THE WEATHER HERE
FAIR TONIGHT and Friday, ex
cept early morning cloudiness.
Slightly warmer afternoon tem
peratures. Lowest tonight, 52;
highest Friday, 88.
Maximum yesterday, Hi minimum to
day. 61. Total a4-hour precipitation, 0;
for month, 0; normal, .01. Season precipi
tation, 0; normal, .01. River height, -3.t
feet. (Report by V.B. Weather Bureau.)
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61st Year, No, 208
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Salem, Oregon, Thursday, September 1, 1949
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68 Known Dead
223 Injured in
Jap Typhoon
Biggest Damage Ex
pected Mountain
Floods Hit Lowlands
Tokyo, Sept. 1 VP) Dead and
Injured piled up today In
Tokyo's typhoon-flood ravished
area with 68 known dead, 223
injured and SO missing in the
central Honshu storm area.
Some 100,000 men worked
neverisniy 10 sanaoag rivr
levees against a repetition of
floods which in 1947 drowned
('2000.
Reports of property damage
from wind and water mounted
steadily after the blow which
lashed the Tokyo bay metropoli
tan area last night, left 66,000
homeless, verified figures from
the national rural police show
ed. Victims still were being pull
ed from shattered buildings
when the flood toll started
trickling in over partly paicnea
communications. Thirty-o n e
drowned in a levee break that
let the Waterosi river sweep
through Aiol. in the mountains
northwest of Tokyo.
Floods' Big Danger
But the big danger was to
some when the Tone river and
other streams swollen by 13
inches of rain In the mountains
raged down onto the Knto
plain north of Tokyo.
It was there, authorities fear
ed, that the 1947 devastation to
the Tokyo area might be repeat
ed. The Japanese government
concentrated its 100,000-m a n
labor force in this heavily diked
low country. ;
Waters of the Tone already
lapped at the bridge of the main
rail line, and the flood crest
was yet to come.
All the dead were Japanese.
The only American mentioned
in ; either casualty or missing
lists was an Eighth army sol
dier hospitalized by flying glass.
Record of Damage
Less than 24 hours after the
typhoon whipped Tokyo bay
Into 60-foot waves with 100-mile
winds this was the dismal pic
ture: Eighteen ships and boats sunk
and SO missing, most of them
torn from moorings in Tokyo
and Sagaml bays.
In Tokyo alone, 49,000 per
sons were being fed and shel
tered by the Japanese Red Cross
and government agencies. Many
left damaged homes but most
fled rising flood waters. In
Kanagawa prefecture, which
embraces Hokohama and the
hard-hit western shore of Sag
ami bay, more than 10,000 were
homeless. To a lesser degree,
it was the same through a total
of nine prefectures on central
Honshu island.
The storm did extensive dam
age to U.S. military installa
tions, housing areas and air
craft. Roofs were ripped off
barracks and some quarters at
Grant Heights, the army's larg
est family housing project.
AtlanfkPad
Steering Group
T Washington, Sept. 1 Vn The
12 Atlantic pact countries prob
ably will entrust their defense
planning to a small steering
committee instead of a single su
preme commander.
Diplomatic officials reporting
this today said all countries rep
resented on the steering group
would have equal rank with no
single boss. Decisions would
be taken by unanimous vote,
These officials described the
steering committee idea as more
practical in peacetime since it
would not give any one country
the responsibility for mappng
the defense strategy of 11 other
member nations.
A final decision is expected
when foreign ministers of the
pact countries gather here Sep
tember 17 to put the treaty Into
operation. The ministers are
due to set the wheels into mo
tion for divising joint defense
strategy for use in event any
pact member is attacked.
Meanwhile, the fate of Presi
dent Truman's request to con
gress for a $1,160,990,000 arms
aid program for European pact
members was still up in the air
in congress. Committees will
resume consideration next week
A sharply reduced program
has been passed by the house.
Key senators reportedly have
agreed on a $1,000,000,000 fig
ure, with emphasis on delaying
full aid until joint defense strat
Canada and U.S.
Plan Combined
Arctic Defense
Ground and Air Forces
To Work Out Fighting
Techniques
Washington, Sept. 1 VP) Can
adian and United States ground
and air units will work out fight
ing techniques this winter for
combined defense of the critical
Arctic frontier.
