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Tbm OREGON STATESMAN, Sales, ' Oregon. Sanday Morning. December 22, 1929 PAGE ELEVEN COMATEO Radical Change in Lineup of Roads Throughout This Country Talked - WASHINGTON,, Dee. 21. (AP) . Consolidation of steam rail rnnila Into 19 comnetlnr units that would radically reshape the nation's transportation map was outlined br the Interstate Com merce commission today ia W long awaited unification program drawn at the direction of con gress. Five of these systems would be In the east outside of .New Eng land, two would be in New Eng land, three in the south and the other nine in the west. Th PpnnsYlranla. the- Baltl more and Ohio, the Chesapeake and Ohio, the New. York Central and the Wabash would be the key systems in the west. In New Eng land, the Boston ana Maine ana the New Haven would be the dom inant rn.i da. whife in the south the Atlantic coast line, the south . em and the Illinois Central would head the major systems. Other Key Lines of V V.M.I 1 J V. dther kev lines would be the Great Northern-Northern Pacific systems, the Chicago-MHwaukee- St. Paul and Pacific, the Burling ton. the Union Pacific, the South' prn Pacific, the Santa Fe. the Mis souri Pacific, the Rock Island and the Chicago and Northwestern, immpili.itfilv hroueht to the at tention of congress, the plan was. assailed from tne aemocrauc siae nf the senate for its failure to pro vide through transcontinental line connecting the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The Sunday school of the United Brethren church, on Mis sion between 12th and University, will give its Christmas program Monday evening at 7 o'clock. The following numbers have been ar ranged: Song by the school scripture lesson and prayer by Rev. A. S, Henderson, pastor; song, "Where Small We Find Messiah?" choir; welcome, Donald Clark; exercise and chorus, "Donald Baldinger and Henry Tanaka: song, "Sing, O . Starry Throng;" reading by Bernice Noak and planting the poinsettias by Cradle roll; song, "What Have Ye Brought to Beth lehem;' junior girls. Recitation, "A Suggestion" by Calvin Stavenaugh, age three; recitation, Margaret Burk; exer cise by primary girls; song, "The Wise Menr" choir; recitation "Christmas Star,". Marjory Hill; solo, "Hush-a-bye," Ethel Haa son: recitation, "I Have a Birth day," Bettie Burk; "The Can Brl gade." junior boys Christmas clapping song by id beginners; sole, "Christmas Carol," Fay Scott; song, "Bells of the Morn Ing." choir; distributing of Christmas treat. GUM MINT GROWN Wrigley's gum is flavored, with peppermint grown in the Salem district. II PRESENT 1 DISBARMENT f X : ' '5 A V . I ' - 0 i - - Jndge Ben Lindsey, famous Denver Jurist, and father of the "companiomate saarriagc" Idea, was disbarred from law practice in Colorado, aa an aftermath of the famous Stokes fight waged by Helen Elwood Stokes for recognition of her children in the will of W. E. D. Stokes. (Upper) Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, Jadge Ben Lindsey. (Lower) W. E. D. Stokes, Billionaire hotel owner and New York realtor. The children of Mrs. Helen Stokes, about whom the fight circled. Samuel Untermeyer, weD-known New York lawyer, and counsel for Sirs. Stokes, who girt Jndge Lindsey $10,000 as a gift for his services in the famous case. School Children Enjoy Christmas Seal Sale Task. Reports Indicate Salem school children have had much fun and considerable excite ment in helping with the sale of Christmas seals, according to re ports from the various grade and Junior high schools of the city. The work has been made a part of the classroom studies in most of the schools of the city and has given the pupils an educational background of the health tubercu losis movement since its inception 26 years ago. This is the first time that dis tribution has been made in the schools, but no attempt has been made for the pupils to canvass any district for the, sales. .Each pu pil has slmpfy bought seals for himself or his parents, many bringing only a' few pennies to ward the cause. Reports were in c&mpetent last night, but children in six schools sold $65.03 worth of stamps, distributed as follows: Garfield, $20.50; McKinley, $13; Lincoln, $12; Richmond, $5; Park, $10; and Englewood, $4.53. At Leslie' Junior high school, Mrs. Lela Reed Newmyer and Miss (Bertha. E. Magness handled the educational program, and every