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THE WEATHER HERE
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perature expected tonight, 55;
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61st Year, No. 16
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matter t Salem, Oresou
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, July 14,
(24 Pogesj Price 5c
Strike Holds-up
Construction
In Salem Area
Teamsters Out at
c i r i i r
junu, varuYci unu de
merit Mixture Plants
f-
Building construction in Sa
lem is seriously handicapped,
and the city's street improve
ment program for the year is In
danger of bogging down because
of a wage dispute that has idled
four of the main materials pro
ducing concerns here.
Involved in the dispute is Lo
cal 324 of the Teamsters union
on one side, and on the other
r producers of sand, gravel and
cement mixtures. No progress
toward a settlement had been
made today.
The Warren Northwest com
pany, which has the contract for'
paving Salem streets, has closed
down its plant on Cherry avenue
because it is unable to get ma
terials from the sand and gravel
companies. With approximately
50 blocks of unimproved streets
remaining under the contract the
street improvement program is
at a standstill. Contracts call
for part of the program in ce
ment and part in asphaltic con
crete or blacktop.
Street Paving Halts
The only alternative for the
Warren Northwest company is
to haul "hot stuff" from its
plant at Albany, but it is doubt
ful if it would be willing to do
that, because of added cost, since
its contracts with the city call
for delivery from the local
plants.
The city itself builds the curb
ing for improved streets, and
for the first time in eight years
the city, is operating its own con
. crete mixer, for the reason that
the ready-mix concerns are una
ble, because of the labor tie-up,
to deliver under their contracts.
For the setting of standards
for the pew lighting , installa
tions on downtown streets the
city is bringing "hot stuff" from
the Albany plant of the Warren
Northwest company, and mak
ing five or six trips daily.?'
(Continued on Page . 5. Column 8)
Russia Incites
Japs to Revolt
Washington, July 14 (U.R)
American officials said today
that Russia is attempting5 to use
the Japanese labor movement
to incite a Red revolution in
Japan.
They said this is clearly evi
dent by recent communist-inspired
demonstrations in Jap
anese cities, statements by So
viet officials, and return to
Japan of thousands of Soviet-
indoctrinated Japanese war
prisoners who pledge allegiance
,q communism.
' The openness of the Russian
tactics and their ultimate aims
have become a source of seri
ous concern to the United States,
officials said. They attached
the broadening of the commun
ist campaign to recent commun
ist successes in China and eco
nomic unrest in Japan.
The fight between the United
States and Russia over labor
policies in Japan resulted in a
new clash yesterday, between
meir representatives on tne ii
nation far eastern commission,
The commission drafts occupa
tion measures for Japan.
Gen. Frank R. McCoy, Ameri
can representative, told Soviet
Ambassador Alexander S. Pan-
yushkin that despite his "demo
cratic phrases" and the state
ments of other Russian officials,
this government believes recent
cases of mob violence in Japan
"are not designed to protect the
rights of labor or to advance
democratic tendencies."
Attorneys to Vote
On Federal Judge
Portland, July 14 W Attor
neys throughout the state will
be queried by the Oregon state
bar on their preference for pos
sible appointment to the pro
posed third federal judgeship in
Oregon.
President Walter H. Evans,
Jr., said the board of governors
believes the bar of Oregon
should seek the most qualified
person for the work. He said the
vote would be by secret ballot.
The recommendations would be
forwarded to President Truman
Evans said the bill creating a
third federal judgship for Ore
gon may go to the White House
in two weeks.
Communists I
Stirred to Anger
By Pope's Edict
Excommunication of
Reds Warns of No
Compromise
Rome, July 14 UP) The pope's
excommunication of commun
ists stung the communist-controlled
press of Europe to vio
lent reaction today.
. The Vatican disclosed last
night that Pope Pius XII has cut
off from the sacraments and
comforts of the fair all Roman
Catholics "who make profession
of the materialistic and anti
Christian doctrine of the com
munists." The action was a stern warn
ing that the church will not
compromise with communism.
