2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, February 20, 1950
Occupation Tax
Held Illegal
Washington, D. C, Feb. 20 (U.B
The supreme court today re
fused to review a ruling that
Washington states wholesalers
occupation tax is unconstitution
al when applied against receipts
from orders filled directly from
out-of-state stocks.
The previous ruling, made by
the state supreme court on Sep
tember 3, 1949, is now final.
The business and occupation
tax is levied on everyone doing
business in Washington. For
wholesalers it is one-fourth of
one per cent of gross sales.
Two concerns, Columbia Steel
Co., headquartered in San Fran
cisco, and the Weyerhaeuser
Sales Co., are testing its consti
tutionality as applied to goods
imported from other states and
delivered directly to customers.
Columbia supplies many of its
customers from plants in Utah
and California and from sources
In the east. In 1947 the state
tax commission levied a defi
ciency assessment of $118,281
against the company for the
years 1943, 1944 and 1945. The
company paid, but brought suit
to recover in superior court.
Weyerhaeuser brought suit to
enjoin the state from collecting
a tax on its Imported shipments
of pine lumber from Oregon and
Idaho.
The superior court dismissed
the two suits at the request of
the state. But the Washington
supreme court reversed the find
ing and held the state's applica
tion of the law unconstitutional
The court said the levy inter
fered with interstate commerce
LeiUNInsned
Formosa War
New York, Feb. 20 W) The
Times today called "reasonable'
Nationalist China's recommenda
tion to the United Nations that
the United States send a naval
and air observation group "to see
what takes place in the event of
a communist attack" on Formosa.
In Us lead editorial, the
Times said Dr. Tsiang, chief Na
tionalist UN delegate, based his
case "on the possibility that the
Soviet Union will give military
aid to the Chinese communists
for the express purpose of con
querlng Formosa, and he sug
gests that without such aid the
communists might find this task
too formidable."
The newspaper took the posi
tion that the United Nations has
sent "such observer groups else
where, notably to the Balkans
and to Indonesia."
"Those who have nothing to
conceal should welcome observ
ation," it said, adding: "And if
the situation in Indonesia was
held to be a threat to interna
tional peace, how much more so
the situation in China."
The Times doubted if any
thing now would be done about
phases of China's resolution that
recommends withholding of the
Chinese communists by member
UN states, since some already
have given recognition.
Parole Committee
Seeks Membership
Governor Douglas McKay, as
honorary chairman of the Ore
gon state committee of the Na
tional Probation and Parole as
sociation, Monday signed a let
ter announcing the committee's
annual membership appeal
throughout the state.
The letter was handed the
governor by George Alexander,
warden of Oregon State peni
tentiary and executive chairman
of the committee.
"It is a foremost organization
In the control and prevention of
crime through making probation
and parole an effective instru
ment ot justice," the governor
said.
Other members of the state
committee from Salem are Jus
tice George Rossman, Paul B.
Wallace, Secretary of State Earl
T. Newbry, Guy N. Hickok and
Charles A. Sprague.
Purse Snatching;
Feature Police List
Police files Monday contained
a theatre purse snatching along
with three other cases of thefts
of purses and wallets.
Ann Marie Root, 120 Lana
avenue, reported that three boys
had been implicated in the
snatching of her purse during a
movie show at a local theatre.
The purse contained $1.30.
Another woman, Dorothea
Lutt, 381 North Winter, report
ed that her purse had been stol
en from the city library. It con
tained a pen, keys, personal pa
pers and $7 in cash.
G. D. Baker, 1894 South Capi
tol, reported the theft of a wal
let containing $44 from trousers
left hanging in the boiler room
of a cannery.
George Webster, route 0, re
ported he lost his billfold In
downtown Salem. He said it con
tained $ 13.
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.Itussell Hilterline, Eugene,
who earned a doctor of juris
prudence degree at Willam
ette university last year, who
has been appointed to a teach
ing position at Rutgers univer
sity school of law. .Hinter
line is now attending Duke
university on a fellowship as
a candidate for LLM and
S.J.D. degrees.
Fear-Frozen
Girl Rescued
Portland, Feb. 20 VP) A 10
year-old girl, who stood fear
frozen on a railroad trestle as a
train roared down the track
was rescued yesterday by a 19-
year-old Portland youth.
