2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, February 7, 1950
Leaves $10,000
To Willamette
Portland, Ore., Feb. 7 U.R-
Max D. Tucker, president of the
Cascades Plywood Corp., who
died here Feb. 2, left general
bequests for public and charita
ble purposes totaling $665,000.
Tucker's will was filed for
probate with the ciicuit court
today.
Most of the bequests were in
Oregon, including $250,000 for
the Maxon Oral school of Port
land, 10 scholarships a year of
$1000 each for attendance at the
University of Oregon, Oregon
State college, Lewis & Clark
college or Willamette university
with the U. S. National Bank of
Portland as trustee for a total
of $100,000; plus $50,000 for
Albertina Kerr Homes; $50,000
for Lebanon Community hos
pital foundation; $25,000 for
Lewis & Clark college; $25,000
for Waverly Baby home; $10,000
for Willamette university; $10,
000 for Oregon Humane society;
$10,000 for Alice Marie Chil
dren's home, Eugene; $10,000
for St. Vincent's hospital; $10,
000 for Oswego Episcopal
church, and $5000 for Shriners'
hospital for crippled children.
Tucker also felt $100,000 and
real estate worth an undisclosed
amount to Flushing, Mich., the
place of his birth, and $10,000
to Barry county, Mich., for cem
tery purposes.
The will gave substanially half
of the estate to trustees for ben
efit of his widow, Rose E. Tuck
er. Marshall Tells
Of OPS Work
Portland, Feb. 7 (P) A di
rector of the Oregon Physicians
Service was named in federal
court yesterday as one doctor
who had discouraged physicians
from taking patients of other
pre-paid medical insurance pro
grams. Under cross e x a m 1 n a tion,
when his protest was overruled,
Willard C. Marshall, manager of
OPS, said Dr. Gordon B. Lcitch
had urged Oregon Medical soci
ety members not to handle cases
for commercial medical care as
sociations. Dr. Leitch is a director of the
OPS and editor of the Oregon
divison of the publication,
Northwest Medicine. He is one
of eight individual defendants
charged along with OPS and the
state society with trying to mo
nopolize pre-paid medical care
in Oregon.
Marshall reviewed some of
the background of the pre-paid
medical program sponsored by
the state society. He said it was
started seven and a half years
ago because there was dissatis
faction with commercial associ
ations. He said the commercial
groups had small panels of doc
tors and did not permit the sub
scribers to go to any doctor of
their choice.
He adeed that the OPS now
has 123,000 members, but that
its growth had slowed notice
ably since the federal govern
ment filed the anti-trust law
charge last year.
City's Big Reservoir
Cleaned, Sterilized
The city's big 10,000,000-gal-
lon water reservoir on Rural
avenue is being cleaned and
sterilicd.
To do the Job, John L. Geren
assistant manager of the water
department, said today, it is nec
essary to empty the reservoir, a
half at a time.
One 5,000,000-gallon half has
been emptied, cleaned, sterilicd
and refilled, and the other half
is now empty and has been clean
ed. Steriliation will start Wed
nesday.
The last time the reservoir
was cleaned was about three
years ago. Since then the accu
mulation in the big tank has
been surprisingly small, Geren
said, only about a quarter inch
of fine silt that got through the
Stayton island screen.
Norblad Opposes Red
China Recognition
Washington, Feb. 7 m Rep.
Norblad (R., Ore.) released the
text of a letter here yesterday
in which he said he was opposed
to U.S. recognition of commun
ist China.
The letter was to Matt Mce
han, agent for the CIO Interna
tional Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's union at Port
land. The union leader had ask
ed the congressman's views on
the subject.
Norblad said "I thoroughly de
test the religious and political
philosophy of communism and
am firmly of the belief that the
United States should have no
dealings with those adhering to
those ideologies."
It is estimated that more than
80 per cent of the energy used
In the United States is applied
through machines.
Humanitarian Plea Dr.
Hans A. Bcthe (above), pro
fessor of physics at Cornell
university and former super
ior of spy suspect Dr. Klaus
Fuchs, is shown as he spoke
before the winter meeting of
the American Physical Society
at Columbia university in New
York. In a humanitarian plea,
Dr. Bethe and seven other
atomic scientists attending the
meeting urged the U. S. to
pledge itself not to use the hy
drogen bomb first. (Acme
Telephoto)
Coafes Thanks
For Cooperation
News that the state emergen
cy board had appropriated $14,-
250 to buy his property in the
proposed capitol zone extension
brought praise for "the excellent
treatment 1 from Robert Coates,
Portland builder.
