1
THE WEATHER HERE
CONSIDERABLE CLOUDI
NESS with occasional showers
tonight, Sunday. Slightly cooler,
lowest tonight, 30; highest Sun
day, 40.
M.ilmiim T(erJ.y, 49; minimum o.
,w -n -n"r precipitation: 59
for month: 5 S9; norm.l, 6.48. So..on pr.
ipttfctlon, 14.93; nttrmxl, 17 n ...
htlrht, 4.J leol. (Btpor, b, U.S. Wuther
State Highway
Office Makes
Record in '49
Total Reaches $34,
303,000 for Year,
Says Annual Report
By JAMES D. OLSON
A total of $34,303,000 was
expended by the state highway
commission ior highway con
' struction and maintenance, cap
ital investments, purchase of
right of way and miscellaneous
purposes during 1949, according
to an annual review issued Sat
urday by the state highway de
partment.
( Not only was this the largest
amount 01 money expended in
f Tiny one year by the highway
department since its inception,
but in addition, exceeded the
-- year's income which totaled
$26,006,000. Disbursement of
j approximately $8,300,000 above
the department's income was
made possible by use of surplus
gathered during the war period
when highway work was slow
ed to a minimum.
Of the amount disbursed dur
ing 1949, $12,034,000 was used
in maintenance of the 7,300
miles of highways comprising
the state highway system, and
of that amount, $2,000,000 rep
resented cost of unusual frost
damage to state roads during
the winter of 1948-49.
Costs Range Widely
The department expended
$18,080,000 in highway con
struction during the year, in
cluding the cost of acquiring ne
cessary rights of ways. Other
expenditures included $1,236
000 for capital investment items
such as equipment, buildings
and acquisition of parks: and
$2,953,500 was spent on admin
istration costs, operation of state
parks, conduct of the travel in
formation service, debt service
and operation of drawbridges
and ferries.
A total of $19,506,000 income
was derived from gasoline tax,
motor vehicle registration fees,
motor transport fees and other
road-user Imposts, and $6,500,-
000 came from federal aid al
lotments.
The gross gasoline tax rev
enue totaled $31,335,000 but of
this amount, $5,558,000 was in
accordance with law, allotted to
counties for use on county roads
and $4,108,000 to cities for
use on city thoroughfares. In ad
dition, $1,035,000 was allotted
to the state police department
for payment of additional men
to patrol the highways and $1,
128,000 loaned to counties for
use in repairing of unusual frost
damage suffered on county
roads during the cold weather
period of last winter.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column S)
Snow Falling
In Mountains
Snow was falling today in se
veral Oregon areas, and the
state highway department ad
vised motorists traveling the
higher routes to carry chains. All
roads except McKenzie pass and
the east and west Diamond lake
highway remained open.
The road report, as of 9 a.m..
Included:
Government Camp Snowing
hard and continuously. Packed
snow. Plows operating. Chains
required. Conditions getting
V.'orse. Twelve inches new snow.
Seventy inches roadside snow.
Santiam Pass Snowing hard
and continuously. Packed snow.
Plows operating. Carry chains.
Four inches new snow. Eighty
four inches roadside snow.
Willamette Pass Snowing
lightly. Packed snow well sand
ed. One inch new snow. Sixty
inches roadside snow.
Buenos Aires Shy
Of Wafer Supply
Buenos Aires, Dec. SI (IP)
Another big city has its tongue
hanging out.
Buenos Aires, third largest in
the western hemisphere, faces a
water shortage as serious as
New York's.
Argentina's minister of public
works threatened yesterday to
Put In individual water meters
the city's 3,150,000 residents
didn't stop wasting water.
' He said about a third of the
verage 106 gallons a day each
person uses in the city is wasted.
(New York residents used a
f daily average of about 125 gal
' ms each until current conser
vation measures cut it to around
gallons). ,
6 1st Year,
$19,367,806
Cost of Jobless
Aid for Year
Payments of $2,742,
374 for December
Boosts 1949 Total
Record unemployment pay
ments of $2,74a,374 tor Decem
ber brought the 1949 total to
$19,367,806 or 16 per cent above
the previous high established
during the post-war adjustment
year of 1946, the state unem
ployment compensation com
mission reported Saturday.
