THE WEATHER HERE
CLEARING AND colder tonight;
local frost; low clouds, for Sat
urday morning, clearing by
noon. Slightly warmer afternoon
temperatures. Lowest tonight,
34; highest Saturday, 62.
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. 61st Year, No. 239 SSFSoSZ Salem, Oregon, Friday, October 7, i949
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Yankees Defeat
Dodgers 4 io 3
In Third Game
World Series Stands
2 to 1 Both Teams
Stage Rallies in 9th
Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, Oct.
T P) Big John Mizc's two-run
single topped a New York Yan
kee ninth inning explosion that
barely survived a dying gasp
double homer blast by Brooklyn
today for a 4-3 victory in the
third world series game.
As a result of the triumph,
the Yanks now hold a 2-1 edge
In the best of seven series.
Mize's blast off the screen atop
the right field wall broke a 1-1
tie battle between Ralph Branca
and Fireman Joe Page. As it
turned out it wasn't enough to
win. Jerry Coleman's single to
center, back to back with Mize's
blow, drove in the run that was
to be the clincher on this murky
day.
Taking a 4-1 lead into the last
of the ninth, Fireman Joe Page
was riding easy, but two homers
by Louis Olmq and Roy Campa
nella suddenly erupted the cairn.
2 Homers by Bums
Needing only one run to tie,
Bruce Edwards came up to pinch
hit but took a third called strike
from Page.
Manager Casey Stengel had
Just been out to the mound, talk
ing with his relief ace after
Campanella's homer but he de
cided to stick with Joe and he
never made a better move.
Olmo's clout came unexpect
edly with one out and nobody
on. Then Page, who replaced
starter Tommy Byrne in the
fourth, whiffed Duke Snider.
Campanella's blast, that just
made the grade over the rail
atop the left field wall, followed.
The strikeout of Edwards
wrapped it up.
Branca, pitching magnificent
ly, had retired 13 men in succes
sion from the fourth to the ninth
when he hit rocky going.
Robinson Saves Hit
Jackie Robinson had just sav
ed a hit on a great gloved hand
play of Tommy Henrich's groun
der, far to his left. There was
one out and nobody on with the
score tied.
(Concluded on Pate 5. Column 5)
Chemawa Road
'Blossom Laner
What Is now known as the
Chemawa road running soulh
from the Chemawa school to its
Intersection with the Pacific
highway will hereafter be" known
as Blossom Lane, providing the
postoffice authorities approve.
This decision was made by
the county court at a hearing to
day attended by but two people.
These were Ed Feril, nursery
man a quarter of a mile east of
Keizer, and Mrs. J. A. Wagner
who lives across the road from
him. He said he didn't want to
see a change in name as all of
his advertising and business had
been built up on a basis of hip
nursery being located on what
is known as Keizer-Chcmawa
road, and he'd been at it for 12
years and he said it would take
years for him to catch up if the
road name was changed.
County court members con
vinced him, that the road now
having its name changed would
have no effect on him as there
is no Intent to change the name
of the Keizer-Chemawa road on
which he lives. The road having
its name changed is at the ex
treme end of the road he has in
mind and runs north and south
Instead of east and west. He
withdrew his objection.
Owl Drug Company
Building Starts
Construction of a one story
building, 50 by 125 feet, which
will house a unit of the Owl
Drug company when completed,
was begun Friday morning at
Capitol and Center streets.
The building is one of the last
units to be constructed in con
nection with the shopping center
being established in that neigh
borhood A power digger began exca
vating for the foundations of the
building There will be no base
ment since heat will be supplied
from a central heating plant
The building will be of truss
construction similar to the one
now being erected at Marion and
Capitol. The exter'or will be
similar to that of other build
ings in the project
2 New Cases
Polio Reported
In Salem Area
Hospital Reports At
tacks Not Severe
One Patient Leaves
Latest patient reported defin
itely as having polio is Dale
Esch, 23, of 253 Gerth, West Sa
lem, who was admitted to Salem
Memorial hospital Friday morn'
ing. One leg is affected, but It
was said the case is not severe,
and indications are it will not
be.
Admitted Thursday night with
the ailment was Stewart Clark,
son of Mr. and Mrs Max Clark.
2615 Hulsey. He is believed not
to have a severe type of the dis
ease. One arm is affected.