Coates, who offered to move
a planned seven-story apart
ment house from the North Sum
mer location in the zone exten
sion, told the Capital Journal
he was making immediate ar
rangements to survey a new lo
cation at 1165 Chemeketa street.
After surveyors make a con
tour map of the new location,
he will submit a formal appli
cation to the federal housing
agency for transfer of the loan
from the North Summer loca
tion to the Chemeketa street
site.
Coates said he hoped to have
a decision on the change from
the FHA by the middle of next
week.
Gompers Stamp
Goes on Sale
The new U.S. commemorative
stamp honoring the 100th anni
versary of the birth of Samuel
Gompers went on sale at the.
Salem post office Tuesday morn
ing. The color is purple.
Gompers, a noted labor lead
er, was born in England in 1850
but came to the United States
in 1063. Soon afterwards he be
came the first registered mem
ber of the Cigarmakers Interna
tional union. In 1882 he became
president of the American Fed
eration of Labor and served in
termittently in that capacity un
til 18B4. The following year he
was re-elected and also every
year thereafter until his death
in 1024.
Attorney Named
To Defend Cook
An attorney was appointed bv
district court to represent Da
vid n. Cook, one of a trio
charged with burglary and for-
liery which was implicated in
in several Salem and Willamette
valley crimes, but Cook was
ordered held for grand jury ac
tion.
Earlier Monday, his wife, Jean
Louise, had been ordered held
for grand Jury action on burg
lary charges. When Cook ap
peared in court later, he waived
preliminary examination on one
burglary charge, and was or
dered held on additional charges
for the grand Jury.
Harold B. Lancclle, third
member of the trio, waived pre
liminary examination and grand
jury action on all charges when
he was first taken to court
weeks ago.
Approximately 50.000,000
tons of ice were manufactured
in the United States during 1949.
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Salem Police
Ball February 18
Salem's policemen this week
and next will be carrying a dif
ferent type of ticket from that
found on cars that have parked
over time.
These tickets tickets for the
Policemen's Annual Ball will
cost money, too, but purchase
of them is voluntary, money de
rived from their sale is used for
many activities outside the regu
lar duties of the police depart
ment.
The event, this year set for
the night of February 16, will
be held at the Crystal .Garden's
ball room in downtown Salem
and those who purchase tickets
for the affair are promised an
enjoyable evening of dancing by
the police of the city.
Announcing the event and its
purpose members of the police
department committee planning
the ball noted:
'This coming summer the ci
ty of Salem and the local police
department will be hosts to the
convention of the Oregon Asso
ciation of City Police Officers,
composed of policemen of cities
of Oregon. We as a department
are proud to entertain these of
ficers who will' be in our midst.
'It is the hope of the depart
ment heads to have a pistol team
in the near future and to com
pete with officers from other de
partments of the state.
"These and many other act!
vities outside the regular duties
of your police department re
quire financing.
"We, the members of your po
lice department, ask you, the
city of Salem and vicinity, to
help us make this year's ball a
huge success."
Belton Wants
Leaks Plugged
Plugging up leaks in state
government in lieu of any new
taxes was advocated Monday by
State Sen. Howard Belton, chair
fnan of the legislative interim
committee.
'I am certain that there are
many leaks in the state govern
ment," he said, "and I think it
would be far better to save $1
million by plugging these leaks
than it would be to advocate
raising an additional $1 million
in new taxes."
Centralizations of accounting
of all school districts, other than
those of first class, with county
clerks or county auditors, handl
ing all finances of the districts,
was proposed to the committee.
The proposal came in a letter
from J. F. Remington, auditor of
the Salem school district.
Remington said that such a
move would not only cut down
school administration costs but
in addition would speed up
transmission of reports to other
agencies, now many times delay
ed. Also it would eliminate the
cost of bonds for each school
clerk in the county.
Senator Belton also favored
checking into the feasibility of
centralized purchasing for all
school districts within "a county.
The committee decided to re
fer the proposals to the legislat
ive interim committee on study
of schools and proposed to ap
pear before that committee and
urge adoption of the proposals.
Columbia Basin
Meet Wednesday
The Columbia basin inter-ag
ency committee will meet at the
Capitol tomorrow to discuss ag
riculture and forestry problems.
About 40 persons are expected.
