriculture department today
forecast this year's corn crop at
3,530,185,000 bushels and the
wheat crop at 1,188,690,000
bushels on the basis of July 1
conditions.
This is the first estimate of
the year for corn. It compares
with last year's record of 3,
850,548,000 bushels and with a
ten-year (1838-47 average of
2,787,628,000 bushels.
The wheat estmate is 148,286,
000 bushels less than 1,336,976,-
000 forecast a month ago. It
compares with last year's big
crop of 1,228,406,000 bushels
and with the ten-year average of
991,950,000 bushels.
The winter wheat crop was
put at 932,095,000 bushels. This
is 104,646,000 bushels less than
1,036,741,000 forecast a month
ago, 990,098,000 last year and
726,553,000 for the ten-year ave
rage. All spring wheat was estimat
ed at 256,595,000 bushels. This is
43,640,000 less than 300,235,000
forecast a month ago, 298,308,
000 last year and 265,397,000
for the ten-year average.
Durum wheat was put at 48,
766,000 bushels in the first fore
cast of the year for this type.
Production last year was 44,
742,000 and for the ten-year
average it was 36,256,000.
Silverfon Visitors
Start Return Home
Silverton House guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Towle ofj
306 Welch street for the past
fortnight have been their son,
Clarence of Cleveland, Ohio
who left by plane, having made
the trip west as motor guest of
his sister and brother-in-law,
Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Gillam and
Patricia and William, III, of
Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. Gil
lam is the former Eva Towle,
The Gillam family left Sun
day by car planning to stop for
a day enroute home at Chadron,
Nebr., with Dr. Gilliam's par
ents, the W. S. Gillams, Sr
Miss Patricia will remain with
her grandparents the remainder
of the summer and will be with
them nn a tour of Canada, ar
ranging to return by way of
Silverton early In September.
The Dr. Gillams spent a- day
in Corvallis at the home of Dr.
Lewis Selgel of the Oregon
State college faculty who took
his degree under the instruc
tion of Dr. Gillam in Kansas
City.
Three Baldock Plan Bills
Now Before City Council
The three ordinance bills covering the Baldock street and
traffic plan were introduced at the city council Monday night
without much argument or comment, and will be voted on
at the next meeting, Monday night, July 25.
It had not been intended to open the issue again for public
argument, but Alderman David
O Hara said in the Monday night
meeting that some argument
from interested persons could be
expected.
The fact that all three bills
expressly provide that the refer
endum may be invoked, if oppo
nents desire, and that the refer
endum vote be at either a special
or a regular election, is expect
ed to reduce the probability of a
further extensive hearing on the
question.
A letter was read from A. M.
Church protesting the making of
Summer street a state highway,
and asking for a thorough study
of the matter from the angle of
community welfare before final
action is taken.
Alderman Dan Fry said he
thought "the state highway com
mission is getting a lot of cheap
Although the people of the
United States used natural gas
for lighting as far back as the
early 1800's, it is only in the last
15 years that it has been ex
tensively used In homes and in
austrles.
Girl Scouts Off for' Europe This group of senior Girl
Scouts and assistant troop leaders pose aboard the Marine
Flasher in New York harbor before sailing for Europe. They
plan to work as volunteers in the girl guide and Girl Scout
camps in France, the Netherlands and Great Britain. Left to
right are Margaret Ann Shoot of Upper Darby, Pa.; Georgia
Earlywine, Pratt, Kas.; Gerry Smith, Omaha, Neb.; Virginia
Milbank, Pasadena, Calif.; Mercedes Urda, Sewickley, Pa.;
Margaret I. Stone, San Francisco; Katherine Adams, Ross,
Calif.; and Helen E. Dickerson, Newton, N. J. (AP Wlrephoto)
At the same time, Tansey has
been sorting the thousands of
claims which have been receiv
ed from Allied nations for all
kinds of property.
It ranges from personal items
such as watches, rings and
books, to large scale industrial
machinery, passenger and car
go vessels, gold, silver, dia
monds, raw materials and cul
tural objects.
"During the time that the
looted property program has
been in operation," Tansey said
in an interview, "we have tak
en into custody upwards of 8000
industrial machines including
two whole factories, approxi
mately 700 vehicles, 17,000 tons
of raw materials including such
base metals as tin, lead and zinc,
10,000 tons of nickel and cop
per coins and thousands of
highways through Salem" after
neglecting Salem for years in the
matter of expenditure of funds,
If you can get any committ
ment from them as to Just what
their intentions are you re a bet
ter man than I am," said Fry.
The general provision of the
bills, previously published in de
tail, is:
One designates one-way traffic
streets and truck routes, and pro
hibits parking on South Commer
cial between Oxford and Hoyt,
The second designates Center
street, from Commercial to Capi
tol; the Center Street bridge; the
proposed new bridge; and the
street from the new bridge to
Capitol as one-way traffic streets.
The third prohibits parking on
parts of Fairgrounds road and
Portland road.
ON TRAIL OF SHOPLIFTERS
Woman Prowls Store in
Fascinating Role as Sleuth
Omaha, Neb. (U.R) A handsome, middle-aged woman prowls
a large department store here like an Inveterate bargain-huntress.
Her gentle fingers explore the texture of the goods, but her
restless eyes never leave the
Council Gives
Dump Contract
Stavton The city council has
voted to accept the offer of Nile
Addison to operate the city
dumps and maintain them for
the salvage on which he is to
have exclusive rights. Addison
stated that until recently he had
worked at the Dallas dump and
would see to it that the local
dump was well policed and car
ed for.
