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Scene All Set
To Open New
Highway Friday
Breitenbush Bridge in
Service; Railroad
Abandoned Tonight
By JAMES D. OLSON
With the new 435-foot Brei
tenbush bridge open, the Niag
ara-Detroit highway oiled
throughout, all is in readiness
lor the formal opening of thi;
new North Santiam highway Fri
day. Abandonment of the Southern
Pacific railroad line from Gates
to Detroit is scheduled for 11:59'
V p.m. Friday. The state highway
commission is expected to offi
cially declare the road open t
travel some time Friday.
All of which means that th;
highway dedication ceremony, ai
which Jeanne Bray will be
crowned queen, will be held on
Sunday as scheduled. County
Judge Grant Murphy will pre
side at the ceremonies and the
road will be formally opened by
Gov. McKay.
But more important perhaps,
no far as the projected Detroit
dam is concerned, is the fact that
Consolidated Builders, Inc., dam,
contractors, can now go full,
speed ahead on the preparatory
work to the dam building. This
work has been held up due to
operation of the railroad.
Will Now Speed Work
Likewise, contractors who are
charged with clearing a 15-mile
long area, that will be convert
ed into a lake after the dam has
been completed, will be able to
speed up their work, using tllie
railroad bed as a roadway.
Equipment used by the Ku
kenberg Construction company,
contractors who have built 11
miles of the new road, is being
moved away, the work of this
firm having been completed
Thursday. Engineers declare
that the road building that this
firm has completed during tjhe
last two years was one of tjhe
toughest road jobs in the nation.
' Bridge Cost $275,000
The Breitenbush bridge, which
will be the scene of the dedica
tory ceremony Sunday, is j a
through-girder type, with o m e
span, 140 feet in length, two
measure 110 feet each and one
is 75 feet long.
The bridge has a 26-foot deck
with sidewalks on either side and
its deck is 110 feet above the
North Santiam river.
This bridge, and a 140!foot
long bridge over Tumble creek,
were constructed by the Port
Construction company of Port
Angeles, Wash., Louis Elterich,
president of the firm, personally
supervised the work. The cost
of the two bridges was approxi-i
mately $275,000.
Jersey Cow
Stolen in City
A report of cattle rustling ac
tivity headed Salem police re
ports of thefts Friday according
to disclosures made by R. J.
Schmidt of 2086 Mission street.
Schmid reported the theft of
a light brown Jersey cow valued
- at $150. He said a fence had
" been pulled down by the rust
lers. A more costly theft was re
ported by Roy Campbell, 430 S.
14th, who told police that his
golf clubs, cart and carrying
bag, all valued at $200, had been
stolen from his car.
O. C. Bennett reported the
theft of a tire, tube and wheel
from his auto.
FlorenceJMcLaughlin, 315 A
North Cojercial, listed a gui
tar among stolen items. She
J'said the guitar was being used
'by her husband who was study
ing to play the instrument and
that it had been taken from theiri
residence.
A watch belonging to Beverly
Savage. 3260 Garden road, was
listed as having been stolen while
she was swimming at dinger
pool.
McKay Leaves for
Coos Bay Regalia
Gov. Douglas McKay left to
day for Coos Bay to take part in
the Pirate club's celebration and
regatta. He plans to return Sat
urday nieht as he plans to go to
Detroit Sunday to take part telephone workers, who are nearly
North Santiam highway dedica-as possible contacted every tele-
tion ceremonies.
Allege Vaughan
In Plot to Fill
Top Army Post
Home Freezers Said
Donated Mrs. Truman
and Justice Vinson
Washington, Aug. 12 (fl3)
Senator Mundt (R., S.D.) told
the five percenter inquiry today
that Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan
appeared to have entered Into an
"ingenious plot" to fill a top
army Job.
The new turn in the investi
gation came amidst develop
ments which:
1. Brought out the names of
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, Chief
Justice Vinson and other nota
bles as reported recipients of
home freezers from a company
that has figured in the senate
hearings. The White House said
it knows nothing of the matter.
Vinson said he'll let the senate
investigating committee develop
the matter.
2. Prompted an announce
ment that Vaughan, President
Truman's army aide, has indi
cated he is ready to testify when
ever the committee wants to hear
him.