The army announced today
that "Exercise Cross-Index,"
involving comparatively small
units of the armies of the two
nations, supported by the U. S.
and Royal Canadian air forces
will be conducted in the Yukon
and Alaska areas near White
horse, Y. T., during January and
February.
Each army will provide a
"one-battalion combat team in
cluding infantry some of
which will be employed in a
parachute role artillery, engi
neers, signals and other support
ing arms and services," the for
mal announcement said.
: Army officials declined to
specify the total number of men
involved, pointing out that the
size of a combat team varies
widely, depending on its mission
The two air forces will pro
vide fighter cover for troops and
bomber, reconnaissance and
transport planes.
"In addition to existing com
munications, mobile RCAF and
USAF signals equipment will be
used," the army said. "Mobile
air force radar and control cen
ters will also be employed."
(Concluded on Fare 5, Column 8)
Craig Elected
Legion Chief
Philadelphia, Sept. 1 .VP)
The American Legion today
elected George N. Craig, 40
year-old Brazil Ind., attorney
as national commander. He is
the first veteran of World War
II ever . named to the post.
James Green, 33, Omaha, Neb.,
was a close second with two
other candidates Erie Cocke,
Jr Dawson, Ga., and Donald
Wilson, Clarksburg, W. Va.
mustering only a few scattered
votes.
A total of 3,344 delegates bal
loted.
The Legion's 31st annual con
vention approved a resolution
backing a self-help plan "based
on the initiative of the people
in their own communities with
out reliance of the federal gov
ernment in solving unemploy
ment problems."
Under the proposal, town and
city councils would confer with
industrial and civic leaders and
pool their resources on a com
munity plan. It is a key part of
the legion's 1950 domestic pro
gram.
Other major resolutions ap
proved by the convention today
included:
1. Calling on the .secretary
of labor to act to restore the
field staff of the veterans em
ployment service to the former
complement of 350.
2. Urged that the government
give special citations to firms
"outstanding in the employ
ment of physically handicapped
veterans."
3. Endorsed the veterans'
pension bill before the senate
and commended house members
who supported . the measure.
4. Called for congress to pass
the Ellender-Boggs bill to de
clare picketing of U. S. courts
a criminal offence.
Bonnie Scott Crowned
Queen of Hop Fiesta
Independence, Ore., Sept. 1
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hop Fiesta Wednesday night.
Coronation ceremonies were held at a packed gymnasium with
Mayor Ralph Spencer crowning the young ruler. Ten acts of
home talent were also presented.-
The queen was selected at an
open air meeting In the busi
ness section Wednesday after
noon with 20 candidates seeking
the honor.
Named princesses for the fies
ta were Judy Lou Kilmer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren
Johnson, Independence; Linda
Sue Hill, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hal Hill, Eugene; Judy
Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Beryl Fletcher and Ra
melle Wilson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wilson, In
dependence. With the excep
tion of Princess Ramelle, who is
10, all are eight years old
; The Hop Fiesta grand parade
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Daylight Time
Ends Sept. 1 1
It was definitely decided to
day that daylight saving time
will end in Salem Sunday, Sep
tember 11, at 1:59 a.m.
That is the time fixed by the
existing ordinance that put day
light saving time into effect in
Salem last May, but a complica
tion developed when Alderman
Albert H. Gille at the last coun
cil meeting introduced a bill to
extend it to September 25.
The serious part of the com
plication was that the council
would not meet until September
12, which would have left Sa
lem in a very confused situa
tion for about 24 hours. .
Today Mayor Robert L. Elf
strom talked with Gille about it
and the alderman agreed to
move for indefinite postpone
ment of his bill when the coun
cil meets a week from Monday
night.
The main reason for the agree
ment to settle the issue in this
way was that Salem schools are
to open on September 12, and
whether they were to open on
daylight or standard time was
a problem.
Gille introduced the bill to
extend the time at the request
of state employes, and to make
the termination of daylight time
here conform to Portland.
New Hanford Unit
To Begin Nov. 1st
Richland, Wash., Sept. - U.R
A new unit for production at
the Hanford atomic works here
will start operation in Novem
ber, Rep. Henry H. Jackson CD
Wash.) reported here today.
