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61$t Year, No. 182 3S?JZoSZ: Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 2, 1
Price 5c
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Years Delay on
Paving Faced on
County Roads
Rep Tape Holds-up
Petitions for Financing
By Assessments
By DON UPJOHN
County officials admit that
while there will be possibly as
high as 30 to 40 petitions ask
ing for improvements of dedi
cated publio roads under a new
law of the last legislature when
forms are ready for filing such
petitions, they are dubious of
there being much chance of go
ing ahead on any of the projects
V before next spring.
V The objective of the law is to
' allow such road improvements
to be financed by assessments
against abutting properties,
somewhat as is done in the cities.
A petition bearing signatures
of 75 per cent of the property
owners representing 75 per cent
of the property, can set in mo
tion the request for the im
provement. If it is approved by
the engineer and the court the
improvement may be approved
and work done, the cost to be
repaid by assessments against
the property during a period of
not to exceed five years.
Delayed by Red Tape
What has held up petitions to
date is an absence of the proper
form for such petitions being
prepared. The county court had
inquired what was being done
in Multnomah county and offi
cials there said that the banks
and others interested were work
ing on a form which they would
loan the county here when it was
completed. Word then came that
such a form had been worked
out but after being rehashed was
found unsatisfactory and a new
one was being worked on. Since
then no further word has come
as to progress being made there
in the meantime, everyone
who had evidenced an interest
in the law and indicated that
they wished to file petitions has
been advised as to the situation
arcjjiconsequently no petitions
lhgrrJ as yet been' filed- as no
Pt.-ns are available,
reiic Ann Cai t.ij.
The county court here has set
aside $25,000 for such road im
provements in the current bud
get which they admit will prob
ably be but a drop in the bucket
to cover expense of what roads
are likely to be asked to be im
proved. However, Portland
banks have evidenced an inter
est in possibly advancing funds
in that county for an extensive
road development program under
the law and it is thought poss
ibly some such additional money
might be available here, but this
is still to develop when petitions
are available.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Rural Roads
Questionnaire
The state highway department
has filed with the county court
an extensive questionnaire deal
ing with local rural roads in the
county which is an outgrowth of
hearings in the federal congress
on two bills which would appro
priate in excess of a hundred
million dollars for development
of such type roads.
County Judge Murphy said
questions had been raised in
congress as to whether, if the
. federal government appropriat
ed the funds, all the counties in
the country are equipped with
personnel and other necessary
factors to properly administer
and expend such. funds to get
the most out of them.
Hence the questionnaire. Each
highway department in every
state has been asked to ascertain
the status of each county in its
respective state as to its person
nel, equipment and ability to
handle the funds.
In this state, when all the
questionnaires are in, and it is
asked they be filed with the
commission by August 8, then
the executive committee of the
association of Oregon counties of
which .Judge Murphy is presi
dent, will meet with representa
tives of the state highway depart
ment and federal bureau of
roads go over the questionnaires
and put the information glean
ed from them into shape for fil
ing with the congressional com
mittee. Governor on 2-Day Trip
Governor Douglas McKay left
today on a crowded two-day trip
to southern Oregon.
This morning he was at the
Oregon state police school at
Corvallis. He will attend the
opening tonight of the Shake
spearean festival at Ashland,
na toiiiorrow ne u inspect xea-
eral reclamation projects in
Jackson and Josephine counties.
Oregon Facing
Again Shortage
Of Teachers
Rural Districts Shy In
structors 1000 Emer
gency Permits Issued
Oregon will again face a serl-
ous teacher shortage when the
fall term opens next month, oc-
cording to Rex Putnam, superin
tendent of public instruction
Tuesday.
In a few spots, particularly
around population centers, suffi
cient teachers are available to
supply the demands, Putnam
said. This is because teachers
own homes in such places, wish
to teach near their homes and
are unwilling to move into rural
areas where more teachers are
needed. However, in the state
generally the shortage remains
acute, he said.
