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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1924)
- i ear-Old Veteran Paints 'arl Cooper's Entry in Race rcautlful Finish cf Studebaker SpeciaUs Work of Man Who ... . . Painted Studebaker Vehicles Nearly 70 Years Ago : INDIANAPOLIS. May 31. Eoo weeks ago Earl Cooper and hi i mechanician. I ;EarI button, were tuning up tbe Studebaker Facial out in, Los -Angeles after .suing- a race on the west coast. They noticed a; snowy-haired vet traa who was , intensely Interest ed. , - V' - . . . ' . . i; II 3 used to keep hlseye focused on Ihe tiny . Studebaker. - The car teemed to hare1 some strange fas cination for him. Both Dutton and Cooperrioticed It. So one day Cpoper'sala to him: ' . - - , i ; "Mister,- you ; seem to 'admire that midget gas! gondola. . Does It look: ?goodito you?" , ,lle laugher, and, I swear, there were tears in his eyes, lie put his hand affectionally on the radiator, a&djtald i v ': .fcsrrsr 5 "Son, that car is Just like a frandson o1 mine. Just like my earn - flesh and blood. Why! When I was a youth. I was help iu to make Studebakers myself." 1 "Yes.: I Was hired by Clem and J. M. Studebaker, back In South Bend nearly 70 years ago. to paint the carriages they made. " We took a blessed lot of pride in fix in up those carriages. And now -here's this Studebaker rf cer. Some different from the old car riages, but still a Studebaker." I Gets His Job Back The aged man was N.' M. Jfen derEhott, 89-years old, one of Los Angeles' olddest citizens. When he was 19 years old he was paint ing Studebaker wagons and car riages. " And so Earl Cooper, de ciding to repaint his car, delighted him by suggesting that he paint it If he desired. . . - ' , " ." The veteran set to work., He mixed the -colors. Ite -worked night and day. At the speedway here' during the trials, you , see s? sleek racing car. whizzing around the track. It Is Robin Egg Blue, trimmed in gold. A vivid, unique -and eye arresting eight. V. 'I No carriage of old received more painstaking j artentionr. Hurtling through. space it carries the bless ing of an old-time master painter of long ago. , . '-v-- ; Rural Tragedy in Spain -: Brings.Death ; to Four MADRID. May 31. Three per sons were killed and one burned to -death: recently as a; result of an attempted burglary of a lodge occupied by a woman and her fam ily; at a remote railway crossing near Monzon. . , .. , . A gipsy woman armed with a revolver broke into the lodge with the object of. robbing it. The crossing-keeper overpowered her, locked her in one of the rooms and then sent her son to fetch his fa ther. The gipsy woman's husband who had been keeping watch out side, realizing that. his wife was a prisoner caught the son, killed him, and himself got) into .the lodge to release his wife. The gatekeeper succeeded In locking him in another room where a big stock of wood was I kept and then set fire to it. The man was burned to death. Meanwhile two policemen, at tracted by the cries of the tor tured gipsy arrived on the scene. As they entered the room In which the gipsy woman was locked, she fired and killed one of them and was herself shot dead by the oth er. . ' ..' FROM A SMALL BEGIXXIXG IN A VILLAGE -BLACKSMITH SHOP From a carriage works In 1869, General Motors of Canada, Ltd., has grown to be one of the Dominion's leading manufacturing industries. The products have a value exceeding 140,000.000 an nually. ' ; " '-J When General Motors of Can ada was taken over-by tbe Gen eral Motors : corporation, the group of men responsible for its upbuilding became stockholders in the corporation. ' Today there are upwards of 1000 General Motors stockholders in Canada. In Can ada and Great Britain together there are held 1,420.000 shares a substantial interest. ; ' The products of General Motors of Canada include Buick, Mc Laughlin.Buick, Cadillac, Chevro let, Oakland and Oldsmobile pas senger cars -and CMC trucks. In 1923. more than 50,000 cars were shipped from the Canadian plant, 55 per cent of which were ex ported. Motors, axles, and other heavy parts are made at Walkerville. Ontario; body and top building, small parts making, patting, as sembling and finishing are done at Oshawa, Ontario. So. with the exception of cer tain essential accessories, Ihe pro ducts of General Motors of Can ada are built in Canada. 1- : V A- C. HAAG & CO. 444 Ferry Street Announcing the Arrival of a Car Load of CARS V R Jt fa 6 el .7 v.xrxrrti 1 Jl? it 3: i i CARS Tuesday, June 3 A Highly Developed Automobile That is years in advance of current designs A new light weight small dis placement, high compression, high speed, 4-cylinder motor. Four bearing Crankshaft, four bearing camshaft, four-wheel brakes, internal type Firestone Balloon Tires. New system of force feed lab-. ri cation- to all rotating motor 1 bearings; 25 to 30 miles per gal lon cf gas. Tha least advertised and most talked of Car that has : ever come on the market why? 1 ." :J ' Oc'caure it was developed, designed and manufactured by Rollih White and associates who was chief engin eer and one of the founders of the White Truck. . i t r( V Ik, fr . 