THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY with show
ers tonight, Thursday. Slightly
cooler Thursday. Low tonight,
44; high Thursday, 50.
Maximum yetterday, 87; minimum
dT, 43. Total :-hor preclplUtien: .11:
.for month: 3.63; noma), til. Seaton pre
rlpltatlon, 30.31 j normal, 56.43. River
hfight, 10.3 feet, rlilnf slowly, (Report by
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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 15, 1950
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Coates Gets
FHA Approval
For New Site
Controversy Over
Capitol Area Apart
ments Now Closed
Robert T. Coates received fed
eral housing administration ap
proval in Portland Wednesday
for his 36-unit Capitol Plaza
apartment house to be built at
11G5 Chemeketa street.
The site is an alternate to the
site at 555 North Summer where
ho previously had FHA approval
and got a city permit, only, to
become the center of a contro
versy over extension of the capi
tol building zone.
Coates said he had gambled on
getting FHA approval for the
transfer and had already bought
the property on Chemeketa
street. He said he had also mailed
the deed to the original site to
the state of Oregon, which,
through emergency board action,
will pay him $14,100 for : the
property.
Now Receiving Bids '
Participants in the controversy
waged around the original apart
ment project included the city
of Salem through its council and
zoning commission, the state
capitol planning commission, the
state board of control, the state
emergency board, and the attor
ney general.
Coates announces that he is
receiving bids on the structure,
now to be located at 1165 Che
meketa, and expects to have con
struction started by April 1. The
building will be seven stories
high and cost about $300,000.
Idle County Land
To Be Surveyed
Approximately 176 square
miles of . government-owned
forest land in the extreme east
en. end of Marion county may
soon have to be surveyed for
the first time in history.
The land has never been stuck
with a tripod for the simple
reason that there has bee n no
need to survey it. The huge re
gion has never been used for any
purpose, and the government
has maintained control of the
. land at all times.
The original survey of the
land may be necessitated by a
need for new revenue for
schools.
Revenues from sale or use of
a certain percentage of govern
ment lands has been dedicated
for school purposes. County Sur
veyor A. D. Graham estimates
about 12 acres as the amount of
salable land in Marion county.
In order for that 12 acres or
to to be sold, it will be neces
. sary to first survey the land. No
boundaries have ever been es
tablished in that territory, and
making a sale will be impossible
until such boundaries are de
termined by survey.
Once the land is surveyed, the
government will attempt to sell
the portion of land allotted tor
school revenues, then turn the
money over to school authori
ties, who will spend it as they
see fit.
Mississippi on
Flood Rampage
Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 15W)
River-wise Louisianians helped
1400 families to higher ground
and braced today for what may
be the worst flood menace since
1927.
The floods that have already
engulfed more than 650,000 acres
In east central Louisiana are
only backwater rises so far and
affect mostly lands that are ex
pected to go under at high river
stages.
The levee system is intact and
above water.
But Col. Charles Holle, New
Orleans district army engineer,
declared the Mississippi is brim
ful from Cairo, 111., to the gulf
and that more rains may produce
a flood like the one of 1927.
Throughout the lowlands, in
towns below river level and in
tents pitched for safety on the
dikes themselves, people remem
bered that disastrous year.
. In Batchelor La., which went
under 23 years ago when the
Atchafalaya surged through the
levees, storekeeper Wilson
Chustz was Able to crack a grim
little joke:
"If it breaks, we'll have 20
minutes warning."
Harry Collins
Files Petition
For Mayoralty
Former Phone Man
ager Yields to Desires
Of Influential People
Harry V. Collins became the
third announced candidate for
mayor of Salem when his pre
liminary petition was filed Wed
nesday morning with City Re
corder Alfred Mundt.
"Represent the city to the best
of my ability," is the only state
ment appearng on the petition.
Collins left Wednesday for a trip
of several weeks that will take
him to southern California cities.
Collins lives at 590 North 14th
street. He recently retired after
many years of activity as a tele
ohone executive. For several
years prior to his retirement he
had been district manager lor
the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph company.