1000 Emergency Permits
Already this year 1000 emerg
ency permits for elementary
teachers have been issued and it
is expected that at least 700
more will be issued before the
first of September. Last year
more tnan 1700 emergency per
mits were issued.
No emergency permits are be
ing issued this year for teach
ers in high schools. Putnam said.
Last year only 72 permits to
teacn in high schools were issu
ed and these were so-called
carry-overs, or persons who
needed one additional year to
qualify as high school teachers.
Small Increase Noted
There has been a small in
crease in the teacher supply
gained from teacher training in
stitutions in the state, Putnam
said. However, the supply from
this source is still far from the
required number of teachers
needed.
Last year slightly more than
10,000 teachers were engaged in
the schools of the state. This
number included both perma
nent' and temporary teachers.
Clark Assured
Confirmation
Washington, Aug. 2 JP) The
double appointment moving At
torney General Tom Clark to
the supreme' court and Senator
J. Howard McGrath (D R.I.)
into the justice department seem
ed today to have a clear path to
senate approval.
President Truman sent his for
mal nominations of the two men
to the senators today, after re
ceiving word they would accept
the posts.
But the backwash may pro
duce conflicting bids by Senator
Stennis (D., Miss.) and Senator
Kerr (D., Okla.) for a coveted
place on the senate's tax han
dling finance committee. Sten
nis is a states rights supporter:
Kerr an administration backer.
McGrath's acceptance yester
day of President Truman's offer
of the attorney generalship clear
ed the way for the official action
by President Truman to nomi
nate both him and Clark.
Clark's acceptance of the su
preme court appointment, to fill
the place vacated by the death
of Associate Justice Frank Mur
phy, had been a foregone conclusion.
House Votes Increase
In Veterans Pensions
Washington, Aug. 2 (IP) An annual increase of $112,000,000 in
veterans' pensions and disability payments was voted today by
the house.
The bill was passed without opposition or debate and was sent
to the senate. ' : ;
It would hike disability com
pensation for veterans of all
wars, raise allowances for de
pendents, and liberalize regula
tions governing determination of
service-connected disabilities for
World War I veterans.
The veterans administration
estimated cost for the first year
would be $112,597,300. It made
no estimate of the cost of subse
quent years.
Here's what the house veter
ans' affairs committee said the
bill would do:
1. Provide for payment of full
compensation, instead of the
present 75 percent, to World War
I veterans for disabilities legal
ly presumed to be service-con
nected. Estimated first-year cost.
$4,691,000.
2. Liberalize the compensa
tion schedule of any veterans
suffering from tuberculosis by
Group Stymies
Federal Aid
To Education
2 Hours Stormy
Debate Results in
Disagreement
Washington, Aug 2 UP) Two
hours of stormy debate left the
house labor committee today ex
actly where it was on federal
aid to education. ,
It agreed unanimously to take
up the subject, and then dis
agreed sharply on the following
four motions.
1. By Rep. Howell (D., N. J.),
to approve the school aid bill
passed by the senate. This lost
14 to 11.
2. By Rep. Kearns (R., Pa.'),
to approve a republican backed
bill which would grant some
help to non-public schools. It
was voted down 15 to 10.
3. By Rep. Kennedy (D.,
Mass.), to put off the whole thing
until next year. Defeated 13 to
12.
4. By Rep. Nixon (R., Calif.),
to bring up the republican bill
again and consider amending it,
This lost 16 to 8.
No Action Taken
When the noon convening of
the house forced the committee
adjourn, it was debating a mo
tion by Rep. Weir (D., Minn.),
to bring the senate bill back be
fore the committe for amend
ments.
Chairman Lesinski (D Mich.),
said he will call another meet
ing on the subject as soon as he
can arrange it.
The committee did not vote
on the bill by Rep. Barden (D.,
N. C), chairman of the subcom
mittee which held aid-to-edu-
cation hearings this spring. Bar
den s bill would exclude non
public schools-from all federal
aid.