Called Act of Hatred
II Paese, communist - line
newspaper in Rome,, called the
decree "an act of hatred" and
the official Italian communist
newspaper, L'Unita, said the or-
Pder "crowns a violent provoca-
tory campaign of the Holy See
aonincf raflir.Ho url-in In nnt in
tend to submit to its political di
rectives.
. Italy is an overwhelmingly
Catholic country in which the
communists officially number
more than 2,000,000, and the pa
pal decree could have a telling
effect here.
The communists have swung
000.000 vntpx in the nnsturar
elections in France, also a pre
dominantly , Catholic country,
where the warnine of the DoDe
to the faithful to avoid exDosine
themselves to communist doc
trines and writings, also could
have a heavy effect.
The concern the communists
apparently feel in France is re
flected in the official French
communist newspaper L'Huma
nite. In an angry attack on the
Vatican, tne newspaper termed
the decree "pure' totalitarian
ism." Held Last Warniiir ''
The decree, announced by the
sacred congregation of the holy
office which is in charge of
pruiecung me iaitn and ap
proved by the pontiff is inter
preted by Informed Vatican
sources to be a last warning to
tamoiics wno may be leaning
lowarn rnmmumem
The decree marks the fourth
time the nnne Vine ueari AvnAw.
munication to ficht har-k- of the
communists in recent years.
x-revious decrees had been
directed nt thn wrm tiori
sentenced Archbishop Alojzijc
oiepinac in Jugoslavia In 1946,
at those resnnnsihlo tn 4ha
prisonment of Hungary's Josef
wniuiuai imnaszemy, ana at the
founders and willing members
Of a SeDaratifit ffnvonimanknn
trolled Catholic action society in
zecnosiovaKia.
Pork Price Un
Chicago. Julv 14 Pl Pnrlr in
the hoof sold up another 50 cents
a nunared pounds today and
matched the highest price paid
since last December 27. The
top was $23.00, paid once before
tnis year, on January 5.
Norblad Again Protests
Salem Airline Changes
Another protest was made this
to the Civil Aeronautics board
west coast Airlines service for
gon's capital city.
In addition to the second protest, which was accompanied by
a copy of the Capital Journal-
editorial of July 1 entitled "A
Threat to Salem's Air Position,"
the CAB proposal was drawn to
the attention of the house of rep
resentatives and included in the
Congressional Record of July 1.
In drawing the matter to the
attention of the house Rep. Nor
blad commented:
"This nation-wide carrier has
furnished our state capital of
Salem with excellent service
since it was instituted in 1941
and has carried an ever-increasing
pay load from the city. It
seems utterly foolish for the
Civil Aeronautics board to even
consider substituting that serv
ice for one by a carrier which
could furnish feeder service
only."
With this statement was also
recorded the editorial of the
July 1 dateline which compared
the service offered by United
Air Lines and that which
could be offered by West Coast.
It also drew attention to the
position that United had in de
velopment of industries in Sa
lem, as well as showing the
Truman Attack
On Economists
Irks Congress 1
President in Fireside
Chat Again Urges
Deficit Spending
Washington, July 14 VP)
President Truman's sharp at
tack on "selfish interests urging
drastic cuts" in federal spending
collided today with both demo
cratic and republican criticism
in congress.
So did his assertion that many
people would like to have a de
pression "for political reasons."
On the other hand, Senator
Pepper (D., Fla.) called Mr. Tru
man's arguments "reasonable
commonsense and full of prac
tical justification."
The president spoke out last
night in telling the nation abou
his new program designed to ex
pand production and avert a
more serious business slump He
went on both the radio and tele
vision.
"Selfish Interests"
"We shall have to be sure."
the president said, "that the self
ish interests, do not drive us in
to the ditch, as they have done
before."
As he did in the economic re
port he sent to congress last
Monday, Mr. Truman said: "We
are not in a depression." Many
people who talk of a depression,
he said, would like to have one
"for political reasons."
But he added that the increase
in the number of people out of
work "is something to worry
about, and something that must
be cured."
