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2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, August 4, 1949
County Buys Land for
Garbage Dump at Macleay
Purchase of a land for the second county owned garbage dis
posal unit was announced Thursday by the county court with its
acceptance of a deed to 45 acres of land in the Macleay area at
a consideration of $7500 from Oscar G., Roger, Evan, Eleanor H.,
Allan Griffith and Virginia Baker. The land lies north of Macleay
cemetery on county road vsi
about three-fourths of a mile
from the main Macleay highway
and court members said is not
visible from the highway, or is
it in proximity to - any house
other than the one on the prem
ises. The disposal plant is aimed to
serve a large portion of the south
end of the county as the prior
acquired plant west of Wood
burn is designed for a consider
able part of the north end. Coun
ty Judge Murphy said that in
time the county also wishes to
Legionnaires
At Fairgrounds
Oregon's State Fairgrounds
this week appear almost as it
did in the early days of World
War II. The army is there again
This time, however, the troops
are here only for the State
American Legion convention
arriving by truck and bus con-
oy from Fort Lewis Wednesday
night, the men are staying in
the 4-H club dormitory.
In the group are the Second
division band, the Second Re
connaissance company and men
from the Fourth regimental
combat team.
The latter group 1 under the
command of Capt. James E.
Marks, company commander of
K company, assisted by Capt
Donald J. Thomas. It has 153
men here. In addition to that
company the Fourth has 21 men
from M company, the heavy
weapons unit of the outfit; men
from a service company; two
men from the second medical,
and a service truck from the
26th ordnance service company,
a unit attached to the fourth.
The fourth, the second oldest
unit in the U.S. army and the
unit of the U.S. army having
the most battle honors, has
history closely linked with that
of the northwest having been
sent to the northwest in early
days to put down Indian upris
ings. The army's part in the Legion
convention, in addition to par
ticipation in the parade by all
of the units, will include the
staging of a retreat formation
at 5 p.m. today in front of the
courthouse by K company with
the second infantry band; form
al guard mount at Willamette
university at 8 o'clock tonight
a nag raising ceremony at o
a.m. Friday m front of the court
house and lowering of the flag
at 8 p.m. Friday.
Smith Not Liable
In $200,000 Suit
Eugene, Aug 4 () A circuit
court judge has ruled that Rich
ard Shore Smith, ex-president of
the First National Bank of Eu
gene, is not liable for damages
in a $200,000 suit brought by
minority stockholders of the
bank.
Greta Broslow Tyron brought
the suit against Smith, charging
he had received too little for
her shares of slock when the
bank was sold to Transamerica
Corporation in 1045.
The ruling by Judge Dal M.
King applied to nine other plain
tiffs who brought similar court
actions.
The plaintiffs contended that
Smith used his position as presi
dent of the bank to get a higher
price for his own stock in nego
tiations with officers of the First
National Bank in Portland than
the plaintiffs could get for theirs.
They claimed they could have
received $460 a share for their
stock instead of $220 if Smith
had advised them of its value.
But Smith told the court that
majority stock was customarily
worth more than minority stock.
acquire one near Jefferson or
Talbot for that area. The new
ly purchased plant, he said, has
access by good roads from the
Sublimity, Stayton, Turner,
Marion and even Silverton
areas. It is about eigni miles
from Salem but not designed to
handle garbage disposal from
the city being primarilly a rural
garbage disposal facility.
The court is now seeking a
caretaker for the operation. The
county will maintain control of
the plant but if it follows the
plan used at the Woodburn dump
it will contract the handling out
to an individual. The 45 acres
is about 20 acres more than the
county wishes to retain, unless
some sort of a deal may be made
for the caretaker to live in the
house and handle a portion of
the land while taking care of
the actual disposal plant. Other
wise, eventually it Vs probable
at least 20 acres will be sold
off, including a house, barn,
chicken house and several acres
of orchard and pasture land.
Under the disposal plan used
at the Woodburn plant all of the
refuse which is inflammable will
be burned and'the balance bur
ied. The court has been look
ing for a suitable disposal sit.?
for over a year for the south
end and viewed several before
deciding on this one. Court
members said that residents in
the neighborhood of the Wood-
burn plant have found nothing
offensive and that they expect
the operations here to be put
on a basis which will have a
similar result.