Don Wallace, an automotive
parts man here, grabbed Susan
Gasby off the track seconds be
fore the train hurtled by. He
held her against the railing as
the train grazed past.
Wallace and his family had
just crossed the Union Pacific
railroad trestle to reach Mult
nomah Falls. Glancing casu
ally back, they saw a girl in mid
trestle, and an eastbound freight
tram bearing toward her.
They yelled, a warning, but
the girl, paralyzed by fear, did
n't move off the track.
Wallace turned and ran down
the trestle. He grabbed her off
the track, holding her against
the Tailing at the side.
It looked like I had a lot of
time when I started," he said,
afterward. "But when I got
there, there was one headlight
about six inches away."
RFC Forecloses
On Lusfron
Columbus, O., Feb. 20 (P)
Today is the day the government
lowers the financial boom on
Lustron corporation, if no plans
go awry.
Some time during the day,
the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration will file foreclosure
action in the U.S. district court
here, RFC Counsel John C. Er-
lckson promised Saturday.
The RFC says Lustron is in
default of its $37,500,000 in loans
from the government. The fore
closure action "almost certainly"
will mean a loss of possibly as
much as $30,000,000, a high RFC
official said last week.
Most of the money the big
prefabricated housing firm bor
rowed from RFC has gone to
meet operating costs, the RFC
official said. That is why there
is no way to recover it.
Today's court action probably
will bo a simple foreclosure ac
tion, but an RFC spokesman has
been quoted as saying appoint
ment of a receiver may be asked
later.
Garden Club Meets
Brooks The Brooks Garden
club will meet Thursday for
luncheon at the home of Mrs.
Hurry Bosch In Brooks.
Queen Shirley Jeanne
Honcycutt (above), 17, of Cu
camonga, Calif., daughter of
an orange grower, has been
selected as queen of the 1950
National Orange show at San
Bcrnndlno, Calif. (AP Wire-photo.)
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Church Leaders
Adopt Policies
Detroit, Feb. 20 VP) The mid
dle way between "unregulated"
capitalism and all-out planned
economy is the course charted
by leading protestant church
men of the United States.
The church leaders 455 of
them from 22 denominations in
30 states were returning to
their home congregations today
carrying recommendations of a
four-day conference on Christ
ian responsibility.
A closing session yesterday
adopted by a 202-15 vote a state
ment calling for "positive action
now to assure all our people,
without discrimination, full ad-
cess to adequate modern medi
cal, surgical and other health
services."
The delegates met under the
sponsorship of the federal coun
cil of Churches of Christ in Am
erica. Laymen outnumbered the
clergy three to one.
In a move outside the sched
uled scope of the gathering,
Jerry Voorhis of Chicago, for
mer California congressman
won the session's backing of an
intensive coordinated study by
religious forces of implications
of the hydrogen bomb.
In its economic statement, the
conference declared:
"Since all economic systems
are man-made and vitally af
fect, the lives of individuals,
one of the chief duties of the
church is to bring Christian
values to bear on economic be
liefs, practices, and conflicts."
Tito Assured
Of U.S. Loans
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Feb. 20
VP) U.S. Ambassador George
Allen has assured Premier Mar
shal Tito there will be no poli
tical strings attached to any
American monetary aid to Yugo
slavia. In a defiant speech Saturday
Tito challenged the U.S. and the
west to make good what he call
ed their promises of aid, but de
clared his country would "rather
go barefooted" than sacrifice her
socialist principles in return for
help.
"As I pointed out when I pre
sented my credentials," Allen ex
plained in an interview yester
day, "the policy of the United
States is strict non-interference
in the internal affairs of Yugo
slavia and no such conditions are
attached to the credits now un
der consideration."
Aid now being considered in
cludes a credit of $25,000,000
plus $11,000,000 from the export-import
bank and the world
monetary fund.
Commenting on the aid ques
tion Tito told some 50,000 per
sons Saturday that the Russian
led cominform countries have
played the "same tune" that
Yugoslavia is seeking aid from
the "reactionary" forces of the
west.
"We have asked for nothing
of late," he said, "but only said
they should give us what they
promised."
PP&L Stock to Be
Offered for Sale
Portland, Feb. 20 VP) The
heads of the eastern investment
group that bought control of Pa
cific Power & Light company
said today they plan to offer the
common stock for sale here with
in six to nine months.