Jackson said this was not a
part of the two $80,000,000 un
its planned for next 'spring. He
did not give the cost of the new
unit.
Jackson, touring the works
with Rep. Melvin Price (D-Ill.)
said the United States was "def
initely on top of the atomic
power pile and intended to re
main there."
Bonnie Scott, 8-year-old blonde
Scott, was crowned queen of the
will be held at 7 o'clock Thurs
day -evening following a show
by the Salem Saddle club in the
Hop bowl at 6 o clock.
A children's parade will be
held Friday evening at 7 o'clock
with the King and Queen of
Toyland to be crowned by State
Senator Dean Walker. Second
place winners will be a prince
and princess with a duke and
dutchess holding their place in
royalty. The home talent show
will be a feature after the cor
onation. Closing event of the three
day observance is the hop fiesta
dance at the high school gym
nasium Saturday night starting
at 9:30 o'clock.
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Here Comes the Farm Bureau Caravan bringing Oregun
Farm bureau federation officers to new headquarters arrives
in Salem. Top: Gov. Douglas McKay thanks W. Lowell Steen,
state president, for food products presented to the governor
and by him donated to the WCTU children's home near Cor
vallis. Lower: Caravan of six trucks and 24 cars parked for
capitol porch reception ceremonies. .
Summer Records for
Aid to Jobless Broken
By JAMES
Unemployment in Oregon is
according to the state unemployment compensation commission.
All summer-time records lor
were broken in August when
workers and $265,120 to veterans unable to locate jobs. "
Unemployment - Maims navee-
been onithe increase in' Oregon
almost constantly since July 1,
with 16,674 persons filing for
state compensation last week I
the highest number since last
April.
Last month's unemployment
benefit payments of $1,533,884
was an increase of 27.7 per cent
over July and 163.4 per cent
more than in August, 1948. The
previous high was in July, 1946,
when $1,423,245 was paid to
war workers and returning serv
icemen. Despite the closing of the re
adjustment allowance program
for 90 per cent of the veterans,
August payments under this
phase of the GI bill were 41.6
per cent higher than a year ago.
About 60 per cent of the unem
ployed former service men were
believed to have transferred
their claims to the state pro
gram, while the remiander lack
ed base year wage credits.
New claims for the benefit
year starting July 1 passed the
40,000 mark on the last day of
August, the commission stated,
while a year ago only 18,798
claims were on file.
Heavy industry continues to
account for more than half of
the layoffs. Last week 29.6 per
cent of the new claimants were
from logging and lumber plants,
19.8 per cent came from con
struction and food processing
and 16.4 per cent from "other
manufacturing."
Of the 13,170 state checks is
sued last week the Portland area
was residence of 7,199 and the
report of the commission shows
that nearly 65 percent of the 1,-
205 idle construction workers
were from the Portland metro
politan area.
Good Month at
McNary Field
McNary field had more oper
ations during the month of Au
gust than any month since the
CAA tower started operation
there in February of this year.
Total operations, the tower
reported, came to 6,829, when
month-end tabulations were
made Thursday morning. This
figure exceeded by 245 landings
and take-offs the largest previ
ous total which was 6584 in
April.
During August air carrier op
erations numbered 370; itiner
ant planes totaled 1369 opera
tions and local planes 5090.
Broken down the itinerant
planes were army, 66; navy
142; and civilian, 1161. The
local plane figures broken down
show 74, army operations; 24
navy; and 4992, civilian.
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increasing by leaps and bounds,
payments to Oregon's unemployed
$1,266,764 was paid to covered
First Break in
Polio Epidemic
Washington, Sept. 1 (IP) The
approach of autumn has brought
the first break in the nation's
polio epidemic, the public health
service said today. r
For the first time since last
March, the agency said, the
count of new cases has declined.
It dropped from 3,422 for the
week ending August 20 to 3,214
for the week ending August 27.
In the corresponding week a
year ago the total was 1,412.
Last week the health service
said the 22-week rise in the
number of poliomyelitis cases
appeared to be leveling off. It
now says last week's 3,422 total
may be the year's peak. .
