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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1949)
G apital tual sr THE WEATHER HERE PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and Friday with continued mild tem peratures. Lowest expected to night, 48; highest Friday, 18. Maximum yesterday, 14; minimum ts day. 48. 34-hour precipitation, 0: for month, .IS; normal, .35. Seaaon precipita tion, 41.19; normal, 37.30. River height, -2.9. HOME EDITION 61st Year, No. 172 Entered u second cits mstter at Salem. Oregou Salem, Oregon, Thursday, July 21, 1949 (24 Pages) Price 5c tmSik TTOv mm kdu WCAL Officials Fail to Appear For Conference Scheduled Meeting Therefore Indefinitely Postponed By MARGARET MAGEE It will be next week or later before West Coast Airlines offi cials have their conference here with local officials, representa tives and the Chamber of Com merce, newspaper representa ' tives and firms and persons us ing airline service out of Sa lem. ' Originally scheduled for J Tuesday afternoon, the confer ence late Monday was postpon ed until Wednesday to permit the. company, proposed by- the CAB as a substitute for United Airlines which has served Sa lem since 1941, to bring a new plane into Salem for exhibit. The meeting was indefinitely postponed when the plane, a DC-3 equipped with a rear bag bage pit, failed to arrive Wed nesday afternoon with H. A. Munter, executive vice presi dent of the company; E. B. Code, operations manager; Russell Bath, chief pilot; and C. L. Bag sund, assistant traffic manager. Two Officials Here West Coast was not without representatives in Salem, how ever. Here from Seattle was Bob England, general traffic and sales manager, and Norman Hunt, station manager for the company at McMinnville. These two representatives, both of whom had planned to meet the new plane in Salem and attend the conference here, a short time before 4 p.m. (stan dard time), the time set for the plane's arrival, were informed that it would not arrive on schedule. Shortly afterward England re ceived word that the plane had left Van Nuys, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, at 2:45 p.m. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 6) X 1 II -1 tfiT AAA 1. JAIIQ! )lJrUUU TO McNary Field Salem has been given an allot ment of $25,000 by the Civil Aer onautics Administration for im provements at McNary field. This word was received late Wednesday afternoon by the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce in a telegram from Rep, Walter Nor blad, who also stated that the money was to be matched by lo cal funds amounting to $19,000. A telegram to Jack Bartlett of the state department of aero nautics from Sen. Guy Cordon contained the same information and indicated that a story would be released by the CAA in Wash ington Saturday giving the proj est for which the funds were to be used. Neither City Manager J. L. Franzen nor the local CAA office had received any word of the project for which the funds had been allotted. Franzen, howev er, stated that the city would not be able to match the funds until it received its money from the ,- government on the recently com pleted project at McNary field. When these projects are under taken the city supplies the mon ey for the government's share, P as well as the city's and later is reimbursed by the government. It will be the money from the government's share of the recent ly completed project at the air field that the city will have to use for match money for the new allotment. Simpson Says Picture Puts Him in Bad Light The Capita Journal hereby makes amends to Glenn Simp son who was in a group whose pictures appeared on the front page of this newspaper July 7. The police the previous night had made 'a raid and confiscat ed several slot machines and other devices at Eagles hall. The officers needed additional help to carry the equipment away and telephoned to head quarters for some prisoners to be brought to the hall to give a hand. Simpson was in police custody that night and was one of those sent. The caption un der the picture implied that he had something to do with organ izing the raid. As a result, he says, he is being branded a stool pigeon and is unable to get work. "Simpson had absolutely ioihing to do with organizing the raid, and he did not give the police any information," said Chief of Police Clyde A. Warren, Governor Asks For Economy All Down Line Speaking to 25 De partment Heads Asks Budgets Be Scanned By JAMES D. OLSON Economy in the operation of state departments was demand ed by Governor Douglas McKay, speaking to 25 department heads under his jurisdiction. The governor told the depart ment heads that they should scan their budgets carefully" and "see to it that taxpayers get their money s worth out of every dollar spent." Following the governor's talk the officials agreed to meet once every three months to, go over their budgets and discuss mu tual problems. Duty of State Heads I believe it to be the duty of every department head to save in state expenditures whenever and wherever possible just as he endeavors to save in his