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2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, January 24, 1950 Chrysler Strike Looms Tonight Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 24 A nationwide strike tomorrow by Chrysler corporation's 80,000 employes appeared inevitable today. The company rejected as "un acceptable" yesterday the CIO United Auto Workers "rock bot tom" demand of a 10-cent hour ly wage increase. Union and company negotia tors entered around-the-clock negotiations at 9 a.m. (CST) to day, exactly 24 hours before the strike deadline in the 25 plants of the world's third-ranking au tomobile manufacturer. President Walter P. Reuther of the UAW said that the union's demand of a 10-cent wage boost was its "rock bottom" offer. "Either Chrysler takes it or we strike tomorrow," he said. The union made its unexpect ed proposal in a dramatic policy change yesterday. It said the plan would include six cents for $100 monthly pensions and four cents for welfare insurance, or some other mutually agreeable combination, or a flat 10-cent wage hike. Robert W. Conder, Chrysler industrial relations director, said the UAW proposal was "un acceptable." He said that a def inite cents-per-hour amount for pensions was not necessary. Labeling of Milk Grades Urged Eugene, Jan. 24 W) The Ore gon Dairymen's association con vention will vote today on a proposal for statewide labeling of butter content on all grade A milk. The dairy products promotion committee resolution was aimed at clarifying what Chairman John I. Gale of Canby said was a situation for which the dairy men were being blamed. He said some Oregon markets are get ting 3.2 percent butterfat milk, but the premium price is based on 3.5 percent milk. Gale said the distributors were pocketing the extra profit and that the dairymen and the con sumers were suffering. He add ed it was involved in the prob lem of public relations with con sumers. A new public relations com mittee was to present other pro posals to the 56th annual con vention today after the opening address of President Arthur Ire land of Forest Grove. He was expected to attack the lifting of federal excise taxes on butter substitutes, cattle disease con trol and public relations prob lems of the dairymen. Herd improvement and dis ease control are among the other committees to submit reports to day. Senator Wayne L. Morse (R Ore) will be the principal speak er at the banquet tonight. Robinson Willing To Drop Candidacy Fred E. Robinson, who is a candidate against United States Senator Wayne Morse announc ed Tuesday that if a "true re publican" better known in the state than he is, enters the race, he would withdraw and support such a candidate. Robinson, who stopped brief ly in Salem on his way to his home in Mcdford, made it clear, however, that he would remain in the race until the end provid ing no such candidate appears and if some other "new dealer" enters the race. "My only purpose of entering this race is to see that a good re publican is nominated and elect ed," Robinson said. Owl Drug Store To Open April 1 Salem visitor Monday was Floyd D. Morgan, who is to be the manager of the new Owl Drug store in the Salem Capitol shopping center. Morgan gave April 1 as the date that the com pany plans to o p e n the drug store here. Morgan, a native of Oregon, having been born In Portland and attending schools there, while here also started hunting a residence for his family with the aid of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. The Morgans have two children. The manager of the new drug store has spent 14 years with the Walgreen Drug stores in Denver, Louisville and other cities. Re cently he operated several Sioux City, Iowa, drug stores. SANDS OF Grand-Friday W ilMfl - Pacific Power Deal Probed Washington, Jan. 24 W Counsel for the Pacific Power and Light Co. of Portland, Ore., won the right today to cross-examine a spokesman from Wall Street firms seeking SEC per mission to purchase control of the utility. An examiner for the securi ties and exchange commission ruled that J. A. Laing, counsel for the Oregon company, could cross-examine Donald Lissis of Baer Stearnes, New York, spokesman for a group of un derwriters for the 500,000-share deaL