The committee consists of gov
ernors of the northwest states
and of representatives of the
federal agencies interested in
northwest development.
The agriculture and forestry
discussion, which will take up
the entire afternoon session, will
be led by William A. Schoen
feld, dean of the school of agri
culture at Oregon State college,
and members of his staff.
The morning session will be
closed to the public.
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Box Supper
Gets Out
Republicans
By ARTHUR EDSON
Washington, Feb. 7 (&) The
republicans apparently have hit
on a sure-fire way to get out a
crowd for a political rally. All
you do is:
Put on an old fashioned box
supper, featuring three pieces of
friend chicken, some potato sal
ad, coffee and a roll wearing
a small American flag. The
whole thing for $1.
Hire a nationally known en
tertainment group, such as Fred
Waring and his Pennsylvanians,
and get a Hollywood figure, such
as George Murphy, to master
the ceremonies and lead the
yells.
Then line up an all-star speak
ing cast, including Senators Taft
i'Ohio), Wherry (Nebr.), Cape
hart (Ind.), Knowland (Calif.),
Mundt (S.D.), Brewster (Me.),
Tobey (N.H), Cain (Wash.), and
Rep. Joe Martin (Mass.), the
house minority leader.
That's what the GOP did last
night, and it worked.
'
The box supper was the first
of a nation-wide program of box
suppers. It's all a part of a
whipping - up - enthusiasm cam
paign and the annual tribute to
the first republican president,
Abraham Lincoln.
Old Abe never had it so good.
The lure of entertainment,
chicken and speech - making
brought 11,000 (a metropolitan
police estimate) to Uline arena,
a spot which holds d,500 com
fortably. More than 2,000 sat on the
floor, midst the remains of the
friend chicken.
Even the oratory, which was
broadcast nationally, had a
somewhat different touch. In
stead of the customary one or
two big oratorical guns, the GOP
plit it 20 ways, with each
speaker limited to approximate
ly 45 seconds.
I won't go into detail, but this
the gist of what they said:
The republicans are redhot
for republicans, and they don't
give a hoot for a certain other
party.
All seemed unusually har
monious, and I ran into only one
jarring note. Two characters got
to arguing over the same chair,
and one snarled: "Who do you
think you are, president T N?"
Fortunately, Murphy chose
this time to sing, "God Bless
America," and peace was re
stored.
Set Hearing on
Health Center
A hearing on a proposed new
Marion county health center is
scheduled for the county court
room at the courthouse at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday.
It is the hope of county offi
cials that the health clinic and
offices may be moved from their
present location in the Masonic
temple to a building of their
own.
Wednesday's meeting will be
for the purpose of discussing
financial matters regarding the
situation, and to consider various
sites for the proposed building.
There will be no plans for an
actual building submitted at this
time.
One of the suggestions hand
ed the county is for Salem Gen
eral hospital to construct a unit
alongside the new General hos
pital, then lease the unit out to
the county for its health clinic.
2 New Businesses
On North High St.
Two new business establish
ments will soon be in operation
High street between Court
and Chemeketa. Tom Hill, for
mer Salem resident who operat
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Mothballs for
Washington, Feb. 7 VPh-The
house armed services committee
plans to ask Adm. Forrest T.
Sherman, chief of naval opera
tions, whether he thinks the bat
tleship Missouri should be taken
out of service.
The committee decided on this
move today after Chairman Vin
son (D-Ua) asked tne group to
suggest to the navy that it put
the Mighty Mo" in "mothballs
and send an aircraft carrier to
sea in its place.
Vinson contends it costs too
much to keep the Missouri in the
fleet.
Rep. Cole (R-NY) said he
might go along eventually with
Vinson's proposal but first want
ed to get the opinions of naval
experts.
Cole said a dreadnaught may
not be as valuable in war as it
once was but the Missouri has
been used as a training ship.
Vinson then agreed to call
Sherman for testimony. No date
was set. Sherman is now in the
Pacific with other members of
the joint chiefs of staff.
Rep. Brooks (D-La) wanted
the committee to look into the
reasons why the Missouri went
aground recently in the Chesa
peake bay.
But Vinson ruled this out, for
the time being at least, saying
a naval board is now investigat
ing the Incident.
Adult Education
Questionnaires
Looking ahead to the time
when the spring term of the
adult education and night school
courses will get under way.
George D. Porter, director of the
program, is seeking information
as to what the public would pre
fer in subject matter.
