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ECA OK's Funds
For Wheal Deal
Washington, Sept. 15 WV-The
economic cooperation adminis
tration today approved the use
I by Great Britain of $173,000,000
' in Marshall plan funds to buy
Canadian wheat.
The recovery agency said the
action is "an effort to alleviate
the critical drain on British gold
and dollar holdings."
Easing of restrictions on Brit
ain's use of Marshall plan money
was one of the things agreed to
at the United States-British-Canadian
talks on Britain's dol
lar crisis.
The wheat purchase is the
first approved by ECA from any
) source other than the United
States last March.
Wheat purchases from other
; countries with Marshall plan
money were suspended at that
. time because grain was in free
1 supply in the U.S.
Congress, when approving the
. Marshall plan, directed that
none of the money was to be
used to buy farm products
abroad if there was a surplus of
those products in the United
. States,
Some congress members from
the U.S. wheat belt have been
protesting the plan to let Brit
ain buy Canadian wheat with
1 ECA funds. They contend there
is a surplus of wheat in the U.S.
Salem Contractors
Exchange Formed
Organization of the new Sa
lem Contractors' exchange was
completed Wednesday night
with the election of a 10-man
board of directors.
The new organization, with
offices at 335 Bush street, will
pool information on pending
contracts and provide members
with bids and specifications on
proposed projects.
Elected to the board to repre
sent general contractors were
C. A. Lantz and Louis Neuman;
masonry, Charles R. Shaw;
plumbing, Don B. Patton; roof
ing, Robert Eyre; plastering,
Charles Norton; excavation, Ben
Otjen; electrical, Fred M. Sni
der; sheet metal, William H.
Lewis and materials, Morris
Walker. Patton Is president of
the group and Neuman is treas
urer. Small Craft Warnings
Posted Along Coast
Portland, Sept. 15 W) It look
ed just like old times here to
day: Rain.
. The abnormally dry summer
was giving way to a series of
storms moving in from the ocean.
One storm lashed western Ore
gon late yesterday and this
morning, and a new storm was
driving inland.
Small craft warnings were
.posted along the Oregon coast,
:with a forecast of 20 to 30 miles
on hour winds.
Despite brief downpours, the
total rainfall wasn't too impres
sive. Newport got the most, with
.38 of an inch in '4 hours, Port
land had .30.
McKay to Settle
Boxing Dispute
Portland, Sept. 15 PI The
city attorney said today that
Gov. Douglas McKay would be
asked to settle a dispute over
boxing proceeds.
The American veterans com
mittee asked to be included am
ong the veteran's groups which
share in boxing and wrestling
receipts. Several American Le
. gion chapters located outside
the city limits also asked a share.
The boxing commission now
has $11,560 for distribution. So
far only the American Legion,
. Disabled American Veterans,
Spanish-American War Veter
ans, The Purple Heart, and the
Grand Army of the Republic
receive the boxing funds.
State law requires that sur
' plus funds be divided 60 per
cent to veterans and 40 per cent
to charity.
Crippled Children Society
Portland, Sept. 15 tP' Jess
Roscnbaum, La Grande, was re
elected president of the Oregon
Society for Crippled Children
and Adults today. Mrs. Earl
Sni'll, Salem, was elected vice
president, Harry Dorman, Sa
lem, secretary; and Gov. Doug
las McKay, honorary president.
Mr. Esther Lawler. Klamath
lulls, and Mrs. Edith Phette
place, Eugene, were named dis
trict presidents.
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Approval Given
By President
Washington, Sept. 15 W
President Truman today gave a
nod of approval for the navy's
decision against disciplining
Navy Capt. John G. Crommelin
for his recent public scolding of
the military high command.
The president told a news con
ference that Secretary of the
Navy Matthews has handled the
matter capably, and that it will
remain in Matthews' hands.
Secretary of the Navy Mat
thews said he "questions the
judgment of Captain Cromme
lin" in telling the press that the
navy's striking power is being
"nibbled to death" by the mili
tary policy makers in the Pen
tagon.
But, said Matthews in a state
ment released last night, he
doesn't contemplate "any dis
ciplinary action at this time"
against Crommelin. The navy fli
er had predicted when he made
his charges Saturday that he was
wrecking his 30-year naval ca
reer.
