Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publisher Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che rneketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press and ' The United Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this paper and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By Carrier: Weekly, 25c; Monthly, $1.00; One Year, $12.00. By Mail in Oregon: Monthly, 75c; 6 Mos., $4.00; One Year, $8.00. U. S. Outside Oregon: Monthly, $1.00; 6 Mos., $6.00; Year, $12. 4 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, August 3, 1949 Buffaloed by a Vocal Opposition It was almost three months ago that the Salem city council adopted the Baldock plan to improve traffic flow here. In early May the council went on record as favoring the general outlines of the plan designed by State Highway Engineer Baldock. The purpose of the tentative approval policy was to qualify in time for highway commission funds for the traffic improvement program here. The commission acted in May on allocation of funds for the next two fiscal years. But the commission wanted more than verbal approval of the program which, over the years, will amount to expenditure of $7,600,000 in state highway funds. A writ ten agreement with the city was asked. This was certainly not out of line. But, so far, no written agreement has been drawn up because Salem's city council has not acted to make a bind ing agreement with the highway commission. Why the delay by the council ? Because vocal opposition to the Baldock plan has had the council hesitant to give approval. Salem can't afford to wait any longer for final approval by the council. The Baldock plan can be put in ordinance form. Then, if opposition is as strong as its vocal leaders would indi cate, the ordinance can be put to a vote of the people of the community. In fact, a referendum would be welcome just to show the opposition that the people want traffic unsnarled. At the regular August meeting earlier this week, the highway commission carefully refrained from trying to pressure the city council into acting. The commission's "leave-it-to-the-city" policy removed another crutch from under the opponents of the plan who tried to picture the commission as trying- to bamboozle the city into action. The only people to suffer from this inexcusable delay on the council's part is the city itself, the people who will be helped by improving local traffic conditions. If definite approval is not forthcoming immediately from the city council, the highway commission will be further prevented from taking action itself in getting the bridge under way across the Willamette between Salem and West Salem. It will take an estimated six months to design the bridge. Then contracts will have to be let. Foundations must be poured during the season when the water in the river is low. That means next summer. But if the council doesn't act now, it will be too late to pour next summer, so another year will have to pass before even the pouring can be done. A delay now by the council would mean that founda tions could not be poured until two years from now. And construction would have to follow on top of that. Secondly, a delay in action now will also mean that a referendum could not be fitted into the fall election. That is assuming, of course, that opposition to the Bal dock plan is actually as large as leaders claim. The high way commission carj't be expected to act until Salem itself settles its own squabble. Under the circumstances, how can the city council not act at its next meeting? A Merited Primary Victory For some time it has been heralded by press dispatches and newspaper columnists that Senator Harry Byrd's leadership of the democratic party in Virginia was threat ened in the forthcoming primary election. Three "strong" candidates opposed the senator's organization's candidate for governor backed by a coalition of administration poli ticians, New Dealers, organized labor and party malcon tents. The defeat after 25 years of dominance was to de stroy the prestige of Byrd in congress, who as the most consistent advocate of economy has been persona-non-grata to the deficiency spenders in power. It was another case of wishful thinking. The Virginians nominated as democratic nominee, equivalent to election, the Byrd candidate for governor with approximately 25,000 votes to spare, carrying seven of the state's con gressional districts, in a total vote of 800,000. Byrd organization-backed candidates also swept to vic tory in the two other offices on the short ballot. Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., rail away at better than two to one from Moss Plunkett, Roanoke lawyer. Lieuten ant Governor L. Preston Collins had similar success against Martinsville's Mayor Nick Prillaman. John Stewart Battle, 59, of Charlottesville, a state sena tor with 20 years of legislative experience, captured the four-way democratic primary election for governor. His nearest competitor was Francis P. Miller, anti-Byrd can didate and former army colonel. Horace H. Edwards, for mer Richmond mayor and cx-chairman of the state demo cratic party, ran far behind in third place. Renimore L. Arnold, Petersburg manufacturer, was a poor fourth. Senator Byrd is one of the most valuable men in either party in congress and has had the courage, on every issue, to vote his convictions. Almost single-handed he has opposed waste and extravagance in federal expendi tures and largely through his reiterated exposures, the creation of the Hoover commission was forced, and it confirmed the scandalous situation he publicized. If the people of the nation do not appreciate Byrd's services it is well that the people of Virginia do for he was the chief issue in their campaign. 'Hi, Legionnaire' The headline in last night's Capital Journal summed it up right: "Welcome Mat Out for Legion." Chosen again to play host to Legionnaires and the Aux iliary of Oregon, Salem has decorated the city with bunt ing and flags for the thousands of visitors to the capital. The people of the city can make the visitors feel at home by helping out in little ways, like offering to give rides to those with legion-caps to various scattered meet ing places in town. The significant point of this 31st convention for Salem is that it is the first one for the capital at which veterans of World War II are present. . Salem salutes its visitors. BY BECK WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND BY GUILD Times Have Changed W ERECTED IN MEMOBY OF ) KVi'Ji&ffirWWllK W THE FARLY SETTLERS, WHO WSSMKXSMkMiIS. I TILLED THE VIRGIN FIELDS, ;SWM?lmF' R, FOUGHT OFF THE ATTACKS $i 3ffiji!WwM$Jk Wlfi ra of Indians omDwcmlWA M. LATE INTO THE NIGHT 6m&KSSS2jmil fRK, TO MASTER THEIR Jfi?;M!l3'sHuCjfL eeTTmr WMvSSSmSCsSd WAS EASy history m i:jrmHf!f3 nBfejSra wasnt being made "VtiS WtWM&MiCMigmiF1 AND CHANGED EVERY BfcSB 7 WWW&E&WM&M? "t day like rr is now, Re2j8 V.wwfiitSmsaL . " and they didnt Truman Had Fine Time on Wizard of Odds Trip to Oregon Hero's Grave in By DREW PEARSON Washington Newspapers carried a little note about President Truman driving his own car to Leesburg, Va., the other day, but there was no other explanation of why he went there, except in the Pacific northwest. Here is the reason why: Some weeks ago, Sen. Cabot Lodge, Massa chusetts repub lican, was vis iting Gen. Geo. Marshall at Leesburg, when the ex-secretary of state showed him the grave of Col. Edward D. Baker, former U. S. senator from Oregon, kill- congruous and out of place the capitol. How much it cost the taxpay ers to paint, decorate, and furn ish Brooks' private lounge will probably never be known. It was simple for the ex-senator from Illinois to keep this secret since he was chairman of the senate rules committee and in charge of the senate wing of the capitol. But when Brooks was defeat ed last November, Senator Carl ed in action during the Civil rules chairman, inherited all his keys. That's how the democrats discovered the secret lounge Drew Pearson War. g3Qp3SrFf SCIENTISTS NOW CLAIM A llFlO&Jn 90 BATTING AVERAGE ON C0LP CURE 'F TrE CLDS CU6HT in Ba0O335p ROULETTE, YOU'RE rsgjr IA r PAID 35 TO I ON A NUMBER. I II II I BUT THE HOUSE IN AMERICA ""-l ! 1 H SHOULD PAY 37 TO 1 ODDS. ( "A riapch" rmsa, cam-) SIPS FOR SUPPER Backfire By DON UPJOHN Onas D. Olson, registrar and general secretary of the American Legion state convention which is on here mighty nigh in full blast had a very busy afternoon yesterday at the legion tent on the courthouse g r o u nds. The veterans were registered rapid ly and he had his hands full. One of the things he had his handsful of was the little greeting cards the visitors were being given for their cars so Don Upjohn tiam highway can be had August 14 as so elaborately planned. Maybe this is something that will take the top brass to decide and might be settled only by a conference between Harry Truman and Ed Vickers. Harry Brians, second oldest pharmacist in point of service around Salem, claims to be the state's