B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc., heads the syndicate. Laing contended that plan of purchase contemplated dismem berment of the Pacific company. Joseph L. Schriber, counsel for the American Power and Light Co., of which Pacific is a sub sidiary, contended Laing should not be permitted to cross exam ine the witness. The SEC has ordered American to divest it self of Pacific, which opposes the sale to the New York group. Lissis testified the group of underwriters has not present plan to dispose of the Pacific, property. I He said that if public utility districts sought to purchase any part of the Pacific property he did not see any reason for op posing such a sale, but declared the underwriting group has no intention of selling any stock im mediately. "I would be happy to sell the stock to the public at a reason able profit," he testified. 3 Scout Troops For Valley Forge Cascade area council Boy Scouts of America, including Marion, Polk and Linn coun ties expect to send three com plete troops to the national jam boree scheduled for early July at Valley Forge, Pa., Gordon Gilmore, executive, revealed Tuesday. Two full troops and a portion of the third have already re gistered and it is expected the third will be completed by the March 1st deadline. Each troop will include 32 scouts, one sen ior patrol leader, two assistant scout masters and one scout mas ter. An effort is being made to secure wide representation from the district. So far registrations have been made from the fol lowing communities: Salem 30, Dallas 16, Albany 7, Crabtree 3, Gates 2, Lebanon 7, Silverton 4, Hazel Green 2, Independence, Sweet Home, ML Angel and Gervais one each. The scouts are being encour aged to earn a portion of the expense money although a num ber of agencies are contributing to the fund. Cost to each scout will be a maximum of $300, which includes transportation and meals. Scouts from this district and those from the Klamath Falls, Medford and Eugene district will travel by special train, leaving June 18 and reaching Valley Forge late that month after stops at various points of interest, including the Grand Canyon. The return trip will be made through the northern portion of the country. Lamar Tooze May Run Against Morse Portland, June 24 JP Lamar Tooze, Portland attorney, said today he was considering run ning against Sen. Wayne Morse in the republican primary elec tion. Tooze said a month ago he would not be a candidate. Today he said a number of people had asked him to reconsider. "Naturally I don't rebuff peo ple like that because they are sincere in asking me to run," he said. His final decision will await several discussions, Tooze said, among them one of his position in the law firm of Cake, Jaure guy and Tooze. One of the part ners is Ralph Cake, republican national committeeman, a friend of Morse's. Cake is expected to return to day from Washington, DC. NOW I! Tb. vxnt&t not of U put ! SPfNCK TRACY KATHARINE .HEPBURN -ADAlvr? KID JUDY HOIUDAY ' TOM EWELL DAVIO WAYNC JEAN HAGEM 4 "Football IllrhUchU" , Cartoon-New ' v, , - : - - " , f 'i , An , s yjfl- -ftfwfcrj Gary Crosby Makes Radio Debut Gary Crosby (left) 16, drops in at the Marine Memorial Club in San Francisco to purchase tickets for a Marine show from Kay Markovich after cutting a radio transcription with his father. Bing Crosby. Gary sang on the program and was paid $25 union scale. "He hasn't heard of the big salaries yet," said the elder Crosby. The show was transcribed on the stage of the Marine Memorial club, often used by Crosby to record his radio shows in advance. (Acme Telephoto). Suesfor $15,000;Alberta's Oil For Slain Son field Greatest A $15,000 suit resulting from a fatal shooting in Lincoln coun ty on October 12, 1949, was fil ed in Marion county circuit court Wednesday. The complaint was filed by Carrie Marie Longyear, admin istratrix of the estate of Melvin Carlyle Longyear, who was kill ed by gunfire on October 12. Defendant in the case is Nor man H. Edwards. The complaint alleges that Edwards "willfully, wrongfully, deliberately, wan- tonly and maliciously" Longyear. Edwards died the same day the shooting allegedly took place. The complaint states that Longyear was 27 years old at the time of his death, that he was in good health and planned to attend college, and that he would have had a net estate of not less than $15,000 at the nor mal time of death. The plaintiff, Longyear's mother, seeks judgment of $15,- 000 for the benefit of the estate of the deceased. 