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THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY tonight Mid
Tuesday. Slightly cooler tem
peratures. Lowest tonight 55;
highest Tuesday, 86.
Max. mom yesterday, S; minimum In
day, M. Total 24-hour precipitation: Oj
for month: .38; normal, .40. Season pre
elpltation, .25t normal. 37.72. River
heirht, -8.8 feet. (Rport by U.S. Weather
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61st Year, No. 205 StEffS
Salem, Oregon, Monday, August 29, i?49
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Salem Back on
Standard Time
Sunday, Sept. 1 1
Gille's Bill Before
Council September 12
For Extending DST
Salem will be back on stand
ard time Sunday, September 11,
for at least 24 hours. What hap
pens after that is up to the city
council, and especially interest
ed are Salem schools,
By city ordinance daylight
saving time became effective in
Salem at 2:01 a.m. last May 16,
and by that ordinance is to con
tinue until 1:59 a.m. Sunday,
September 11.
At the city council meeting a
week ago tonight Alderman Al
bert H. Gille, who introduced
the bill last May, introduced an
other bill to extend daylight
saving time to 1:59 a.m. Septem
ber 25, to conform to Portland
time.
ST One Day Anyway
The city council will not meet
until Monday night, September
12, and can't vote on the Gille
extension bill until then, so the
original act will be dead before
the council votes.
Gille attempted last Monday
night, when he introduced the
extension bill, to have it put
through three readings and vot
ed on. Unanimous consent of the
council is necessary to put a
bill on third reading the night it
is introduced. Alderman David
O'Hara, who has never been for
daylight saving time, refused his
consent. So the bill had to wait
until September 12.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 7)
Big
Hurricane
Petering
Out
(See Pictures ihi Pane 1ft)
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 29 (P)
The big hurricane was blowing
itself out today.
It turned back to the north
east in North Carolina and'southr.
em Virginia in a dying effort
to return to the Atlantic ocean
where it was spawned a week
ago.
The howling monster which
ripped into Florida's Gold Coast
em the east side Friday, cutting
a multi-million dollar damage
swath, was described by weath
ermen as just another heavy
windstorm today.
It raced across the Carolinas'
Piedmont section yesterday
bringing heavy rains. But its
steel-twisting power was reduced
to limb-breaking, ahingle tear
ing and the fouling of power and
communications lines.
It was in Florida that the gi
ant exploded its peak power.
West Palm Beach, Lake Worth
and Fort Lauderdale were in the
direct path of the hurrican's core
as it swung in from the Atlantic
Friday evening.
The giant veered to the north,
passed over Lake Okeechobee
where 1800 lost their lives in the
1926 hurricane. It then roared
up the moss-hung Suwanee riv
er Saturday parallel with the
coast line in the center of the
peninsula state.
Damage ran into millions. One
life was lost in Florida and one
in Georgia.
A preliminary survey brought'
damage estimates varying from
140,000,000 to $50,000,000.
New York,' Aug. 29 UP) The
New York Metropolitan area
was battered by a 70-mile-an-hour
wind today as the hurri
cane that hit Florida flicked
north.
The weather bureau said the
winds, accompanied by rain,
reached their highest velocity at
5:30 a.m. (EST). By 9 a.m. (EST)
the wind had subsided to 24
miles an hour.
Justice Rufledge
Said Improving
York, Me., Aug. 29 UP) Su
preme Court Justice Wiley B.
Rutledge, 55, is "showing im
provement" at York village hos
pital, a spokesman said today.
The 55-year-old jurist is un
der treatment for a circulatory
tondition, the hospital said.
The judge's family declined
to permit any further state
ments about his condition.
Justice Rutledge was admit
ted Saturday. Mrs. Rutledge
stayed at the hospital over
night. The Rutledges have been
vacationing at nearby Ogunquit,
smart coastal summer resort.
Dr. Fred A. Geier, Justice
Rutledge's physician, came by
air from Washington yesterday.
. Later he returned to the capi
tal and Dr. Elmer Towner of the
hospital's staff took charge of
the cas
Yugoslavians
Unworried by
War of Nerves
Cominform Countries
Meet and Formulate
Program
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Aug. 29
UP) Outwardly at least, Yugo
slavia showed scant signs today
of worry about the possibility of
a shooting war with her so
viet dominated neighbors.
The war of nerves in the
Balkans apparently had the rest
of the world more jittery than
it did the people of this coun
try even though they are con
scious of the possibilities.