first durg store soda jerk. Harry was working for the late Dr. Brewer way back in 1904 they'd escape getting parking at his drug store at Court and tags. As Onas registered the Liberty streets. Along in 1906, visitors and passed out those says Harry, the doctor installed cards right and left he was care- the first drug store soda foun ful to assure everyone that its tain in the state. And Harry use would preclude the chance was initiated into the mystery of their getting a yellow tag of dispensing fizz water. He duririg the convention and to says everybody hooted at the be sure and use the same. This doctor for putting in a soda of course made everybody hap- fountain but it was only a few py. That is, everybody but Onas. years before they most all had For when he had a minute's 'em. Harry says he had to man surcease from the job he hap- ufacture the syrups used in the pened to glance at his own car construction and in those days parked on Court street about 20 what is now known as a "sun feet away and sure enough dae" went under the harsher there was a yellow parking name of "dope." Also ice cream ticket on same. cones which came into the state along with the Lewis & Clark One of the Legionnaires this exposition were known by the a.m., made us a little ireful for flowery designation of cor a minute when we saw him nucopia." So an order went in drive up to the curb, park and in those days for a "chocolate then very carefully lock his car. dope" and a "cornucopia" which Just as though there was any- wouldn't get one much of any body in Salem who would trifle thing in these days. Yea, Harry with its contents! was the first' in the state of those select beings who could eat Note there's quite a row on as many sodas as he pleased and between state, federal and other it didn't cost him a red. He's road officials as to whether dedl- gotten all over that now since cation day for the North San- he runs his own soda fountain. 'Cut Off Nose to Spite Face' Cawnpore, India (U.R) Mohammed Badruddin was arrested' after he ended a family argument by slicing off the noses of his wife, his mother-in-law and a female cousin. ADOPT DAUGHTER AS 'NATURAL CHILD' Congress Acts Like Stork To Bring Baby to U. S. By HARMAN W. NICHOLS Washington, Aug. 3 (U.R) Your congress is wagging its flaps and acting like a stork. As a result, a California soldier and his wife soon will be on the way home from Italy with their 18-months-oId adopted daughter who will be listed officially as their "natural" child. It took a lot of fancy doing, - ; by a lot of people. Walter R. Hinton. Hinton ex- Among others, the couple can Pressed interest. Might have thank two sentimental lawgiv- bcen 'e pictures. Anyhow, he ers with youngsters of their did what any sensible council own who helped to unravel the man would do under the cir miles of red tape here and cumstances. He wrote to his abroad congressman in Washington, . . . Rep. Carl Hinshaw, R., Cal. The history of the case is this: "Can't we somehow melt the After the war, Chief Army stern immigration regulations Warrant Officer William F. on ,hls slde and lhe r'Sld Ital" Kretzinger of Beverlv Hills, ia" code " this case? Enclosed Cal., found himself in Leghorn, ' picture of Miss Franccsca Italy. Naturally, he became Lucareni, aged 18 months, who lonesome for his pretty, blue- wants t0 become Miss Frances eyed wife, Mildred. He saved Kretzinger." up his money and sent for her. Before he knew what he was The two were happy, but thev doinS. Hinshaw found himself longed for the pit-pat of tiny running up and down the mar feet around the place. Finally, le halls of the house oflce theey decided that the thing to building, showing the picture, do was to adopt an Italian war He got hold of Watson B. Miller, orphan nc immigration chief. And After "shopping" around they Hinshaw wasn't above toting decided on Franccsca Lucareni the Picture and letter over to the blonde, pretty as a picture and justice and state departments, with flashing big blue eyes like her foster mama's. It was agreed finally that an At length, they obtained le- act of congress was in order, gal custody of the baby, and So the representative dropped that's where they struck the a private bill into the hopper snarl of red tape. declaring the Kretzingers to be The Italian law reads that no the "natural" parents of the child may be adopted legally un- baby. That got around the Ital- less the parents are 50 years old. Ian adoption rules. That let the Kretzingers out. The measure breezed