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The charges were made by three groups of flyers in Oregon. Critics wanted the scalp of the board director, W. M. (Jack) Bartlett. The question raised by Claude Williams, president of one of the protesting groups, was a piercing one: "What we want to know is what the board has accomplished with the $200,000 and more they have spent in the past two and a half years." Instead of asking for some kind of a public hearing on the matter, the governor met with board members and came away with the announced conviction that the mem bers themselves would take care of the complaints. In the board's "self-appraisal," two heads were lopped off. These were victims of an attempt at justification of the board's reason for existence. These sudden firings, coming right on top of the complaints, pointed to a too hasty self-analysis by the board. If the board has reason for existence, it should so state that reason, without any head-hanging or sudden head lopping. Why should two men be bounced just at the time the complaints were raised? Defendants of the two men immediately raised the cry that they were certainly as able as many on the board. Bartlett said they were the last members put on and were let off for economy reasons. Such an abrupt cutting of the board's staff at the par ticular time it came was a definite sign of weakness. Be cause of that fact, the governor should have the "read justed" board make a report on its new way of life. . Unfortunately or commendably, depending on the view, the governor took the complaints against the board upon himself by his action. The board should justify his confi dence by speaking out in self-justification. Smashing Monopolies in Japan General MacArthur has announced the completion of his controversial program for breaking up the economic giant corporations that have dominated Japan, stating that it has been "accomplished effectively." A five man review board which came from Washington 15 months ago to make recommendations tagged 11 giant corporations for deconcentration and 325 firms as "exces sive concentrations" and recommended divestment of cer tain holdings for nine others. The 325 companies were selected for board action out of about 1200 which had been affiliated with the Zaibatsu holding companies. Through this powerful setup, head quarters said, "a small number of families exercised all pervasive control over the industry, commerce and finance of Japan." The decentralization program was under heavy fire from Its start, and aroused both international and domestic criticism. In the United States as well as Japan it was dubbed by some as "socialization" and by others as "frag mentation of industry." A press statement issued by MacArthur says: "The elimination of monopolistic economic power which dominated prewar Japanese life has been accomplished effec tively without adverse effect upon, and no 'fragmentation' of, finance or Industry. On the contrary, competent observers point to the 50 percent increase in production along with con siderable progress toward stabilization during the past year as evidence of the growing health of the Japanese economy." Some observers in Japan have called the program a suc cess. Others have labeled it a failure. But it is claimed that monopoly has been dealt with successfully without adverse effect on finance and industry. The industries affected included heavy industry, steel, beer, paper, min ing and electrical. Expanding the Capitol Zone The recently appointed new state capitol commission at its first meiiting recommended expansion of the capitol grounds, following recommendations of the Salem long range planning group, which includes the extension of the zone and the closure of some streets. The recommenda tions are listed in the news story elsewhere in this issue. At the rate Oregon is rapidly growing and state bureau cracy is expanding in population and provision must spe cifically be made for required site expansion ere property cost be so further inflated as to be prohibitive. Delay will be costly, and the main proposals are essential not only to care for the future but to provide an attractive and beau tiful site befitting a beautiful city and picturesque state. Of course there will be opposition, there is for every pro posal to meet future conditions in Salem, by special inter ests