Matthews said his decision had
the unanimous concurrence of
his "top advisers" and was taken
after he had conferred "exclu
sively within the navy depart
ment" about the case.
Aides of Secretary of Defense
Johnson had said earlier that the
handling of the Crommelin case
would be left up to the navy.
And Undersecretary of the Navy
Dan A. Kimball had foresha
dowed the final verdict by de
fending Crommelin's constitu
tional right to express his own
opinions.
Stackhouse Names
Traveling Party
Coach Chester Stackhouse of
Willamette university Thursday
afternoon announced the mem
bers of the traveling party that
will make the trip to Moscow,
Idaho, Friday night.
The group will include: Cap
tain Howard Lorenz, Al Minn,
Jim Noa, Keith Clabaugh, Bill
Ewaliko, Roy Harrington, Rob
ert Warren, Robert Taylor,
Keith Spcrry, backs; Charles
Patterson, John Markowski,
Burnell Ambrose, centers;
Charles Nee, Art B e d d o e,
Charles Bowe, Bob Hall, guards;
Merritt Wood, Newt Kukahio,
Charles Massey, Don Hosford,
Bill Kukahiko, Al Blaccic, tack
les; Bob White, Pete Hoar,
Cece Johnson, Dean Nice,
Charles Mary, Joe Bonowitz,
ends.
The coaching staff will include
Stackhouse, Buck Smith and
Chief D'Eagle; trainers, Lestle
Sparks and Lyle King; manager,
Jack McCarthy.
West Coast Third
In New Building
San Francisco, Sept. 15 (IP)
New construction In the three
Pacific coast states totaled $1,
359,000,000 in the first half of
the year, placing the area third
among the various regions of the
country. The figures were com
piled by the commerce depart
ment. The west coast area was out
ranked by the east north central
region, comprising Illinois, In
diana, Michigan, Ohio and Wis
consin, and the middle Atlantic
region comprising New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania.
Construction in the east north
central area was estimated at
$1,580,300,000 and in the mid
Atlantic area at $1,302,100,000.
The west coast region includes
the nation's construction lead
er. California.
California's first half new con
struction was estimated at $1,
042.200.000. Washington's at
$207,000,000 and Oregon's at
$109,800,000.
Statue of Masaryk
Hits Head on Girders
New York. Sept. 15 11 A
I huge statue of a Czech knight on
horseback, dedicated to the late
Thomas C. Masaryk, bumped Its
head on an overhead bridge
girder last night and tied up
traffic for half an hour.
The eight-ton, 18-foot statue
honoring the Czechoslovak
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are owned by June's mother. (AP Wirephoto)
Walsh's Candidacy Gets
Rise From Senator Morse
Reports out of Portland that enough funds have been assured
to stage a fight in behalf of State Senator William Walsh of Coos
Bay should he choose to oppose Senator Wayne L. Morse in the
republican primary next May brought a not unexpected "rise"
from Morse while resting at the Salem General hospital Thursday
morning.
With no mention of the name
of State Senator Walsh, who is
president of the senate, or of
other prospective candidates,
Senator Morse "lowered the
boom" on what he termed "re
actionaries within the state re
publican ranks."
In answer to a question about
any primary opposition, Morse
said:
"I understand there Is a group
within the republican party try
ing to get some one to run against
me and that they have money
already raised to oppose me.
"I do not expect every one to
agree with me on all issues but
I think for the good of the re
publican party in Oregon all
republicans should swallow in
ternal party differences and rec
ognize that we can not afford
republican splits in the May pri
mary when we have democrats
to beat in November.
"We can beat the democrats
in November if all groups In
the republican party have the
good judgment to unite around
candidates who they know can
win.
"Even those who are trying
to stir up a republican primary
fight against me admit that I
can win in the general election
and they also admit that a pri
mary contest would only weaken
the republicans in the fall elec
tion against the democrats.
"I think that if Ihe Morse op
position would only check with
republican leaders, not only in
the senate, but in the east, they
would find unanimous opinion
that the republicans in Oregon
should avoid a primary contest.
"Oregon republicans have
chance to demonstrate that they
will support a liberal, and with
out liberal candidates we might
just as well face the fact as a
party we can not win support
of millions of independent vot
ers.