2 High Schools Top County's Salem and Silverton high schools have been rated Marion county's two top high schools, as far as adequate size and equip ment is concerned, by Mrs. Ag nes Booth, county school super intendent. All other high schools in the county, Mrs. Booth said, require new buildings or expansions of their present buildings in order to be rated fully adequate to handle the number of students now enrolled. Mrs. Booth said the major problem in most of the county's high schools is their incapacity to handle the steady increase in number of students, created by the population rise in the coun ty. Several schools have already started construction of new buil dings. Aumsville and Turner have united school districts and the new building, situated out side the limits of either town, is nearing completion. Other build ing programs are under way at Stayton and North Marion (Woodburn-Hubbard). St. Paul, Detroit and Jeffer son are working on projects which may result in the con struction of new high school buildings. Mat. Daily From 1 F.M. NOW SHOWING! H RHUMBA CO-HIT tin Ends Today! 6:45 P.M. Bettr Grable Color "BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND" WUliun Powell "JOHNNY O'CLOCK" TOMORROW! Bing Crosby TOr O'THE MORNING" Warne Morris "YOUNGER BROS." auM-usi Mian i Washington. Jan. 24 UJ9 Canada may have discovered in Alberta the biggest oil field ev er found in North America, it, I was revealed today. The find was reported to a house appropriations subcommit tee by Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman at a recent hearing. His testimony was released to day. The matter came up during a private discussion of the nation's prospective oil supplies. Chap man said there have been some snotiminnr disenvpriM but nothing "to keep pace with the demands of oil consumers." Asked about foreign supplies, he said: "There is a Canadian develop ment of oil that you will hear more about a little later on that is very important. 'They do not know quite the extent of it yet. They are explor ing it now. Sausage Poisoned For Dogs Found Irvin Ward, Marion county dog license enforcement officer, reiterated his warnings to Keiz er area parents today to be alert ed to the danger of a crank dog poisoner. His new warning came after a small skinless wiener, loaded with poison, was found in front of a church at 840 Churchdale avenue by Rev. Lee Wiens. Ward quoted the pastor as be ing afraid some children might have innocently picked up the meat and fallen victim to the crank whose fiendish operations have killed a half dozen pets. The poisoned wiener was found shortly before children were due to arrive for Sunday school, Ward said. i.murftr.in ENDS TODAY MMIMM O'HMtA MILVW DOUGLAS E10RIA GRAHM Biu wm Second Feature "LADIES OF THE CHORUS" ENDS TODAY! (TUE.) rfs fj rf PH. 3-3721 TOMORROW! WILL ROGERS DAVID HARUM LOUISE DRESSER EVELYN VEN ABLE KENT TAYLOR STEPIN FETCHIT Wedemeyer Visits Oregon Oregon has its first visit this week from Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer since the general took over command of the Sixth Army area last fall and several plans have been made already for his visit here and in Port land. Gen. Wedemeyer is to make his first stop in the state in Portland. Here Thursday night he is to be honored at a stag dinner to be given by Oregon's adjutant general, Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea. The dinner is to be held at the Benson hotel and among those attending will be U.S. Senator Wayne Morse; Harry Dorman, state budget director represent ing Gov. Douglas McKay; Brig Gen. Robert A McClure, com mander of the Northern Mili tary district; Vice Adm. Thom as L. Gatch; Brig. Gen. H. G. Maison; Brig. Gen. G. Robert Dodson; Brig. Gen. William D. Jackson; Brig. Gen. Raymond H. Olson; Brig. Gen. Harry A Brumbaugh; Brig. Gen. Chester McCarty; Col. Edward C. Snow; CoL Gerald Cochran; CoL Har old A. Taylor; Col. Frederick L. Wiegand and Lt. Col. Jack son H. Lewis. The general is to make his visit to Salem Friday and at noon