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4 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 23, 1949
The Vote of Five Men
Five city council members deserve credit for voting Mon
day night in the interests of Greater Salem's future.
When they voted in favor of adopting the Baldock traffic
plan, four aldermen and the mayor braved the vocal op
ponents of the plan. But the need for coming to a final
decision at that time on the besUproposed traffic plan for
the area left no alternative in the eyes of the five.
There had been too many delays already. So many
months had passed since the council had first taken up
tne controversial iour-pumi uami; van j ,
Hiehwav Engineer Baldock. Basis of the request of the
BY BECK
Actions You Regret
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Backstage Cost Wrangle
Delays Runway Lighting
(Ed. Note While Drew Pearson is on vacation, the Wash
ington Merry-Go-Round is being written by his old partner,
Robert S. Alien).
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
CRIMINALS, bY ODDS OF 2 TO I.ARE IM
PRISONED LOWER FOR ROBBERIES THAN
FOR BURGLARIES.
(AN HONEST QUESTION FROM
WLMtR SLAVS.
SIPS FOR SUPPER
It's All There
By DON UPJOHN
About everything that makes life worth living will be on dis-
By ROBERT S.ALLEN
Washington Installation of essential runway-lighting equip
ment on scores of airports has been stalled for months because
of a back-stage wrangle over cosU.
Lack of these safety facilities is a serious flying hazard as
many of the airfields are useless in bad weather and at night.
Numerous other airports - "
throughout the country, which Wash., asked Hickenlooper what
have inadequate lighting equip- the connection was between
ment, also are affected by the these reports and his case
dispute. against the atomic commission.
Principals in the protracted "These people might disclose
controversy are the civil aero- valuable secrets under the in
nautics authority and the Wels- fluence of love or liquor," he re
bach corporation, Philadelphia, plied.
Last April, Welsbach took One reason for the commit
over the sale of the patented tee's delay has been Hicken
runaway - lighting equipment looper's absence. He was in Iowa
from the Line Material com- mending political fences. He
pany, Stroudsburg, Pa. The pat- faces a tough re-election battle
ents, owned by Inventor Jack next year.
Bartow, Blue Bell, Pa., are so Democratic committee men
basic that CAA attorneys doubt want to issue a formal report
whether any effective runaway by September 15. Their report
lighting can be installed without is certain to be a vigorous re
infringement, futation of Hkkenlooper's
Immediately after coming in- charge of "incredible misman
to the picture, Welsbach an- agement" by AEC. He and other
nounced a new price schedule, republican committee members
It calls for a royalty of 80 cents will undoubtedly put out a re
per runaway foot, plus cost of port of their own.
the eauipment. For the aver-
rllJfJlA UNLESS THE DICE ARE
rTS Y CROOKED, CHANCES ARE 1,181 TO I
jL&yS AGAINST MAKIN6 10 STRAIGHT
Y VL. WINNING THROWS.
IN THE FIRST Uf 4
" . . . , ii ii i ..(. i m.. a.u n nh vhnui wn rn ciam .
state canito p anning commission to aeiay me pian lur- piay anne ...... ajrp0rt this means a si.buu takmnu xmu ihahw
?. 1 ., ii ee i d,'.tMtl,anram at tho Stato Fair irrounds tomorrow noon and runs through Fri- ? . j ton nnn i t.u.
been this summer seeing, what
Ba , , ., .. , both of grounds
The point of concern expressed by the capitol comrnis- and homeS in
Bion was one that really offered no problem that couldn t fact) as stated,
easily be reconciled to the one-way grid. There would be there'll be about
no difficulty in getting the state highway department, every thing to
the capitol planning commission, and the city council into please the eye,
agreement on minor rerouting in the capitol group area, the taste and the
. . smeller. And all
of it will be the
Mayor Elfstrom's leadership in carrying through the produce of Mar
fight for the Baldock plan these many months deserves ion county
recognition for his efforts dedicated to the city's veil- youngsters. And
being and future. It would have been easier lor mm to nary a one ot
But noth- them involved
ing would have been gained by a delay except continual in the production of same will knocked out his front teeth. A
Doi Cpjoba
is takina no chances upon re-
The CAA balked at the price, turnine to California.
The government pays half the as wartime commander of the
tnr no nnntrnl tnuiore otlH ntVlfir Tn 41. TT C1 A mi 1x iBtiaA Vi
with daylight savings time, there safety instaUations. CAA con- order removing Japanese from
....... ..s ....... fpnri wpishach's fieures mean tha ,ot mit Nnu livins in
I't gO On Until aft- .HcH hlirripn on the tax- k .act n.Wi wsnk in inki
payers. up residence in San Francisco.