household outlays," the gover nor said. Governor McKay, recently re turned from a Pacific coast in tergovernmental conference in San Francisco, said that, per centagewise, Oregon had the smallest unemployment total of any coaststate. He said that Oregon had recovered from its midwinter slump and, although a dip might be expected in the fall, he found the local and na tional economic picture far from discouraging. Get By on Less Money "Even so, the governor said, it is important for state depart ments to get by on less money, whenever feasible. We should spend more wisely without waste for the things the public needs. Necessary functions should be maintained but the frills must go," he added. He expressed the hope that the continued drop in commod ity prices would result in sav ings in many state purchases. ' The governor also touched on out-of-state travel by state of ficials, which has been on the upgrade, declaring that such travel should be guided by the old slogan, "Is this trip really necessary?' " It was the governor's position that cuts in state operating ex penses should not "come out of the hides of state employes." (Concluded on Page 5, Column 6) Defenses for Alaska Planned Washington, July 21 (IP) Sec retary of Defense Johnson assur ed senators today that adequate plans for defending Alaska are in operation but he asked to tell about them at a secret session. Johnson appeared before the senate armed services commit tee to urge quick approval of $643,000,000 worth of construc tion projects for the army, navy and air forces. The work would be done both in-this country and overseas. He said these represent the "most strategically and critically necessary public works proj ects," including buildings for de fense installations and special re search. Senator Knowland (R., Calif.) raised questions about the Alas kan defenses. Numerous other congressmen recently have been questioning means for protection of this point of United States territory nearest Russia and Asia. Churchill Blames FDR For Surrender, Policy London, July 21 0J.R) Winston Churchill placed on the late President Roosevelt today the conditional surrender" policy regarding Germany, and admitted that the British cabinet would have rejected such a policy. Mr. Roosevelt made the "unconditional surrender" statement at Casablanca without consulting him, the wartime prime minister told the house of commons. Churchill conceded that he had "not the slightest doubt" that the British government would have turned down the pol icy if the cabinet had been con sulted in the matter. The secrets of the Casablan ca conference came out in com mons debate on foreign policy, marked by an angry exchange between Churchill and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Bevin sought to lodge a ma jor share of blame for the sad state of affairs in Germany upon the "unconditional surrender" j declaration of Churchill and Mr. Plane Crash Fatal to Seven Tail section of a non-scheduled C-46 airliner lies among damaged and burned homes in suburb of Seattle, Wash, where the plane crashed on take off from Boeing field. Five structures were destroyed or damaged as the plane burst into flame. Thirtv-three persons were injured. Some of the dead and injured were occupants of the homes. (Acme Telephoto) House Votes Kills Bran nan Farm Bill Washington, July 21 VP) The house today tentatively approved the Gore bill killing the administration's trial-run Brannan farm subsidy plan and continuing the present rigid high supports for farm prices for another year. Hastly rejecting the administration's Alabama Wars On Klansmen Birmingham, Ala., July 21 IP) High handed lawlessness by night prowling mobs has spurred Alabama crime fighters to : crease the tempo of their war on hooded gangsters. A grand jury was ordered into special session tomorrow to search further into floggings. cross burnings and threats by mobs. - - - - : An State Attorney General Al bert Carmichael singled out the Federated Ku KIux Klans, Inc. for a legal attack in court. The new anti-mob campaigns by law agencies came simulta neously will reports of two more mob floggings and disagreement between two top-level Klan offi cers. A white man revealed yester day he and a Negro were taken out Tuesday night by an armed mob, tied to a tree and lashed with a sawmill belt. Dolph Bailey, 25, said none of the attackers wore masks. He also said they were not klans men, adding: "I'm a member of the Klan myself." The attack occurred near Goodwater, about 70 miles southeast of Birming ham. Senate Holding Up Confirmations Washington, July 11 W President Truman said today it seems to be the policy of senate judiciary committee to hold up his appointments of federal of ficials. That was his reply when asked at a news conference for com ment on the committee's delay in passing on the nomination of Carrol Switzer to be a federal district judge in Iowa. Senator Gillette (D., Iowa) has protested Switzer's selection, made against Gillette's recom mendation. It has kicked up a fight in the judiciary commit tee. full responsibility for the "un Roosevelt. Churchill