through Bill and Mildred talked it over, thehouse without a murmur of It would mean waiting over 20 protest. The job was half done, years. Little Franccsca would be Hinshaw next buzzed his 21V4 by that time. Who wants friend and fellow republican, to adopt an already - raised Sen. William F. Knowland, of baby? Piedmont, Cal., father of three. Bill sat down and wrote a They had lunch. Hinshaw show long letter to his brother-in-law ed the picture and the Senator In Burbank, Cal., Sydney Cole, said Francesca sure was a cute He enclosed pictures of the little baby. , cuddler, enough to show around He Introduced a Bill in the where they would do the most upper house. It hasn't come up good. yet, but it will. Cole, a man of action, went It won't be long now, Miss to Burbank city Councilman Kretzinger. The stone marker was cover- cu wiin moss, vines ana vege- Tflonhnnino sn0tr,r stt tation had grown up over the Lucas, majority leader of the spot and General Marshall re- senatej Hayden said: "I have a. uiariteu to me senator irom surprise for you " stU Oregon8 V, WJf SLOSOPHM naa iougnr. so gauanuy and announced: should be so ungallantly re- "Look what t have disC0Ver membered. ed! : don't want to get caught with a room like this on my Later, General Marshall re- hands, so I'm turning it over to ported this to President Truman, you. It's only poetic justice and some days later, Senator that you should get it." Wayne Morse of Oregon got a message from the president tell- TRUMAN'S LONG MEMORY ing him that a former Oregon White-haired, 75-year-old senator lay unremembered at Mamie Karst, mother of Mis Leesburg, and suggesting that souri's Congressman Rav Karst. tney Dotn visit tne grave. was one of the Morse accepted. But before leaving, he sent for Truman in 1934, when he over to the library of congress was elected to the senate. Call to find out more about Colonel ing at the White House with her Baker. The library reported congressman son and family, she that he was killed at Ball's asked the president. Cluff, Va., but buried at Lone "Do you remember me?" Mountain cemetery, San Fran Do I remember you cisco. claimed Truman, who hadn't Furthermore, the late Justice seen her since 1934. "How could Oliver Wendell Holmes, who 1 ever forget you? was wounded in the same bat- first political wants men to leaders in St. Louis to come out go over to the Wald o r f - As toria to attend a cocktail party for a new tractor. Anoth er day an op- ex- portunity comes to be a judge in a contest to "pick the most "If it hadn't been for you and beautiful pigeon Chance of a Lifetime: Hal's Invited to Mars! By HAL BOYLE New York W Every year or so a man opens his morning mail and finds a pleasant surprise or a real opportunity. That's how lucky I am today. I've got a chance to take a free ride to Mars! Each day I get all sorts of odd invitations. One day somebody wished the people of earth to have a word picture of life on Mars. He said that as a profes sional writer I would be able to do this better than he. The voyage certainly sound ed attractive as he outlined it. "We will be gone only a few days," he wrote, "for the simple reason that our rocket ship be gins to gain speed as soon as It leaves the atmosphere, and wa tie, described in one of his a few other loyal supporters in in A m e rica." Ha, oi. travel about as fast as light. books how Senator Baker's body St. Louis, I might not even have It turned out to be a complete "The only hazardous part ol was carried back to the west won the primary nomination, waste of time all the pigeons this trip would be in landing coast at that time an unheard A'l the experts said that my pri- had feathers. when we get there. However, of trip for a war casualty. mary opponent, Jack Cochran But this is the first time any- our pilot is so efficient that, (late Representative John Coch- body ever offered me a hitch- when we strike the atmosphere Senator Morse, however, had ran ad Louis all sewed hike ride to Mars. I would be of Mars, he can sail around the no opportunity to break' this up " suspicious that somebody was planet three or four times until news to President Truman until After a friendly visit, the just pulling my leg except for our speed is slow enough to the two got in the White House President gave Karst's children, one thing the man who made make a smooth landing." car a Lincoln for their drive "lal ''". ana ttonnie, , tne otter said he had already to Leesburg. eacn a shiny, new ball-point been there himself. So it must Their