(Concluded on page 5, Column 8)
Amethyst Limps
To Hong Kong
Aboard H. M. S. Jamaica at
Sea, Aug. 2 UP) The battered
little sloop Amethyst limped to
ward -Hong Kong today where a
rousing welcome awaits the
Doughty crew who brought her
to freedom through Chinese com
munist gunfire.
A squadron of spitfires will
dip in salute, bands will blare
and a military honor guard will
be waiting at the wharf when
the shell-scarred royal navy
craft arrives in Hong Kong har
bor tomorrow.
The medal of the distinguish
ed service order will be award
ed Lieut. Comdr. John S. Ker
ans, skipper of the Amethyst,
which escaped Saturday night
from moorings on the- Yangtze
river, 60 miles below Nanking.
The award will be made with
the personal approval of King
George VI, who already has
commended the crew for its gal
lantry in bringing the ship to
safety. '
The Amethyst had been pin
ned down in the Yangtze since
April 20 when she got caught in
communist shore fire during a
confused battle between British
warships and communist armies.
The British admiralty has ask
ed the far eastern naval com
mand to make any further re
commendations for crewmen
who showed exceptional valor in
getting the Amethyst out of her
trap.
continuing compensation ior a
limited time after the disease has
been arrested. Estimated cost,
$700,000. '
3. Increase disability and
death compensation rates and ba
sic rates for service-connected
disability. Total disability rates
would be hiked from $138, to
$150 a month, with correspond
ing raises for partial disability.
Increase the monthly payments
to widows and dependent chil
dren of wartime casualties, from
$100 a month for a widow with
one child to $105, plus $25 for
each additional child instead of
the present $15. Estimated over
all cost $91,800,000.
4. Extend additional compen
sation benefits to dependents of
veterans with a 50 percent serv
ice-connected disability. The
present schedule provides pay
ments onlv if the disability is 60
percent service-connected. Esti
mated cost, $15,406,300.
Marshall Testifies Sen. Tom Connally (D.-Tcx.) (left)
whispers into the ear of George C. Marshall as the former
secretary of state testified before the house foreign affairs
committee on the arms aid program. Marshall said the pro
gram is "urgently necessary" to help prevent Russian aggres
sino. (Acme Telephoto.)
Brannan Urges CVA
As Aid to Farming
Washington, Aug. 2 P) Secretary of Agriculture Brannan
today supported creation of a Columbia valley administration
in the Pacific northwest as "of vital importance" to the region's
agriculture.
"Agriculture is, and will undoubtedly continue to be, the re
gion's most important economic
activity," he told the house pub
lic works committee. It sup
ports more people, produces
more wealth and affects wider
areas than any other resources."
Brannan was, the final witness
before the committee this session
unless it and the senate, public
works committee decide to hear
testimony in the basin area. '.
He said a CVA would help co
ordinate the agriculture depart
ment's work.
It would integrate the forest
service, soil conservation service,
production and marketing ad
ministration and cooperative ex
tension service with the engi
neering, construction and power
features of the CVA, Brannan
added.
Committee members asked
why, if the army engineers, rec
lamation bureau and Bonneville
Power Administration are all
placed in the proposed CVA, it
would not be just as feasible to
include the region s agriculture
department activities.
Brannan replied work of the
CVA and his agencies would be
so closely integrated, the agen
cies' actual transfer would not be
necessary.
Reps. Angell (R., Ore.) and
Mack (R., Wash.) asked if a CVA
would not interpose another ag
ency through which the depart
ment-would have to integrate its
northwest programs.
Brannan agreed it would but
Insisted the bill provides means
of composing any differences
between the department and a
CVA.
Auxiliary Chief
Greeted Here
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom, a
representative of the governor
and several high American Le
gion officials were on hand at
the state capitol building early
Tuesday afternoon to welcome
Mrs. Hubert A. Goode, national
president of the women's aux
iliary, to Salem.
Mrs. Goode will be here ill
this week, in conjunction with
the Oregon slate American Le
gion convention.