Memorandum to Vaughan
The committee is looking into
the activities of so-called five-
percenters persons who seek
out government contracts for
others at a fee.
Vaughan's name has entered
the hearing on several counts
mainly as a reported close friend
of James V. Hunt, former army
officer, surplus property sales
consultant and more recently a
management counsellor.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Barkley Says No
Wedding-Yet
Washington, Aug. 12 W) Vice
President Barkley said today he
has not even discussed the pos
sibility of marriage with Mrs,
Carlelon S. Hadley, St. Louis wi
dow.
The vice president, emerging
from a cabinet session, told
White House reporters:
"The matter of a wedding has
never been mentioned or dis
cussed, even on the fringes, be
tween us."
Barkley described Mr. Hadley,
twith whom he attended a base
mall game last weekend as "a
Ivery lovely and charming wom-
.on." But he specifically denied
that there would be a wedding
in Paducah, Ky.t tomorrow.
I'm going to Paducah to par
ticipate in the dedication of an
airport to be named Barkley
field," he said.
He added that Mrs. Hadley
and her daughter will be in Pa
ducah as his guests and that he
might possibly take them back to
St. Louis Sunday before he re
turns to Washington.
"There will be no wedding?"
he was asked.
No, sir," he replied.
Start New Hospital Unit
When Money Pledged
As soon as enough money has been subscribed to start a unit
of the new Salem General hospital ground will be DroKen,
Milton L. Meyers, chairman of
He made that declaration at
workers at the Senator hotel.
nounced that the drive, origi-S
nally with a goal of $1,100,000,
has now reached $352,325
Of this total some $230,965
was pledged in ine aavanteu
gifts campaign. The doctors con
tributed $71,360, and the public
campaign so far has reached an
even $50,000. The goal of the
public phase drive now in lull
swing is $100,000.
At the Friday noon meeting
the women workers announced
new pledges of $5466.50 and the
men workers $19,092.35, mak
ing the total so far raised by the
women's teams $26,397.10, and
the men's teams $19,092.35.
At the campaign headquar
ters the busiest days of the
drive ended today as the tag
ends of the intensive and suc
cessful telephone campaign end
ed. For four days a staff of en
thusiastic, hard-working men
iand women, volunteer workers,
;had been making the pick-up
calls getting contributions from
hundreds of Salem citizens who
had been contracted by the tel
ftphone user in saiem,
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Aid Rushed Mrs. Vera Grayson, route 3, is shown receiving
first aid treatment at the scene of an accident Thursday at Sum
mer and Market streets. She suffered cuts and shock when
the auto was involved in a smashup with a vehicle driven
by E. Gibbs Thurber, Yuma, Ariz. Mrs. Grayson was thrown
from her car by the impact. The front of the Thurber car
was smashed, while the left side of the Grayson auto was
demolished. Her condition was described as good at Salem
General hospital.
Depression
Raising Ste
New York, Aug. 12 The
agement association told presidential fact-finders today that if
stcelworkers win their pay demands it could plunge the U. S. into
a depression.
John M. Hancock, appearing in behalf of the steel industry,
said that any wage increases1
granted the CIO United Steel-
workers is likely to "go through
the whole economy" and would
lead "to a national pattern of
another round of wage in
creases." He said "the issue facing the
country and this board is:
Does America want more infla
tion? Can America stand more
inflation?"
If the economy proceeds along
lines that "will surely cause in
flation," Hancock said it would
mean "the end of our Kind oi
economy."
'It means a disguised devalu
ation of the currency event if it
does not reach the point of cre
ating a fear of the value of all
money the ultimate result."
Hancock made clear that he
was not receiving any compen
sation for his appearance. He
said that while he had been in
vited to make his talk by steel
company representatives, he was
giving his own views without
any dictation at all from the
industry.
Philip Murray, president of
the sleelworkers and the CIO,
arose and commented:
"Inasmuch as Mr. Hancock's
speech is not to be entered as
an industry exhibit, I move that
it be identified as Wall Street
exhibit No. one."
The board took no action on
Murray's proposal.
the hospital board said today.
a noon meeting of the carppaign
During the meeting it was an
In some fe wcases the work
ers were unable to find house
holders at home when the pick
up call was made and to these
people cards are being sent in
order that contributions may be
made by mail.