interrupt ed Bevin tp say; "The first time I heard that phrase used was from the lips of President Roosevelt. "I never heard it until I saw it in the press," Bevin retorted. "If it had ever been put to me as a member of your cabinet I would never have agreed to such a thing." Churchill explained that he was with Mr. Roosevelt when the latter made the statement and "I had very rapidly to con sider whether the state of our position in the world was such as to justify me in not giving support to it." He said he agreed, although it was not his idea. " ' pT ' t mill run farm subsidy bill. The Aiken act was to become effective at the end-of this year. A coalition of democrats and republicans took charge of the house to ram through the sub stitute for the administration bill authored by Rep. Gore (D Tenn.), leader of the coalition The vote was by voice, subject to a later roll call. By the vote the house stood for continution of the farm pro gram under which major farm crops are supported at a rigid 90 per cent of parity price through government loans and purchases to keep price-depres sing surpluses out of the, com modity markets. There were only a few scat tered "nays" in the vote to kill the Aiken act. Many republicans joined dem ocrats in the vote to destroy the law authorized by Senator Ai ken (R., Va.). The measure pro vided for a flexible 60 to 90 per cent of parity price support program for major crops begin ning next year. There was bitter debate be fore the house got down to vot ing. Rep. Pace (D Ga.), argued that the whole issue is "wheth er your government will con tinue to buy food and destroy it." Pace is the author of the ad ministration's new farm bill which would permit a three- crop trial run of the Brannan subsidy plan. Shortly after he spoke, how ever, Rep. Gore (D., Tenn.), for mally laid before the house his substitute measure and called for a showdown vote on it. LA Plans War On Gangsters Los Angeles, July 21 IP) The state, county and city merged forces today to fight an upsurge of gang warfare which climaxed with the shotgun blasts that fell ed Gambling Boss Mickey Cohen and three other persons. The victims, including Harry Cooper, special agent assigned by the attorney general's office to protect the dapper, little Cohen, are recovering from their wounds. An emergency meeting of top state, county and city law en forcement officers was called here yesterday after the early- morning blaze of gunfire on the swank Sunset strip shocked this City of the Angels." Attorney General Fred How- ser, who flew from ban f ran cisco to attend the meeting, said last night that Cohen's lawyer, Sam Rummel, has named the persons who he believes fired the shots. "But I am in no position at this time," Howser said, "to dis close the names of these persons. That would be aiding the sus pects." Shot down with Cohen, who fronts as a haberdasher, and Cooper were Edward (Neddie) Herbert, a confederate of the gambler, and blonde Actress Dee David. All but Cohen were critically injured. They were fired upon as they emerged early yesterday from Sherry's restaurant by two men conceal ed across the street, Crowds Flock To View Debris Seattle, July 21 (IP) Block- long Harney street was like a carnival of death today as crowds of curious milled through the debris-laden area to see the destruction wrought by crippled non-scheduled twin- engined C-46 airliner. Police Chief George D. East man estimated that more than 30,000 persons jammed the area in a three-hour span last night, less than 24 hours after the plane carried its 32 occu pants on a death-dealing plunge through power lines and into five southside homes. Peanut, ice cream and pop corn vendors had a bonanza. Meanwhile, the death toll stood at seven. Five of the vie tims were residents of houses struck by the plane. One was a plane passenger and the sev enth body, still unidentified, is presumed to be that of a plane passenger not accounted for. The latest death was that of Pete Chumos, 66, of Seattle. Thirty-one persons were in jured. ' . Amos E. Heacock, president of Air Transport Associates, Inc., owners of the ill-fated plane, said last night the com pany had been cleared by civil aeronautics administration au thorities for continued opera tions. "Full operations of all aircraft m our fleet has been resumed," he said. The company has four other C-46s in its fleet. Chinese Reds Near Chanqsha Canton, July 21 (P) Nation alist China's comeback hopes, aroused by the visit of Chiang Kai-Shek to Canton, were dim med today by news from the Central China front. Private reports placed the communists only 20 miles north and east of Changsha, capital of human providence. The reports suggested the citv would be abandoned without a fight. Nationalist troops in Hunan. like those in Hupeh and Kiang si provinces are commanded by Moslem Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi, former minister of defense. He estimated to have 200,000 men. Salem s Miss America Entry Off For Seaside Miss Connie Cross of Miller's, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Cross of Salem will leave today for