"If I have primary opposition
I shall meet it without any fear
of ultimate success, because I
know the overwhelming major
ity of republican voters In Ore
gon approve of my overall rec
ord In the senate and will make
it clear at the polls to those few
reactionaries who think they can
beat me with a large campaign
fund that I can not be beaten
either with money or with a
reactionary program."
Carp which have long been
netted from Minnesota lakes as a
nuisance, have been found to
make tasty food when canned.
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Water Carnival
At Y Wednesday
Salem's Introduction to water
ballet and expert and clever
diving will be the feature at
tractions at the water carnival
to be held In the YMCA pool
Wednesday night, September 21
Fifteen acts will be presented.
including a duet water ballet
exhibition featuring Sarah
Backstrand and Doris Cords,
Y" youngsters, both boys and
girls, will perform in races,
stunts, diving and a "learn to
swim" demonstration.
Other highlights will be
long distance underwater swim
and an attempt to break the ex
isting state high school back
stroke record.
All except one of the partici
pants in the show were first
taught to swim at the Salem
YMCA. They include Dale
Sheridan, Bob Hamblin, Wally
Nelson, Tink Loggan, Bruce
Moorehead, Willie Bauer, Wally
DeBow, Sarah Backstrand and
Doris Cords.
Oregon Grain Yield
Above the Average
Portland, Ore., Sept. 15 u.R
The Oregon grain harvest this
year is expected to be some
what lower than last year's big
harvest but higher than the 10-
year average, the Portland of
fice of the U.S. department of
agriculture said today.
Wheat will total about 21
638.000 bushels this year com
pared to 27.818.000 bushels in
1948 and 21.187.000 bushels
averaged the past 10 years.
The oats outlook is more opti
mistic with 10,920,000 bushels
expected this year over last
year's 7.497,000 bushels and 9.
508,000 bushels for the 10-year
period.
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Fire Chief Injured
In Car Collision
Salem Fire Chief W. P. Roble
was recovering from minor in
juries today sustained In a two
car collision near Woodburn yes
terday. Roble was treated for a bad
cut over his left eye, but other
wise his injuries were not seri
ous. Roble was on a two-week
vacation when the accident oc
curred. Also Injured were Joe Endri-
go, Jefferson, driver of the other
car, who suffered a broken leg,
and Mrs. Andrew Vachter, Jef
ferson, who suffered a broken
nose. Mrs. Vachter remained
hospitalized at the Salem Me
morial hospital.
Six others were Injured in the
Salem-Albany area yesterday in
two separate highway accidents.
They were Aubrey J. Clark,
Richard D. Boelander and W. H,
Williams, all of Salem; and Leon
ard Carlson, Sweet Home and
Franklin L. Winston and Victor
Dandurand, both of Albany.
Meyers to Build 6
Houses, Cost $33,300
Six houses in the 600 block
of Breys avenue will soon be
built by Ben Meyers, 1139 Union
street, who filed building per
mits with the city engineer s of
fice Wednesday. The six homes
will have a combined value of
$33,300.
Other building permits Issued
include permits for the con
struction of houses at 1840 and
1880 South Capitol street to Ness
and Ness Construction company.
The two houses are to be valued
at $11,700.
Louis Schmerber filed a per
mit to build a $10,000 office at
3085 River road; Jay Reeves, to
reroof a dwelling at 1980 West
Nob Hill, $250; Mr. and Mrs.
James Roberts, to erect one
story dwelling and garage at
1150 N. 16th, $6,300.
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CARTOON. NEWS
Removal of
SP Train Hit
Protest of the removal of two
morning trains from the South
ern Pacific run that includes Sa
lem is being made here today
by two representatives of an
AFL organization.
The two, Charles D. Sherwin,
chairman of the committee on
legislation for the Railway Mail
association (AFL) an organiza
tion of railway postal clerks,
and Rolo E. Ogle, member of
the organization committee on
the Portland-San Francisco rail
way post office, point out in
their protest that mail service
will be affected.
The trains, slated for removal
from the Southern Pacific sched
ule October 2, are the north
bound morning train and the
southbound morning train. The
train actually to be removed
is the West Coast, the only
through train to Los Angeles. In
addition to affecting the mail
schedule, it would involve ap
proximately 12 Railway Mail as
sociation men, among other rail
employes.