first conversation was Pencil- But he admonished be the 24-karat McCoy. about the fact that the president lnem- uon ' let any am men Here's was driving himself, the senator sef you with these Pencils, they The invitation came in a letter discreetly inquiring when the might Put you in jail." from a gentleman in Missouri, president had last driven. Mr. Believing him, the saucer- and his first name isn't Harry. Truman admitted he hadn't eyed. youngsters quickly hid the "I have just come back from driven for a couple of years, but Pencils- They were inscribed: Mars, and I had a wonderful eniri ho .still Tomon,V,Drj t Swiped this Truman (Copyright, 1949) said he still remembered how. As the trip continued, it was evident that whatever the pres- laent lacked in skill as a chauf feur, he made up for in zestful MacKENZIE'S COLUMN driving. With the secret service ,:""''vc"l'c J VLUMH men sitting nervously in the rear,, the president enjoyed every minute of it. Finally, Senator Morse broke the news. "I looked up Senator Baker of Oregon," he said, "and the li brary of congress informs me that while he was shot at Ball's Bluff, he was buried Francisco." The presidential car nearly RWprvpri nff thp rnnrf Recovering, Mr. Truman said lo snow wno is master oi me What is Mars like? what the man says: "I'll not go much into detail of the conditions that I found there, because it was more won derful than my vocabulary is capable of telling you. The planet revolves as ours swiped this from Harry S. trip," he wrote. He explained doe, onn "cT having he wanted me to accompany him on his second trip because he Escape of British Sloop Remarkable Naval Exploit By JAMES D. WHITE Substituting tor DeWItt MncKenzle, AP Foreign News Analyst) The. escape of the British sloop Amethyst from the Yanetze t ; San river is more than a remarkable naval exploit and feat of river It could, but may not, end a period of the Chinese civil war in which the communists have borne down on foreign influences that General Marshall would feel bad about bringing them all the way to Leesburg for noth ing. "We mustn't hurt his feel ings," he added. "You leave this to me." So, after lunch, as General new China. In this light, the by Red guns, and could not hope escape is likely to evoke import ant policy signals from the Reds. Meantime, the escape has re moved the Amethyst herself from a situation which had be come hopelessly fouled up in to get permission to leave until next fall, if then. magnetic pole, it revolves north to south, which makes the tem perature uniform the year round. "There are no seasons. It is all just one glorious temper ature. They have no pests, such as flies and fleas. "The food grows on trees. They have innerspring mattres ses growing on bushes. There is no rain except just as the sun comes up in the morning. "There is no work to be done. Everything that man desires is right there at his hand. The springs that come out of the hills, which they call mountains, have a flavor with an intoxicat ing effect." Well, at first I felt tempted to go. But I decided it would So after moonset Friday night put too great a strain on my her skipper nosed her into the honesty. wake of a passing Chinese If I got to Mars and found freighter and started downriver, food growing on the trees and Marshall escorted the party diplomatic frustration and poli- Without a pilot, and in spite of joy juice bubbling out of the three miles away to the suppos ed grave of Senator Baker, Mr. Truman broke the news that he wasn't buried there after all. General Marshall wasn't entire ly convinced, however, and led them to the grave. There they found that the 11 tical considerations involving a blasted chartroom. . he some- rwt T wnnirfn't ;r.t n .nm. face- hw twisted her through the back and advertise the place. The British government and sharp bends of the shifty chan- That'd empty California over navy were out on a limb with nel, past the unchartered sand- night, depopulate Texas and the Amethyst because of the bars, and even rammed through crowd Mars, way she got into trouble in the the boom across the channel at No, if Mars was like that I'd first place. Kiangyin. stake me out a claim and Many Britons still are dissat- The mnr.up ann vill ihie ihrmo wv. t n,,u,, brary of congress was right. The isfied with the explanations that took cannot be doubted. that tried to land. lomosione was merely a marker have been given for what hap- stating that "Col. Baker was pened. They still won't see why killed here, October 21. 