too myopic to vision coming events and their require ments, but the public welfare is more essential than imme diate group interests and in the long run should prevail. A good start has been made to make as fine a capitol center as any state can boast of and every effort should be undertaken to materialize it, not losing sight of the esthetic possibilities. This concerns not only Salem but all of Oregon and the Capital City owes to the commonwealth to extend the full est cooperation in its creation of an outstanding capital Bet-up. Twins Admit They Still Get Mixed Up After 84th Birthday Seattle U,R) Identical twins who look so much alike they . sometimes get mixed up themselves, celebrated their 84th birthdays Sunday. Mrs. Annette Howard and Mrs. Juliette Powers said they were not "Joshing about getting their own Identities con fused. "I once left Annie In a department stose waiting room while I went to do a little more shopping and a minute later saw Annie walking towards me," Mrs. Powers said. "Goodness, I was embarrassed, I was talking to myself. It turned out to be a full length mirror," she laughed. The two gracious, merry-eyed ladies, who have lived In San Mateo, Calif., the past five years, are visiting Seattle members of their family. BY BECK Popular People? TS mfavtffir7 YOU KIDS MAY BE IN V 1 SSV 'lilSk Mi I HAWAII BUT WE'RE STILL 1 ?1 iii iiy i K2ffcV HERE IN MAINE fltT J If BALMY BEACH OF f THAT FIRE. JatW.J. H TROPICAL BrSL W ARTHUR GODFREY BITROPICAL JglO ,gpHWtlELE. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND BY GUILD Vaughan, Maragon Helped Wizard of Odds Race Track Out on Building By DREW PEARSON Washington In the spring of 1946 when building materials were scarcer than hens' teeth and several million veterans were pounding the pavements looking for homes, this columnist pub lished a series exposing the mysterious manner in which the Tanforan race track at San Bruno, Calif., was able to flout the U.S. government and spend $2,- time, however, U. S. Judge Dal Lemmon in California proceed ed with the prosecution. Result: Guy Standifer, front man for Joe Reinfeld, plus Tan foran contractors got three months in jail and fines of $90, 000. Joe Reinfeld and the other two real owners, never appear ed In the picture and were never prosecuted. In fact, their own ership was not known. SIPS FOR SUPPER 000,000 on new grandstands, stables etc. Indie a t i n g they had "friends in Washin g t o n," Tanforan offi cials thumbed their noses at court orders and went blithe ly ahead with their building. No one at that time knew the reason why. Drew Pearson IT'S 4- TO I THAT A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY IS A MA6AZINE-READIN6 ADULT. WHEN AUTO TROUBLE MAKES YOUR CAR STOP, ODDS ARE 9 TO YOUR IGNITION S TO BLAME. ,'TMms, winptu T)u, HAWWSVIUl, 6A.) ODDS 0F9 ' LE6ALLY-WITHOUT -ST-'1- TL STATE-REQUIRED W0RKIN6 PAPERS. fUMB&06- Our Cold War By DON UPJOHN It seems when last evening we heralded our friend Harry Brians as the first drug store soda jerk in Oregon and the late Dr. Brewer's soda fountain as the first drugstore soda fountain in the state, we hurled ourself into the middle of what might appropriately be called a cold war. Now comes word from an other old friend of ours, June Drake at Silver ton, that he was the first drug store soda jerk quite a few firsts to his record, including being first' to give Sil ver Falls to the world pictorial ly, he being a photographer of note who pioneered picture tak ing in that cataract laden paradise. We found out today why the people voted years ago to let nine jurors decide a civil case instead of requiring the unani- Don Cpjoho Mn,, nnnnnt n nll 4.,,A1,,A niv- - . , luuua LuiiacLi. iti a.. lwcvc in the state, predating -rry uy cu(t Judges George Duncan and several years. June says that J. Rex Kirnmcll u were consulting D. Guiss installed a soda foun- wHh the counly court this a m , tain in his Silverton drug store gs tQ adding a new set of jurors.' in 1895, which would be about chairs SQ both courtrooms could 11 years ahead of the claim for hear jury ca5es at once The Dr. Brewer. The fountain had ,ype Qf chajr was under discus. a glass dome with a jet of wa- sjon and Judge Murphy jestir ter shooting into it which made ly remarked that maybe it woufd a pleasant sound that could be not be too good an idea to have heard about a block