will be honored here at a luncheon arranged by a group of local citizens headed by Lt. Col. Mark Hillary. Following the luncheon Gen. Wedemeyer will visit the Salem Army Reserve corps quonset huts the Salem Naval Air fa cility; Naval and Marine Corps Training center; the proposed sites for the new Army Organ ized Army Reserve Corps ar mory here; and the state for estry building. After the tour of the military installations in Salem the gen eral will visit the state adjutant general's office and pay a visit to Gov. Douglas McKay. More Access Roads Needed Washington, Jan. 24 Wj The bureau of land management asked the house subcommittee on interior department appropri ations for $1,200,000 to build access roads in the Oregon and California revested railroad grant lands in the year starting July 1. The request was contained in the testimony of Marion Claw- son, director of the bureau, which was made public today. Clawson said that by build ing access roads the government would be able to get better of fers for the timber on the lands because smaller companies would be able to bid for it. Clawson said there is much over-mature timber on the O and C lands but lack of roads makes it impossible to sell it on a sustained yield basis. He said building the roads would in crease the value of the timber by at least the cost of the roads "Beyond the Forest" and 'Everybody Does It" TOMORROW! "INTRUDER IN THE DUST" and Abbott & Costello "AFRICA SCREAMS' "GUADALCANAL DIARY" & "THE PURPLE HEART" OPENS 6:45 P.M. America's Most Beloved Character! Indonesian Rai Due to Mutiny Jakarta (Batavia), V. S. L, Jan. 24 UP A top Indonesian military chief today blamed a sudden guerrilla raid into the city of Bandoeng on a "mutiny" of native soldiers in the Dutch army. About 600 armed fighters from the so-called private army of an outlawed former Dutch army captain seized key points in the big west Java city yester day morning, but withdrew later in the day after blooay light ing. A Dutch army spokesman said a Dutch general at Bandoeng. 120 miles southeast of Jakarta, had persuaded the guerrilla raiders to withdraw to avoid fur ther bloodshed. Sixty Indone sian army soldiers, including three high ranking officers, were reported killed in the fighting as guerrillas took over most of the city. The Dutch army spokesman conceded that 300 Indonesian soldiers enrolled i nthe Dutch soldiers enrolled in the Dutch nied a statement by Col. Simat- upang, acting chief of staff of the U. S. I. army, that the raid ers were "mainly from the Dutch army " I It was evident the flareup in-, volving the Dutch army at Ban-! doeng seriously blasted the. bridge of friendship carefully built between the two countries; in independence negotiations. An official U. S. I. communi-l que today said the situation in West Java was still "troubled and confusing." Mrs. Roosevelt Plans to Fly East Portland. Ore., Jan. 24 M- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt planned to fly today to Ann Arbor, Mich., after a United Nations speech and interviews by Portland's leading newspapermen. Snow made the exact hour of her departure uncertain and Mrs. Roosevelt said she doubted she would return to the wintry Pacific northwest before spring. She was interviewed yester day by Marshal Dana, editor of the Oregon Journal's editorial pagev Philip Parrish, editor of the Oregonian's editorial page; Donald Sterling, managing edi tor of the Journal, and Robert C. Notson, managing editor of the Oregonian. Mrs. Roosevelt said she ap proved the United States' for eign policy in regard to China and that U. S. interference in China's internal affairs would damage our "integrity in the Pa cific." Stvtfcfeokw ChoM(M 2 -door Mdo Get the sensational savings of a new 1950 Studebaker 4 Fathr-and-Mn craftsmanship! Painstaking automotive craftsmen father and-soo teams and other olid citizens build lasting so und oes into St udc bakers. Dra4PjRka ritflng comfort) Studebaker's -'miracle ride" is motoring's) finest. Bumpa - flatten out. Curves straighten out. A welcome new perfection of balance I BONESTEELE SALES & SERVICE SALEM, OREGON . i -i Commander Capt. W. D. Brown (above) is the com manding officer of the USS Missouri, only U. S. battle snip in active service and was making his first