J. Douglas Casey, president of
A. C. Allyn & Co., Inc., and Don
ald C. Lillis, a partner in Baer,
Stearns & Co., arrived here this
morning for a week-long inspec
tion tour of their newly-purchas
ed property.
Lillis said the system would be
left "exactly the way it is," with
no property sales before the
stock Is placed on the market.
He denied any intention of ne
gotiating a merger of PP&L Port
land properties with Portland
General Electric Co.
Casey said he thought the
stock was more valuable than the
approximate $16,000,000 the
investment group paid for it.
"We'll find out," he added,
'when we try to sell it."
Exhibit Staged of
Old and Rare Buttons
A display of several hundred
old and unusual buttons will
continue through the rest of this
week in the lobby of the First
National bank, the exhibit spon
sored by the Salem Button club.
Among the hundreds of but
tons are several rare Japanese
satsuma ones, as well as several
old covered buttons dating back
100 years or more.
Mrs. F. E. Fralick, Mrs. W. B.
Johnston, Mrs. John Clutter and
Miss Meda Garrigues were the
committee arranging the exhib
it. The Salem Button club, of
which Miss Garrigues is presi
dent, was organized in 1948
and now has a membership of
12. Several of the members have
large collections of rare and old
buttons.
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Where Death Rode the Rails This picture shows what hap
pened when two Long Island railroad passenger trains col
lided head-on at Rockville Center, N. Y. The car at left is
one of the cars of the crowded east-bound electric train which
was sheared in half by the force of impact with a west-bound
electric passenger train (right). At least 29 persons were
killed and scores injured in the accident. (AP Wirephoto).
Skipper Brown
Hits Navy Rules
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 20 VP)
Capt. William D. Brown, skip
per of the battleship Missouri
testified today naval regulations
are not clear in defining the di
vision of responsibilities of f
ship's navigator.
Testifying before a navy court
of inquiry investigating the
grounding of the Big Mo Janu
ary 17, Capt. Brown said the re
gulations provide that the navi
gator shall be responsible direct
ly to the commanding officer in
all navigation matters concern
ing the safety of the ship.
But they also provide, he said,
that in other matters the navi
gator shall be responsible to the
ship's operations officer.
Brown s testimony came un
der cross examination by coun
sel for Comdr. John R. Millett,
the Missouri's operations officer.
Brown and Millett, are defen
dants before the court, together
with the ship's navigator, Lt.
Comdr. Frank G. Morris, and
her combat operations officer,
Lt. John E. Carr.
The Big Mo's skipper testified
Saturday when he first took the
stand in his own defense that
the day the Missouri ran
aground he had the "distinct im
pression" he was "utterly alone
far as assistance from my
team of officers was concerned."
Quakers Rap
H-Bomb Decision
Washington, Feb. 20 VP) A
spokesman for the Quakers told
senators today that President
Truman's Hppicinn in malm fhA
hvrfrnln hnmh "mivico
immoral."
He said the decision ilwuld
not have been made until there
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had been "an exhaustive effort
to build atomic peace."
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The witness was Samuel R.j
Levcring of the Friends (Qua-
kers) committee on national leg-
islation.
Levering told a senate foreign
relations subcommittee the great
majority of Americans believe
the United States should "now
launch a great moral crusade for
peace through . international
control and reduction of national
armaments, and through gener -
ous use of our economic resourc-
es to improve world living stan-
dards."
He gave the committee a
statement suDDortins a resolu-
tion which would make world
federation a basic aim of U.S.
foreign policy. Levering said
the Quakers' committee opposes
a union including only Atlantic
nations, fearing a partial union
would only serve to divide the
world into armed camps.
Earlier Former Assistant Sec
retary of State Garrison Norton
said any move toward an At
lantic union should be kept out
of the hands of the state depart
ment. Storm Warnings
Hoisted Along Coast
. Portland, Ore., Feb. 20 J R
The Portland weather bureau
today ordered storm warnings
hoisted effective at 2 p.m. from
Cape Blanco, Ore., to Tatoosh
Island, Wash., and through the
strait of Juan de Fuca and in
land waters of Washington.