Government spokesmen were
kept busy denying a flood of
rumors about moves and coun
ter moves in the increasingly
bitter word war between Soviet
Russia and Yugoslavia.
But shoeshine boys - in Bel
grade slapped placidly away at
the boots of their customers.
Housewives carried on their
marketing as usual.
Rumors Not Printed
In the country, farmers were
threshing one of their richest
grain harvests in years.
At least part of Yugoslavia s
calm can be attributed, of
course, to the fact that the offi
cial press has carried few of the
rumors which apparently have
disturbed the western world.
There has been no mention
yet, for example, of the meet
ing of the Soviet-dominated ec
onomic council of mutual assis
tance in Sofia, Bulgaria.
There have been some offi
cial denials of such rumors as
"unusual" troops movements in
Yugoslavia, that two divisions
have been sent into the Istrian
(Trieste) peninsula to prevent
sabotage, that fire in the Fiume
oil refinery was the work of So
viet agents.
Troops on Alert
It's true that Marshal Tito's
troops stretched around Yugo
slavia's uneasy border are on
the' alert. ... ., , , ... '
That's nothing new. They've
been that way since the comin
form (Communist International
Information bureau) blacklist
ed Tito 15 months ago on charg
es of pursuing "nationalistic"
policies and began a campaign
to oust him from power.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Stalin's Grip on
Balkans Shaken
Washington, Aug. 29 (IP) Stal
in's grip on the communist satel
lite states has been reported
sharply shaken by his row with
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
That information comes in
highly responsible reports reach
ing Washington from Eastern
Europe.
These reports are expected to
play an important part in the
meetings being scheduled for
next month among Secretary of
State Acheson, British Foreign
Minister Bevin and French For
eign Minister Schuman.
Western diplomats foresee in
these meetings a three-power re
view of the grand strategy of the
cold war with Russia, followed
by a determined effort to devise
new moves against the Kremlin.
Bevin is due here in little
more than a week, primarily to
sit in on the British-American-
Canadian economic talks.
Schuman's name has been
brought into the picture only in
the last few days, with word
from Paris that he will arrive
here well ahead of the Sept. 20
opening date for the United Na
tions General Assembly in New
York.
2500 Employers Fail to
Remit Withholding Tax
By JAMES D. OLSON
More than 2500 Oregon employers have failed to remit with
holding taxes collected from employes in 1948, according to Tax
Commissioner Ray Smith, in charge of the income tax division.
Smith said that his department has positive proof on 1612
employers and a system of checking is steadily revealing others.
These employers, said Smith,
"who for one reason or another,
have failed to report deductions
made from employes' payrolls,
are likely to discover the state
has some stringent laws covering
retention of state funds. Both
fines and prison sentences are
stipulated in the statutes for such
violations."
The withholding tax was re
ported in compliance with the
law by 46,000 employers in 1948
payrolls and about 19,000 re
turns are left involving refunds
for approximately 2500 employ
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Bolivian Rebels
Defy Troops
La Pax, Bolivia, Aug. 29 UP)
Defying government bombs
and loyal troops marching
against their stronghold, Boli
vian rebels at Cochabamba call
ed on the rest of the population
to help them today.
A rebel broadcast heard here
urged the people to rise against
the government which, it said,
is provoking a fratricidal war.
Thus -they spurned a govern
ment ultimatum to surrender or
be annihilated issued last night
after two air force bombings of
Cochabamba.
Six planes dropped 140 bombs
on the city, damaging the air
field and destroying at least one
rebel plane, in the major raid.
Earlier four planes on a recon
naissance mission dropped a
few light explosives. The rebels
answered with pursuit planes
and anti-aircraft fire. ,
It is impossible to estimate
casualties because of disrupted
communications and continued
fighting.
One of the government bombs
blew up a railroad bridge over
the Rio Rocha river, about a
mile outside Cochabamba, hold
ing up trainloads of loyal sol
diers for La Paz advancing
against the rebels.
The revolt by violently na
tionalist elements of both the
army and civil population broke
out Saturday. The middle-of-the
road government of acting Pre
sident Mamerto Urriolagoitia
said it is sparked by the outlaw
ed MNR (national revolutionary
movement) whose leaders, it re
ported, have sneaked back from
exile. They also were blamed
for bloody rioting in the tin
mines last May.