The president again lit into
the republican-ruled 80th con
gress of 1947-48 for cutting in
come taxes. He criticized it, too,
for refusing to enact the anti-
inflation program he wanted
then but now has abandoned
because, he said, of changed con
ditions.
(Continued on Page 5, Column 7)
Poles Stampede
To See Portrait
Warsaw, Poland, July 14 W)
The official Polish press agency
blames the Roman Catholic
hierarchy for circumstances
leading to the death of a woman
and injuries to 19 other persons
in a stampede to witness a
"weeping virgin" portrait in
Lublin. , -
The agency, organ of the com
munist-led government, said
yesterday Catholic leaders had
"deliberately" encouraged a
mass pilgrimage to the eastern
Polish city.
A throng of 100,000 Poles
from all over the country, be
lieving that prayer before the
portrait would bring miraculous
cures, swarmed around the Lub
lin Cathedral, the agency report
ed. In the stampede a wooden
stockade collapsed, killing the
woman and injuring the others,
the agency said.
Government officials said
persons spreading rumors about
the reported miracle would be
prosecuted.
The agency chareed that the
Catholic hierarchy had allowed
nuns and priests to lead the pil
grimage.
week bv Rerj. Walter Norblad
on the proposed substitution of
that of United Airlines in Ore
increased UAL business in the
city. The editorial ended with
the suggestion that West Coast
not be substituted for UAL but
be permitted, possibly, to serve
aalem along witn United.
In support of the CAB sub
stitution proposal, West Coast
Airlines officials have asked the
Chamber of Commerce that they
be given a hearing locally. A
meeting is to be arranged for
some time next week.
Request for the meeting was
made by H. A. Munter, execu
tive vice president of West Coast
in Seattle, who asked that he
be permitted to tell the city
more about West Coast Airlines
The meeting, time for which
is to be set by the West Coast
officials, will be attended by
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom, City
Manager J. L. Franzen, mem
bers of the city council, mem
bers of both the airport commit
tee and the board of directors of
the Salem Chamber of Com
merce and by newspaper rep
resentatives.
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Wreckage of Crashed Dutch Airliner Indian rescuers probe
the crumpled wreckage of the Royal Dutch Airlines Constella
tion which crashed north of Bombay, India, carrying 45 per
sons, including 13 American newsmen, to their deaths. (AP
Wirephoto via radio from Bombay via London)
Fire Menace in Oregon
Extremely Dangerous
Portland, July 14 W) Fire jumped over cleared trails on
Gunbarrel creek today and roared out of control beyond 5000
already-blackened acres of south central Oregon pine forests.
The 200,000-acre Tillamook burn of northwestern Oregon
often-burned powderkeg of the Pacific northwest was closed to
entry . as temperatures soared'
and humidity fell.
The Gunbarrel creek fire
Malheur national forest, 35 miles
northeast of Burns, was one of
34 set off by a Monday night
lightning storm. It was the
only one in Oregon not con
trolled quickly.
Guy Johnson, forest service
regional fire dispatcher, said the
Gunbarrel situation was ex
tremely serious." Little mer
chantable . timber,:1 however, ... is
in the immediate area. '
; "We are sitting on a powder
keg throughout the state," he
said. :, v
The weather bureau, which
sent its mobile forecasting unit
to the Gunbarrel creek area last
night, reported "high to ex
treme fire danger in Oregon for
ests all over the interior of the
state today and tomorrow, with
increasing fire danger in the
coastal range."
Five hundred men were on
the fire lines today in Malheur
forest 220 of them sent last
night from the Nyssa farm la
bor camp.
Johnson said communication
with fire fighters had been poor
and that a radio team had been
sent in to set up reporting sta
tions.
However he said fighters re
ported today's weather was "a
bad burning day" and the only
hope lay in light winds.
The winds have been variable.
Most of the fire's shift has been
toward the southeast since its
start. If it moves north or north
west, valuable stands of mer
chantable timber will be in haz
ard, Johnson said.