Retires After 40 Years' Service
Collins yielded to a demand
by influential people of Salem
in making his announcement. A
few days ago he had declined to
run. But he was prevailed upon
to change his mind when waited
upon by a formidable group and
besieged by phone calls.
Collins was in the service of
the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph company for 40 year.s,
joining the company first at
Bellineham, Wash., in 1910. He
had then been in the west nine
years following his graduation
from Sherman college, Bay City,
Mich. Before joining the tele
phone company he was with the
Anacortes Lumber & Box com
pany as an accountant.
Was District Manager
His first jobs with the tele
phone company were in the
servicing and selling depart
ments. Then he was assigned to
managerial positions. In 1927
he was appointed assistant man
ager in Seattle,, and in Portland
in 1930. But after a few months
he was sent to Salem as local
manager here, and a year later
was appointed district manager.
Concluded on Page 8, Column 6)
Surplus 1950
Spuds Appear
I Washington, Feb. 15 (P)-Un-
cle Sam is finding himself pla
gued with surplus potatoes from
the 1950 crop even before he
has got rid of surpluses from
the 1949 crop.
The agriculture department
has bought more than 11,000 bu
shels of early potatoes grown
this year in Florida. The pur
chases were made in an effort
to keep grower prices from
dropping below levels required
by law. It paid about $2.50 for
100 pounds for the Florida
spuds.
The department is now in the
process of buying a surplus of
about 45,000,000 bushels still
remaining from last year's crop.
Stocks of merchantable pota
toes from the 1949 crops still
held by growers and local deal
ers Feb. 1 totaled 118,800,000
bushels, or more than a fourth
of last year's production of
about 400,000,000 bushels.
It is likely, officials said, that
the government will have to buy
one bushel out of every three of
the Feb. 1 stocks. Officials now
estimate that the price support
program for the 1949 crop may
cost upwards of $100,000,000,
The cost for the 1948 crop was
nearly $250,000,000.
School Board to Make
Contract with County
Looking ahead to the time when a portion of the Salem school
administration building will be occupied by the various depart
ments of the county, the Salem school board Tuesday night auth
orized the clerk to enter into a contract with the county court.
A rate of 71-4 cents per square foot of space occupied by the
county will prevail. Space which t
will not be occupied immediate
ly but which will be held for
the county will carry at 4 "A -cent
charge. The lower rate will ob
tain because the school district
will not have to heat or light
the unoccupied space.
In case , the administration
building is placed on the tax
rolls, the rate would be ad
vanced one cent in each instance.
The state unemployment com
pensation commisson expects to
vacate quarters in the school
building by mid-March when
the new state office building
will be ready.
Arrangements for a blanket
dedication of the new buildings
as well as those that have had
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Peace Talked
On Coal Strike
Washington, Feb. 15 VP)
Southern coal operators walk
ed out of bargaining sessions
with John L. Lewis today. They
left less than three hours after
new "peace talks" began. j
Joseph Moody, president of
the southern group, told report
ers the Dixie operatdrT'wSmV
bargaining talks with the union
separate from other operator
groups.
David L. Cole, chairman of
President Truman's coal fact
finding board, said a forenoon
meeting was spent entirely on
"procedural" questions. Lewis
and the coal men . never got
down to the wage and working
condition issues that have 372,
000 miners on strike and the na
tion getting desperately short of
fuel.
Cole acted as an observer at
the session, but is not taking
part in the negotiations at this
time.
Cole told reporters the prob
lem is whether there is to be
more than one set of negotia
tions. "They've barely got start
ed," he added.
It was learned that southern
coal operators want to talk sep
arately from the other coal men.
Lewis, leader of the United Mine
Workers, is demanding only one
se' of negotiations.
When the closed-door session
broke up for lunch, Lewis came
o; t with his usual glowering
look.
"Nothing to say," he told re
porters. Wettest February Since '37
London, Feb. 15 (IP) It rained
today in London for the 15th
consecutive day. Government
weather men said this is the wet
test February since 1937. '
additions, were discussed by the
board and the program was left
in the hands of Superintendent
Frank B. Bennett.