The warnings call (or in
creasingly southerly winds on
the coast reaching 40 to 50 miles
an hour by Tueaday morning,
shifting to southwesterly and
continuing Tuesday.
There will be Increasing
southerly winds on Washington's
inland waters, the bureau said,
and southeast winds through the
strait reaching 30 to 40 miles an
hour Tuesday morning, shifting
to southwesterly over the sound
and southwesterly to westerly
through the strait by Tuesday
afternoon.
Raps People
Of Prejudice
"We do not have to worry
about the outright bigots, but
we do about those persons whom
I term 'gentle people of pre
judice'", remarked Saul B. Ap-
plemaum, Portland rabbi who
appeared before the Salem
Chamber of Commerce Monday
noon in the role of guest speak
er.
Rabbi Applebaum, in speak
ing in observance of "Brother
hood" week declared the "gentle
people" were as guilty as the
outright bigots because they are
as guilty of furthering prejudice
as those who fatten off the pro
cess.
"This is not the time for great
heroes," continued the rabbi as
he spoke concerning the need for
workers in the battle against
prejudice. "We want little
heroes people who, each in
their own way will have the
courage to say 'it isn't so' when
they hear a statement that they
know is a lie."
Rabbi Applebaum spoke of the
four chaplains who gave their
lifebelts to four G. I.'s on a
sinking ship. "They did not in-
uqire as to the soldiers' religion
or their racial background,"
pointed out the speaker.
Dr. Ross Mclntire
Talks Blood Bank
I Portland, Feb. 20 VP) Dr. Ross
T- Mclntire, former physician to
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Red Cross blood program, cele-
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anniversary today.
He came here on the first an-
niversary of the establishment of
the m00a bank on a peacetime
basis.
"The Portland center has done
remarkably well," Mclntire said.
"We now have only about half
of the regional centers In opera
tion. There will be about 90 cen
ters when we are completely or
ganized, but that will take three
'or four years."
Mclntire, who was born in Sa-
Jem and graduated from Willam
lette university, said he hoped to
ivlsl that Clty tomorrow or Wed
j"uuy.
Standardization Topic
Willamina Fern district resi
dents attended a meeting called
by the chairman of the school
board, R. H. Reed, in regard to
standardizing of the school. The
general feeling seemed to be that
this was impossible, due to the
e and financial condition of
the district. A budget election
will be held March 9, and the
question will probably be set
tled then.
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JENNIFER JONES
JOSEPH GOTTEN
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Stuart Erwln, Ann Gwynne
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Salem High 2nd
In Debate Event
Salem high school's debate
team, mentored by Miss Amanda
J. Anderson, took second place
in the 18th annual Linfield in
terscholastic high school debate
tournament held in McMinnville
February 16-18.
Debaters from Grants Pass
placed first.
Eunice Peckenpaugh notched
up 9 points for the Salem team.
Miss Pechenpaugh took first
places in varsity oratory, extem
pore and serious declamation.
Other Salem high debaters
placing were Gene Poindexter,
second in varsity oratory, third
in 'varsity impromptu; Ronald
Swanson, second in junior var
sity oratory. The combination
of JoAnne Ellis and John Bone
took second place in junior var
sity debate.
Salem high students who com
peted in the final events but did
not place were Marion Putnam
varsity serious declamation; Eu
nice Peckenpaugh and Louise
Matter, junior varsity debate.
The Vik debaters next tourney
will be the Willamette univer
sity invitational to be held in the
middle of March.
Jason Lee Annex
Open to Public
Recently the congregation of
Jason Lee church opened a Sun
day school annex that cost many
thousands less than the original
estimate of $73,000. The build
ing has been occupied with the
exception of the basement while
a bit of flooring has to be added
and a few other details taken
care of before the structure
complete. The actual outlay has
been in the neighborhood of
$53,000.
By way of providing a bit of
additional cash the church plans
an auction sale next Friday
night at 7-30 when a variety of
anicies wm k aum .o inc mB-
est bidder. These include furni-
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rciuuin .i.c....o..u,oC
tney wisn to coninome to tne
auction are asked to contact
ilc,
wpporiuiiiiy win ue given iu
inspect the church plant.
Standard Cleaners
Again Prowled
Salem detectives were called
Monday to investigate a forcible
entry of the Standard Cleaners
at 362 North Commercial street.