Jap General Gets
Hard Labor for Life
Manila, Philippines, July 14
(U.R) Lt. Gen. Shigenori Kuroda
was sentenced today to life im
prisonment at hard labor for the
more than 2800 atrocity deaths
of Americans, Filipinos, and
other allied nationals while he
was Japanese commanaer-in-
chief in the Philippines.
A Philippine military com
mission, in passing sentence,
held him responsible for 2873
specific atrocity deaths and
countless additional cases of
murder and torture between
May 1943 and September 1944
The thin, graying, 65-year-old
general pleaded innocent.
Sheriff Goes to FBI
School; Hits' Cowseye'
Centralia, Wash., July 14 VP).
Lewis county Sheriff Frank
Thayer recently returned from
the FBI school at Washington,
D. C, where he grew very pro
ficient at hitting bullseyes.
Yesterday he chalked up a
cowseye.
A cow being unloaded at a
packing plant near here, scat
tered plant employes, jumped
the fence and headed for the
city.
Thayer brought the galloping
animal down in one well-placed
shot.
Yangtze Valley
Land Submerged
Nanking, July 14 (IP) The
populous, rice rich Yangtze
valley from the mouth of the
river 300 miles inland today was
under water in its worst flood
since 1931. : :.- J
s. Farm lands on both sides of
ftne huge Tiver in some places
40 miles wide were submerg
ed. Authorities blame the flood
on .heavy rainfall rather than
on poor drainage west of China's
mountains.
There were no figures avail
able here on crop damage, the
number of homeless and casual
ties officials said they were loo
busy strengthening dikes to
bother gathering statistics.
Anhwei province was hit
hardest.
The river was about 40 miles
wide from Wuhu, 65 miles
southwest of Nanking, to An
king, 90 miles further south
west.
The rice crop appeared a to
tal loss in that area.
In North Anhwei from An
king to Tsao lake, a distance of
100 miles, the countryside was
mostly under water.
Ten thousand peasants were
reported marooned at Haikow,
just west of Anking.
No Relief in Sight
From Heat Wave
The season's first real heat
wave for the Salem area con
tinues with prospect the mer
cury will hit 95 Friday. The
thermometers registered a maxi
mum of 92 degrees here Wed
nesday, and Thursday started
out as if to better the mark,
the morning minimum being 55.
Forecast is for continued fair
weather and warm temperatures
tonight and tomorrow.
The Wednesday mean was 72
degrees, five above normal.
Meanwhile, Salemites seek to
find ways to keep cool. Swim
ming parties for the youngsters,
picnics for everybody, and cer
tainly plenty of time alloted to
water gardens and lawns are
keeping loyal folk busy.
Russia Withholding
Manganese. Chrome
Washington, July 14' (IP) Rus
sia withheld manganese and
chrome shipments to the U.S.
in May for the second consecu
tive month, the census bureau
reported today.
Both metals, essential in turn
ing out high grade steel, are
considered so vital by the gov
ernment that it buys them for
stockpiling against a war emerg
ency.
A Russian cut-off of mangan
ese for the U.S. in retailiation
for the 15-month U.S. ban
against shipment of "war poten
tial" goods to Russia had been
threatened since last fall in So
viet dealings with private importers.
Low Flying
Caused Crash
Los Angeles, July 14 VP) Ci
vil aeronautics board . officials
say that low flying and not a
fight caused the crash and ex
plosion of a non-scheduled air
liner which cost 35 lives and in
juries to 14.
Stewardess Charlotte Grenan-
der, 23, told authorities yester
day that the scrap aboard the
Standard Airlines' twin-engine
C-46 Commando was only e
one-punch affair. She said it oc
curred an hour before the crash
in the rugged Santa Susanna
mountains 30 miles north of
downtown Los Angeles Tuesday.
She named Frank Conway,
Albany, N.Y., who was killed
as the man who struck his seat-
mate. Miss Grenander added
that there was no trouble after
the pilot, Capt. Roy G. White,
came back and talked to Con
way. .;, .,(".. -: '
James N; Peyton, regional
CAB chief, said the aircraft was
on course for an instrument ap
proach landing at Lockheed air
terminal, Burbank, but was 2000
feet too low. He said a smashed
altimeter registered 1940 feet.