Howard F. Miller,- head of the
vocal music department of the
schools and president of the
Oregon Music association, was
authorized to attend the national
convention in late March. The
board appropriated $100 toward
the expense of the trip.
Removal of certain trees that
were said to be interfering with
buildings will be investigated
The Salem Oratorio Society
was granted use of the high
school auditorium December 10,
1950.
Census Takers Census Cornelius Bateson (seated), district
supervisor for the census to be taken in Marion, Clackamas,
Lincoln and Polk counties, assisted by Vernon L. Bartsch,
supply clerk, count 49 boxes containing 452 portfolios de
livered to the Salem district office, 1020 Market street, this
morning.
Hotel Addition Work
Will Cost $200,000
An. addition to the Senator hotel which will mean an invest
ment of approximately $200,000
of the better hostclries of the
by W. W. Chadwick, proprietor.
Work on the addition, which
rooms, a large banquet hall and
several party rooms, will prob-
ably begin next week with Vies
ko & Post, contractors, in charge.
When completed the hotel will
have 168 rooms, making it the
largest outside of Portland with
the exception of the Eugene no
tel. The new addition. 42 by 86
feet in extent, will be erected on
the space used as a loading shed
by buses when the terminal was
located there. There win De
a full basement, a banquet hall
on the first floor capable of seat
ing 300 or more guests, while
the guests rooms on the second,
third and fourth floors will be
strictly of the de luxe type,
equipped with the most modern
equipment.
An elevator to serve the new
addition will be installed.
Walls and floors of the addi
tion will be of reinforced con
Crete.
Plans for the addition have
been under way for several
months with Leslie Howell of
Portland as the architect.
The contemplated improve
ment, together with others of re
cent years means the investment
of approximately a half million
dollars, Chadwick slates. Im
provements already made in
cluded the addition of 24 guests
rooms, a central kitchen and din
ing room facilities. The kitchen
was built with the idea of ac
commodating the new banquet
room. .
Lloyd F. Fox Said
Killed Near Shasta
Information reached Salem
Tuesday afternoon that Lloyd F,
Fox, 27, of West Staylon, had
lost his life in an accident 13
miles out of Shasta, Calif.
The word came by telephone
to his father, F. J. Fox, 365
River street, but details are
lacking. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to trace the call,
and whom it came from is not
known. Whether it was a traf
fic accident, or some other type
of mishap is not known here.
Fox is a veteran of World, War
II, having served with the ma
rines. Besides his father he has
two sisters in Salem, Mrs. Lucile
Loe and Nettie Jane Fox.
Dickson to Oppose Morse
The republican fight for the
U.S. senate became a three-way
battle today when Earl L. Dick
son, Albany grocery retailer,
filed against U.S. Sen. Wayne L.
Morse.
and make the establishment one
state was announced Wednesday
will provide an additional 30
; :
Big 'Mo' to Be
Training Ship
Washington, Feb. 15 The
U.S.S. Missouri will be kept in
service in a reduced status for
training midshipmen and mem
bers of the naval reserve.
That decision was announced
today by Secretary of Defense
Johnson.
There had been some specula
tion that the giant battleship.
which ran aground off Norfolk,
Va., a few weeks ago, would be
taken out of active service Cri
tical congressmen have pointed
out that it costs around $6,000f
000 a year to operate the Mis
souri. Johnson said that the decision
was made by the chief of naval
operations, and that the joint
chiefs of staff had agreed with
it.
The announcement also said
that an additional carrier, cur
rently in commission, would
stay in service.
This is possible, the announce
ment said, "by savings of funds
in other areas of naval expendi
tures." The retention of this addition
al carrier will permit the assign
ment of three carriers to the Pa
cific fleet and the maintenance
of a carrier in the western Pa
cific on a rotational basis at' all
times.
Dinner for Tavern Owners Members of the Tavern Owners' association for Oregon and
their wives, consisting of about 120 persons from Linn, Benton, Marion, Polk and Lincoln
counties, attended this dinner at Salem Supper club Tuesday evening. Noble Dependehner is
district director.