Seaside to compete in Sea side's annual Miss America pageant to select Miss Oregon. The program will be for three days, beginning Friday, ending Sunday with the grand parade and the finals in judging. The contestant chosen will be eli-'S gible to enter the Miss America pageant at Atlantic City on La bor day Born and reared in Salem, Miss Cross is a typical Oregon girl. She loves the great out doors and is expert in swim ming, riding, dancing and lists her talents as singing and ora tion. She has ambition for mo deling, having participated in many fashion shows in Salem. Her talents listed in the finals will be a song followed by a speech on "Why I Like My Home Town." On Sunday, the Cherrians will act as honor guard. for Miss Salem during the pageant par ade. Many Salem people have signified their intentions of at tending the contest which is one of the biggest crowd gathering events of the year at Seaside. Judges for the Miss Oregon pageant have not yet been pub licly announced. Truman Atomic Permit Vaughan To Testily on '5 Percenters' Washington, July 21 VP) Pres ident Truman said today that his army aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan has permission to testi fy if he is called before the sen ate committee inquiring into op erations of "five percenters." The president declined to com ment, at a news conference, on story that he had decorated Vaughan in a mock ceremony after the general's recent brush with newsmen in Washington on the five percenters question. Asked if he had given Vaughan a medal on that occa sion, he said he simply had no comment. Silent on Medal At the same time, the presi dent said he has always favored inquiries to see that outsiders are not used to obtain govern ment contracts and that that is part of his continuing policy. The president said he does not believe Gen. Vaughan was mixed up in the operations which brought about the congressional inquiry and the suspension of two two-star generals. He said he had read sugges tions of that sort in the papers about Vaughan but did not be lieve them. A reporter said Vaughan was reported to have said he believed 300 five percenters were operat ing in Washington. Mr. Truman said he doesn't know anything about it if such operations are going on. Says No Secrets A newsman said that report ers trying to get information had been checkmated in official cir cles. Mr. Truman laughed and said he had not tried to checkmate them, that he gave them all the information he has. And he quipped that there are no secrets around tne mair house. Senator Hoey (D., N.C.) said today there is a possibility that Vaughan may be asked to testify in the senate inquiry. Hoey is chairman of a senate expenditures subcommittee that is completing plans for a public inquiry into allegations of the use of influence in the awarding of government contracts. The term "five percenters" has been applied to persons who help manufacturers get government contracts for a fee. There have been charges that some of those persons have claimed influence with government officials. O & C Timber Auctions Portland, July 21 (IP) Oral auctions upstate and a scaled bid sale here will offer $166,- 616 worth of Oregon-California timber next month. Auctions will be at Eugene Aug. 16 and Salem and Bend Aug. 17. Interesting to note are Miss Cross' measurements as com pared with young women who have won the national honor in previous contests. Here were the measurements of Margaret Gorman of Wash ington, D. C, winner of the first contest in 1921: Height, 5-1; bust, 30; waist, 25; hips, 32; calf, 12 'A; ankle, 7'A; weight, 108; age, 16. BeBe Shopp of Hopkins, Minn., winner in 1948, mea sured; height, 5-9; bust, 37; waist, 27; hips, 36; calf, 14 ',4; ankle, 9; weight, 140; age, 18. And Miss Cross measures: Height, 5-6; bust, 34; waist, 22; nips, 34; calf, 13'A; ankle, BU: weight, 120; age, 20. And a composit of all winners to date is: Height, 5-6 'A; bust, 34 'A; waist, 24 'A; hips, 35 'A; calf, 13'A; ankle, 8V; weight 124H; age, IB'A. Silent Bomb Sharing Atlantic Pact Debate Ends Senate Voting Washington, July 21 UP) The senate will begin voting on am endments to the North Atlantic Pact at 2 p.m. (PDT) today, with tile final vote to follow. There probably will be four roll calls, each requiring about ten min utes. Senator Wherry, the republi can floor leader, told the senate that before approving the North Atlantic Pact It should "close the door" against giving the atom bomb to other members. With a vote only hours away, the Nebraska senator said he is concerned that the treaty may obligate this country to let oth ers in on A-bomb secrets. At President Truman's news conference, held shortly before the senate met, a reporter had mentioned the stand Wherry was taking. Mr. Truman brushed it off with the comment that Senator Wherry has "a lot of unground ed fears about the treaty which I'm not interested in." Italy Ratifies Atlantic Pad Rome, July 21 (IP) The Ital ian chamber of deputies ratified the Atlatic pact today over Rus sian protests. The vote was 323 to 180. This was the second time the chamber voted. The