Among Legion dignitaries wel
coming Mrs. Goode were Wilda
Thorn, state auxiliary presi
dent; Mrs. I. N. Bacon, chair
man of the 1949 auxiliary con
vention; and B. E. (Kelly)
Owens, department commander
of the Legion for Oregon.
Meanwhile, hundreds of other
auxiliary members, 40 et 8'er3
and Legionnaires were arriving
in Salem as the gay and color
ful convention draws near.
Wednesday is 40 et 8 day, an
event which promises a gala
array of funmaking on Salem's
downtown streets. Highlighting
the initiation of the "goofs"
(new 40 et 8 members) will be
the 40 et 8 parade, scheduled to
wind through downtown Salem
beginning at 5 p. m.
Hawaii Moves
To Load Ships
Honolulu, Aug. . 2 (tP)i Ha
waii's, house of representatives
last night voted to put the ter
ritory in the stevedoring busi
ness until the end of the dock
strike a move one legislator
warned might mean bloodshed.
The bill goes to the senate
immediately. One proponent pre
dicted it would pass the upper
house by tomorrow.
The house vote was 24 to 6.
. Under the house bill the ter
ritory government would be pro
hibited from hiring striking CIO
International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen. Neither would
employes of the seven struck
island stevedoring firms be em
ployed. But the territory government
would be permitted to rent
stevedoring equipment from the
struck firms.
The 94-day old strike ha3
brought about a tense situation.
The islands are dependent on
shipping for most of their es
sentials. The strikers are de
manding a 32-cent increase lo
their prestrike, $1.40 hourly
wage.
San Francisco, Aug. 2 VP)
San Francisco had a foreboding
of waterfront labor trouble to
day in connection with the
lengthy Honolulu strike..
Two striking CIO longshore
men arrived by air from the is
lands last night to "survey the
situation," as the union put it, in
regard to the Matson Navigation
company's decision to load cargo
for the islands, .strike or no
strike.
One member of the Inter
national Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's union delega
tion on hand to meet the two
said they were an "advance
guard," and added:
'Hawaiian longshoremen arc
prepared to send as many as
2,000 pickets if they are need
ed."
Tailor Bites Nose
Of His Rival in Love
London, Aug. 2 UP) Mahmud
Ali 30-year-old tailor, was ac
cused today of biting off the
nose of his rival in love.
He was detained by the Old
Street court for a hearing Au
gust 23 on a formal charge of
inflicting grievous bodily harm
on Abdul Matlib, 28.
"We had a quarrel over a girl
nd he bit my thumb," a police
man quoted Ali. "So I hit him
and bit his nose.
Matlib was unable to appear.
Doctors are equipping him with
a new nose made out of plastic.
Speedy Passage of Arms Bill
Held Necessity by Harriman
Jet Planes to Be
Standard Type
In Germany
Grafenwohr, Germany, Aug.
2 UP) The United States joint
chiefs of staff disclosed today
that jet planes will replace all
standard type American fighter
aircraft in Germany.
The military leaders also de
clared that American troops
here are ready for any emer
gency. Army Gen. Omar N.
Bradley told reporters there
will be no reduction of Ameri
can troops in Germany "that I
know of."
Troops Reviewed
Bradley, Air Force Gen. Hoyt
S. Vandenberg and Adm. Louis
Denfcld of the navy reviewed
American combat troops at the
former German army training
ground here.
Attack planes and bombers
and a navy contingent joined
17,000 troops of the First In
fantry division and constabulary
units in honoring the military
leaders.
Bradley, Vandenberg and Dcn-
feld arrived in Germany Satur
day for a 10-day study of Euro
pean defenses and potentialities
under the Atlantic pact. They
flew to Grafenwohr from Frank
furt today in President Truman's
personal plane, the Indepen
dence, and will leave for Lon
don in a few hours to continue
discussions with British defense
chiefs and other European lead
ers.