The December payments were
41.6 per cent higher than total
payments last month and were
higher than the combined to
tals for December, in 1946, 1947
and 1948. Only in March, 1946,
when displaced war workers
and other unemployed workers
received $2,855,118, was a high
er monthly figure recorded.
GI Totals Drop
Although readjustment al
lowances to unemployed veter
ans under the G-I Bill of Rights
declined greatly during the last
four months of the year, drop
ping to $69,807 for December
the year's disbursements reach
ed $7,021,982. This brought the
combined total of payments to
unemployed veterans and civ
ilians in Oregon during 1949
to $26,389,788, or more than a
million dollars above the $25,
269,262 for 1946.
Cold Weather
For New Year's
(By the Ajuoctated Press!
The new year is coming to
Oregon in a blast of cold weath-
That is the indication from
the weather bureau, which said
a cold air mass flowing down
from the north should bring cold
temperatures and snow to many
areas by New Year's afternoon.
The cold arrived even ahead
of the new year in some sections.
Klamath Falls recorded an icy 5
degrees this morning, and snow
was falling heavily in the Cas
cade mountains.
Government Camp got a foot
of snow during the night. Four
inches of new snow fell at San
tiam Pass, and the temperature
dropped to 14 degrees.
A snowstorm punctuated,
oddly, by lightning struck the
Astoria region yesterday. The
storm drove the coast guard cut
ter Balsam, which was hunting
a floating Japanese mine, back to
harbor. The mine was seen drift
ing about 50 miles off Tillamook.
The storm has sent ram to oth
er coastal points: .77 of an inch
at Newport, and .76 of an inch at
North Bend.
Portland got rain, too, after a
brief dose of ice and snow early
yesterday. The slick streets setl
off a flurry of traffic accidents.
and killed one man. Stephen G
Chambers, 65, Oregon City, was1
fatally injured yesterday when
his car skidded on ice between
Oregon City and Portland.
Barretf Named As
Allen's Successor
Washington, Dec. 31 VP) Pres
ident Truman today named Ed
ward Ware Barrett of New York
as assistant secretary of state for,
public affairs.
He will be in charge of the
government's "Voice of Amer
ica" progrfam, among other
things.
Barrett for the last four years
has been editorial director of
Newsweek magazine.
Rural TCL Bus Patrons
Urged to Present Data
City Manager J. L. Franzen Saturday, advised people living
east of the city in the Fruitland, Swegle and Fisher road dis
tricts to petition the city council relative to what they want in
the way of bus transportation.
The city manager was visited
those affected by City Transit-
Lines' announcement that it
would abandon two suburban
routes the first of the year. The
service, however, will continue
several days at least, pending
conference with city officials.
Franzen advised the people, in
their petitions, to give names and
addresses of riders in their dis
tricts, about how many bus
rides each would make each
week, and the hours of the day
when stops in their districts
would pick up the most riders.
This same method is being
used by Franzen in getting in-1
Capital A Journal
No. 311
Xntered m second elMi
matter at Salem, Oregon
First 1950 Babe
To Win Awards
Parents of the first baby born
within the city limits in 1950
will receive a widely diversified
variety of gifts from Salem busi
ness firms through the cooper
ation of the Capital Journal.
Home address of the parents will
not be taken into consideration
as long as the birth certificate
bears Salem as the birthplace.
There are only three rules in
connection with the "baby der
by." These are (1) A written re
port of the attending physician
stating time of birth, weight and
sex of the baby; (2), name, ad
dress and telephone number of
the parents and (3) the address
where the birth occurred.
Gifts and the cooperating
firms are two quarts of milk de
livered every other day for
three months by Curly's Dairy.
a bassinett by Miller s depart
ment store; play pen from the
Gevurtz furniture store; a $10
trade certificate for the mother
and a $3.50 Dorothy Gray baby
box from the Capitol Drug store;
a permanent wave for the mo
ther by the Oregon School of!