The company denies that. It But before doing so, he sought
claims its schedule will cut costs legal opinion on whether he
$900 on a 6,000-foot runway. would be subject to action by
CAA denies the denial. It says a Japanese for the order issued
Welsbach will boost expendi- seven years ago.
tures $4,000 for an average air- ...
port. NO HELP
on as they don t go
ter all good citizens by rights
should be in bed.
FT & BA Burglar
Klamath Falls, VP) Bill
Moore, 26-year-old Marine vet
eran who was recently struck
by a car and knocked through a
plate glass window, is still run-
11 J,ingJnJbad,1kCk-,Thf COLD SOBER
lL b-nnfbar? nut his frnnf tppth. A
Send your "Odds" questions on any subject to "The Wizard
of Odds," care of the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Doug Likes to Startle
People With His Signs
By ED CREAGH
(substituting for Columnist Hal Boylel
New York, Aug. 23 VP) When a man builds a better mouse
trap than his neighbor, thenext thing he wants is to build a
bigger mousetrap. Then a still bigger one.
And, in the end, he's miserable if he hasn't built the whopping-
est mousetrap ever.
S o m e t hing
like that has
.. inn nio narnf ctudpi nv in"
postponement of a decision that had to be made sooner or ever starve iive m squaior or pI te was being made for him Indjan embassy ,0 commemo-
i , wnen nit uciilui. iduuittiuiv was a h. i i j -
later. nn Ihpir Pnripnvnrs. In short, it ... v-ul rale inuepenueiiue
whpn thp ripntal lahnratnrv was
it . . . r . :. . . rate
The decision adopted obviously the best plan so far sug- is a displ ay by a coming gen- UoVZ vUte. KSr"
gested to ease the tratlic trouDies oi uregun s capital, eration of youngsters wno nave ..Now they've stolen the gold
The Baldock plan had been drawn up by expert highway already learned how to live a r, ht out of my front teeth," he
and traffic engineers. And, fortunately for Salem, they life of plcntitude and content, COmplained.
were residents of the city wno Know tne local prouiems. "tu wimum n B"e.
ti,0 ,.niinn nf tho nppd for definite action was One of the customers suggests
ii.. -Won ol. hv tho fiiir nlrlPi-mfin who voted, too. tnat the cluster uShi removed launching its campaign lor an
The party was cold sober.
Everybody who was anybody
attended the evening soiree.
The SalemToigTof Eagles in l$J'
..is . -'"f-'" j beautiul native gown
lung here is sure doing ...
During a senate session, Vice
Prpcirfpnt Rarlrlpv tripH tn patrh
The big party staged by the ,he attention of Democratic
Floor Leader Scott Lucas. Bark
ley whispered "pssst" several
times, but Lucas didn't hear
him. Sen. Kenneth Wherry, re
publican floor leader, did.
"Alben," whispered Wherry,
"if it's about a trip to Spring
field, 111., and Scott can't go, I
will
is
the
ti.ii. TV. Armotnnnr aiuiu uuwtitwwu nic ,u nun
Tni rnp 'K imui. 111c iuui cic ninione . ,.;,,.. . tj i i
, , . x XT. i i maKe way ior a more oriitiant somexning tnat snuutu nave uccn u..t;.i Bi - "l
Claud Jorgensen, Howard Maple and James Nicholson. , h ,.f , downtown Salem done . t time a0 and thcir The y oi a. t al, grinned Barkley
They, likewise, rose to the challenge of the moment be clustered around Marion campaign should be a short one. Twas totaiiy missing
and cast their lot for the plan which they thought was for Square, which he says needs At last the Baldock plan ha Served instead were coffee,
the future welfare Ot the City. AS INlcnoison lnierreu in ins some ngnts ana tney a turn tne now got past tne pian stage aim vanlUa ice eream, and cakes,
remarks before voting, the council had had the matter park into a place of nocturnal maybe should now be known There was no limit on these
lonir enouch before it. Further delay woum reauy accom- """'j. iiicny H mc omuutn. miu,
... . ii i I i l: irnnH Irfpa Rut wp'trp cnrl nf urhalpvdr It i At RIIV m(P. it
wondered about those new lights made the name Baldock a house
downtown just what use they've hold word in Salem no end.
h a p p e ned to
Douglas Leigh
Leigh is a
boyish, s o f t
spoken Alabam
an who has
made himself a
millionaire by
creating those
razzle - dazzle
electric signs
that swing,
swav. hiss, rain,
startle the crowds on Broadway
Provided, of course, there and elsewhere.
stopover in St. Louis." You've seen them, in tne mov-
vrn
and otherwise
"Won't the stork make people
nervous? Like newlyweds, you
mean? Oh, I suppose there will
be a lot of wisecracks , , ."