Mail at campaign headquarters
has been increased in volume
each morning as returns come in
from those who requested cards
be sent. Some rural residents
who requested workers be sentk,n. .nmmPnt
are being contacted witn cards
it was impossible for the
volunteer staff to reach all rural
addresses in the short time.
The quickly-organized cam
paign to contact as nearly as
possible every citizen in Salem,
involved tremendous concen
trated effort on the part of a
large staff of volunteers, Al
Loucks, general chairman of
the general solicitation fund
stated. It has been impossible
to contact everyone and a plea
is made that those who have
not been reached, by workers or
cards, send or bring their con
tributions to headquarters at
335 North High street. The of
fice will remain open for a pe
riod of timp sufficient to re
iceive all mail returns.
Seen in
el Wages
chairman of the American Man
Senate Group
Confirms Clark
Washington, Aug. 12 () The
senate judiciary committee to
day recommended confirmation
of Attorney General Tom C.
Clark to be an associate justice
of the supreme court. The vote
was 9 to 2.
The committee also recom
mended 9 to 0 the confirma
tion of Senator J. Howard Mc
Grath (D-R.I.) to be attorney
general succeeding Clark.
Chairman McCarran (D-Nev.)
at first declined to say who vot
ed against Clark. Later he told
reporters that Senators Donnell
R-Mo.) and Ferguson (R-Mich.)
opposed confirmation.
McCarran said he would re
port the committee action to
the senate at once but would not
ask unanimous consent required
to act upon the high court ap
pointment today. Unless some
other senator does this, and it
is accepted, there will be no
senate action on tht matter un
til Monday.
In addition to McCarran, oth
er senators voting for Clark in
cluded: Kilgore (D-W.Va.),
Magnuson (D-Wash.), McGrath,
Miller (D-Ida.), O'Conor (D
Md.), Graham (D-N.C), Wiley
(R-Wis.) and Langer (R-N.D.).
Two committee members
were not present or recorded
Eastland (D-Miss.) and Jenner
(R-Ind..).
Truman Agreeable to
Return of MacArfhur
Washington, Aug. 12 (U.R) The
White House indicated Thursday
that President Truman has no
objections to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur coming home to tell con
gress about the Far Eastern sit
uation.
A new MacArthur-come-home
movement was building up
the senate. Sponsors of the idea
want him to testify on the China
situation.
Presidential Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said he could
directly on that
but he recalled that Mr. Truman
said more than a year ago that
MacArthur is free to come home
anv time he wishes.
The combined senate foreign
relations and armed services
committees, which are consider
ing the president's $1,450,000,000
arms program, expected to vote
before night on the proposal to
invite MacArthur to testify.
To End Wheat Export Ban
Portland, Ore., Aug. 12 (JF)
The ban that keeps export wheat
from moving from inland points
to ports may end early next
week. Commodity Credit Cor
poration officials confirmed they
might recommend lifting of the
embargo by Sunday.
Stewardess
Crash Heroine
Portland, Me., Aug. 12 VP) A
pretty and plucky stewardess
was heroine of a Northeast Air
liner crash from which 27 per
sons escaped safely last night.
Miss Patricia Donnellan, 23,
of North Quincy, Mass., a rookie
at her job, calmly herded the
passengers out a rear door a
scant two minutes before the
plane was enveloped in flames
on Portland municipal airport.
The new, $400,000 Convair
from New York to Boston was
a total loss.
Capt. Roderick Cote, 40, of
Melrose, Mass., the pilot, said
the propellers of the twin engin-
ed plane accidentally reversed
15 or 20 feet above the runway
"and we started to plop straight
down. "
"Then our landing gear col
lapsed and the sparks began to
fly."
The big plane slithered on Its
belly for several hundred feet
in a shower of sparks. Then the
right engine caught fire."
Shouting "follow me," Miss
Donnellan led the way to the
rear door when she couldn't
open the front door the hy
draulic system wouldn't work
and flames blocked an emerg
ency exit.
Thomas Clish, 50, of Fal
mouth, a passenger, said "all
hands got out inside of a min
ute." "That little stewardess was
grand," he said. "She did a
grand job."
The burning plane was evacu
ated without panic. Miss Don
nellan said. There was "only a
littl. natural confusion."