Beauty Culture; an order for a
full term of dancing lessons to
be honored by the Paul Arm
strong School of the Dance; a
floral cradle from Olson Flor
ists; a blocked blanket from the
Lullaby Baby shop; a sterling
silver cup by Brown's Jewelry
and an 8x10 photo in gold-tone
by the Kennel-Ellis studio.
Dominicans
Taken to Task
Washington, Dec. 31 VP) A
five-nation committee today
took the Dominican Republic
to task for handing its president
war powers in a dispute with
Cuba.
The Inter American peace
committtee - composed of the
United States, Brazil, Mexico,
Argentina and Cuba urged the
Dominican government to seek
peaceful methods of settling dis
putes and to use armed force
only if under armed attack .
It also called sharp attention,
in a note sent to the Dominican
government, to the fact that the
American nations have formally
renounced war.
Dominican President Trujillo
recently asked and received
power from his congress to de
clare war on any country which
he considers is harboring plot
ters conspiring against him.
by several persons representing
formation from the Kingwood
heights district above West Sa
lem where the people are ask
ing for service from the West
Salem bus, which is not a part
of the City Transit Lines sys
tem About a year ago the West
Salem bus made trial runs to
the heights, but for only a short
time. Later some of the resi
dents of the heights said they
did not become informed that1
the bus was making the district
until about the time the runs
stopped.
Salem, Oregon r 3 1,1949
i aao,.i,i uosa-io
New Home for Lowerys Floyd French, Falls City grocer,
delivers some building supplies at the house he has offered
free from rent for two years "or longer if necessary" to the
Homer Lowery family, burned out early Wednesday with the
loss of life ol two little girls. Assisting French in handling
the brick is Ernest Ingram, Falls City restaurant owner and
one of the volunteer assistants. Standing behind the truck and
seen over the hood of the vehicle is Roy Lowery, a brother.
Rent-Free Home 2 Years
For lowerys, Falls City
Dallas, Ore., Dec. 31 The burned-out Lowery family of Falls
City will have a rent-free home for two years and longer if
necessary, through the generosity
who is using his grocery store as a depot for receiving aid.
Carpenters of Falls City have offered their services to renovate
the property to make it meet thee
needs of the family. Some build
ing materials and roofing paper
are still needed, according to
French. The Dallas Lumber and
Supply company has contribut
ed shingles.
The house is on an elevation
north of Falls City and overlooks
the city.
"They are a good, steady and
economical family," French de
clares. "Mr. Lowery Is no drink
er. When a thing like this hap
pens, I think we would give all
the help we can. In addition to
the building materials, clothing
food and furniture are needed
to give the family a new start,
French says.
'I will send my truck any
where to pick up things for this
family," French adds. He de
clares the tragedy to be the,
worst that has ever hit Falls
City.
Money in Bank
In addition to the $783 con
tributed by Salem auto dealers
and Falls City residents, the pie
social at Bridgeport Friday night
added $79 to the fund which
French has deposited in a Mon
mouth bank. Guthrie, Dallas and
other nearby communities are
also planning aid to the family.
Funeral services for Betty
Louise, 7, and Mary Frances, 5,
who lost their lives in the fire
which destroyed the Lowery
home early Wednesday morning,
will be held from the Henkle
and Bollman chapel at 2 o'clock
Sunday with burial in the Dallas
Odd Fellows cemetery.
(Concluded on Page S, Column B)
Russia Keeps
370,000 Japs
Tokyo, Dec. 31 (JP) Japanese
from remote parts of Japan are
headed for Tokyo to try to learn
what has become of their rela
tives captured four and a half
years ago as war prisoners by
the Russians.
Japanese sources said five or
six Japanese from Nagano pre
fecture west of Tokyo will arrive
tomorrow. They will wait out
side the Russian embassy's gates
until they get an audience or an
answer.
These sources said the visitors
want to know how many Japa
nese remain alive in Soviet ter
ritory, the names of the living,
the names of the dead and how
they died, and what charges
have been made against those,
held as war criminals.
Other groups from other parts1
of Japan will seek audiences ev
ery afternoon next week if sat
isfactory replies to these ques
tions are not received, the in
formants said.
U.S. Chairman William Se-
bald in a stormy meeting of the
allied council Dec. 21 said 374,
000 Japanese war prisoners tak
en by the Russians were unac
counted for and might be dead.
Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko,
the Russian representative, an
grily walked out of the council
jmeeting.
of Floyd French, of Falls City,
Teamslers Lose
Logging Crip
Washington. Dec. 81 VP) In,
two new Washington state cases,
the Teamsters' union (AFL) has
lost its bid for a hand in the
logging industry.
The National Labor Relations,
Board last night announced
ruling against the Teamsters in
their attempt to get jurisdiction
over 15 truck drivers at the
Crown Zelierbach logging camp
at Neah Bay and 10 at the Net-
tleton Timber company's camp
near Handle, m Lewis county.
Both groups of log truck and
dump truck drivers now are In
cluded in lumber workers' un
ions under industry-wide agree
ments. The Crown Zelierbach
drivers are in the International
Woodworkers of America (CIO)
and the Nettleton employes are
in the Lumber and Sawmull
Workers union (AFL).
The board held, as it had in
similar previous cases, that the
drivers are "fused" Into the log
ging operation, are an integral
part of it and in many instances1
shift between driving and log-
handlmg jobs.
The board said it was per
suaded that "in the logging as in
the sawmill phase of the lumber
industry, separate representation
of employes in a craft, depart
mental or similar unit is inap
propriate for collective bargain
ing."
Jap Users of
Germs Guilfy
London, Dec. 31 (IP) Moscow
radio announced today that 12
former Japanese army officers
who admitted trying to wage
war with germs had been sen
tenced to prison terms ranging
from two to 25 years.
The broadcast said the 25-
year sentences were given by a
Soviet military court at Khaba
rovsk, in Siberia, to these four
Gen. Otozoo Yamada, former.
commander -in-chief of the
Kwantung army; Lt. Gen. Rlujl
Kajitsuka, lormer chief of the
Kwantung army medical corps;
Lt. Gen. Takaatsu Takahashl,
ex-chief of the veterinary corps,
and Maj. Gen. Kiyoshi Kawashl-
ma, ex-chief of the medical cotds
general affairs division.
Soviet sources had reported
trial testimony that two Japan
ese germ warfare centers in
Manchuria made extensive plans
to sow germs and bacteria be
hind the Russian lines.
Testimony as related by the
Russians also said that the Jap
anese germ units used Chinese
prisoners for experimental pur
poses.
The Moscow radio said the
other defendants received sen
tences of from 2 to 20 years.
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Moscow Stages
Big New Year
Celebration
Most Elaborate
Parties Planned in
History of Russia
Moscow, Dec. 31 UP) The
world's biggest country, Soviet
Russia, prepared for one of its
biggest New Year celebrations
tonight.
Not only do the Russians wel
come in the New Year at mid
night, the)' also give presents to
their children and to one another
around the tradition, decorated
tree.
This also is the night which
annually sees the visit ol "Grand
father Frost," laden with gifts
to the children. He is a mythical
character with a long white
beard, white jacket and white
robe.
New Year's eve is one ol the
gayest nights in ail the year for
the Russians.
In Moscow parties are plan
ned for all downtown restau
rants and hotels. They have been
specially decorated and special
music is ready for the New Year
suppers.
Women Wear Finest Gowns
Russian women will wear
their finest gowns tonight at
thousands of parties planned all
over this nation that occupies
one-sixth of the earth's surface.
The old year's end and the
new year's beginning is no mo
mentary thing in the U.S.S.R. It
takes 10 hours because of the
time difference between the
easternmost Russian island near
the Bering strait and the west-
end extremity of the country.
In Moscow the Kremlin chimes
and the striking Kremlin tower
clock will give the official signal
that 1950 has begun.
Moscow's foreign colony is
gathering tonight at Spasso
House, the residents ot I. S
Ambassador Alan G. Kirk, fori
a New Year party given by
(Concluded on Vk 5, Coluxon 1J
Foreign Policy
To Be Bi-partisan
"Washington, Dec. 31 (P) Re
publicans had a promise today
from Senator Lucas (D-Ill) that
they will be cut in on the mak
ing of foreign policy as far as
he can arrange it.