Peyton added that low fog
may have obscured the pilot's
vision, although fog was not be
lieved to have been abnormally
heavy.
Salem Banks to
Keep Open Saturday
Salem banks will not take ad
vantage of the Saturday closure
permitted under a law passed
by the 1949 legislature.
Officials of both the First Na
tional and the Ladd and Bush
branch of the United States Na
tional banks said Thursday that
the banks of the state had not
yet reached a decision as to
whether the Saturday closing
would be adopetd.
It was stated at the First Na
tional bank that there might
possibly be extended hours
rather than any curtailment of
hours and it was not contem
plated to take advantage of the
Saturday closing law.
M orse Balks on Dulles
For Foreign Committee
Washington, July 14 VP) A proposal to place New York's
freshman Senator John Foster Dulles on the senate foreign rela
tions committee kicked up a political storm in republican ranks
today.
Senate leaders are discussing
mittee to make room for Dulles,
GOP foreign policy expert, un
til his appointment expires in
December.
But Senator Morse (R., Ore.),
has served notice he is "fight
ing mad" and will call a special
party conference to oppose any
such move. He insists, friends
say, that he is in line for the
next seat on the foreign rela
tions committee.
Senators would not discuss
the stormy situation publicity
but in private they gave this
account: ,
Democratic leaders apparent
ly had agreed to make room for
Dulles on the appropriations
committee one of the most
powerful groups in the senate.
Some members of the demo
cratic steering committee
thought the matter was settled
But then a proposal to put Dulles
on the foreign relations com
Truman to Set-up Steel
Fact Finding Board if
Big 3 Cooperate or Not
Senate Group
Approves Four
Hoover Plans
Washington, July 14 (IP) The
senate expenditures committee
today in effect approved four of
President Truman's plans for re
organizing government agencies.
The members looked over and
raised no objections to plans for:
1. Strengthening the top man
agement of the post office de
partment. 2. Transferring the national
security council and the nation
al resources board to the execu
tive office of the president.
3. Making the chairman of the
civil service commission respon
sible for the operation of the ci
vil service programs, within re
gulations made by the commis
sion.
4. Revamping the operating
activities of the maritime com
mission by vesting executive
authority in the chairman.
The plans will go into effect
August 19 unless the senate or
house votes disapproval before
then.
Democratic leaders tried to
day to get an agreement for a
senate vote Saturday on the
North Atlantic pact.
Senator W a t k i n s (R-Utah)
blocked it. Watkins said he
would not agree to a vote before
next Wednesday.
(Continued on Paje 5, Column 7)
Russians Clear
Army Convoy
Berlin, July 14 (U.R) -The Rus
sians, ending their slowdown of
western traffic, cleared a 60
truck U.S. army convoy for Ber
lin in quick order at the American-Soviet
zonal border today.
The convoy reached Berlin
this afternoon without incident
Soviet authorities suddenly
ceased their slowdown tactics at
the Helmstedt check point on
the super-highway to Berlin late
last night. It looked to many
like a Soviet facing-saving ges
ture to avoid an embarrassing
showdown when the U.S. army
convoy arrived.
When the convoy arrived at
the cheek point, a Russian sol
dier took a paper handed him
by Maj John L. King, Jr., of
Carrollton, Mo., gave is a cur
sory glance, returned it and
waved on all 60 trucks.
A 10-truck British army truck
convoy also was waved through
after guards glanced briefly at
the commander's papers.
Unarmed American military
police were escorting the Amer
ican convoy along the entire
110-mile route through the Sov
iet zone of Germany. They were
in constant radio touch with
American headquarters in Ber
lin. The food carried by the trucks
totalled only about 125 tons a
drop in the bucket toward meet
ing the real needs of the 4,500,
000 persons in the western sec
tors of Berlin.
enlarging the 13-member com
mittee was made.