first vote was nullified early today' when the voles outnumbered the vot ers. The senate still must act. The Christian democratic party, with its allies, has a safe margin in the senate and ratification there is considered a foregone conclu sion. After the senate acts, signa ture by President Luigi Einaudi will complete the ratification process. The announcement of the vote in the chamber was greeted with silence from the communist side, which has carried on a bitter campaign against the pact. Yesterday the Soviet Union handed Italy a note charging that adherence to the alliance would violate the Italian peace treaty. Canada Not to Make A Bombs Ottawa, Ont., July 21 0J.B Canada knows how to make the atomic bomb, but doesn't intend to, government officials said to day. Discussing American top-level discussions about sharing atomic secrets with Britain and Canada, Acting Prime Minister C. D. Howe said: "Canada has asked for no in formation on atomic energy from the United States." Howe, Canada's minister of trade and commerce and the cabinet minister responsible for all atomic energy research, is acting chief executive during the vacation absence of Prime Min ister Louis St. Laurent. We could make A bomb if we wanted to," Howe said, "maybe not as good as the American one, but a good bomb, nevertheless." He emphasized, however, that Canada is not interested in pro ducing atomic bombs, but in stead is working on peacetime atomic energy uses. 'We're still selling uranium ores to the United States, and we're still exchanging certain classified information on atom is research and developments with them," Howe said. 'There is, of course, some classified information we don't get for example, how to make the bomb," he added. Typhoon Heads East Manila, July 21 (P) A ty phoon with winds of 120 miles an hour near its center headed toward Formosa tonight at eight miles an hour. At midnight the typhoon was expected to be 460 miles cast northeast of Aparri, on the northern tip of Luzon island. On No Cause for Alarm in Secret Policy Meeting Washington, July 21 " Pre sident Truman today flatly re fused to say whether this coun try is considering an A-bomb sharing program with Great Britain and Canada. He told questioners at a news conference that no deep, dark secrets were involved in the secret atomic conference he called at his Blair House resi dence last Thursday night. And he said there is nothing alarming about secret atomic conferences which have been held since the Blair House meeting. No Comment Replies But when he was asked whe ther he had any intention of telling the British how to make atomic bombs, he replied with a quick no comment. He said the true facts about the Blair house meeting which was so secret that photograghers were barred from the sidewalk out front will come out even tually. But he added that he has no plans personally to release them. Chariman Brien McMahon, (D., Conn.), of the house-senate atomic energy committee has of ficially announced that the Blair House conferees discussed ato mic relations with Britain and Canada. Second Meeting Most of the conferees met again yesterday. The second meeting was as secret as the , first. It took place in the atom ic committee's nhnmher on Can- itol Hill. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 6) Smufny Flees Czech Terror Frankfurt, Germany, July 21 (U.R) U.S. army authorities said today that Dr. Jaromir Smutny, chancellor of Czechoslovakia at the time of president Eduard Bones' death, has fled to the American zone of Germany. They indicated Smutny was being interrogated by American intelligence officers. Reputable Czech emigres in the western zone said the former chancellor probably knows more about the inside story of the communist coup of Czechoslo vakia than any other non-communist Czech on this side of the iron curtain. These sources said they be lieved Smutny could reveal de tails of the communist seizure of power in Prague which are un known to western intelligence agents. Smulny was at Benes' bedside when the Czech president died shortly after the communist coup a year ago last February. He also reportedly was in the same room when Benes gave notice to Klement Gottwald, then communist premier of Czechoslovakia, that he was re signing. Smulny later served as chancellor to Gottwald when Gottwald was elevated to pres ident. Mutt Show Given At Bergs' Market Hey! Skinny! There is a mutt show out at Bergs Market, Cen ter and Capitol streets, Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Everybody gets something and there is more than $50 in prizes for dogs in different divi sions. Take your dog and go out to Bergs, maybe your pooch will win one of the prizes in the 10 classifications dog with the longest cars, dog with the long est hair, smallest dog, largest dog, dirtiest dog, cleanest dog, dog with shortest legs, fattest dog, dog with the longest tail and the best dog in the show. There will be no charge for entering. Everything is free for the kiddies. "We are just going to let the bars down and have a good time with the youngsters and their mutts," said Elmer Berg.