Downey Endorses
Judicial Candidates
Washington, Aug. 12 VP)
Senator Downey (D., Calif.) to
day recommended to President
Truman the appointment of Ed
ward P. Murphy, San Francisco,
and S. Victor Wagler, Oakland,
as federal district judges for
northern California.
Both Murphy and Wagler are
serving as superior court judges.
The two judgeships for north
ern California were created by
a congressional act signed by the
president Aug. 3.
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Breitenbush Bridge Completes North Santiam Highway North Santiam highway, opened to
riayf will be dedicated at Breitenbush bridge with ceremonies on Sunday. This 435 foot struc
ture is a thorough girder bridge and stands 110 feel above the Breitenbush river. Port Con
struction company of Port Angeles, Wash, built Iht bridge.
McEwen
Of Frank
Russia Attacks
Tito as Enemy
Of Soviet Union
By EDDY GILMORE
Moscow, Aug. 12 (PI Soviet
Russia denounced the Yugoslav
government today as an enemy
of the Soviet Union and charged
that Premier Marshal Tito's re
gime more and more is throw
ing in its lot with the west.
This sweeping soviet attack,
made public by .the Moscow ra
dio, was contained in a Russian
note to Yugoslavia.
The note stated that Tito's
regime as early as April, 1947,
had been willing to abandon its
basic claims for Austrian terri
tory as compensation for war
losses, but wished to shift the
responsibility for this decision to
the Soviet government.
The note was the fourth in a
series of bitter diplomatic ex
changes between Moscow and
Belgrade over what the Yugo
slavs regarded as Russia's aban
donment of Yugoslav territorial
claims at the recent Big Four for
eign ministers conference in
Paris.
Reprisals Probable
(Although Tito and the Krem
lin have been at odds for more
than a year, the note marked
the first time that Russia had
used the ierm "Enemy" in re
ferring to the Yugoslav govern
ment. Diplomatic observers in Lon-
dan wondered whether this lat
est outbreak of name calling sig
naled a sharper - soviet policy
against the Tito government.
(Concluded on Pago 5, Column 5)
Crack Down on
Red Activities
Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 12
JP The western allies cracked
down today on both communist
and resurgent nationalists in
western Germany's federal elec
tion campaign.
The U. S. military government
civil division in Berlin banned
German communist election
pamphlet depicting an American
army sergeant as a black mar
keteer. British officials in Duessel-
dorf seized 500,000 copies of a
communist leaflet signed by
seven former Nazi S. S. (elite
guard) men. It told Germans to
vote "for those who work for
Germany's freedom in building
national front and attacked
the west's administration of Ger
many as colonial rule.
An American military govern
ment spokesman lashed out last
night at the "pronounced na
tionalism" displayed in the cam
paign. He warned that opinion
abroad would not overlook "the
sudden forgetfulness" by Ger
man politicians of American
help.
Scattered violent incidents are
marking the campaign, which
winds up Sunday. Some 31,000,
000 voters are expected to go to
the polls that day to choose a
west German parliament.
New OSC Seismograph
Corvallis, Aug. 12 if) The
new seismograph at Oregon
State college, authorized by the
state board of higher education,
will be installed as soon as its
little house is built.
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Confesses Murder
Shupe in Arizona
Police Search
Woman Before
Sears Crowd
Two big and burly Salem
policemen startled customers
and sightseers at the new Sears
store Thursday by grabbing an
embarrassed woman, poking
through her packages and giv
ing her a routine "shakedown."
The opening day crowd gaped.
The officers chuckled.
The "victim" blushed.
What was known only to the
policemen and the woman was
the fact that she is the Salem
police matron.
Churchill Hits
At Limitations
Strasbourg, France, Aug. 12
(P) Led by Winston Churchill,
the new council of Europe's first
assembly today fought for great
er independence from control by
the 12 member governments.
Churchill, fiery advocate of a
United Europe, called for the es
tablishment of the consultative
assembly of Europe as a free par
liament.
In one of his first speeches to
the 101-member assembly yes
terday, Churchill rapped what he
called "crippling limitation" on
assembly debate imposed by the
council's committee of foreign
ministers.