(Concluded on Paee S, Column 7)
Reds Drive on
3 Chinese Fronts
fnv th A.ssnclntrri PrMs)
Communist armies in China
spearheaded southward on three
fronts today. Nationalists admit
ted Red gains in Hunan, Kiang
si and Kansu provinces.
In Hunan, the rice bowl prov
ince, communists are 313 miles
north of Canton, Nationalist pro
visional capital the communists
say the expect to capture by Aug.
15.
The communists have out
flanked the main Nationalist de
fense force in Hunan and again
have cut the Canton-Hankow
railway. In Kansu province, the
communists threatened vast
northwestern China, ruled by
Moslem warlords.
Hong Kong, the British crown
colony, prepared a rousing wcl
come for the battered little sloop
Amethyst which escaped down
the Yangtze river Saturday un
der communist gunfire. The Am
ethyst had been pinned down 60
miles below Nanking since Ap
ril 20.
A Chinese Nationalist source
in Seoul, capital of non-commu
nist Korea, said Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek is expected to
arrive there tomorrow to discuss
a proposed Pacific pact with
President Syngman R h e e.
Chiang made a similar call on
the president of the Philippines
recently.
County to Cooperate
On Airport Road Pluns
The county court has been advised by Roy Harland, local at
torney, that the extension of 25th street into the airport on which
there is a city-county project for rcpaving and widening has
been vacated as a county road, part of it as long ago as 1912.
However, County Judge Grant Murphy said this won't deter the
city and county from going
ahead with the project.
All during the years since Its
vacation it has continuously
been used as a county road and
maintained, it was pointed out.
In addition the title company
making a research on the prop
erties involved has advised that
the court can enter an order
amending the vacation, inas
much as, it is stated, there was
n error in description in the
original vacation order.
But the entire road has been
vacated at one time or anoth
er. The vacation in 1912 cov
ered the north end of the road
and the county itself vacated the
south end of the road as far as
the railroad track when the land
Salem Building
Permits For
July $257,662
Salem building permits for
July totaled $257,662, according
to city building office records.
Of this total $190,512 was for
new construction and $67,150
repairs and alterations.
The total showed a decrease
from June, which totaled $504,-
734. And the decrease svas
sharply under July of 1948
which showed a total of $690,-
489.
New permits today: V. I. Clut
ter, to repair a one-story dwell
ing at 1920 Water, $1000. Odd
Fellows lodge, to reroof a three-
story building at 187 North
High, $2950. Phil Brownoll, to
reroof a 1 Vi -story dwelling al
North Winter, $425. Mablc
Eglehoff, lo reroof a one-story
dwelling at 2283 Lee, $300. Wal-
ly Crowder, to build a garage at
420 Larscn, $1000. Harvey Quis-
tad, to build a one-story dwell
ing and garage at 1547 Charles,
$10,500.
Little Time Left
For FHA Loans
Verne Elliott, assistant state
director of the federal housing
authority, told the Capital Jour
nal Tuesday that Salem, accord
ing to FHA estimates, has room
for one or two more elevator
type apartment houses in addi
tion to the 101-unit building al
ready approved.
He said, however, that the
time limit for application is
merely a matter of days, be
cause congress had failed to ex
lend the special provision under
which apartments could be built
on FHA loans.
The act expires at Hie end of
August, and it takes nearly 30
days to process an application
Elliott said also that no other
application, besides the one just
announced for the southwest cor
ner of Union and North Winter
had been received from Salem,
$2.75 Price for
Peaches Fixed
Nearly 40 peach growers
meeting at the Chamber of Com
merce Monday decided on a
price of $2.75 a box at the orch
ard for a 45-pound box of US
No. 1 peaches to those who bring
their own boxes and $3 a box
otherwise. .
Second grade peaches will be
$2.50 a box at the orchard.
Prices of peaches for process
ing commercially nave not yel
been fixed and a committee was
named to visit the canncrs and
discuss price. Included on this
committee are Merle LaFollctte,
Cornelius; Chester LaMar and
Paul Townscnd, Gervais; L. W.