Questionnaires have been sent
to all public school employes and
an invitation is extended to the
general public to express their
desires. The spring term will
open March 6 and will be con
cluded in mid-May.
The winter term has provided
approximately 30 courses and
spring term subjects will include
those in which sufficient interest
is shown and for which quali
fied instructors are available.
tion for a number of years, has
secured the store room immedi
atly south of the Model market
and will operate a candy shop.
Hill will manufacture his own
line of sweets.
Immediately south of the
candy shop a Goodrich Tire and
Rubber company show room will
be opened. The space to be oc
cupied was formerly held by
Marr's restaurant.
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Mild Weather
Covers Nation
(By the Aociate4 Press)
Winter held back the rough
er elements today and most of
the country appeared in pros
pect for comparatively mild
weather.
The weather bureau reported
it required a diligent search to
find any sub-zero temperatures
early today. There were some in
northern Maine, Caribou re
porting -5, and the mercury
dropped to -3 at Pembina, N.D.
Temperatures along the west
coast were slightly below nor
mal. Elsewhere they were above
normal readings.
There were several wet spots
and skies were cdoudy in many
areas. Rain fell in the middle
Atlantic states and the north
ern part of the gulf states. There
also was a narrow band of rain
along the Pacific coast from San
Diego to Seattle. Snow flurries
hit over parts of the central and
northern Rockies.
Meanwhile, plows and bull
dozers still bucked deep snow
drifts in northern Montana to
restablish contact with snowed
in ranchers and farmers. Similar
work was underway in the Cas
cade passes.
The floods in the midwest
and south continued to lessen,
but many thousands remained
homeless, the largest number in
Arkansas. The Ohio river was
receding but 1,200 persons who
fled their lowland homes prob
ably will remain in relief shel
ters for several days.
Rummage Sale
For S G Hospital
At the meeting of Salem Gen
eral Hospital auxiliary Tuesday
morning plans were outlined for
the annual spring rummage sale
to be sponsored by the group on
March 10 and 11 over Green
baum's. Mrs. Edgar T. Pierce
and Mrs. L. V. Benson are co
chairmen for the event.
The rummage sale is one of
the major money-making proj
ects for the spring, the auxiliary
to use the proceeds toward its
program of assistance for pur
of New York and
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lem General hospital.
Miss Lillian McDonald, su
perintendent of the hospital, met
with the auxiliary this morning
and talked on the help extended
by the auxiliary. The meeting
was in the YWCA, Mrs. Charles
D. Wood presiding as vice pres
ident. The membership drive of the
auxiliary is due for April, Mrs.
E. M. Page as general chairman.
A large group of co-chairmen is
being named to work with Mrs.
Page on the drive.
GOP Platform
Issues Picked
Washington, Feb. 7 (ff) Re
publicans picked Liberty vs. So
cialism as their top 1950 cam
paign issue today in a platform
which democrats promptly ac
cused them of stealing from the
administration.
In a 2,000-word statement of
party policy for the congression
al campaigns, the republicans
held themselves up as the last
hope of those who oppose "an
all-powerful federal government
with unlimited power to tax and
spend."
On the domestic front, they
called for a balanced budget,
reduction in spending, repeal of
wartime excise taxes, improve-
ment" of the Taft-Hartley act,
continuation of farm price props
and expansion of social security
benefits.
In the international field, they
promised cooperation on foreign
policy if they are consulted in
advance of major decisions.
They denounced "secret agree
ments" at Yalta and Potsdam.
demanded congressional checks
on foreign commitments and
pledged support for non-com
munist countries "within the
total limits which the Ameri
can economy can afford."
With an eye on the Alger Hiss
and Klaus Fuchs cases, the re
publicans deplored "the danger
ous degree to which communists
and their fellow travelers have
been employed in Important gov
ernment posts and the fact that
information vital to our security
has been made available to alien
agents and persons of question
able loyalty."
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Potato Support
Slightly Lower
Portland, Feb. 7 W) Potato
support prices for the 1950 Or
egon crop are to be slightly low
er than last year.
The department of agriculture
said most of the state's crop
would be supported at from
$1.55 in September to $1.75 in
December, from $l.B5 in Jan
uary to $2 in March, 1951. That
compares with 1949 prices of
$1.55 in September to $1.95 in
December and $2.15 in January
to $2.25 in March.
The schedules will be 20 cents
lower in the eastern Oregon
counties of Baker, Wallowa, Un
ion and Malheur.
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