The committee of ministers,
representing the 12 governments
which formed the council of Eur
ope, is the guiding body of the
new European organization. The
committee has the power to de
cree what subjects shall be de
bated in the consultative assem
bly. Churchill and other advocates
of some form of European feder
ation hope the assembly may be
the forerunner of a genuine par
liament of Europe, with legisla
tive powers cutting across na
tional boundaries. At present
the council divided into a con
sultative assembly and a com
mittee of ministers has only ad
visory powers to promote great
er European unity.
inspired by (jnurcnill s ora
tory, the assembly delegates
clearly indicated they will seek
greater authority than the min
isterial committee intend they
shall have.
Asserts Alaska
Defenseless
Washington, Aug. 12 VP) Er
nest Gruening told congress to
day that Alaska is defenseless
and the territory could be cap
tured tomorrow by a minor
scale airborn invasion.
"If there is another Pearl Har
bor and this time it will be a
far more serious disaster than
in 1941 it shall not be said
that no warning has been giv
en," Gruening said in a telegram
to Senator Hunt (D Wyo.).
Hunt placed the communica
tion in the Congressional Rec
ord. He said a report that congress
is deferring action at this ses
sion on the territory's defense
authorization "appears to us un
believable." H
Texas Slaying
Denied in Story
Told to Sheriff
By DON UPJOHN
Sheriff Denver Young an
nounced Friday afternoon that
Edward Charles McEwen had
confessed in the county jail here
to the slaying of Frank Shupe,
Arizona citrus grower, near
Phoenix, Arizona, June 12 of
this year.
The statement was made lo
B. W. Wikstrum and Lin Con-
stantine, special investigators
from the Phoenix sheriff's of
fice. His circumstantial state
ment followed virtually the
lines that had been built up by
the Arizona officers in recon
structing the story of the killing.
McEwen denied that he was
guilty of the murder of Tex
Thornton in Amarillo, Texas, 10
days after the Shupe murder.
In doing this he gave the Ari
zona officers some information
as to his whereabouts which he
said, if checked on, would clear
him completely of the other
crime.
B. W. Wikstrum and Lin Con-
stantine, investigators from the
sheriff's office at Phoenix, Ariz.,
arrived in Salem Thursday night
armed with requisition papers
for the extradition of Edward
Charles McEwen, Marion county
jail inmate wanted in Phoenix
for the murder of Frank Shupe,
Arizona citrus grower, June 12
of this year.
(Concluded on Pan t. Column 1)
Drop Fight on
Arms Aid Bill
Washington,' Aug. 12 W Ad
vocates of cutting President
Truman's $1,450,000,000 arms
aid bill gave up the fight in the
house foreign affairs committee
today. They decided to make
their stand on the house floor
instead.
The bill is due to reach the
floor next week, after the for
eign affairs committee votes on
it Monday.
Representatives Vorys (R-
Ohio) and Richards (D-S.C),
who had been spearheading the
drive for cuts, told newsmen
they plan no further committee
action but will make their fight
when1 the bill comes before the
house.
Their decision lo toss in the
sponge in committee followed
defeat yesterday, by a tie vote,
of a Richards amendment to re
duce the amount of arms aid for
Atlantic pact nations to $580,
495,000, and rejection today, on
technicality, of a similar
amendment.
The amendment offered today
would have done it by percent
age.
Chairman Kee (D-W.Va.)
ruled it out of order on the
ground the committee already
had rejected the same proposal.
Before adjourning until next
Monday morning, the committee
adopted several amendments de
signed lo reiterate the hope of
the U.S. for world peace and
calling on administrators of the
aid program to bring about "uni
fied direction and effort" In de
veloping defense plans.
Several amendments still must
be considered by the committee.
Vaughan Willing
To Be Witness
Washington, Aug. 12 (IP) Sen
ator Hoey (D., N.C.), said to
day Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaugh
an. President Truman's army
aide, has indicated his willing
ness lo testify in the senate "five
percenter" hearings.
Hoey, chairman of the com
mittee conducting the inquiry
did not say when Vaughan would
be called.
Hoey marie the statement lo
reporters at the White House
where he had called with con
stituents lo invite Mr. Truman
to a celebration in North Caro-
I Una next year.
General Vaughan has indicat
ed his willingness to testify be
fore the committee at "any time
the committee wants to hear
him," Hoey said.
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