Leigh is a low-pressure talk
er, something remarkable in the
advertising business. He's 39
and looks about 30. He also
looks a mite discontented.
Why?
That's where the bigger
mousetrap comes in.
"For years," Leigh confesses,
"I've been looking at the Em
pire State building. Longinjslci- '
Tremendous advertising possi-
nlish nothing. A favorable vote was the logical action
after these many months of consideration,
SHORTS
Wisecracks heard at the sen
ate "5-percenter" probe: "Mar-
aanrt io nn nnraffnn " nnri 4,M.
uuests ate ail iney wantea. D bef V.D
You wouldn't be any help ies not in the original: bilities and I nayen t Deen apie
.. . ... in rln a 4h!not ir 1 1-4 il- mf fol
The Niagara of real water that " , t, " ; . , . '
roars oveAimes Square, 50,000 "Another idea I vehadU to
callons a minute; the blimps "
Many had several big helpings.
But everybody was cold sober
Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan's
pay is $10,743.96
llllliuic, .1 . ., .. T,, .1
that flash advertising from the Y 7 T' i( cti,, r',:
sky; the giant soldier blowing Pected to do it. Still England
.'' ,f ! owns the rock and she s hard up
"Spectaculars," they're called.
for dollars. I wonder.
t And Leigh has dreamed up the
in . , r , I Ua'a
and apparently enjoyed the additionj he g'ets 'ravri' and more spectacular of them. He's Playfully or so I thought
The people of the cities of Salem and West Salem can
thank the five members of the council for the vote of
confidence in the interests of the residents of the area here.
With the Baldock plan now accepted by the city, the
next logical move is for both sides in the controversy thus
ended, to join forces to make the plan work for the good
of all residents of the community.
Latest Wrinkle in Farm Problems
Washington, Aug. 23 (JP Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan drew a big laugh at a senate hearing in predicting that
the farm problem "is going to give us all a few gray hairs."
While senators and spectators roared, Brannan rubbed his
bald head and then added:
"Maybe I should change that to a few wrinkles."
Brannan was a witness before the senate agriculture committee.
other allowances from
unique experience very much
NOTE A Korean party the House funds
same aay was an lmDiDer s de
light. . '
ATOMIC PROBE
The Lamp- t .,ired Leieh if he had consider-
ana ine
WVilta Deen niCKnameu
lighter oi uroaaway ana eJ harnessin the Northern
Vehement objection was voic- al"r How fan- Lhts, sometimes known as the
ed at a meeting of the District So what next? How fan- b , vrt.r
nf Columbia department of AM- tastic can you get? Aurora Borealis, for huckster-
VETS to a merger with AVC. 'ng purposes.
Democratic members of the Nationai Commander Harold Let's sit down in Leigh's His gray eyes glowed. The
joint congressional atomic com
mittee will try to force a re
The Ban on Give-Aways
The recent order of the federal communications com- MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
mission, effective October 1, banning programs advertis
ing lotteries "offering prizes dependent in whole or part
upon lot or chance" on radio or television is designed to
knock out most of the "give-away" programs, with penalty
of loss of license.
While each program will be judged separately, the rules
appear broad enough to cut off most of the programs that
have showered cash and merchandise prizes on listening
and viewing audiences. Radio officials are quoted as say
Yugoslav Steel Deal
Called 'Calculated Risk'
Keats promised not to press the Rockefeller Center office and same glow In the eyes of small
nmnneal at tb.A AnyTVF.TQ1 fn4Vi- lietun tn a man whn's ttft full nf hmi, nnntmnl a tin a a mnlffhKnr'.
f" , , . coming convention in Des Moin- ideas as a boy with a new sung- pear tree.