In the absence of protest, the
council passed the tax levy for
the 1949-50 budget. The coun
cil will also pay one-half of the
cost of installing the tennis court
at the city park. As agreed in a
previous meeting the total cost
was not to exceed ?5Uu.
"Entering Stayton" signs will
be installed by the highway
commission at the east and the
north city limits, and ones with
reflectors with "Stayton 25
mph" on West Ida street,
Washington street, and the
bridge approach. Signs will also
be placed on Shall road and the
cemetery road. Only signs will
be furnished by the commission
and Stayton will be required to
furnish the posts.
Approval was given building
permits for a floral shop on East
Jefferson street for Mrs. Dovena
Goode at a cost of $1500. It will
be of frame, with cement floor
and foundation, brick chimney
and tarred roof.
A frame garage with cement
foundation and shingle roof for
Ralph Shower, 438 E. Ida street.
A four-room dwelling, 24 by
26 at 867 Seventh street for Mrs,
Addie Davie, at a cost of $3500.
It will be of frame with cement
foundation, brick chimney and
composition roof.
Irvin Parberry wanted to buy
the strip of land lying back of
his property extending to the
east boundary of the alley, mea
suring approximately 10 by 60
feet. The council agreed to sell
it to him for $50 and he is to
pay the costs of the transaction.
The council authorized the
writing of three letters to own
ers of buildings which have alu
minum spreads on them which
have not been covered by paint
to cut down the glare. Investi
gation of a house which is being
erected with plumbing which
does not pass the state require
ments will be made. Planking on
the west side of the Third street
bridge was ordered to be nailed
down, as it had become loose.
customers around her. She only
pretends to buy. She is the
house detective.
A soft-spoken woman with an
infectious smile, she introduces
herself only as Mrs. Jones, for
obvious reasons. She is a tire
less walker, never leaving the
store. Her lunch often Is inter
rupted by an urgent call for
help.
"There's no rest for the house
detective," she said, "lost charge
plates, lost children, even lost
husbands they're all our re
sponsibility."
Of course, most of her trouble
is caused by shoplifters, ranging
in age from children whose par
ents teach them to steal to one
72 -year-old-woman. They try to
make off with anything they
can, from small jewelry to pairs
of shoes and even two-pants
suits.
Mrs. Jones carries no means
of protection. She never tries
to make an arrest in the store.
Neither does she nab a suspect
unless she herself has seen him
take something.
'I ask them to come along
quietly," she said, "and most of
them do.
There are exceptions. One
man held her in a revolving
door until she was rescued by a
noor walker. She caught an
other ,only by tripping him on
the stairs and holding him by
tne leg until help arrived.
She broke her wrist in
arrest. "But 1 held onto my
man," she smiled grimly. "He
got two years."
Mrs. Jones admits that her
work develops a very suspicious
nature, but she insists it doesn't
extend to her home life. She
has been married 31 years, "and
to one man," she said proudly
She has been in the business
seven years and has had many
unusual experiences.
But the strangest was that of
the beautiful young woman who
stole a $500 fur coat, Mrs. Jones
caught her, only to discover that
"she" was a 26-year-old man
who had been masquerading as
a woman for years.
The movie actor Ray Milland
once was an English jockey and
rode In the Grand National stee
plechase.
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books, paintings and other cul
tural objects.
'In addition, 82 Allied vessels
have been located in Japanese
waters. Thirty of these were
found feasible of salvage, repair
and refitting."
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Gen. Tansey said property
which has been reported by the
Japanese government as looted
but which cannot be Identified
as to ownership is being evalu
ated and sold as rapidly as cir
cumstances permit.
"The proceeds derived from
these sales are placed in a spe
cial fund which eventually will
be divided among the seven na
tions whose territories were oc
cupied by the Japanese," Tansey
said.
Jtie identified the nations as
China, The Netherlands, United
Kingdom, Philippines, France,
Australia and India.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 12, 1949 17
Governor Dies Gov. Beau
ford H. Jester of Texas
(above) died in his sleep
aboard a train enroute from
Austin to Houston, Tex. He
was found dead in his car by
a porter who went to awaken
him on arrival in Houston.
(Acme Telephoto.)
New Texas Governor Lt.
Governor Allen Shivers will
take over the governorship of
Texas, which was vacated by
the death of Governor BeaU
ford H. Jester. Jester died in
his sleep on a train enroute
from Austin to Houston, Tex.
(Acme Telephoto.)
Unbeaten Netmen
Ithaca, N.Y. (IP) Cornell's!
Eastern Intercollegiate tennis
championship team included two
players who were unbeaten this
spring. Leonard Stelner won all
his singles matches while
Stelner and Richard Savitt were
unbeaten in doubles.
Woman, 76, Hurt Picking Cherries
Sftlkum, Wash. (U.R) Mrs. Julia Gerchlck, 76-year-old grand
mother who has seven children and nine grandchildren, was in
a Chchalis, Wash., hospital today with a broken arm after
she lost her footing and fell from a ladder while picking
cherries.
'Motherly Type' Care Needed
Seattle (U.R) Animal keepers at Woodland Park zoo peti
tioned the Seattle city council for a S25-a-month pay increase
because hundreds of delicate specimens recently added to the
menagerie require a more "motherly type" of care.
Pickets Taken
From Bus Depot
Seattle, July 12 (U.R Picket
ing AFL bus drivers were with
drawn from Seattle's Central
bus depot yesterday after King
County Superior Court Judge
Donald A. MacDonald signed an
injunction requested by the
Northwest Greyhound company.
Judge MacDonald ruled the
picketing was "purely coercive,"
although peaceful.
A picket line was thrown
around the depot shortly after
bus drivers went on strike
against North Coast Greyhound
lines June 18.
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