Mrs. Ruth Pluard, who was
under observation Thursday,
was found not to have polio and
has returned to her home.
Herbert Graves, 9 years old.
is progressing favorably.
Taken to Portland isolation
hospital was William McKay.
26, of St. Paul. His case is be
lieved not to be serious.
Iron Lung Funds Sought
The campaign of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles for funds to get
a respirator, or "iron lung," for
the Salem chapter of the Polio
Foundation, has been given a
boost by the women employes of
the California Packing corpora
tion. (Concluded on Page S, Column 8)
Detroit Road
To Be Kept Up
County Commissioners Ed Ro
gers and Roy Rice responding to
call for help for maintenance
of the old Detroit road between
that town and Hall's camp,
Thursday afternoon shut the log
trucks off the road and made
tentative arrangements for its
maintenance by the county with
cooperation of the federal bu
reau of roads. Rice went back
up the canyon Friday with Road
Foreman S. K. Ely for the area
to complete the arrangements.
Tentative arrangements were
made Thursday with the assist
ant engineer for the federal bu
reau of roads so that bureau will
send a grader over the four-mile
stretch about every two weeks
during the winter to keep it in
shape.
In the meantime, to get the
road back into condition, a
county grader is being sent in
for the first going over. Also
arrangements were tentatively
made with the Rogers Construc
tion company rocking the North
Santiam highway to furnish
about 50 yards of gravel for the
old road where needed. About 50
feet of tile is being put in Fri
day at the school grounds to
drain that area and when the
road is whipped into shape it is
expected the bureau of roads
will handle the situation the
rest of the winter.
Loggers who are shut off from
hauling on the Detroit-Halls
camp section have another way
out to handle their loads and are
being routed in that direction.
Commissioner Rogers reports
that the worst stretch on the
road is between Camp Mongold
and Detroit, but it will all be
gone over and put into condition
to take care of the school bus
and light traffic.
First Frosts of Season
For Salem Area Forecast
First local frosts of the season are forecast through the Salem
area for tonight or early Saturday morning, following a mixed
weather deal through Thursday that included heavy showers, a
thunder and lightning spell as well as some hail.
Farmers and gardeners are warned to protect tender crops
against probable light frost dam
age tonight. Some low clouds
and fog are due for the morn
ing following expected light
frost, but the skies are due to
clear by noon and slightly warm
er temperatures to mark the aft
ernoon, Saturday.
Rains of the past few days
continued to boost the Willam
ette river height, the Salem
gauge showing the river up an
other foot Friday morning,
measuring -.8 of a foot.
Rainfall for the month here
now totals 1-inch for the month
to date, .24 of an inch falling in
the 24-hour period ending at
10:30 a.m. Friday.
Autumn chill generally pre
vailed Thursday, the day's max
imum going only to 53 and the
mean temperature for the day
being 46, or 11 below normal.
Friday morning's minimum was
38.
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Leg Fractured, Auto Demolished Arthur Thomas Akers, 17, of 1902 Broadway is at Sa
lem General hospital with a fractured leg and facial injuries caused by a collision of an
automobile with an Oregon Electric switch engine in the 1800 block of North Commercial
Thursday night. Ward N. Jacobsen, 17, of 1026 Eighth street was driving the automobile. He
said he saw the locomotive a moment before it hit the auto broadside. Harold O. Knox of
Portland, pilot of the locomotive, said he was moving about six miles an hour. The auto
mobile was demolished as shown in picture.
Eventual Vacation of Streets Urged
By States Capitol Commission
State Report on Capitol Zone
Recommended for action by the city of Salem are the
following in a preliminary report by Robert W. Sawyer,
chairman of the state capitol planning commission. The
recommendations are further elaborated on in the article
giving in some detail recommendations for action by the
state of Oregon:
Bringing into the capitol zone district the area surround
ing the proposed extended capitol grounds.
Closing of Summer street between Chemeketa and Cen
ter, and approval of extension of East and West Summer
to Center.
Closing of Chemeketa street between Capitol and Win
ter streets.
If and when purchase . of property between Capitol,
Marion, Winter and Center streets is completed, closing
of Summer street between Center and Marion, and exten
sion of East and West Summer to Center.
Amendment of the Baldock plan.