The total number of cases re
ported in the nation for - the
year, through August 27, is 20,-
513, compared with 11,155 for
the same period last year.
The worst infantile paralysis
year on record was 1916, when
30,000 cases were reported. Most
of those were paralytic cases. -
Last year had the second
greatest total, 27,000. However,
both diagnosis and reporting
were much improved,, and the
1948 count included large num
bers of non-paralytic cases of
the type that were not even re
ported in 1916.
Hop Fiesta Queen Crowned Mayor Robert Spencer of Independence places the crown upon
Bonnie Scott, queen of the Hop Fiesta. Princesses (from left) are Judy Kilmer, Linda Hill,
Melba Wilson and Judy Fletcher. All members of the court received gifts from the Fiesta association.
Truman to Keep Vaughanas
Reply to 5 Percenter Probe
Vaughan Sought
Intervention
For Tax Dodger
Washington, Sept. 1
Drew Pearson testified today
that Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vau
ghan telephoned the justice de
partment In 1946 "asking some
Intervention" in the Income tax
ease of a New Orleans oil man.
The columnist took the wit
ness chair In the senate's "five
percenter" investigation short
ly after a White House news con
ference at which President Tru
man said Vaughan would stay
on as his army aide.
Pearson identified the case as
that of I. T. Burton, New Or
leans oil man, and a "very good
friend of William Helis."
The columnist saidBurtonhad
been tried twice on income tax
fraud charges, and on both oc
casions the jury failed to agree.
Afterwards Convicted
He went on to testify that
Burton was subsequently in
dicted and convicted of a charge
of jury bribing.
There was a lot of maneuv
ering to prevent his conviction,"
Pearson said.
He said he learned of Vau-
ghan's purported interest In the
case from James P. McGranery,
now U. S. judge for the eastern
district of Pennsylvania. At the
time, 1946, McGranery was the
assistant to the then attorney
general, Tom Clark.
Pearson said he was in Mc
Granery's office, and that while
he was there Vaughan telephon
ed McGranery "asking some in
tervention in the Burton ease,"
McGranery Refused
McGranery, Pearson contin
ued, told him about it, Pearson
added:
: "McGranery made the state
ment he was darned If he was
going to stand for any politi
cal influence in the case."
Pearson said that in Novem
ber or December of 1946, "ru
mors cropped up in Louisiana
that large contributions had
been made in the Kansas City
primaries in order to prevent
a conviction in the Burton case.
Pearson had asked the com
mittee to hear him. He said he
wanted to deny that he prompted
an FBI investigation of a report
that Vaughan had accepted
bribe in an income tax case.
The committee questioned
Vaughan about the FBI investi
gation yesterday. He told them
it was initiated by a "member
of the press,", but he did not
name Pearson as the man.
Later. Col. C. J. Mara, assis
tant to Vaughan, said that at the
time the invesugauun w.
in..n.hH Pearson was conduct
inff n "vicious campaign" against
v.,.hnTi. Mara also testified
that the FBI "completely exon
erated" Vaughan.
The senate group recessed its
hearings indefinitely after hear
ing Pearson. It was left to Chair
man Hoey (D-N.C.) to decide
-when further hearings should be
held. More are planned.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 6)
Boasts Russia
Won the War
Single Handed
Br ths Associated Press)
Today is the 10th anniversary
of the beginning of World War
II in Europe and the fourth an
niversary of the Japanese sur
render ceremony.
The Moscow weekly New
Times seized the occasion to de
clare the Soviet Union won the
European war single handed.
The Soviet people bore the
entire burden of the war against
the German fascist invaders,"
it said.
The Russians are just conclud
ing their summer military ma
neuvers east of the Elbe. The
Americans will marshal 110,000
men in mock warfare in west
Germany next week.
Berlin Capital
Of World Hate
Berlin, Sept. 1 VP) Grass
grows on some of the war ruins
of Berlin, but this is a capital
of world hatred.
On the tenth anniversary of
the bloodiest conflict in human
history, which Adolf Hitler start
ed and lost, people are trying
fearfully to guess when the next
war will break out.
The Russians are just taper
ing off their summer military
maneuvers east of the Elbe. The
Americans start a mock cam
paign with 110,000 troops in the
west next week.