drawn - out investigation insti- Ia. shot and a bag of bbles: V .... matter of fact .. jigh
gated by Sen. Bourke Hicken- James Roosevelt ,ayJ he ls ..Well therc.s our walking X somethng very
looper, R Iowa The probe has making n0 deals as guberna- man. He'll be as vail as a seven p, f, .LlSrfTto
...in-.u' "...S.',., torial candidate with Califor- and a half story building and it .thniZ i Pa tpll vou
weeks while the committee stud-
nia Lobbyist Arthur Samish and will look from the sidewalk as
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
tIl Forelln Allslr AnsJvstl
Washington's decision to allow Red Yugoslavia to buy a three
million dollar steel mill in this country, thereby increasing that
ing that the new rules will confine prize contests to the Balkan country's military potential, marks a bold development
radio audiences but this merely reduces the scope it t u- policy. ...... . ..... .Uo v
.till n.in lnttorv The rn ntr will he earned to the jmiipn-m. " giveii io u uy me
leu Hen uenonnei recorus ot old . a . pension promoter lf he's stepping from the top of
a'Me 'IiMy'aew' theater right down onto
Some of these records have met or telked wlth Samlshi and Broadway-
...ouc aw"- 'uul' I have had no conversation with "Then there's the
Thov Ufa ronnpl. nr tVia - - - .... .. J.I1C11 Ulrica lllC
...y "l7"" "". " McLaln on the subject of candi- sign we're doing for i
mid nr urnnrorE in a t nm l r ninnre . . . .. o
Th wnrkPr wpVp ;hp7kprf hv "7 10T ?u", ",ce- 1 ftav! Minneapolis. A real whopper.
FBI loyalty agents.
Rep. Henry M. Jackson, D.,
now, I wouldn t say it will De
more spectacular than the
Northern Lights, but well,
, l you'll see for yourself when we
175-foot unveil it ,.
bank in ... .......... i.
Alter tnat, i Qian t aare asn.
FBI iraUv'a e' d yVbe abU if he were keeping in touch with
will not do so."
(CopjrUht 19U)
Slavs also will
be granted a
large American
backed loan
from the World
bank.
Clearly this
gesture toward
commu n i s 1 1 c
Belgrade rep-
OelVIlt M.okcnsl.
courts for judicial decision, and the programs continued
meanwhile.
Commenting upon the ban on give-aways the Oregon
ian asks:
"What it is about the give-away programs that so fascinates
radio listeners is rather puzzling. Probably there is a sort of
vicarious enjoyn.cnt in the good fortune of others who happen
to be lucky enough to be called to the phone and are then lucky
onniinh tn Unnw the rieht answer to whatever the quiz may be.
Thprp is a mournful satisfaction, too. in knowing the right an- resents what
vor to whatever was asked of and missed by another person. Secretary o f
And nrobablv tnere is widespread lack of comprehension of state Acheson
thn odds acainst one's telephone number being drawn in the bluntly de-
lottery. There are about 35,000,000 telephones in the United scribes as a "calculated risk."
States. iWnrshal Tito, dictator of Yu-
There is nothing puzzling about it the same old lure of goslavla, is no friend of capital- For one thing, the mere fact
omethinir for nothing which seems innate in human istlc Uncle Sam. It's only as far that Tito is defying the might of
XU&3ltt 1 cilLUUtogmtHi iw v....
small nations to stand firm
against aggression. Moreover,
militarily Yugoslavia is one of
the most important bases In Eu
rope. It is the eastern sentinal
of the Adriatic Russia's gate
way to that sea, across which
lies an Italy that Moscow would
stands for nationalism. He re
fuses to accept the Russian bol
shevist edict that the sovereign
ty of all satelite states like Yugo
slavia rests in Moscow.
Assuming that Yugoslavia is
at loggerheads with Moscow,
there are sound reasons for giv
ing the Balkan states assistance.
These may be summed up by
stating that Yugoslavia could
be a powerful obstruction to
further communist imperial ex
pansion in Europe.