Closing of Waverly street for parking.
Closing (at some future time) of Union street.
Russians Free
3 Sick Yanks
Vienna, Austria, Oct. 7 (ff)
Three GI's were returned to the
American zone of Austria today
after spending more than four
months in the Russian zone.
One of them had scabies (the
itch), another had malaria and
was covered with bites, appar
ently from bedbugs.
The U.S. army identified the
men as Private Porter J. Pon
tillo, 34, of Cleveland; Recruit
Carl Rhunke, 30, of Miami,
Ariz., and Recruit Carl Pruester,
30, Newark, N.J.
Pontillo, the army said, was
suffering from malaria and had
received no medical attention.
He also had a number of insect
bites on his body. Pruester was
reported to be suffering from
scabies and had lost , about 10
pounds. The Russians claimed
they were tourists and had not
been detained against their will.
Pontillo and Ruhnke entered
the Soviet zone May 30 of this
year. Pruester followed a week
later.
Press dispatches reported new
snow in the high mountain re
gions, especially on the eastern
slopes, although a few Inches
descended down over the west
ern side in the Santiam and Mc
Kenzie pass regions.
Snow plows started clearing
mountainous highways through
out the Cascades areas in Ore
gon and Washington Friday, and
motorists were warned to carry
chains before starting over Cas
cade passes. The snowfall was
the first heavy one of the sea
son for the Cascades regions.
Three feet of snow piled up at
Timberline lodge on Mount
Hood, the skiing season being
opened by the lodge
Snow was reported at Baker
and Meacham. Bend was the
coldest place In Oregon Friday
morning with a minimum of 20
degrees.
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Strike Threat
In Aluminum
Pittsburgh, Oct. 7 (P) The
threat of an aluminum strike to
day darkened a strike picture al
ready made serious by walkouts
in coal and steel.
The CIO United Steelworkers
filed a strike notice against the
big Aluminum Company of Am
erica, declaring no progress has
been made in continuing con
tract negotiations.
Union Vice President James G.
Thlmmes said 20,000 workers in
nine plants in eight states would
strike at 12:01 a.m., Monday. Oct.
17, if no agreement is reached
by that time.
The Steelworkers are pressing
Alcoa for a wage increase and
free pensions and social insur
ance. Negotiations were ad
journed yesterday until some
time next week, subject to call
by either party.
The steel strike is just where
it was when it started a week
ago but the government is mak
ing an effort to settle the three
week old coal walkout.
The Issues in the two strikes
are virtually the same pensions
and insurance.
Berserk Slayer
Found Insane
Camden. N. J.. Oct. 7 u.
Howard B. Unruh, who massa
cred 13 persons here Sept. 6, has
been found insane and will not
stand trial, Camden County Pro
secutor Mitchell Cohen announc
ed today.
Cohen said that four psychiat
rists have been examining the
28 - year - old killer at the New
Jersey State hospital in Trenton
for the past month, found Un
ruh to be a "case of dementia
praecox, mixed type with pro
nounced catatonic and paranoid
coloring."
The psychiarists said in a re
port to Cohen that after careful
consideration of all factors In
volved, "it is our opinion that
this man should be regularly
committed to the Trenton State
hospital where custody, supervi
sion and treatment is available
and peoples in the community
will be protected from Injury or
danger should there be a recur
rence of his homicidal Impulses."
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Seven recommendations for
action by the state and seven
for action by the city of Salem
in defining and developing the
capitol area in Salem are made
in a preliminary report by Ro
bert W. Sawyer of Bend, chair
man of the capitol planning
commission created as an ad
visory body by the 1949 legisla
ture. The report is submitted by the
chairman to other commission
members and has been received
by those in Salem. C. A. Mc
Clure, secretary, said the com
mission - would meet soon and
possibly make minor changes in
the report.
The recommendations, if made
effective, would require some
legislation by the Salem city
council, and some rescinding of
previous council action, includ
ing parts of the Baldock plan.
The recommendations, with
summary of Chairman Sawyer's
comment on each, are:
For action by the state of
Oregon
1. Adoption of recommenda
tion covering enlarged capitol
grounds, i.e., extension north to
D street.