Germany, where the bloody
conflict was spawned, today is
a land divided. .
This correspondent arrived in
Europe In the Bpring .10 years
ago, when hopeful souls still
talked of "peace in our time.
For the next six years mil
lions of men fought with the
most destructive weapons the
world had ever known. Cities
were ruined and ports shatter
ed throughout the continent and
elsewhere In the world.
World War II was supposed to
have been fought to crush Ger
man militarism. But the lively
ghost of the German army at
least 100,000 troops strong has
arisen east of the Elbe under
Soviet sponsorship.
Says Fair Deal
To Be Enacted
Washington, Sept. 1 (IP)
President Truman predicted to
day that his "fair deal" program
ultimately will be enacted in
full.
The president told a news con
ference he is confident that the
81st congress will catch up at
its next session on matters he
has been unable to get through
at the current session.
He reminded the conference
that the 81st congress is in two
parts and that there is still a
long way to go even on the pres
ent session.
The second session starts in
January.
Mr. Truman said he stands
full tilt behind the $41,900,000,
000 budget he submitted to con
gress in January.
i
onlemplates
No Change in
Military Aide
Washington, Sept. 1 VP) Pre
sident Truman said today he will
keep Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaug
han as his army aide. That was
just about all the comment Mr.
Truman would make at a news
conference about the senate in
vestigation of Vaughan's acti
vities. To other questions, Mr. Tru
man said the hearing was held
on Capitol Hill, and that it
would not be continued up here
(meaning the White House).
A reporter asked whether ha
thought Vaughan had got a "fair
deal" from the committee.
Mr. Truman declined oom-
ment.
Although the committee has
dismissed Vaughan as a witness,
Senator McCarthy (R., Wis.)
said it is "just getting started"
in Its inquiry about him.
Endorses Deals"
McCarthy, talking with re
porters in advance of the presi
dent's news conference, also
said that for Mr. Truman to
keep Vaughan as his military
aide would amount to endorsing
not only the "new deal" and
the "fair deal" but also "all of
Harry Vaughan's deals."
Vaughan himself has indicated
that one former White House fi
gure John Maragon won't ba
seen around there in the future.
Vaughan said yesterday that
Maragon needs to ba "washed
up, fumigated."
A reporter told Mr. Truman
that Vaughan had said Maragon
was his "loveable" friend, but
ought to be "fumigated" before
he re-enters the White House. .,
(Concluded on Page S, dolman 6)
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Held Slackening
Washington, Sept. 1 VP) Pres
ident Truman said today the war
of nerves between the commu
nists and democratic nations is
slackening up very much. He
expressed hope it would end In
surrender as did the World War
II shooting conflict.
The president made the com
ment at his news conference on
the 10th anniversary of Hitler's
invasion of Poland. He did not
say so but implied that the sur
render he hoped for would be
that of the foes of the democrat
ic nations.
Asked for comment on the an
niversary, Mr. Truman said he
was exceedingly happy that the
shooting war did not continue
and regretted that it was fol
lowed by a war of nerves. He
said he hoped the war of nerves
would end likewise in surren
der. When a reporter asked what
he meant by surrender, he said
he meant just that. Pressed for
his opinion on the present stage
of the war of nerves he said he
thought it Is slackening up very
much.
Later on, Mr. Truman said he
was hopeful that the war of
nerves will cease soon. When It
does he said everybody will then
be in a mood for peace, the
United Nations would then work
as it should and we should have
generations of world peace.
But he had nothing to say
about Soviet troop movements
in the vicinity of Yugoslavia.
Secretary of State Acheson de
scribed those yesterday as part
of the Soviet war of nerves.
Court Action to
Upset Give-away Ban
New York, Sept. 1 W) The
American Broadcasting company
has started court action to upset
a federal ban on radio give-away
shows.
The suit is the first of several
expected to be filed in the broad
casters' battle against a federal
communications commission or
der against the prize programs.
The ban becomes effective the
first of next month.
It would knock off the air
most of the Jackpot shows which
award some $5,000,000 a year in
merchandise and cash to lucky
listeners and contestants.
The Columbia Broadcasting
System, and the National Broad
casting Company have announc
ed they also will bring court ac
tions challenging the ban.
egy is completed.
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