The owner of the business, Jo
seph O'Shea, reported that noth
ing was taken. Entry to the buil
ding was gained through a rear
window.
The investigation of the week
end burglary came as officers
continued their probe of the
Mennis Oil company, 200 Wal
lace road, where a burglary was
reported Saturday.
There, an estimated $5 in cash
was removed from a safe which
had been left open.
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Weeks Recess
In Coplon Trial
New York, Feb. 20 (U.R) Fed
eral Judge Sylvester Ryan or
dered a one-week recess in the
Coplon - Gubitchev espionage -conspiracy
trial today to allow
government girl Judith Coplon's
three new attorneys time to
study the case.
The defense asked for a 60-
day adjournment which Chief
Prosecutor John M. Kelley, Jr.,
said was "outrageous."
Ryan accepted Kelley.'s rec
ommendations of one week. He
directed that the defense might
recall any government witness
who has testified so far.
Samuel Neuberger, new chief
for Miss Coplon, disclosed that
she complained to Judge Ryan
that her former attorney, Archi
bald Palmer, struck her.
Ryan said, "This did not hap
pen before me."
Neuberger replied that it
was in the record of Miss Cop
lon's conversation with the
judge.
Ryan replied that Palmer had
denied this strenously" and
said that he thought that the
displaced attorney had a "fath
erly affection" for Miss Coplon,
Ryan appointed Neuberger,
Sydney Berman and Leonard
Boudin Friday to defend Miss
Coplon after she fired Palmer,
Handicapped,
Aged Employed
"Goodwill Industries of Ore
gon," a non-profit organization
for the purpose of training and
employing the aged and handi
capped, has a Salem connection,
and persons interested in assist
ing the program are asked to
telephone M. Charboneau
3-9762, or 2-8116.
The central plant of the or
ganization is located at S.E.
Grand avenue at Mill street in
Portland, but a pick-up truck
will operate in Salem each Fri
day.
The plan of "Goodwill Indus
tries" is to acquire second hand
articles contributed by people
These articles are reconditioned
by handicapped workers and
then sold in four stores. All
money realized must be used for
wages, equipment and general
expense of operation,
None of the 32 Portland busi
ness and professional people
wno serve on the board of direc
tors receives pay for services,
Goodwill Industries has 180
men and women on its regular
payroll with wages averaging
sxy.uuu each month. Ninety-
three percent of the employes
are pnysicauy Handicapped or
elderly persons considered un
employable by regular industry,
The organization especially
neeas doming, shoes, hats, toys,
dolls, books, stoves, furniture,
beds, bedding, rugs, dishes,
cooking utensils, electric ware,
musical instruments, rags, ra
dios, clocks and similar articles.
Phil Dryer to Seek
Homer Angell's Seat
Portland Orp Ph 9n nipl
j,hil Drev on Pnr.,.j w.w
jWar veteran 'and a member of
the city's Central Labor Council
u.v ,ij u- miM ov . j
tcratic nomination for congress
Jrom tne Thlrd district,
The seat is held by Rep. Homer
! Angell (R.) who will be up for
Ya-eiectlnn thin vrnir
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She's 26 Now Miss Mar- (
garet Truman, the president's
daughter, celebrates her 26th -birthday
at the Coral Gables, ,
Fla., home of Mrs. Marie
Velpe. Miss Truman is in Flor
ida on a concert tour. (Acme
Telephoto.)
Margaret Truman
Handles Tough Job
Miami, Fla., Feb. 20 (P) Mar
garet Truman, the president's
daughter, very diplomatically '
handled a little situation yester
day. Senator Claude Pepper and
his opponent in this year's' dem
ocratic primary, Rep. George
Smathers, were at a reception
in her honor following a con
cert.
Asked to appear for photo
graphs with the candidates, she
insisted it be with both or not
at all.
It was with both. She stood
between them and held each by
the arm during the picture-tak
ing, showing no favoritism.
Box Social Planned
Stayton A box social is being
planned by Stayton post Ameri
can Legion auxiliary at the hall
Thursday evening with the" pro
ceeds to go to the March of
Dimes. Gale Christensen is
chairman. There will be games
and other diversions for enter
tainment. ; The 'TEN-BEST' LIST WILL START
with wanner Bros:
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