Forestry Fellowships
Seattle, Aug. 29 UP) The
Weyerhaeuser Timber has an
nounced creation of fellowships
in forest management at the
University of Washington and
Oregon State (Jollege. tacn
school will have a $1,000 an
nual grant for a deserving stu
dent. J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.,
lannounced Saturday.
es, Smith said. The state with
holding tax became effective on
January 1, 1948.
The income tax division is at
tempting to locate 2000 persons,
entitled to refunds on income tax
payments, but who have moved
from the state and failed to leave
a forwarding address.
Commissioner Smith said that
the department is holding ap-
proximately $2200 in refunds
but is unable to send out the
check? because of lack of addresses.
Flights and Awards Feature Airport Exhibition Top: Leo
J. (Ace) Demers awarded trophy donated by Brown jewelers
for winning the annual Brooks handicap. From left: Charles
Barclay, airport manager, Earl Snyder, Evelyn Whitmaker, Leo
J. Demers and Wally Tower. Lower: A full load capacity of
44 persons representing the Salem Chamber of Commerce and
the press turned out for the initial United Airline courtesy
flight that flew over Detroit dam and circled Mt. Jefferson.
Salem's A viation Day
Most Successful Event
By MARGARET MAGEE
Planes, little and big, local and visiting, hummed over Mc
Nary field most of Sunday and spectators numbering 6000 oi
more crowded the field. ,
The occasion - was Salem's Aviation Day, held to" educate the
public on flying, all types of it, with emphasis on safety.
Storm Forces
Airliner Down
Youngstown, O., Aug. 29 UP)
A Northwest Airlines plane car
rying 46 passengers and three
crewmen made a safe emergency
landing here in drizzling dark
ness early today.
Two passengers were injured
slightly, and there was little, if
any, damage to the plane.
The four-engine DC-4, which
left LaGuardia field in New
York at 11:55 p.m. (EST) en
route to Seattle, ran into rough
weather near Allentown, Pa.,
and radioed ahead to Youngs
town municipal airport to ar
range for an emergency land
ing. The scheduled flight, No.
501, called for ftie first stop at
Detroit. . -
Three fire companies from
Youngstown and two from War
ren, along with the field's crash
equipment crew stood by while
the big liner, came in for a
landing at 2:15 a.m. (EST).
A woman and two boy pas
sengers were taken to a Warren
hospital, but none was hurt se
riously and all released.
The airliner pilot, Alan Ack
erson of Hazlet, N. J., said his
plane ran into "one of the rough
est storms I have ever been in."
Ackerson has been an ajrlines
pilot for seven years. He said J)e
flew by instruments for the last
part of the flight.
Chinese Reds Within
170 Miles of Canton
Canton, Aug. 29 IIP) The
communists mounted a new
threat to uneasy Canton today.
They drove to the outskirts of
Jucheng, 170 miles north of this
nationalist refugee capital.
The Red thrust, admitted by
the ministry of national defense,
put Gen. Liu Po-Cheng's troops
six miles from the Kwangtung
province border and 45 from
Kukong, key point on the Can
ton-Hankow railway.
If the communists cut through
to the railroad, the main supply
line to the main central China
defense force would be severed.
National Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi's
base is Hengyang, 265 miles
north of Canton on the railway.
Typhoon Moves On Japan
Tokyo, Aug. 29 (IP) A ty
phoon with winds up to 95 miles
an hour was 600 miles south
east of Iwo Jima today moving
toward Japan at 12 miles
hour.
Spectators .began arriving ear
ly in the morning and by the
time that the races and demon
strations started at 2 p.m. there
was a steady flow of cars to
the west side of the field.
Visiting planes, coming here
especially for the event began
arriving early Sunday morning
and by the time that the after
noon program started 101 had
been counted. In addition to this
two airline planes, a DC-4 of
United Air Lines and a DC-3 of
West Coast Airlines, and eight
national guard planes were on
the field.
Oldest pilot flying into Salem
during the day was Harvey
Loop, 70, who came from . As
toria. Loop, a private pilot,
learned to fly when 69 years of
age.
Arrival of the eight national
guard P-51s from Portland about
1:50 p.m. opened the afternoon
program of races and demon
strations. The guard planes aft
er buzzing the field and flying
formation, landed on the west
side of the field, remaining for
about an hour and a half before
taking off for their home base.
In the afternoon races first
place in the annual Brooks han
dicap went to Leo J. (Ace) Dem
ers, Salem, the only Salem en
try in the races to win a first
place. Demers won the trophy
donated by Brown's jewelry
store, with his P-40, doing ap
proximately 300 miles per hour.