'A ,J nS. 1 - ( I IL' ; . I f 0 SALEM TEACHERS LIKE CITY ONE-HERE FOR FIFTY YF.ARS 750 ARE ENGAGED IN TEACHING How i long teachers remain In one. city and bow much experience has the average teacher, in the Salem public schools are some of the questions answered in a com prehensive report covering the length of service and year's exper ience of the 150 teachers in Salem recently compiled by Miss Carlot ta Crowley, elementary supervisor. The report shows that teachers en gaged In the city at present have been here from two months to 40 years and have had from three months experience to 50 years work in the teaching profession. Teachers in the elementary schools remain longer in the! ser vice than those In either the jun ior high schools or Salem high school, i .. .. , : Elementary teachers have a me dian of three years in Salem, with a mean of 6.03 years while they have a median experience of ,10 years, with a mean of 14.96 years. Median is used to denote tbe mid dle most number above and below whic hexactly half the number lie. There are 59 teachers in this group. Junior high school teach ers are second, with a median . of three years in Salem and a mean of 4.1, while in experience the re port shows they have a median of 6 years with a mean of 8.76 years. There are 48 teachers in this group. Of the 43 teachers in high school, 10 have had more than 10 years experience and only three have been here more than 10 years. The median length, in the local system Is two years, with a mean of 3.9 " years. The median amount of experience Is 6 years, with a mean of 7.75 years. '- Ot the 59 teachers In the ele mentary grades, time spent in Sa lem varies between two months to 40 years. Eleven of the teach ers nave been here fof two years; nine for one year and seren for three years.: Three have been In Salem for 3 years, 6 years and 8. years t respectively. Two ' each have been here 1 years, 4 years. 5 years, 9 years, 14 years and 17 years. One teacher each has. put in two months, one-half year, 2 years; 6 years; 7 years; 11 years; 13 years, 18. 23. 28 and 40 years.; Of these teachers one has been engaged in the profession for 40 years, with the others having the following amount of practical experience; six. 2 years; five, 10 years; three , 5 years. 6 years, 1 years. 13 years and 31 years. Two teachers each bave had the follow ing years-experience; 3 years. 4 years, 54 years, 11 years, 12 years, 15 years and 18Myears. In cluded In the individual records are the following; htree months. 1 year; 4 years, 6H years, 8 years,' 9; years, 1114 years, ' 14 years, 14 years, 16 and 17 years. 19. 21, 22. 25. 27. 28, 32 and 4 0 years experience each. In the junior high school, with a corps of 48 teachers, the legnth in Salem Is 13 teachers. 1 year; 8 teachers. 2 years and seven teach ers, 4 years. Others are four teachers, 3 years; three teachers. 5: years; two, teachers, 6 years, 9 years and 13 years each. Individ ual teachers and their length .of service are one-faolf year, 34 years, 5 years, 7, 8. 16 and 17 years i each. Of this group - isx teachers have had one year exper ience, with four teachers each hav ing 4 years and 9 years experience each. Three have had 2 years, 3 years' and 8V4 years each. Two teachers have been engaged in this line of work for 5 years. 6 years, 7- years, 10 years. 11 years, and 14 years respectively. One teach er has had each, of the following ears' of experience; 214 years, 3 years. 4V4 years 5 years. 6 years. 9 years 15, 16, 19. 23, 30. 31 and SO years each. None of the Salem high school RESIGNED AS PltESflEn OP KEWFOUNDLAXD, ACCUSED OF $20,000 FUND THEFT ; s J ' ' 1 I Sh ' Ml : 1 i I , . rf I Sir Richard Squires, former Pre mier of Newfoundland, was arrest ed recently, charged with the lar ceny of $20,000, the charg-e being based on the findlna-s of a com mission which investigated irreg ularities under the Squires regime. The Squires government resigned last July Dr. Alexander Campbell Minister of Agriculture In the Squires cabinet; John Meany. for mer Government Liquor Comptrol ler, and Whltford McNeil ly. for merly a clerk In the Crown Lands Office were also arrested. It Is alleged that government fundj were stolen by the accused. teachers have been In the city less than one year, there being 12 In this group, an no teacher has had less than one year's experience, of which there are three. Seven teachers have been here 2 years, five for 4 years, and four for 5 and 6 yars each. Three teachers have been here for 1 14 years with two teachers 3 years. One has been here for each of the .following lengths of time; 2 years, 3 years, 8 years, 10 years, 13 years adn 14 years. Four of the teach ers hare had 2 years and 4 years practical work each, with three teachers the following amount of experience each; 1 ear, 7 years and 10 years. Two teachers each are 3 year, 3 34 years, 44 years; 6 years, 8 years. 9 years, 14 years, and 15 years. Individual teachers and their experience are 14, 5. 