away. June ,hc chairs overly comortable. said when he was installed as He sajd if he were a juror ,n a soda jerk the late Dr. Brewer tQ0 soft a chair he,d g0 iQ sleep was still just a kid. June s fa- It onlv takes nine iurors to Just when the Maragon-Vaughan-Hunt team stepped in to the Tanforan picture also is Now, three . years later, the not known. According to in backstage story becomes clearer, formation so far unearthed by The Tanforan race track did senate investigators, their activ have friends including the ity may not have started until Sr"idevLm"itaL.atte; Sith fh l?1' POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER . .., o ...... ........tint lUOCVUUUIl, tl his mysterious sidekick, John any rate, the triumvirate was Maragon, and the now famous remarkably successful, lobbyist, ex-Col. James V. Hunt. For, in October and Novem- ber, 1947, a new inside lobby Just when they started help- ng drive was started in Wash ing the Tanforan track is still ington to help Tanforan. This not clear. Nevertheless, Gener- time, it was stated, Tanforan si VonBhnn has hpen serving as had changed owners. William coordinator for veterans affairs, Helis, Greek-American oil op- lingerie over her head. Another held up a live squawking and, as such, his job is to pro- eraior in jLouisiana and race-, chicken, tect veterans. track owner in New Jersey, They were Information before the senate evinced an interest in the track trying to- at- Investigating committee, how- and considered buying it. tract the atten- ever, shows that he used his in- In the end, it was purchased tion of an an- fluence to help a race track get by Eugene Mori of the Garden nouncer selec- building materials supposed to State Racing association. But ting contestants How to Get on Quiz Shows Told by 2 Young Experts Bv HAL BOYLE New York W) One lady in the radio audience waved some want to avoid people who are off balance. There is a very thin line between the pleasant extravert and the real screw ball, who may do anything once he gets on the air!" The art In getting selected as a contestant lies In attracting the announcer's eye without scaring him away by being too brash or anxious. "A bald man is more likely to be picked, for example, than a man with hair," said Goodson. "But if he is wearing a neck tie that flashes off and on like an electric sign, we don't want him. He's trying too hard." Women wearing white gloves ther also was a doctor. June says he made and sold the first ice cream over a counter in Sil verton in 1896 by turning a crank, chugging chunks of ice and keeping it sprinkled witn decide most cases now so there's always a chance for three of them to go to sleep," as jest ingly remarked Judge Duncan. "Yes," said . Judge Kimmell, "they can rotate." So the court rock salt. So there you have it, ,,, lho uci ..-. v,ti June vs. Harry We ve always abl as they are to serye g long been intrigued by the sign over t,me in the new courthouse as Harry's Crown drug store en- well as a short time in thls one trance here in Salem which And a llule later cushions wiu reads, "Crown Harry Brians fee added for the benefu of the Now, since we ve got mixed three soporific ones. up in this controversy, maybe Harry will come over and crown have been reserved for veterans. Helis happens to be a close from the audi- For, when his friend, John or ien. narry vaughan, ence to appear Maragon, couldn't get govern- sant has used his fellow Greek, on qujz pr0. ment building restrictions raised John Maragon, to run errands gram to help the Tanforan track, in Washington. "But that Vaughan sent his other friend, 0nce Vaughan and Maragon, isnt the way to James Hunt, to the housing ex- a(ter visiting Helis's Rancocas Bet on a aulz pediter. "r m. -New Jersey, brought show agreed ,. As a result, the office of hous- ac a P'g which they turned Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. ing expediter, also supposed to loose in J. Edgar Hoover's of- i.re aren't looking for screw protect veterans, sent a memo lce as a joke on the unsuspect- balls." to the justice department in- ing FBI director. Th'ese tw0 young men both structine them to lift the iniunc- was after Vaughan, Mara- ,!,. tion which a federal judge in 8on and Hunt came into the how to be chosen to appear on and a large hat also are likely California had placed against Picture that all of Tanforan's