Second was Ivan Esau, Dallas,
and in third place was Jack Lar
sen of Salem. R. W. Martin of
Hillsboro, who flew to Salem to
give Demers "stiff" competition
with his P-38 came in in sixth
place. Twelve pilots entered the
race.
The BT race was taken by Ar
thur Sparks of Vancouver. Rob
ert Morris of Salem placed sec
ond and in third place was an
other Salem flier. Dick Pont.
Winning the closed course race
for 85-hourscpower planes was
Elwin Sullems of Prairie City
and in second place was B. K.
Wodzewoda of Salem. Third
place winner was Roy Hubert
of Vancouver.
During the afternoon program
a quizz contest on aviation was
held for the spectators with
prizes, given the winners. An
other event was the presentation
to Evelyn Whitmaker of the
state board of aeronautics of a
Mikenjaki camellia by Frank
Docrflcr. The camellia was
awarded her for being chosen
the first "Woman of the Week"
on the KSLM radio program by
that name.
Visiting "pilots were served
lunch, army style, by Company
B, Oregon National Guard.
Cherrians were at the field to
greet the visitors and the planes
were parked by the civil air patrol.
Truman Pledges Britain Aid
fefn Meet Dollar Crisis
Legion Chief
Denies Charges
Belgrano
Philadelphia, Aug. 29 UP) The
American Legion opened its
31st annual convention today
with the fight against commun
ism in China, particularly
shaping up as the No. 1 issue.
What to do about communism
and' where and when to do it
are questions that several Legion
committees have been wrestling
with in pre-convention sessions
mostly behind closed doors.
The four-day meeting is one
of the biggest in Legion history.
The 6500 delegates and alter
nates represent more than 3,
000,000 Legionnaires in some
17,000 posts. They'll discuss the
pros and cons of some 1000 reso
lutions. Communism Issue
Communism has been a main
issue at the past three Legion
conventions. And it won't take
a back scat at this important
veterans gathering. The issue
reportedly has touched off heat
ed arguments before the foreign
relations and security (armed
forces) committees.
Internal bickering among top
Legion officials, past and pres-.
ent, broke out at the national
executive com m i 1 1 e e session.
National Commander Perry
Brown of Beaumont, Tex.,
touched off the squabble.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column t)
U. S. Engineers
Probe Target
Washington, Aug. 29 (IP) Rep,
Sabeth (D., 111.), nominated the
army engineers today as the
"number one target" of a pros
pective congressional investiga
tion of lobbying.
The chairman of the house
rules committee predicted the
house will start an inquiry soon
after it gels back from vacation
even if the senate fails to string
along.
Sabalh told reporters lobbying
is at an all-time high, both in
the number of people doing it
and amount of money they are
laying out for it.
Ive checked up, he said,
"and more than 1,900 lobbyists
are registered. There are many
more who have failed to regis
ter." In the first quarter of 1949
he said, the lobbyists reported
spending more than $2,000,000
which is $200,000 more than
the previous high, set in the last
three months of 1948.
"They are actually the indl
reel representatives of power in
terests. They overrode President
Roosevelt when he tried to re
organize the government. Now
when the Hoover commission
recommends reorganization, they
are the first to oppose it."
i
First Plane Rule Jim Horron (right) of 1586 Stale street,
Salem, got the biggest thrill of his 81 years and four months,
Sunday, when he had his first airplane ride. Pictured with
Hcrrnn, at left, is Douglas Billmeycr, public relations man
with West Coast Airlines, on whose lane Hcrron made his
courtesy flight Sunday morning. Herron, a resident of Mar
ion county his entire life and an employe of the county as
sessor surveyor's office for 28 years, was born at Woodburn
and came to the Salem area when about a year old.
Senate Passes
$14.8 Billion
Appropriation
Washington, Aug. 29 UP) Ad
ministration forces beat today
an effort in the senate to di
rect that President Truman save
to 10 per cent of the billions
of dollars congress has appro
priated to run the government
The senate voted 48 to 29 to
suspend its rules and adopt a
rider" to the armed services
appropriation bill to order Mr.
Truman to make the savings.
That was short of the two
thirds vote required to suspend
the rules.
Vice President Barklcy ruled
that a two-thirds vote was neces
sary although the senate parlia
mentarian had held that the issue
could be settled by a simple
majority vote.
The senate upheld Barkley's
ruling by a 41 to 36 vote.
