18 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, November 8, 1949
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Probe Air Tragedy Water-soaked wreckage of the P-38
that collided with an Eastern Airlines plane near the National
airport in Washington, D. C, is raised from the Potomac
river by a barge from the naval gun factory. Investigators
hope that the plane will throw some light on the cause of
the crash in which 55 were killed. The pilot of the P-38
survived but suffered serious injuries. (Acme Telephoto)
CAN OVERRULE THE RANK
Shift in Navy Brass Proves
Real Boss Is the Secretary
By CLARKE BEACH
Washington The recent change In the Navy's top command
erves to point up one fact: The Navy's real boss is the secre
tary. No man in uniform can overrule him once he has made
up hli mind.
When a man is made chief of naval operations, he becomes
the highest ranking active of-i
$lf599931 Contract Let
Salem Highway Building
Portland, Nov. 8 M" The state highway commission today
awarded a $1,509,931 contract for construction of a five-story
state highway department building in Salem
The white marble-faced structure is to go up in the capitol
plaza the fourth building in the group. It will be located on the
block, immediately north of tne
new state office building.
The contract went to the
Sound Construction and .Engi
neerine company, whose bid was
the lowest of six submitted
The low bidder is the same
firm that is now completing the
new state office building in Sa
lem, which is expected to be
ready for occupancy by January
1, 1950.
The commission took action
on a number of road bids, then
found itself in dispute with the
state public utility commission
The matter arose at Gardiner
in Douglas county. The PUC
granted the Gardiner Lumber
company authority to cross the
Coast highway with a railroad
track. The highway commis
sion protested.
The matter seemed headed for
the courts until it was pointed
out that counsel for both agen
cies are assigned from the at
torney general's office. The high
way, commission thereupon de
cided to ask for a rehearing be
fore the PUC.
R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, said there was an ex
cellent alternative route for the
railroad under an existing span
on the highway. The commis
sion opposes a grade crossing
too dangerous.
Bid action included:
Polk county Constructing .39
of a mile of highway roadbed
and 182 feet of reinforced con
crete viaduct on the Little Luck-
iamute river bridge section of
the Kings Valley secondary
highway. Low bidder, J. C.
Compton company, McMinnville,
$48,750. Awarded.
Straus Neutral
OnCVAPIan
Portland, Ore., Nov. 8 U.R)
Michael W. Straus, commission
er of reclamation, said today he
is neither for nor against the
proposed Columbia valley ad
ministration.
Straus, on an inspection tour
of reclamation work in the 17
western states, said the combin
ed army-bureau of reclamation
plan for development of the Co
lumbia river is the only compre
hensive plan yet presented.
"Other plans are still only
hopes," he said. "All these pro
posals are merely ideas for a ve
hicle of government. They do
not present specific proposals
for dams and other works.
"It is my opinion that the
greatest development that can be
secured in the Pacific northwest
is through approval and author
ization of the specific parts of
the comprehensive army pro
gram for all resources of the Co
lumbia, with marketing of pow-
under present reclamation
law."
Straus will go to Medford,
Ore., tomorrow en route to California.
licer in the Navy. He has com
mand of the fleet and has the
responsibility for keeping them
ready for war. But the secre
tary always has command of
him.
The Job of chief of naval oper
ations is a relatively new one.
It wasn't created until 1915.
Before then the secretary per
aonallv exercised control over
all the fleets and bureaus of the
Nvy Department.
The office of secretary was
treated in 1798. The bureaus
were established in 1842.
When the office of the Chief
of Naval Operations was created,
by law, this country was follow
ing the British pattern. At the
head of the British navy is a
civilian, the first lord of the
Admlrality. Under him is a
professional sailor who manages
the navy for him. His title is
first sea lord.
The powers of our chief of
naval operations (CNO) were at
first rather vague. The law said
that he should, "under the direc
tion of the secretary of the Navy,
be charged with the operations
of the fleet, and with the pre
paration and plans for its use in
war." But the CNO was not
clearly in command of the Navy.