the radio giveaways. They've to be chosen merely because Tanforan's unauthorized use of troubles suddenly vanished. picked thousands of contestants they stand out to the announcer building materials. Maragon and Hunt made some for tbe flve network quiz as he passes through the audl The Tanforan track was own- fme calls at the office of hous- shows thep produce Stop the ence in the pre-program warm ed by Joseph H. Reinfeld, one in8 administrator and shortly Music, Winner Take All, Hit "P Period looking for contest of the biggest bootleggers ever thereafter the justice depart- the jampot Beat the Clock ants- But a woman wearing to operate rum boats off the ment was asked to lift its order and Spin to win , flashly jewelry is automatically New Jersey coast during pro- banning Tanforan from the use what do they look for? rejected. hibition days, and once indicted of building materials. , .. .' "People don't like to see any- for the murder of Louis Lafera, More about the mysterious were not looKing lor me Qne w-n money who already a prohibition agent who had team of Maragon, Vaughan and greatest Drams in trie """'o. looks as if he had more than he seized his rum boat "Herreshoff" Hunt and what they accpm- " " V.1; needed," explained Goodson, ,ith 75 nnn wnrth r,f ,hiv.v dished inside the eovernmpnt for nlce people the audience will . ,, ,nV will follow tomorrow. (Copyright 1049) us. At any rate both of the boys By gum, there were some of got started far enough back in the liveliest old codgers in that the world so they should each 40 and 8 parade last night we've be able to turn out a right nitty seen since Rip Van Winkle came snack of fizz water, June has down out of the, hills. POLIO AND YOU Decrease in Crippling Main Gain Against Malady (Editor's note: This is the first of three articles by AP Science Editor Howard W. Blakeslee, explaining what Is known about infantile paralysis, how you can take precau tions ngainst catching the disease, and what to do if it strikes your family.) By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE (A.uoclate! ptfsA science writer) New York, Aug. 4 W1) Children have had polio infantile paralysis since ancient times. Today a higher proportion recover without crippling. ; This is the only gain, and all range from 40 to 70 per cent, in the present century. The Sometimes there will be 70 per with $75,000 worth of whiskey plished inside the government aboard. Came the end of prohibition, and Reinfeld became the exclu sive distributor of Haig and Haig, King William scotches, Martini and Rossi Vermouth; plus regional distributor for Sea grams and Schenleys. He also became the owner, with two others, of the Tanforan race track. All three, however, remained in the background. On June 2 and June 22, 1948, this columnist first called ; at tention to the Tanforan violation of housing regulations. A re view of these columns show that as early as May, 1946, the Tan foran crowd seemed to have mysterious influence in Wash ington, which ruled that they like.' "Yes,' The producers make every at- said Goodson. "We J,emp' to ,eeP from Puttin8 on with little to do who go from studio to studio trying to get nn ae manv nmDram, oe . nn.. ....... ag sible. They also turn down any one who, when asked why he wants to be a contestant, replies "to win a prize." "He may be completely hon est," said Goodson, "but th listeners often get the impres sion such a person is too selfish." Over the years the producer! have found that housewives of ten make better contestants than college teachers. "The housewife doesn't feel she has to prove she's smart, so she is more relaxed," aaid Todman. They also learned that men or women from the South or As I pointed out yesterday, never forget to avenge those sac- the best contestant on a ge0. Wrong Kind of Room Service Monterey, Calif. W.R) The man called 4141, but he didn't listen to the answer he got. Instead he Insisted on a room res ervation. He hung up quickly when he was told that 4141 Is the number of the Monterey jail. MacKENZIE'S COLUMN China Reds Rage at Way British Sloop Escaped By JAMES. D.WHITE (Substituting for DeWltt Mac Kenzle, AP Foreign News Analyst) Cimnta rnrta nn 4ta lnn1 nrlrl com i.nff iiol 1 (arol i IrlO -fircf were merely demolishing former reactioHn ot fne chinese communist, to the escape of the British navy construction. . Am(uof however, ruled