All 17 Survivors lost B-3 6
Said Located Alive on Coast
Soviet Union -And
Red China
30 Year Treaty
Moscow, Feb. 15 (IP) The
Soviet Union and China last
night signed sweeping treaties
which ally the world's two larg
est communist countries in peace
or possible war for the next 30
years.
The treaties, signed in the
Kremlin after nearly two months
of intensive negotiations, were
said to be aimed at developing
and strengthening the economic
and cultural ties of the two na
tions, and preventing the rebirth
of Japanese aggression.
Russia agreed to lend com
munist China $300,000,000 over
the next five years and give up
railroad and navigation rights
in Manchuria by 1952.
Secret Clause Likely
(In Washington, diplomatic
authorities speculated that the
treaty may have secret clauses,
since the published agreements
were silent on reported Red Chi
ncse desires for planes and ships
to send against Nationalist-held
Formosa.
(First reaction in Japan was
that the Russian loan was sur
prisingly small. The annual to
tal of $300,000,000 Is only a
fraction of the amount China
needs to buy machinery and
goods to industrialize the sprawl
ing, war-shattered nation.)
(Concluded on Pare 5. Column 5)
Japs Worried
Over Red Pact
Tokyo, Feb. 15 (IP) Japanese
were plainly worried today over
the 30-year Soviet-Red China
pact aimed at Nippon.
News of the Moscow agree
ment spread slowly. - Those
who heard about it evinced un
ease, worry, apprehension or
puzzlement.
Neither the Japanese govern
ment nor General MacArthur's
occupation headquarters made
immediate comment.
Most foreign diplomats were
silent.
One western diplomat com
mented the "Chinese have made
a pretty good deal."
Some Japanese agreed. One
said the treaty seems to "eman
cipate" Manchuria, rich northern
sector of China long subjugated
by the Japanese. He thought
the pact would appeal to most
Chinese.
One Japanese foreign office
source was puzzled over the
treaty's expressed aim to stem
any Japanese aggression or im
perialism with the clause pro
posing a quick peace for Nippon.
Another Japanese government
source wondered if there, were
any hidden clauses in the pact
Harvester Company
Plans Second Unit
Milwaukie, Ore., Feb. 15 (IP)-
1 n e international Harvester
company has taken up an' option
on land here for a new parts de
pot to he erected near its new
$750,000 distribution warehouse
The distribution structure is
now under construction. City
Manager Jack Taber reported
the parts depot would be larger
than the unit now going up and
was to be a factory-managed op
eration.
Ask Funds for
'Skysweeper
Top Secret Gun
Washington, Feb. 15 (IP) The
army has asked for $4,518,500 to
continue tests of the "Skysweep
er," a top-secret anti-aircraft
gun whichit says can hit planes
of supersonic speed (faster than
sound) either night or day.
Secretary of the Army Gray
described the weapon as "our
best answer to date for the
threat posed by aircraft at short
and medium ranges."
These disclosures were part of
report made public today of
hearings before a house mili
tary appropriations subcommit
tee, on the army's request for
$4,018,384,000 of the $13,000,-
000,000, the defense department
has asked for the fiscal year be
ginning July 1.
Range and firing speed of the
75-millimeter skysweeper were
not revealed. Its primary new
features are said to be radar
directed fire-control and proximity-fuzed
ammunition.
Calls Crusade
Against Crime
Washington, Feb. 15 UP)
President Truman today called
for a great moral crusade against
organized crime in the United
States.
Mr. Truman said that World
War II had been followed by "a
resurgence of underworld forces,
living on vice and greed."
He told a gathering of federal,
state and local law enforce
ment officials that there should
be complete cooperation among
them to combat this. .
Mr. Truman indicated he con
siders it of equal importance
that the nation as a whole be
educated to higher moral values
"We must encourage edtica
tion, religious instruction and
home training in the family
and in the guidance of our chil
dren," he said in his speech.
He added:
"The fundamental basis of law
was given to Moses on the
Mount. The fundamental basis
of our bill of rights is found
Exodus, St. Matthew, Isiah,
and St. Paul.