The senate democratic leader
told reporters at a news confer
ence yesterday he stands for
maximum" consultation be
tween congressional commit
tees and the state department on
world problems. He repeated
this in a later broadcast.
"We must sustain the bi-partisan
foreign policy at all costs,"
he declared. "The republicans
will find me cooperative all
down the line."
Lucas' pledge came in
sponse to demands by Senator
Smith (R-NJ) and others that
the GOP share in policy-making
as well as in carrying out those
policies later.
Commenting on recent attacks
on the bi-partisan policy by
some republicans such as Sena
tors Wherry of Nebraska and
Jenner of Indiana, Lucas ob
served; One of the best ways to de
stroy the United Nations would
be to split the bi-partisan policy
into political camps."
Citizens' Committee for
Hoo ver Report Picked
Fourteen Marion county residents have been named to the
citizens' committee for the Hoover report in this area, Mark O
Hatfield, county agent, announced Saturday.
Chosen to emphasize the bipartisan theme of the entire Hoover
commission effort, representatives
clergy and the two major politi-4
cal parties appear on the commit
tee.
Work of the group will con
sist of organizing a "people's Job-
by" to work for passage of the
Hoover commission economy re
commendations in the 1950 ses
sion of congress, states Hatfield.
Chairman ot the national citi
zens committee is Dr. Robert
Johnson, president of Temple
university. E. B. MacNauRhton
of Portland is Oregon chairman
and Mrs. Ralph Moody of Sa
lem is directing First congres
sional district operations.
Hatfield, an instructor in po
litical science at Willamette,
completed residence require
ments for his doctor's degree last
year at Stanford, where his the
sis concerned the life and activi
ties of ex-President Herbert Hoover.
Last Day for
J 949 License
Plates on Autos
Motor car owners who have
mail in applications for new li
cense plates prior to midnight
Saturday need not worry about
lbeing arrested provided they
have evidence to snow sucn ap
plications have been made.
This announcement came lrom
William E. Healy, assistant sec
retary of state Saturday. He
added that motorists who had
failed to make such application
would be subject to arrest be
ginning Sunday.
Healy said that all mail appli
cations now In the secretary s of
fice will be processed and the
plates in the mail at the end of
the present weekend. A mailing
crew will work throughout Sat
urday night and Sunday, Healy
said, to accomplish this.
The registration of automo
biles will increase approximate
ly 100,000 for 1950, Healy said,
including 40,000 new cars and
the remainder new residents en
tering the state. The revenue.
from license fees, approximately
$4,000,000 in 1949, will be in
excess of $11,000,000 for 1950
due to increased automobile and
truck fees, Healy said.
More Relief
Money Needed
Portland, Dec. SI (JPA sud-.
den jump in the relief load led
the state public welfare com
mission to appeal today lor more.
funds.
Administrator Loa Howard ot
the commission said $350,000 to.
$1,000,000 is needed to take
care ot the jobless in tha next
three months.
The commission asked the
state emergency board to release
unexpected balances from the
1948-1949 period, earmarked for
the weUare commission.
"This is getting very, very
serious. January, February and
March will be very crucial
months," Miss Howard said.
At last month's commission
meeting she had reported wel
fare funds appeared adequate for
the winter, but seasonal unem
ployment increased more than
expected.
Miss Howard said Clatsop
county, one of the hardest hit,
already had appropriated $1200
of its own funds to handle the
situation, and stood ready to
raise more money. That county
suggested a state public works
program might become neces
sary. .
Marriage Licenses
Decreased in 1949
Marriage licenses issued at)
the county clerk's office here
during 1949 took a drop to 883
lrom 1129 Issued during 1948.
Heaviest year in the county's
history was in 1848 when 1229
licenses were Issued. In 1047
there were 1047, in 1945, 599
and In 1940, S26.