otherwise. And on May 31, Gilbert Kneiss dis- worth watching because it may and pardon istration representative, refused gain comes from better nursing, and not from anything else. cent complete recoveries with out any medical care whatever. polio, but only a few ever be come sick. How the disease Almost everyone has had Sometimes the death rates and crippling are hign, despite care. This contradiction is due to works in most of us who don't tne virus being diflerent from get ill is entirely unknown. year to year, sometimes virulent But what happens in the sick "d sometimes mild, is well known. It is in your In epidemics, hardly more spinal cord. This cord is the than one child in 300 gets visi- cablc carrying nerves from the ble polio. The highest suscep- brain to branch out. like switch- tibility is from ages four to nine. board wires, to all parts of your Bllt P"lio can hit adults, and going to be rificed. They will never forget graphic basis. icause H may ana paraon . . . mj. icn,t t. f 4. disclose the true temper of the He demands punishment, .Mrauon represen auve, reiusea chinese Reds oyer issue that apology and compensation from formed " remarked rHnn Tanforan a permit for new con- , , ,. . . ririn-u lormea, remarned Goodson. struction, despite which a CPA noncl P "re Simply more triendlf inspector on June 5 found Tan- fUtUre P' Cy; " . 4 Th. aeencvs commentarv an? homey-talking. foran continuing new construe- Their first reaction points Jf6" ' ( "The New Englander i. often tion. but strikes no hammer blow. It alon8 "e same line, calling for too laconic too brief in his an- In fact, Tanforan, for reasons shows signs of having been com- ,"V;" ' ' " !ers- . .n tne other hand the i ew x oncer tends to be over aggressive." best known to itseif, continued hastily and none too ex- "5;, to ignore both building regula- P"". wa'a broadcast by ou4 "f the incident !i"rU"S- f nreociad otltJJ Chinese' n California. Between je. Fr-isco by the Wh, tt. W recently in the United States the adult victims have been in- body One sot nf nprvps in this rnrH creasinc governs muscles. Polio chooses, s' 1 to attack these particular nerves and no others. These nerves Nursing care, to help the body are made of horn-shaped cells, fight its own battle, is all that Polio damages or destroys can be done In polio, horn cells. Among all nerves, There are two special aids, these horn cells alone are un- One is heat. The other, move able to regenerate themselves, ment of stricken muscles. Both Once gone, they break the mus- are Sister Elizabeth Kenny's cle-nerve cable for life. ' contribution and have done more Without these nerves in the than anything else to reduce spine, muscles shrink. No other crippling. part of your body is damaged. Others than Sister Kenny knew the merits of these two Polio can strike at any point treatments, but she was the along the spinal cable. If it person who did most to con hits high up, It paralyzes arms vince doctors. Both treat the and hands. If in the mid- paralyzed muscles and not the spine, polio hits the muscles of horn cells. Nothing now known breathing. If low down, it does any good for the stricken paralyzes leg muscles. cells in the spinal cord. There is an additional point Early diagnosis detecting the of attack. In the "bulb," a disease is the most important rounded thing, half the size of single thing to be done. And a thumb, at the top of y.our the most difficult. The only spine. This location of polio scientific proof is to use spinal brings most of the deaths. cord fluid to make a monkey The cause of polio Is a virus, sick. This test takes weeks and a very tiny particle made of hundreds of dollars. A recent protein. How this particle does French test promises to do its destruction Is unknown. something similar with mice in Two kinds of polio virus are two weeks. Both are too slow known. More are suspected, to help your child. You can have polio more than Keen doctors and nurses have once, one attack for each kind to make the decision with the of virus. eyes of experience. In epidemics, those who re- (Tomorrow How to Keep cover without any bad effects, from Getting Folio.) '1 sy ana sname essness ot lmperi- "Oh, I'd say it would be a alists, no matter who they are." younr, mn 4nm irn JZ.u oucn language, in Doth Items, Tex., studying to be a doctor is threatening but only vaguely and married to a girl who was T . ... .. . working to help him get hii It might merit serious con- rii. cern if written in less obv ous "Tt ,i, ...... Amemysis era- h.s). nri .