To correct this, during World
War II the CNO was made commander-in-chief
of the U.S. fleet.
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King held
the dual position.
Shortly after the war was
over. President Truman abolish
ed the office of the commander-in-chief
of the U.S. fleet and in
an executive order gave a new,
clearer definition of the powers
of the CNO.
The order flatly stated that
the secretary of the Navy was
the commander of the Navy, un
der the president, but that the
CNO "shall have command of
the operating forces comprising
the several fleets, seagoing
forces, sea frontier forces, dis
trict and other forces, and the
related shore establishments of
the Navy, and shall be rcsponsi
ble to the secretary of the Navy
for their use In war and for
plans and preparations for their
readiness in war.
Most of the orders to the vari
ous bureaus and other units of
the Navy issue from the office
of the CNO. In one field, how
ever, he does not actually have
command. In matters concern
ing the procurement of materi
als he exercises only an advisory
function. This is considered a
type of work which can be best
done by civilian specialists. So
it is handled primarily by the
assistant secretaries and the secretary.
Honolulu Strike Ends
Following Short Talk
Honolulu, T. H., Nov. 8 U.R)
A sudden CIO Longshoremen's
strike protesting the hiring of 18
alleged former strikebreakers
ended last night after a few
hours.
Nearly 500 longshoremen re
sumed loading four ships at the
Castle and Cooke terminals aft
er conferences between union
and company officials.
The men had walked off the
job in protest against the hiring
of 18 stevedores who they said
had worked during the six
months-long Hawaiian water
front strike when the govern
ment operated the docks.
Star Prefers Rags to Riches;
Britain Goes Crazy Over Tunes
London (UR) Britons have gone crazy over one man with a
zither.
The zither Is a musical instrument which dates back to biblical
times. The Queen of Sheba played it to amuse Solomon. Ruth
and her maidens entertained their men friends with it.
Today, a 50-ycar-old Viennese
cellar musician has Britons
throughout the country hum
ming his wistful tunes and talk
ing about his zither.
Anton Karas was earning a
few schillings a day plucking
away at his instrument in a
wine cellar in Vienna when
Carol Reed, producer, persuaded
the shy zither player to come to
Britain to play the background
music for his latest film "The
Third Man."
For six weeks the tall, be
spectacled musician lived in a
world of dreams. He earned
125 sterling a week instead of
125 schillings.
His weird, soulful tunes
gripped Director Reed and his
stars, Orson Welles, Joseph Cot
ten and Valli, the beautiful
Italian star, and became the life
of the film.
Three weeks ago the film was
shown for the first time in Bri
tain. Since that date, thousands
of people have crowded music
shops to buy records of the zi
ther tunes and copies of Karas'
music.
About every fourth song on
the radio is "The Harry Lyme
Theme Song," the song of the
film.
But tile Viennese musician
has taken his zither and his
haunting tunes back to Vienna.
Worth a fortune to any enter
prising night club owner, Ka
ras prefers a few schillings a
day and his wine cellar, de
scribed by friends as "an up
holstered sewer," to a life of
plenty.
Choir Reorganized .
Hopewell The re-organized
choir at the United Brethren
church is as follows and meets
at the church each Wednesday
evening for practice: Mrs. Edgar
Kolln is director and pianist;
Mrs. Gilbert Reed, Misses Dor
othy Brown, Beverly Brown,
Ann Janzcn, Ila Taskinen, Ellen
Taskincn and Helen Ojua.
Ninety-Nine Has
Heaviest Traffic
Portland, Nov. 8 VP) Traffic
on Oregon s main north-south
highways showed a substantial
increase this year, with highway
99 carrying most of the load.
Harvey Blythe, manager of
the Oregon-U.S. Highway 99 As
sociation, said 377,902 vehicles
crossed the Oregon-Cal'fornia
boundary on hig"hway 99 in the
period from October, 1948, to
October, 1949.