Contending that cities along
the run, including Salem, will
not receive the mail service that
they have had in the past, Sher
win pointed out that the pres
ent proposal to combine mail
on an earlier train out of Port
land in the morning calls for too
close a schedule.
Sherwin noted that in the win
ter months, in particular, certain
mail will miss the early train
and thus be delayed 24 hours.
As an example, he pointed out
that mail on the City of Port
land will miss the early train,
hence will not reach Salem for
delivery until the following
day.
Also affected, according to the
men, will be mail leaving Sa
lem for smaller towns in the
state. This mail after removal
of the "West Coast" would be
restricted to the night local.
Previously the later morning
train, slated for removal Oc
tober 2, had carried all classes
of local mail.
In addition to affecting mail
delivery by change of time of
mail trains Sherwin and Ogle
stated that under the new train
arrangement railway postal
derks would not be permitted
enough room in which to sort
and distribute the mail.
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Robeson Riots
Probe Ordered
Albany, N.Y., Sept. 15 UP)
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey has or
dered a sweeping grand jury In
vestigation of the rioting that
followed Singer Paul Robeson's
concert near PeekskiU Septem
ber 4.
The governor said last night
that the violence obviously was
provoked by communist groups.
He directed that a special
grand jury be called in West
chester county to determine
whether the concert was "spon
sored for the purpose of deliber
ately inciting disorder" and
whether "it was part of the com
munist strategy to foment racial
and religious hatreds."
He also ordered that the grand
jury find out whether the "communist-led
guard forces," which
he said accompanied the Robe
son concert-goers, were a
"quasi-military force."
Dewey said that the veterans
who staged a protest parade
during the Negro baritone's con
cert and the "large number" of
other persons who came to ex
press disapproval "fell into a
communist bear trap."
However, he asserted the pro
testers were guilty of lawless
ness. He said the "entire inci
dent was a shame and a dis
grace." In New York, a communist
spokesman said last night:
"It's clear that Dewey plans
more than a whitewash. He
now plans to pin the responsi
bility for the storm troop action
at PeekskiU not on the hood
lums, but on the victims."
Oregon Lawyers in
State Convention
Gearhart, Sept. 15 W The
Oregon state bar convention
opened here today with sessions
planned through Saturday.
Members of the board of gov
ernors met yesterday in a cus
tomary pre-convention session.
They decided to wait until after
the convention to elect a new
president. Sworn in as governors
were Gordon Sloan, Astoria;
James Landye, Portland, and
Richard Kriesien, Burns. Paul
Geddes, Roseburg, will be sworn
in later.
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Protection Given
Russian Spies
Washington, Sept. 13 OP) A
former FBI agent testified today
that several hundred Russian
spies were operating in this
country during the war but none
could be arrested without state
department approval.
Larry E. Kerley, a G-man
from 1937 to 194S, told a senate
Judiciary subcommittee that the
Soviet government assigned its
"best agents" to ferreting for
atom-bomb secrets. They were
at it long before there was an
atom bomb, he added.
The committee is studying a
bill to tighten immigration laws
against subversive aliens.
Kerley said Russia used mem
bers of diplomatic and trade
missions, as well as native com
munists, in the far-flung espion
age network.
The FBI, he added, had Infor
mation on "several hundred" of
them. How many more there
were, he added, no one knows
except the "Comintern represen
tative who directed the overall
activities."
Kerley, now on the editorial
staff of the New York Journal
American, said the FBI was not
permitted to "open up" Russian
espionage cases without the
state department's approval.
He testified the department
gave its approval in some cases.
In response to other questions,
he said that an order was issued
providing that no arrests of Rus
sian agents were to be made
without the state department's
approval.
He said the order still was in
effect when he left the FBI in
October, 194S.
Hurricane Causes
$52 Million Loss
Miami, Fla., Sept. 15 (flV-The
hurricane which swept through
Florida and Into Georgia and
the Carolinas August 26-27
caused crop and property dam
age estimated at $52,350,000,
report showed today.
Grady Norton, chief storm
forecaster at Miami, said in his
report to the U. S. Weather Bur
eau at Washington that the hur
ricane killed two men, injured
133 persons and caused $45,000,-
000 damage in Florida alone.
He said the hurricane also
killed 300 hogs, 112 head of cat
tle and 2000 chickens.
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