Number of divorce cases filed
in 1949 also dropped, the total
for the past year being 332 as1
compared with 349 m 1948. In
1947 the total was 419 while
1946 was the big year ior di
vorces tiled, the same as for
marriage licenses, when 514
such cases were listed. In 1945
the total was 440 while m 1940
it was only 192.
of business, labor, agriculture,
Named io the Marion county.
citizens' committee were; Herb
Barker, Salem Trades Union1
Council; Warren Coolcy, Salem
Junior Chamber of Commerce;
Harry Humphreys, Stayton Teal
estate; Luis Martine-Laiiy, chair
man Marion county democratic
central committee; Ted Medtord,
district manager for Safeway;
William Merriott, Woodburn
manager for P.G.E.; Alf Nelson,
Silverton justice of the peace;
George Putnam, publisher Capi
tal Journal; Dean Seward P.
Reese, college of law, Willam
ette; Josephine Albert Spauld
ing, civic leader; Charles A,
Sprague, publisher Oregon
Statesman; Ed Slolle, ML Angel
newspaper edjlor,
llev. Ceorgelnext spring.
Swift, Salem Episcopal church:
Mona Yoder, Business and Pro-
ieasional Women'g club.
HOME
EDITION
Truman to Ask
In Message for
Excise Tax Cut
Also to Request Other
New Levies to Make
Up Deficiency
Washington, Dec Jl W A.
fop adviser said today President
Truman will ask congress in a
special message- ta cut somt
excise taxes, then enact new lev
ies to get the government out of
the red.
Tin's presidential confidant,
who asked not to be named, said
Mr. Truman feels the time has
come to eliminate at least some
of the "luxury taxes" levied dur
ing the war on such items as
jewelry, luggage, transportation
tickets and telephone bills.
He said the state of the union
message Mr. Truman will de
liver in person to congress
Wednesday will give a "plctara
of the president's broad objec
tives" in hte field of taxation.
'Details wjj be delayed,"
this official added, "until the
president sends up the special
message on taxes."
Special Tax Message
He said that while he aid not
know the exact timing of the
tax message, it probably will be
along soon alter congress opens
its new session Tuesday.
Tentative plans call for the
state oi the union message to b&
followed by the economic mes
sage on Friday and the budget
message the lollowing Monday.
Ail three, the presidential ad
viser said, will express Mr. Tru
man's hope that congress will
find ways to balance the bud
get for the 1951 fiscal year start
ing next July 1.
But the president was said to
feel that the subject Is too im
portant to be covered adequate
ly in messages mainly concerned
with other phases of government
operation.
Tax Yield Only $38 billion
Mr. Truman has promised to.
send congress a 1951 budget
which it will have difficulty cut
ting. Some ot Ms associates tar it
will call for far less than the
$43,500,006,000 now estimated
as the government's outlay for
the current fiscal year.
The estimated tax yield for
this fiscal year including ex
cise levies is only $38,000,000,
000, leaving hetter than a $5,
000,000,000 gap between Income
and expenditures.
That indicates that the gov
ernment may face another multi-billion
dollar deficit next
year, unless congress either
trims spending sharply or votes
new taxes.
The sentiment against new
taxes is running strong on Cap
itol hill, although any presi
dential recommendation for a
cut in excise levies would be
widely acclaimed.
Russians Testing
V Guns in Bailie
Berlin, Dec. 31 VP) The Am
erican licensed newspaper, Der
Abend, said today the Russians
are testing V-weapons on for
mer German air force proving
grounds on a Baltic sea island.
The paper claimed the Rus
sians have been rebuilding for
several months the former Luft
waffe installations at PeencmU'
ende, on the islands of Usedom.
They already had launched sev
eral rockets eastward, the pa
per said.
Dor Abend said the vihole area
has been cordoned oil by Rus
sian troops and is under the
command ol Soviet General
Kassnow. It reported the major
ity of the personnel engaged in
guided missiles research at Pe-
cnemuende fs Russian, with on
ly a few German specialists, un
der close supervision.
According to the newspaper.
Russian Chemistry Professor
Svobottov is in charge of the re
search work, assisted by 24 Rus
sian scientists.
Der Abend gave no authority
for its reports.
Sfeve Eariy fo Quit
As Aide fo Johnson
Washington, Dec. 31 VP) Ste
phen T. Early, under secretary
of defense, said today that hi
plans are "approximately" to
return to the Pullman Standard
Car Manufacturing eovnpany
But he added that "there is
absolutely nothing deimite about
lit."