6V4. 7. 11, 12. 13. 18. 23 and 32 years each. ; ' . f Qualifications for ; teaching are also listed in Miss Crowley's re port, and of the 59 teachers p the elementary schools 71 meet the requirement for grade teachers and 29 fal below ' the standard requirements. Of these four have college degrees, 38 are normal school graduates and three have had one year of. normal school work. Four are high school grad uates with methods studied in the summer schools; 1 has had 1 normal school work,' two are high school, graduates and seven have had three years of high school work with additional methods. I Of the 48 teachers in the junior high schools, 83 have met stand ard requirements and only 17 fall below. Of this number, five are teaching special work and have special certificates. Twenty of the 48 have college degrees and four have had three years of col lege work; 16 are normal school U. S. MARINES DOING THEIR "DAILY DOZEir' SQ THEY C,: . LIVE UP TO THEIR "DEVIL DOGS" REPUTATipil -1 - w;- .mwvv r -.v. ..-...v. ,V.".-.'.T. ,v, . a. . b"mmmh- . ..r y - s- It is Uncle Sam's boast that his Marines are ready for any emerg ency. The physical requirements for enlistment are rigid, but most important of all is good physical condition while In the service. This photograph, taken at the Marine barracks at Paris Island. S. C shows how the "devil dogs" keep fit. Hundreds of men. assembles daily on the parade ground, c :. monstrate the power ot su;..s muscles by going through ths du Ilsthenle movements wlth-th j: cialon of . clockwork. graduates. Two are teaching on special certificates and five are high school graduates with sum mer school work". ; One is a grad uate of high school and has a half year of normal school. Teachers in the high school rate the highest, for of the 43 engaged. 84 have met the requirements and only 16 fall below the stan dard requirements. Teachers hav ing charge of special work make up this latter class. Five of. the high school faculty have master ot arts degrees and 31 have collgge degrees.. Four have had three years in college, one has had two years in special art school and one each Is a normal school and busi ness college graduate. Those who have not had four years of college training are vocational teachers. Regarding the summer school session; 624 of the elementary teachers employed for three years have not attended any session in the last three years. Fifteen plan to attend this summer, with three undecided. Nine attended the session in 1923., Sixty-eight per cent of the teachers employed in the junior high schools for three years and over have not attended in three years, and 85.7 who have been here five years and over have not attended in the last five years. Fourteen plan-to attend this year while five are undecided. Eight attended in 1923. In the high school. 63 who have been here three years or. over have not attended in the last three years and 75 who have been here for five years or over have not at tended In the last five years. Eight will attend this summer while -four are undecided. In 1923 nine teachers attended sum mer schools. ' Charlie (over phone) I want to see you In the worst way, dear est. ; ' . t ; . - Mary (over phone) Well I usually get up around 10 a. m. Reaction in Business Expected in En:': LONDON, May 31. Tr; prospects in Great Britain are r rosy, and no great movement t be looked for during the com! three months. This is the c;: ion of experta.of the Federation c British Industries, ' who close: watch the movements of the tail ness "barometer." In a report sent out to hundrc ' of traders and manufacturers, t federation says the marked i provement in trade during f past three months is neating c ' mination. and as soon as the i petus of the movement has e; Itself there may be a slight r tion. Abolition of the HcIIc duties will plunge vital Indus!: into a condition that is likely t ruin their programs for years i come. - tot Economical Transportation ' .-' - -j -, . -- Fits 'the Finest Homes ' or Most Modest.' Income Consider the evident high quality of this all year family car, and its remarkable price theii you can 'understand why it has been necessary for us to douBle our production, facilities this year. Many families already owning the highest priced cars, also own a Chevrolet Sedan or Coupe. They find it not only consistent in style and general quality with their social position but also astonishingly economical to operate. Those of more limited means take justifiable pride in the ownership of this distinguished car, which is nevertheless so easy to buy and maintain. , . Thousands of pleased owners will tell you a Chevrolet offers the best dollar value of any car made. Your own requirements for economical trans portation will determine your, choice of models. Any'Chevrolet dealer will explain their many points of superiority, " 1 . j" 5 Passenger Sedan $ 990.00 Delivered in Salem Easy Monthly Payments if Desired NEWTON-CHEVROI (Opposite City Hall) Corner Chemeketa and High Sts. CO.- Phone 1000