L U...U ...... F U nntn.i,.,.A F n fMno nf OBCK HS lllttt m fit lit-, .i..-
nature, which uixuunts iui me jjihviikc ui on luium v. - .hnntlna
lotteries, even it they are known camouflaged frauds-like Y"""6" airplanes m
slot machines, the one-armed bandits. A 39 million-to-one jJX IhSs "S
chance of winning is no deterrent, for Barnum was right. been drlvcn over Yugoslav terri-
there is no such thing as something for nothing, for every- tory by bad weather,
thing has to be paid for by someone in some way. Tito was made to pay rcpar-
Nor does the fact that someone else 3000 miles away is ations for this "outrageous per-
tlin lunbi, nnn i,nola ,, "mmi rn f II 1 a i Io f opt Inn" nmnilCT fnpmincn" hilt tllflt didn't
" . . . .. .. . .. . i...ni...... .... ( nVi t arm In Krin cf Intn
the other 34,999.19 expectants. It merely keeps alive tne cnange tne icopara s spuis. f , '"
fantastic hope all of them that lady luck will smile next Ztt T"! u1ota uSort power-
tlme- ag0 over hL, refusal to abandon fill of the Balkan states. Her
The give-away was designed to attract radio hearers nationalism and place the sov- 15,000,000 people not only are
who were gutting bored with moronic commercials and erclgnty of his country in the among the world's best fighters,
passing them up, sort of a trade stimulant. If the money hands of the Kremlin. I have traveled in that coun-
.notour! nf trnnhv rmi thov ui ...u. o..- try havs talked with all class-
wouldn't need lotteries and their use is a confession of Tito row could be a trick to fool "-.They are intensely proud of
failure.
Mrs. Pack, 86, Proves Saying,
'One's Never Too Old to Learn'
Sacramento (UP) At an age when people are supposed to
relax, Mrs. Caroline Fack ot Folsom started to learn to read
English.
She was then 85. And she wanted to become an American
citizen. Despite the fact she had been In this country more
than 60 years she had never got around to qualifying tor
citizenship because she was too busy raising a family.
Another a year ago one of her neighbors, a former school
teacher, began teaching her the English alphabet. In nine
months she had mastered the language, passed her naturalisa
tion examinations and attained her dream of citizenship
at the age of 86.
'I Can Hear My Saviour Calling . . .'
Seattle, Aug. 23 (U.R) The Rev. Clive Taylor, 63, pastor of
the Findlay Christian church finished his sermon.
The choir and congregation began to sing an old hymn.
"I can hear my Savior calling. Take thy cross and follow,
follow me. . ." Their voices swelled through the church.
The Rev. Mr. Taylor asked that the last verse be sung.
"Where he leads me, I will follow," they sang vigorously.
"I'll go with him, with him all the way."
The minister sat down, placed his arms on an easy chair
behind the pulpit, and closed his eyes. '
The congregation continued singing, "Blest be the tie that
binds."
The hymn finally finished, the congregation remained
standing, watching the reverend, who appeared to have fallen
asleep. A member of the choir shook him gently. '
The minister didn't move. He had died of a heart attack.
It Sounds Like in a Bad Dream
New York iP) Lawrence Sandusky, 52, surveyed his sit
uation no keys, his apartment on the third floor, everybody
asleep. A drain pipe from the roof passed alongside one of his
windows.
He did fine in getting to the roof and starting down the
pipe, but a leg stuck in a bracket.
He struggled and shouted. He couldn't get his leg loose,
couldn't get back on the roof, couldn't waken anyone.
Eight hours later early the next morning that was a
neighbor saw his plight.
A police emergency squad untangled him and took him
to a hospital for treatment of leg laveratlons.
miles across the wheat fields. 811 . l"e .
Ann tpii tmm it ,w it,. ,ath. proj ects, Just in case. But I did
er's going to be put the Question to one of his
"You know about our stork? associates, who nodded soberly.
It's going to be 220 feet long "If anybody gets to the
and it will fly through the air, moon," he said, "Doug will plant
carrying a baby. We're doing it advertising signs all along the
with lights on a blimp. way."
"We'll train you
'Wjjw r leadership and
J V a successful career!"
I t - ks S"J" Sgt. 1 c Wm. L Burnett
the western powers into giv
ing aid to Yugoslavia aid
which later would be turned
against them in furthering the
expansion of the communist em
pire. Washington is quite well
aware of that.
Why then do we lend aid and
comfort to Tito?
The answer is that the conflict
between Moscow and Belgrade
mav not be phony, but the real
thing.
Indeed, most of the evidence
seems to support this view. The
present picture we have Is that
of a Tito who still clings to a
modified communism which
their sovereignty and are rea
dy to fight to preserve it, a
fact which lends strength to the
Idea that the Tito-Kremlin bat
tle over sovereignty is the real
thing.
All these circumstances ex
plain why the United States,
for the first time since the war,
is deliberately sending "war
potential" material to a com
munist government.
Other satellite states In east
ern Europe have been asking
for American machinery and
have been turned down for fear
such materials might be used for
war. But in the case of Yu
slavia the United States Is tax
ing the "calculated risk."
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