The city of Salem, in the
adoption of its planning and
zoning code, has already re
cognized the importance of giv
ing special consideration to the
capitol area. . . . The long range
planning commission . . . pro
posed the extension of the cap
itol grounds to include the area
between Capitol and Winter
streets northerly to D street
This proposal the capitol plan
ning commission indorses and
adopts as the first point or item
in its plan of development.
"Under this plan the area to
be devoted to capitol and other
public buildings . . would cov
er the blocks east and west from
13th street to High, and between
Court and State streets, and
north and south from Court
street to D street, and between
Capitol and Winter streets.
. . For the Salem common
council to give effect to this
recommendation requires the
enlargement by it of the area of
the capitol zone district or, put
ting the matter more exactly
the change to that zone district
of the areas covered therein.
(Concluded on Pare S, Col. 3)
Lewis Confers
With Operators
Washington, Oct. 7 John
L. Lewis and leading soft coal
operators sat down with Concili
ation Chief Cyrus Ching today in
a government move to end the
19-day-old coal strike.
Lewis strode into the meeting
accompanied by Vice President
Thomas Kennedy and Secretary-
Treasurer John Owens of the
United Mine Workers.
The miners were the last to ar
rive. Lewis, with his hat brim
hiding his famous eyebrows, said
nothing to reporters as he joined
the conference behind closed
doors.
The coal operators, appearing
somewhat more cheerful, Joined
Ching and his associates without
any comment, either.
Admiral Calls B-36 Bomber
Fleet 'Billion Dollar Blunder'
Doric Prnr laiir. I
East Germany
New Republic
Berlin, Oct. 7 W The east
German republic Russia's new
est satellite was proclaimed
today under the leadership of
German communists.
The German people's council,
heretofore a pro-Soviet public
forum without any legal powers,
voted unanimously to become
immediately the lower house of
the "German democratic re
public."
The Germans now have two
separate regimes the one for
the eastern part of the country
established today and the re
cently formed west German
government which has authority
the American, British and
French occupation zones.
No Elections Held
A president, premier and full
cabinet for the east German
republic will be named ne x t
week. The new red regime was
built up without the formality of
elections in a week of intensive
Soviet-fostered propaganda.
Preceding the proclamation of
the new government the peo
ple's council unanimously adop
ted a manifesto to all Germans
which the communist central
committee had drawn up. The
manifesto calls for a fight against
the west German republic by
"National Front," including ele
ments with a nazi past who
promised to be democrats in the
future.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 7)
Political Crisis
Grips France
Paris, Oct. 7 W) Communist
and Catholic labor unions drew
closer together today in the
midst of the biggest political
crisis France has seen in more
than a year.
The crisis resulted from the
resignation of Henri Queuille's
middle- of- the- road cabinet
which has ruled the country for
a year and 25 days.
President Vincent Auriol ac
cepted the resignation yesterday
and began consulting political
leaders, seeking Queuille's suc
cessor. Qucuille lost out because
he opposed socialist-backed de
mands for labor pay raises.
Socialist Party Secretary Guy
Mollet, after talking with the
president this morning, predic
ted Auriol would not be able to
pick a new premier before to
morrow afternoon. The presi
dent's talks, said Mollet, will
"certainly" continue through to
morrow morning.
N.W. Airline Robbed
Portland, Oct. 7 (A') A North
west Airline ticket office was
robbed of $575 last night by a
holdup man who lay in ambush
in a rest room until the place
closed for the evening. He de
manded the cash, then skipped
out the door.
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Appear Before Unity Inquiry Two top navy leaders, Ad
miral Louis E. Dcnficld (left), chief of naval operations, and
Navy Secretary Francis P. Matthews, get into a huddle as
they appear before the house armed services committee In
Washington which is investigating the Inter-service row over
unification policies. (Acmt Telcphoto.)
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Admiral
Atomic Group
Drops Probe
Washington, Oct. 7 (IP) The
senate-house atomic committee
today took up a matter which
some members said was a top
secret involving the A-bomb. It
turned to this after deciding, on
party line split, to drop its
probe of the atomic energy com
mission. Senator McMahon (D., Conn.)
chairman, said the committee
wants to hear from Secretary of
the Air Force Symington and
two deputies on an issue raised
by Senator Knowland (R.,
Calif.).
The committee also called
Gen. Hoyt vandenberg, air
force commander, for testimony
at the closed meeting.