1861 There was no indication that he was buried there. In fact, the bodies of 54 other federal sol diers had been removed to a near-by grave. felt bad General Marshall about bringing the and Senator Morse Leesburg on a wild-goose chase, but they didn't feel that way at all. They were delighted to have the excuse to get' away from Washington, and they arranged to have a gardener tidy up the spot where Colonel Baker fell. No new monument, they agreed, was necessary. she had to try to take supplies to the embassy in Nanking right through the middle of one of the largest military opera tions in Chinese history. From the king down, British officials have indicated their joy that the Amethysts ordeal is Flowers Do Better on Water Wenatchee, Wash. (U.R) Alcohol and the 104 degree tem perature didn't mix. The sheriff's office reported a "slightly inebriated man" had bedded down in his neighbors' flower bed with the explanation: "I'm a petunia." president over. The labor government, T,i,ijir nun nrn ,,,,.., down to and the navv. mav be pardoned I IMMIt UU I LIVED M STRESS if they heave a sigh of relief, However, the British were not alone in being out on a limb. The Chinese Reds, always glad to pose as the liberators of China from "foreign imperialism," made the usual propaganda hay out ofj the Amethyst. Woman's Love for Dog Delays Settling Estate Philadelphia, Pa. (U.R) A dead woman's love for her dog is hold ing up the distribution of an estate valued at more than $100,000. When Miss Arabella J. Adam!, o pnllnrerol Ho.mnri.nt t n.n.na It would have been better if Washinetnn. died in 1935 she 5- NOTE Senator Baker, bnrn she had been an American ship, ieft a will soecif vine that certain centers on who should live in in England, served in the house as Uncle Sam's "imperialism" is porti0ns of her estate could not the home and get the remainder of representatives from Illinois, 'heir big hate now, not Eng- be divided until after the death o the trust fund. which is :al then moved to Oregon about the land's. 0f Timmie. her net English bull most intact. time of the gold rush' and was But they had the Amethyst dog. The ori8'nal legatee, Miss where she was powerless, so (ii v.;. i.t. .cairn jb. Amsden, died last year they shot the works and charg- , nt , . . . . . after carrying out the terms of elected to the U.S. senate from Oregon in 1859. He enlisted in the 71st Pennsylvania volun teers, and was temporarily com missioned a major general. been a subject of controversy daJS' W'U '? "A"" t0 since the death of the dog in T" T fr j945 alternate caretakers and the , , residuary heirs who received other parts of the estate on Miss Miss Adams willed that a per- Adams' death have filed their sonal friend be permitted to live claims, in her spacious Germantown ed she had "joined the battle" on the nationalist side and opened fire herself. The British denied this plausibly so, as SECRET COCKTAIL LOUNGE their chief and obvious interest The story has never been told tnese days is to trade wi,n Cnin- how the democrats discovered a ese not fi8h' them, secrot rnrklail lnnniro in tho The Reds couldn't climb down capitol building after they took from this charge because they home on condition that she care The residuary legatees said over from the republicans. had made so much of it, and also for Timmie. the trust should fall because it The lounge was fixed up by had demanded Indemnity for She said two other persons was based on the length of a Ex-Senator Curly Brooks of Illi- more than 250 Red soldiers they should have the option of living dog's life. They claim that fact nois and his political protege, soid had died under the Ame- in the home for life and taking makes the trust a clear violation Ex-Sergeant-at-A r m s Edward thyst's guns. " care of the dog if the original of the rule against perpetuities. McGinnis, in one of the historic To make the case completely legatee did not abide by the pro- But the alternate legatees say rooms of the capitol where the hopeless, the Reds have no cen- visions of the will. thev were ready and willing to supreme court first met. They tral government as such, and . ' abide by the terms of the will cleared out the stately, historic their local regimes are not rec- " "re ol "mmles and thev should be given the furnishings and turned it into a ognized by any foreign power, needs, Miss Adams set up a S6,- rjght to" live in the home and gay-colored cocktail lounge, in- The Amethyst was pinned down 000 trust fund. The dispute receive the fund.