He said this was a gain of 45.
116 from the previous 12
months.
The only route to show a drop
was Willpass on highway 97,
which had a 4 percent loss. The
count by highways: highway 99.
377,902; highway 97, 284,852;
highway 199 (Redwood) 218,118;
and highway 101 (Coast) 175,-212.
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Growers Give
Data on Huts
County Extension Agent D. L.
ni.mnnrii limes all nut grow
ers to furnish information for a
special survey of walnut and fil
bert trees, acreages, and varie
ties in Oregon and Washington.
Nut growers will be contact
ed by mail next week by the of
fice of Niels I. Nielsen, agricul
tural statistician for the federal
crop reporting service in Port
land. M. D. Thomas, OSC exten
sion aericultural economist, is
cooperating in the survey.
Grower reports will be used
snlelv for the preparation of
county and stale totals. Findings
will be published as soon as pos
sible and used to make plans
for marketing future nut crops.
The survev will be the first
tree-nut survey held during the
past 15 years. Since acreages
have expanded rapidly during
this period, the cooperation of
every nut grower is necessary
to make the survey complete.
Northwest walnut and filbert
industry survey report forms
will be mailed to. growers on
November 17.
Sea-Going Velvet Barbara Freking of Hollywood, Calif.,
wears velvet swim suit treated to repel water..
Grounded Ship Is
Slowly Breaking Up
Seattle, Nov. 8 WV-The 7,700-
ton Panamanian freighter Anda
lucia, beset by increasing winds
and heavy seas on a rocky reef
near Cape Flattery, may begin
to break up today, the coast
guard reported shortly after
daybreak.
Coast guard motor lifeboats
from the nearby Neah Bay sta
tion removing some of the
freighter's crew and captain
who were still aboard. The ves
sel was driven aground last Fri
day after an engine room fire.
The ruby and sapphire are
similar in chemical composition.
of an order refusing to review
I the cases of Morris Klein a de
mocratic precinct captain in
! Kansas City, and by Harry
Rnrke. former caDtain who wa
displaced by Klein. They were
convicted on cnarges oi return
ing illegal votes in the election.
Mr. Truman urged the noi -ation
of Enos Axtell for the con
gressional seat held by Slaugh
ter. Axtell won. but was defeat.
ed in the general election by Al-
Dert Ij. neeves, ur., n-puuuean.
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High Court Upholds
Vote Fraud Conviction'
Washington, Nov. 8 m The
supreme court Monday in effect
upheld the vote fraud convic-;
tions of two election workers in
the 1946 Missouri democratic 1
primary the contest in which
President Trum.an successfully J
fought the renomination bid of:
Rep. Roger C. Slaughter.
Today s court action consisted i
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A Limited Supply of the Famous M3
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Tou would have to pay S186 (or these binoculars If we sold them day-by-dar. In
an established department, at normal profit. We, however, only sell binoculars
once in a long time, only when we have something extra-special extra-fine in
quality, extra-special in price. And then we take a reduced profit for a large
volume, quirk sale. '
So here we go. We've waited a long time for this super special. We've obtained
142 binoculars for this event, and we alone, can supply them. They are the
genuine M3 model, U. S. Army 6 power, 30 mm glasses, every one collimated and
aligned within government specifications. Moreover they have coated lenses,
thereby cutting through fog, increasing the brightness of the image. Lenses are
Individually focused, once adjusted being set for near or far objects.
Light In weight, beautifully-fitted into genuine cordovan leather cases, saddle
stitched, with neck and shoulder straps. They make a perfect Christmas Day gift
for the outdoor man, the racing fan, the yachtsman, the football devotee or the
arm chair athlete who likes to watch the ships at sea. And what a value! If you
are posted on the price of standard binoculars you will recognize that the only
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we have a few of the official U.
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for sale at $210. These are the
last word In professional glasses;
coated lenses with illumination
that makes them effective at
night, in fog, anywhere, anytime.
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