They say that the Woodburn
plant has been handled very
successfully. There is a 124
acre site there. By coincidence
both sites were bought from
families named Baker. The plan!
has been operated for two years.
The court is making plans for
immediate preparing access
roads and also necessary roads
into the plant for all the year
travel for the garbage trucks, so
the plant may be made available
as soon as possible after the
right caretaker is found.
To Extend Dock
Strike to Coast
Honolulu, Aug. 4 The
threat to spread Hawaii's 96-day
dock tieup to the mainland bal
looned today. A union spokes
man said ClO Pacific coast long
shoremen can walk out to sup
port 'he strikers.
The reason, said Robert W.
McElrath, is that the west coast
contract never has been ratified
by the rank and file of the In
ternational Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's union. He is
the ILWU press spokesman here.
ILWU headquarters in San
Francisco has advised the Pa
cific coast contract will not be
ratified "if Hawaii employers
and their agents in the territor
ial government continue with
their strikebreaking program,"
McElrath said.
Coast longshoremen, he said
a radio address last night,
have worked under a "back to
work" memorandum since De
cember 6. 1948. That was the
date of signing a contract end
ing a 95-day west coast dock
strike.
This memorandum. McElrath
asserted, was. to be effective un
til the ILWU membership ap
proved or rejected the general
contract.
AFL to Defeat
Four Senators
Boston, Aug. 4 OP) -The Amer
ican Federation of Labor is plan
ning to cross parly lines in i
history-making, million - dollar
plus campaign to defeat four
senators and reelect eight others
in 1950, Joseph D. Keenan of
Chicago said today.
Keenan, AFL director of po
litical education, told a press
conference held in connection
with the Massachusetts Federa
tion of Labor convention that
this is the AFL's 1950 aim:
"To elect a congress which
will vote for the issues the peo
ple want."
The labor organization, lie
said, will "try to defeat" these
senators: Taft (R., Ohio), Cape
hart (R., Ind.), Donnell (R.,
mo.), and Millikin (R., Col.)
The AFL, he said, will sup
port these senators: McMahon
(D., Conn.), Myeri (D., Penn.)
Hill (D., Ala.), Pepper (D., Fla.)
Morse (R., Ore.), Thomas (D.
Utah), Lucas (D., 111.), and
Iaken (R., Vt.).
Keenan said the AFL planned
to spend $1,000,000 or more on
"the most intensive campaign"
in ils history.
Funds will be raised by $2
assessments, he said. .
Millions Lost
On Contracts
Washington, Aug. 4 OP) -r
Comptroller General Lindsay
Warren informed congress today
that "fraud" and "waste" on
government contracts have cost
taxpayers millions of dollars.
In a blistering report op his
audits of some $1,165,000,000
worth of contracts, Warren said
there were "improper payments
in excess of $6,280,000" that
"were induced by fraud."
Of this, he added only about
$107,882 "has been recovered"
and the outlook for additional
recovery is slim.
He said the general account
ing office had recovered $474,
717, but that government agen
cies which made the overpay
ments generally refused to at
tempt recoveries but insist upon
defending their actions.
Warren blamed most of the
"waste and fraud" upon a "con
tract resettlement act of 1944"
passed by congress which he
3aid allowed government agen
cies to settle contracts in full
before they had been properly
audited by the general account
ing office or any outside agency.
The 1944 act, he said, "paved
the way for the improper pay
ment of many millions of dol
lars' of public funds through
fraud, collusion, ignorance, in
advertance, or overliberality in
effecting termination settle
ments." Warren said the act limits his
office to actions where there is
evidence of fraud adding this
"places the government in the
unenviable position of locking
the barn after the horse is
stolen."
Seek to Raise i
Price of Gold.'
London, Aug. 4 U.R Gold
producing nations of the world
are actively fostering a cam
paign to bring pressure on the
United States to raise the price
of gold.
This campaign is expected to
culminate in a drive for a hear
ing on their proposal at a meet
ing of the 47 governors of the
international monetary fund, in
September, when the whole
problem of adjusting world cur
rencies is expected to be review
ed. .
Today the gold producers
were reported soliciting sup
port for their drive at an im
portant meeting in Paris. N. C.
Havenga, finance minister of
South Africa, world's largest
gold producer, is trying to talk
French Finance Minister Mau
rice Petsche into supporting
South Africa's bid for a higher
gold price.