Without moral backing, we
will wind up with a totalitarian
form of government."
Attorney General J. Howard
McGrath earlier had thrown the
weight of the federal govern
ment behind community drives
on organized crime, especially
gambling.
Thailand's Premier
Says Time Now Short
Bangkok. Feb. 15 Wl Thai
land's Premier Pibulsonggram
warned today that time is run
ning out for communist-threatened
southeast Asia.
"It is late but not loo late
yet" to check the southward red
sweep in Asia, the Siamese lead
er said in an exclusive inter
view.
A3 he spoke American diplo
mats from far eastern posts con
ferred here over the situation.
The U. S. diplomats appeared
to be leaning toward economic
aid as the main tool for weld
ing a southeast Asian front
against communism.
Immediate steps must be tak
en, Pibulsonggram said, to erect
economic and military barriers
or things "will be black" for
Thailand and her neighbors.
Crew Reported
Safe on Rocky
Island Beach
Ketchitkon, Alaska, Feb. 15
(IP) The coast guard reported
here today all 17 persons
board a "ditched" air force
B-36 have been located safe
and alive off the British Co-
umbia coast.
Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 15 (CP)
Nine survivors from the miss
ing U.S. B-36 bomber have been
picked up by a fishing boat from
islands in the Queen Charlotte
Sound.
Other survivors were reported
sighted along the rocky, wind
swept island.
The big bomber, en route from
Alaska to its home base at Cars-
well, Texas, carried a crew of 16
and an air force lieutenant-col
onel.
Some of the survivors were
picked up by the fishboat Cape
Perry from Ashdown island and
others, by the same boat, from
Princess Royal island, about 85
miles south of Prince Rupert in
the Queen Charlotte group.
Other search and rescue craft
are heading for the islands, 450
miles northwest of Vancouver.
Brought to Vancouver
The survivors were being
brought to Vancouver aboard a
RCAF rescue plane now en route
to the fishboat.
Seattle, Feb. 15 (IP) Search
headquarters announced a navy
plane sighted a large oil slick
yesterday in Hecate Strait in
Queen Charlotte Sound. This is
the general area where the B-36
massaged before midnight Mon
day it was coming down with an
engine afire and wings iced.
(Concluded on Pnge - 5, Column 6)
Cause of 6-29
Crash Unknown
Great Falls, Mont., Feb. 15 (IP)
Eight men were killed and sev
en escaped when an air force B
29 bomber crashed shortly after
taking off from the air force
base here about 6:30 a.m. (MST)
today.
The big-four-engine plane,
which had been searching for a
missing B-36 in Queen Charlotte
sound, plummeted to the prairie
about three miles southwest of
the local base from a low alti
tude. It burned shortly after it
hit one side of U.S. highway 87,
and careened over the road, the
air force information officer
said.
These men survived: Lt. Fre
derick N. Willard, SSgt. Victor
J. Jacquot, Sgt. Clarence R. Ab
crnathy, MSgt. Earl E. Everet,
SSgt. Troy E. Evans, SSgt.
Charles J. Wilson, and Cpl.
Raymond D. Brandel.
The Great Falls base informa
tion officer said the seven sur
vivors were taken to the base
hospital for observation.
Tavern Owners
Of Area Meet
Tavern owners of five coun
ties filled two rooms and were
crowded to standing room only
when they met Tuesday night at
the Salem Supper club on the
Dallas highway.
It was a meeting of District
No. 3 of the State Tavern Own
ers asociation. The main speak
er was William H. Hammond,
administrator for the state li
quir control commission.
Hammond talked about com
mission problems and compli
mented the tavern owners for
showing their ability to help
themselves over many of the
problems they meet. Of all dis
trict meetings he has attended
he said the District 3 meeting
was the best.
Other brief speakers were
Dr. J. A. Mclnnes of Portland,
president of the state association,
and Miles Brandon, past presi
dent. The district comprises Mar
ion, Polk, Linn, Benton and Lin
coln counties. Several tavern
owners from Yamhill county
were present by invitation.
Noble Dependehner of Salem,
district director, presided.
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