Knowland wouldn't say what
it was all about and netiher
would McMahon.
There was some speculation
and it was only that that the
matter revolves around the air
force's ability to pick up bombs
quickly and deliver them against
an enemy in case of war.
One committee member told a
reporter the issue involved re
lates to top military secrets. He
said he doubted that any details
would be made public even after
the committee had heard Sym
ington behind closed doors.
Cain Tries Again
For Basin Funds
Washinglon, Oct. 7 (IP) Sen.
Harry P. Cain's office issued a
statement late yesterday that he
will offer an amendment on the
senate floor in an attempt to
win approval for the full long-
range army engineers-reclamation
bureau program for Colum
bia basin development.
The Washington republican
senator's statement followed the
senate public works commit
tee's refusal yesterday to au
thorize the $1,000,000,000 co
ordinated program.
It approved, however, an
omnibus bill carrying flood
control and navigation projects
carrying $1,564,288,650 for the
nation. It carries no appropria
tion, but merely would make the
projects eligible for future ap
propriation if both houses ap
prove the bill.
A. W. Radford
iRadford SayS
Planes Useless
In Atomic War
Washington, Oct. 7 (let Ad
miral Arthur W. Radford today
coolly told congress that decis
ions are made in "the highest
offices In the defense establish
ment" without benefit of facts
that only the navy could give..
This criticism of his superi
ors, broad enough to reach Sec
retary of Defense Louis Johnson
himself by implication, came
from Radford after a blister
ing attack on the air force's B-36
bomber.
Testifying before the house
armed services committee, Rad
ford called the B-36 a "1941 air
plane" and said the air force it
self has a better one, the jet
propelled B-47.
The Pacific fleet commander
labeled the construction of a
B-36 fleet a "billion-dollar blun
der." He said the B-36 will be
useless on defense and inade
quate on offense in an atomic
war.
Navy Not Consulted
Finally, Rep. Hardy (D
W. Va.) asked Radford whether
there is in the navy "a feeling
of confidence in the secretary
of defense's office and secre
tary of the navy's office."
Hardy conceded the question
was embarrassing and offered to
skip it if Radford preferred.
"Put your cards on the table,"
coached Chairman Vinson (D
Ga). (Concluded on Pace 5, Column 7)
Negro Boy Loses
FEPA Appeal
The first case handled under
Oregon's new fair employment
practices law was decided in fa
vor of a Portland employer, ac
cording to Rev. William Van Me
ter, administrator of the state
FEP division of the state labor
department.
Following an investigation the
administrator said that there was
no evidence of discrimination un
covered in the case.
A 16-year-old Negro boy filed
the complaint, claiming that he
had been advised that a job in
which he was interested had
been filled. The Negro boy said
he suspected the reason that he
was not given the job was be
cause of his color.
The case, Van Meter said, was
settled to the "satisfaction of all
parties concerned within less
than 24 hours."
The administrator added that
the boy's mother, upon being told
of the circumstances in the case,
expressed satisfaction with tht-
results. ,
Van Meier said no other cases
have been filed to date.
"We do not expect to measure
the success of the fair employ
ment practices act by case vol
ume, " Van ftlctcr said. llie
principal work of the division
will be an education campaign
aimed at the elimination of all
discrimination in employment."
Chesf Plerfaes
Tolal $44,316
With only a week to go be
fore the end of the campaign
for funds for the 1949-50 Com
munity Cl)cst, Salem was still
below the SO percent mark ot
the $105,000 goal Friday noon
when division leaders made their
reports.
Total amount pledged to the
fund up to that time was $44.
316.49, though two of the di
visions, industrial and mercan
tile, had reached the 50 percent
mark or passed it.
The Industrial division had
$6,846.90 of its $13,600 goal
and mercantile had $9,331.50 of
its $16,200 quota. One division,
educational, headed by Carl
Aschenbrenner, had not yet
made Its report.
Other divisions and their to
tal contributions to date re:
automotive and transportation,
$4,138.75; contractors and build
ers, $3,326.10; general gifts. $5.
000.50; governmental. $3,295;
professional, $4,812.50; utilities,
$880; rural, $295; West Salem,
$23; and women's division.
North Salem, $990.60; Central
Salem. $2,091; and South Sa
lem, $1,192 30.