The present world gold price
is $35 an ounce the price set
by the United States in 1934.
Gold producers want a rise to as
much as $50 an ounce.
So far the U.S. treasury has
vigorously opposed a gold price
rise on the grounds it would add
to inflation and do more harm
than good.
Excellent for fish is a cream
sauce flavored with finely grat
ed onion, just a dash of sugar,
and minced parsley.
Truman Denies
Knowing Hunt
Washington, Aug. 4 HP)
James V. Hunt, key figure in the
"five percenter" inquiry, was
quoted today as saying he once
saved a client $400,000 by get
ting the army to purchase a sup
ply of DDT "bombs." Hunt's
fee was $5,000.
In a copyrighted story, the
Washington Star said Hunt
found the army was in the mar
ket for DDT bombs, and that the
transaction was negotiated after
he had conferred with Maj. Gen.
Herman Feldman, army quarter
master general who recently was
suspended in connection with
the five percenter investigation.
Hunt, a former lieutenant col
onel in the army quartermaster
corps, now is a management
counselor in Washington. Re
ports dealing with his activities
touched off a congressional in
quiry into allegations of the use
of influence in the awarding of
government contracts.
President Truman told h i s
news conference today that he is
not acquainted with Hunt. He
made the statement when he was
told that a case of 2,500 books
of pocket matches inscribed
"Swiped from Harry S. Truman"
was purchased last December by
Hunt from the Universal Match
company in St. Louis.
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THRILLING one by attending the
Hot Rod Races
SATURDAY NIGHT
Hollywood Bowl
1 mil north of underpass on highway 99E
Time Trials ' First Race
8:00 P.M. 8:45 P.M.
HELD OVER!
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The Finest Entertainer That
Has Ever Come to- Salem
You Can't Afford to Miss
This Unusual Treat
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Playing 9 to 2
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TONIGHT
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Pitcher John Burak
Signed by Senators
The Salem Senators of the
Western International league to
day signed pitcher John Burak
in an effort to bolster its crippled
hurling staff.
Burak pitched for Pacific uni
versity last year and has been
an outstanding performer in the
Portland semi-pro league this
summer. He is expected to join
the Salem club this week.
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SALEM
Vi Mile North of
Underpass
On Portland Road
WEST SALEM
At Foot of Bridge
Both Stores Open from 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. Doily
Specials for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
BREAD
White Sliced
.12 lb. Loaf. .
2 , 35c
ICE (REAM 33c
POP
Virginia Dare
Case of 24
Plus Bottle Deposit
75'
TIDE
LARGE
PKG.
25c
Crist 3 75c
PSIEsburv's
BEST Flour
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SARDINES
Admiral
3Vi oz. can.
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Attention, budget-watchers I
This summer's small oranges
are sweet, juicy and crammed
full of vitamins C, A and B and
important minerals. And a
glass of juice from these small
oranges costs you less than a
glass from large oranges!
Be thrlftyl Choose small
oranges for juice, salads, des
serts. Get Sunkist, the famous
top-quality brand, or other
good grades from the same Cal
ifornia and Arizona growers.
As shown here, small oranges
provide mora fresh juice for the
same money a big savingl
MIMBI-A orange I
juice comes only in these 1?
round packages 1 I tZ jrfSS 3 I
Produce Department
DCArUCC Rochester, best for OA
r CAlnC J lockers, bushel - 1. 07
POTATOES "p. ZZTlOO
WATERMELONS XLZTT.. 3c
GRAPES EST 2.bs 29c
GREEN BEANS r!"9 9c
SWEET C0RNDrn 29c
Meat Department
Lowest Salem Prices
Every Day
PORK PRICES ARE
LOW HERE?
PORK SHANKS ,b 25c
PORK ROASTS ,b 39c
PORK STEAKS ib 43c
LOOK LOOK LOOK LOOK 4 ft
BEEF LIVER ib Zc
ANOTHER WINNER A
VEAL ROAST ,b Jy
1000 lbs. Sold Lost Week-end
Bologna Rings and ub. Qfj
Skinless Wieners PKG J C
We must raise our hamburger price. It was 29c all
last week,
HAMBURGER u,. 33c
BEEF ROASTS 41c
FRYERS ;:i.r'. 59c
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