-,. , , ,. u , . . . ""H " "ie TO Feb. 14, matic escape. The second is the herent EnB,,h ' "h """J"!1 n?,l a bab,y" la"ghed .. " - luuuiau, ine a inipnpA inum young fathers." Playing Dead Is Hard On a Man's Health 1946, and Feb. 14, 1947. there rress were 18 violations of CPA regu- latlons. In that period, the There were two separate track put up luxurious new con- items. The first was a "news struction despite orders to the story" from Nanking by corn contrary, munist New China news agency Finally this was too much for giving the Red version (and it's U.S. Judge George B. Harris in a lulu) of the Amethyst's dra- San Francisco and lie issued an injunction agency s own comment. ping radio usuaUy dispIay banning further construction. The account attributes every- ' IT. TAn Ui U i thinrf tn a flan Vnaii Phnntf. jvcii una, uunevn, was ignor- " ' - B i rsirrisstti ed. The Tanforan bovs seemed Hsien, who is hot identified in AIUi DIFFICULT KIND OF ACTING iw iiiiur. nicy nau proieciive -ff--'"0 " ...- -friends in Washington. writing. Later, in the commen- . . tary, the agency names Yuan as . ... . , . ,. the "commander of the people's Significant excerpts from the liberation army at the Chin Washington Merry-go-round kiang front puuiwi. ai ...ai ume reaa: It was from near chinkiang By PATRICIA CLABY "The Tanforan boys continued that the Amethyst escaped. Hollywood U.R)A man who played dead for a . . to fix up their race track at a Gen. Yuan is apparently the re- the hardest kind of acting there is 8yS U S total cost of around $2,000,000 sponsible officer who has to ex- While everybody in a movie cast wraneles ovor tv, v, . . . . their flouting of the gov- plain how she got away. dead man, the poor guy li v u, wrangles over the body of a ernment appeared so willful According to the agency, he lie there holding his breath un- "You can't move a muscle ' that rumor got round they had lets himself go. til he really turns blue. Bettger complained "You even an in with somebody very high The Amethyst, he says, forced "You have to play dead exact- have to be careful between UP ; contempt citation a passing steamer, the Kiang- ly right," Lyle Bettger said, "or scenes. Maybe you'll foreet and was initiated by Judge Harris ling, to serve as a shield as she you look like the phoniest corpse show up with your hands folded himself. CPA officials appar- started her "infamous" escape, imaginable. It's no cinch to re- in two different wavs " ently were standing on the side- The Amethyst then sank her, as limpness." A dead man has to be careful lines doing nothing about Tan- well as a number of junks try- ,o ,uiod au, o, a-duioo Bt too, not to laugh at any of th. forans continued violations of ing to rescue survivors in the Bettger is tne blackmailer jokes he hears his co-worker, building materials, so the alert water. Several hundred were whom Barbara Stanwyck plans make judge decided to move . . . CPA drowned, says Yuan, who also to kill in the Paramount picture "It seemed to me that while ! officials, when asked why they charges that British Naval ne- "The Lie." But when Miss Stan- was plaving dead every funm hadnt recommended prosecu- gotiations for the Amethyst's re- wyck sneaks up to shoot him, story I d ever heard came tr tion, said: All our reports have lease were merely to stall for Bettger already is dead. mind," he said "It took som. gone to Washington We have time while she prepared to John Lund, believing that control to keep from burstin referred everything to Washing- escape. Miss Stanwyck did the dirtv out laughing." ' ton for their decision' ... In "Categorically denied," Is the deed, drives around town with l8SmCF,t, ZITh1. ?': ,,rf"tfru,h.e? ll' ?. Be lasfday dead, th, : . t , : """ y lu aump n. eventually script called for Lund to earn Yuan is quoted as concluding: he does, off a bridge to the rail- him over his shoulder up a lorl foran report was on his desk ""u ""'e lu 5,UQy i nrmiy oencve mat tne peo- road tracks below. flight of stairs Lund did it V ... , ple s liberaton army and peo- All that running around is times before director Mitnh.r While Washington marked pi. of the whole country will hard on the body. Leisen okayed the f scene