trip as her commander when the mighty ship ran aground off Hamp ton. Va. Efforts are still being made to pull the huge vessel off the shoal. AP Wirephoto). Breeders Name Sheridan Man Robert Reed, a Guernsey breeder from Sheridan, was elec ted president of the Marion-Polk Countv Guernsev Breeders as- enr-iatinn at thp annual mpetinff. Frank Poepping of Mt. Angel is vice president and T. R. Hobart, is secretary-treasurer for 1950. Included on the board of di rectors is Mark O'dell, Amity; William Frith, St. Paul; and Ray Hobson, Amity. The Guernsey breeders are making tentative plans for an other spring show of cattle tnis year and discussed the county herd class at Oregon State Fair that probably will return to the premiums this year. The association stressed the need of close coperation of all dairymen regardless of breed to attain a unified promotion pro gram. Efficient operation of each unit hold the greatest chance for increased net returns to op erators. Mark O'dell, Charles A. Evans, and Howard Gilbert are in charge of the February 21 meet ing. Ray Hobson of Amity is re tiring president and Ben A. Ne well, Marion County Extension Agent, is outgoing secretary. Eagles Pick Grants Pass Bend, Jan. 24 (TO The state convention of the Eagles lodge will be held in Grants Pass June 22 to 24. The auxiliary will convene June 22 and 23. WUU out-ahead style and Brand-new "next look"! Trim! Sleek! Flight-streamed! No bulging excess bulk to squander gas! SHARPEN your pencil and get ready to total up a big list of new-car savings! Come in and jot them down item by item the suable savings you can make on gas, on oil, on repair bills, by driving a new 1950 Studebaker! What's more, this low, long, alluring Studebaker is unmistakably out ahead in style. It's the "next look" in cars-the fresh new kind of designing that tells everyone you know that you're driving a real 1950 model. Stop in now. Go out for a ride in this newest and finest Studebaker. Drive it and get the proof that it's America's top value in a new carl 15 Finalists In T-Jnn4 CliAtif III laicin Jiiun The 15 performers who sur vived Monday nights elimina tion round of the March of Dimes talent discovery show will compete Tuesday night m the finals, and a well-rounded display of talent is promised. The colorful show gets under way at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. Admission is free. Over 1000 people witnessed Monday night's version of the talent show, in which 38 acts were clicked off in three hours of entertainment that ranged from the serious to the hilarious. Music for the affair was pro vided by Bill DeSouza's orches tra and Gene Malecki served as master of ceremonies. As a result of Monday's judg ing, these 15 performers will compete in Tuesday's finals: Gary and Jerry Neal, tap dancing twins; Allan Miller, imitator of musical instruments and animals; Bobby Christensen, four-year-old dancer and singer; The Dancing Darlings, Carol Jean Shower (Stayton), Barbara Stutzman. and Julie Sharp. Lennie Dibbern, accordionist; Mary Kay Brown, tap dancer; Dianna Bray, Al Jolson imita tor; Mary Burke, Sophie Tucker impersonator; Betty Jean Mullin and Robert Gwinn, Willamette university vocal duet. Caroline Miller, impersonator of Beatrice Kay; Vern Esch, vo calist; Patricia Whelan, Scottish dancer; Sandra Lee Allison, ac- robatlC waltzer; Janice Olson and Mrs. Elaine Fry, vocalists. Oswald Jacoby Canasta Champ New York, Jan. 24 M Os wald Jacoby claimed the canasta championship of America today after defeating his only chal lengers by a score of 5,600 points. Jacoby, of Dallas, Tex., and his partner, John R. Crawford, of Philadelphia, Pa., outplayed Sam Frey, Jr., and Theodore Lightner both of New York, in an 11-session match at the Hotel Chatham this week. Jacoby earlier issued a state ment in which he pronounced himself the nation's No. 1 ex pert on canasta and challenged any other experts to match. If he lost, he said, he would give S5.000 to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund and the New York Heart Fund. Spectators contributed $853 to the cancer and heart funds during the week's match. Helium is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas. rfdawsJl tirw ud wh! Ma iUm optimal at Mn msj M. J. BAUGHN DETROIT, OREGON