Scoggin, Dayton; Ed Bois,
Brooks; Gordon Hadley, Inde
pendence, and Clyde LaFollctte
Belief was expressed that
commercial peaches should
bring at least $60 a ton against
the $75 paid last year. Growers
said thew cnuldn t break even
and pay their pickers at $45 a
ton.
was turned over for airport pur
poses.
While the court slates these
vacation orders won't hinder
improvement of the road it i;
now being hold up temporarily
by another factor, a strike in
connection with the gravel
plants which, the county has
notified the city, will keep it
from doing its share of the im
provements until the strike ii
over. The county court said it
will not ask its truck drivers to
pass a picket line which would
he rnnnirrH if unrlr wnc In nrn-
ceed now.
Under the agreement between
the city and county the cityimunist party newspaper, Prav-
docs the grading and graveling da, today headlined the U. S.
and the county will do the oil- joint chiefs of staff's visit to Eur
ing. The road is partly in the ope as "American Pressure on
city and partly in the county. iCountrics in Western Europe."
Senate Intent
On Reduction,
Size and Scope
Washington, Aug. 2 UP) Sen
ators today postponed hearings
from tomorrow until Monday on
the administration's $1,450,000,
000 foreign arms program amid
indications that they will at
tempt lo reduce it in size and
scope.
Chairman Connally (D-Tex.)
said the joint foreign relations
and armed services committees
will seek "the widest possible
area of agreement" among mem
bers on the foreign arms plan be
fore asking senate action.
He spoke out as W. A,verill
Harriman, the Marshall plan's
roving ambassador in Europe,
urged the house foreign affairs
committee to approve the arms
program. He said it is needed
promptly to "protect the grow
ing generation from war."
Cuts $50 Million Off
The actual bill before th
house committee would author
ize $50,000,000 less than was
asked by the administration,
Connolly's announce m e n t
came after Secretary of State
Dean Acheson and Secretary of
Defense Johnson were closeted
with the senate group behind
closed doors.
Some senators were reported
to have told the two cabinet
members bluntly that the bill
involves too wide a grant of
powers to the president and
more than the stop-gap program
on which they have been insist
ing.
They object to a provision
which would authorize Presi
dent Truman to make arms
available to any nation in the
world.
To Be Modified
Connally conceded that the
senators discussed possible modi
fication of tne administration
bill "in some small particulars."
He said the combined commit
tees will meet again Friday in
a closed door session. This will
delay the start of senate hear
ings until Monday.
Harriman told the house com
mittee that "I earnestly believe
we are winning the struggle for
peace and freedom in Europe.'
But he emphasized, any delay
in shipping arms to America's
European allies would create
doubts which might reverse
this trend.
(Concluded on Pare 5. Column 1)
Compromise
On Farm Bill
Washington, Aug. 2 U.R)
Senator Anderson (D-N.M.) to
day proposed a compromise
farm bill to break the congres
sional deadlock over farm leg
islation.
One section of the Anderson
proposal would allow Secretary
of Agriculture Brannan to try
out his "production payments"
plan on oranges, grapefruit, ap
ples, vegetables and similar farm
products classed as "non-stor-
able perishables."
The other two sections of the
Anderson compromise being
considered at closed sessions of
senate agriculture subcom
mittee would:
1. Put into operation a "flex
ible price-support" program of
from 75 to 90 per cent of par
ity for so-called basic crops.
These include corn, wheat, cot
ton, tobacco, rice and peanuts.
This is a modification of the
Aiken law which provides for 60
lo 90 per cent of parity. The
Aiken law is due to go into ef
fect next January.
(A parity price is one intend
ed to give a farm product the
same relative purchase power
it had in a past favorable per
iod.)
2 Allow a similar flexible
support program for meats, but
ter, cheese, wool, oats, rye ana
simliar "non-basic" but storabie
commodities, if effective control
programs are approved by the
secretary of agriculture
Immediate reaction to the
Anderson proposals were mixed.
"American Pressure"
Moscow, Aug. 2 UP) The com..