Once the battle over the rider
was ended, the senate quickly
passed the $14,800,000,000 bill.
The bill now goes to the house
which must pass on changes
the senate made in the $15,
900,000,000 bill passed by the
house.
Navy Court to
Probe B-36 Case
Washington. Aug. 29 UP) The
navy set out toflay to learn if
naval higher-ups had any hand
in the now-exploded charges of
fraud and politics in the air
force's B-36 bomber procurement
program.
A court of inquiry was called
at the order of Secretary of the
Navy Matthews to follow up dis
closures unearthed by the house
armed services committee.
The committee's investigation
came to a halt until Oct. 5 after
reaching a sensational climax
last week.
The court's immediate atten
tion was directed toward a doc
ument admittedly written by
Ccdric R. Worth, since suspend
ed as special assistant to the sec
retary of the navy. The docu
ment touched off the house in
vestigation. At its initial session today the
navy court of inquiry:
1. Asked the secretaries of the
navy and air force to say just
what confidential data, if any,
was included in the document.
2. Designated Worth "an in
terested party" to the proceed
ings. A navy source explained
this means that Worth will have
the right to be represented by
counsel, to cross-examine wit
nesses and have witnesses heard
in his behalf.
3. Heard Quay H. Findlcy of
the house committee staff identi
fy a copy of the document, which
Worth has acknowledged writ
ing, as that brought into the
house inquiry.
4. Adjourned its inquiry, pro
bably until Sept. 6.
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Trick Solutions
Not Looked for
In Emergency
Philadelphia, Aug. 29 UP)
President Truman today pledged
full American cooperation to
crisis-ridden Britain as part of
a great etfort by the world's free
nations to achieve lasting pros
perity and peace.
In a sober summary of the
international economic situation,
Mr. Truman declared that a
world trade "seriously out of
balance" has posed problems
"which affect all of us, and in
the solution of which we all have
a common interest."
He promised this country's
"friendliness and helpfulness"
in keeping Britain on its feet in
a world suffering from "the ter
rible aftereffects of the war"
and from Russia's hostility to
European recovery.
Mutual Concessions
And he held out an offer of
"mutual concession and co
operation" to the British cabinet
officials who arrive in Washing
ton next week for negotiations
on their country's financial
crisis.
"We are not looking for trick
solutions to deep-seated prob
lems," he added.
The president sharply dis
avowed criticism in this country
of Britain's socialist govern
ment.
"We recognize," he declared,
that each nation has its own
political problems and that it
uses different political labels
and different slogans from thosa
we use at home.
(Concluded on Page B, Column 8)
19,500 Polio
Cases in 1949
(By the Associated Frees)
The nation's 1949 polio cases
numbered more than 19,500 to
day, but the rate of new Infec
tions appeared to be slackening.
Approximately 3900 new cas
es from August 18 to 27 reflect
ed more than a 20 percent re
duction from the previous nine
day period when 5000 were re
ported. However, this was still
well above the 3000 cases re
ported during the first nine-day
period of August.
The latest Associated Press
survey showed actual declines
in new cases reported during the
past week in six states Alaba
ma, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas,
Maine and North Dakota. Illi
nois, with 1502 cases and 111
deaths this year, is the third
state in numerical incidence.
Arkansas, too, has been hard
hit, with 707 cases and 35
deaths. .
Further encouragement came
from health officials of nine
oilier states including the two
with heaviest 1949 case totals
that there were indications of
cycling off in new reports of
the disease.
These states were Indiana,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Neva
da, New York, Oklahoma, Ten
nessee, Texas and Washington.
Nov York, with 2429 cases
and 141 deaths, topped the list
of slates.
Ask Chemawa Road
Name Be Retained
People living along the Che
mawa road have petitioned the
county court asking that the
name of their road be retained
a5 Chemawa road and not be
listed as Keizer road. They say
it has been known as Chemawa
road for 50 years or more and
they want to keep it that way.
The matter has been turned ov
er to the post office and indica
tions are they will get their
wish.
The difficulty arose with a
new mail route setup. The mail
man comes across from Keizer
to the Chemawa road on what
is known as the Keizer road.
But it hooks onto the Chemawa
road where that road leaves to
cross the railroad track for 99E.
This section of the old Chemawa
road has been redesignated the
Keizer road to carry out the
mail route to 99E. But it will be
changed back and remain as the
Chemawa road. That part from
Keizer to the Chemawa road
will remain the Keizer road.