One senator said Senator But
ler (R., Neb.) chairman of
the republican committee on as
signments went to Majority
Leader Lucas of Illinois to ask
about Dulles' committee assign
ments.
"Lucas suggested if Dulles was
only going to be in the senate
until December," he said, "then
perhaps the foreign relations
committee should be enlarged
to 14 to make room for Dulles."
Butler then went to Senator
Morse, it was said to see if he
would accept this proposal and
Morse exploded an angry "Nor
Morse has long wanted to be
a member of the foreign policy
group and has insisted that the
next appointment should be a
senator from the west coast
which has no representative on
the committee.
Strike Order to Be
Issued to Apply to All:
Firms Rejecting Truce
Washington, July 14 VP) The-
White House said today that
President Truman will set up
a steel fact-finding board to-.
morrow whether or not the "big
three" producers yield to nis '
pressure for them to go alung
with his plan to avert a strike
Saturday.
Charles Ross, presidential
press secretary, announced this
after saying nothing has been
heard from Mr. Truman's latest
message to the three companies.
There was no hint from Ross ,
as to who the president has in
mind for the board a group
whose findings and recommenda
tions -may be decisive on the
issue of whether millions of
American workers are to have a
fourth round of post-war wage
increases.
Truman Urges Plea
Asking United States Steel,
Republic and Bethlehem to re
consider their rejections of his
plan to submit the wage-pension
dispute to a sp e c i a 1 inquiry
board for a recommended solu
tion, Mr. Truman told the three:
'Surely you are not afraid to .
have your side of this dispute
examined in the public inter
est."
While some smaller steel firms
and the CIO United Steel Work
ers union accepted Mr. Truman's
plan, the big three had contend
ed it by-passed Taft-Hartley law
procedures for strikes imperil
ling the nation's health or safe
ty. Philip Murray, president of
the CIO and its steel union, said,
he will issue a strike order to-,
day to apply to all steel firms '
rejecting Mr. Truman's plan for
a 60-day strike truce.
Refuses to Use TH Law
Mr. Truman, in asking the
three to reconsider -yesterday,
said it was his opinion the pres--
ent situation "does not const!-,
tute such an immediate peril to
the national health or safety"'.
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geney strike clauses.
An inquiry board named un
der Taft-Hartley lacks power ;
to recommend a dispute solu
tion, as the president said his
three-man board will have.
However, both the president"
and Cyrus S. Ching, director of'
the federal mediation and con-
ciliation service, stressed neith-.
er the companies nor union
would be expected to accept any
solution suggested by Mr. Tru
man's board. Ching said it was
hoped the recommendations
could form a basis for settle
ment.
Britain Slashes
Dollar Buying :
London, July 14 VP) Britain'
today sliced 25 percent off her
buying from the world's dollar
areas for this year.
Sir Stafford Cripps, chancel-.
lor of the exchequer, told the
house of commons Britain's im
ports from the United States and-
other dollar areas would be lim-w
ited to $1,200,000,000. In 1948
Britain spent $1,600,000,000 on
imports.
Cripps announced a cut in
purchases of U. S. tobacco. He
also said the sugar ration would;
be lowered from 10 to eight .
ounces weekly and the recently -derationed
candy would go back ,
on ration Aug. 14. The weekly -
candy ration will be four ounces'
per person.
Cripps knocked off $800,000,-;.
000 of the $440,000,000 origin--ally
set aside for the purchase of
tobacco.
He said this would mean a.
reduction of about five percent
to British users. Cigarettes al
ready are scarce here and lines
in front of tobacco stores are a
common sight.
Jake Bird to Hang;
Loses Final Appeal ;
Washington, July 14 (Jus
tice Black of the supreme court
refused today to grant a stay of
execution to Jake Bird, convic
ted slayer scheduled to be
hanged tomorrow in the state
of Washington.
Bird had asked for the execu
tion stay on grounds that he had
been coerced into confessing the
crime and that he never had been
permitted to have a full trans
cript of the trial proceedings.