student In the school was reach Seeds for cultivating dollars As you turn the pages of this newspaper, dozens of seeds are scattered over your mind. . . . That's a good looking" car. . . . I'd like to have that radio. . . ; What a pretty dress. . .". I think I'll try this breakfast food. Some of these advertisements may not interest you. Others will fall on fertile ground, take root and bear fruit in some future purchase. Advertisements help you to weed out waste, both in your time and your money. They draw a straight line between your cash and the correct counter. They remind you that there are still one hundred cents in the dollar. And they make it possible for you to budget your spendings before you buy. Not only that, advertisements stimulate your interest in ap pliances that save labor, time and. money. They help you to keep in touch with the times. Through their products, they offer yog an added enjoyment of life. Cultivate the habit of reading advertisements they bring you a harvest , of much USABLE inioraatioa ' ; GROWS OUT OF SETTLEMENT ed through the skits and talks presented on health work. These pupils learned how Jacob Riis, pi oneer social worker in the United States, received a letter from Den mark on which was a seal sold to aid tuberculosis patients in that country. Rlls became interested In the idea, wrote about It and Inter ested Emily P. Bissell of Dela ware, who immediately saw solu tion of her problem to raise $3, 000 for a tuberculosis pavilion in her state. She raised that money In 1904; last year, more than $5, 000,000. was raised in this coun try from the seal sale. All this, the students at Leslie learned. Pairs of children from Mrs. New myer's classes talked in each room of the building, and Miss Magness had each of her , 130 students write papers on the historical background. At Parrish, the educational idea was worked out through the so cial science classes, of which Miss Signe Paulson Is department head. The history, current event and Christmas aspeets were learn ed. Miss Lyle Murray. rinclpal of Englewood, bandied htr sale through the teachers; Mrs. Sue Emmons, principal at Park, hand led the educational program through the teachers, who also sold the seals; Miss Gertrude Sharkey, sixth grade teacher at Richmond, conducted the sale there, and Miss Anna Fischer, principal, assisted through the teachers with the educational pro gram. At Lincoln and McKinley schools, attractive booths were constructed and pupils conducting Kinley, Mrs. Herma Pfister, sixth their sales through these. At Mc grade teacher, handled the educa tional program and had genera charge of the sale; Dean Ellis of that school presented the money to Miss Mary rake, chairman for the county, telling her of the in terest In their program. At Lin coln, Misa Martha Batterman, fifth grade teacher, handled the seal sale and tuberculosis study. and Ray Kemp presented the re turns to Miss Fake. At Garfield, much Interest was shown by the pupils, Miss Margar et J. Cosper, the principal re ported that some touching Bacri flees were made by the. pupils to purchase seals, and that most of the money came In pennies, nick els and dimes. m Si nThese 8-tiibe all electric sets yitK elec tro dynamic speaker8 and push pull amplification are incased in beautiful Burl Walnut Period cabinets. 1 OREeOIl HITS UNIVERSITY ,Or OREGON. Eugene, Dec - 1 J (Special) The tropics and the arctic circle "will be the boundaries of the cam pus for the summer session of the University of Oregon in 1930, It was announced here today by Am fred Powers, dean of the exten sion division of the university, who made public, plans to send floating schools to both Hawaii and Alaska. So successful was the school ex cursion to Alaska last summer that the university has embarked on a double program for the com ing session, with one session of 39 days scheduled for the Ha waiian Islands, and another of two weeks on the campus and 13, days enroute for Alaska. The Ha waii trip will be for 110 students and a faculty of about a dozen, while a large boat will accomo date 200 students and. faculty members to Alaska. The Hawaii . session, which Is 'expected to rank as one of the unique educational ventures en tered Into by American Institu tions of higher learning, will be held in cooperation with the Uni versity of Hawaii and Punahou academy. People of Hawaii are enthusiastic over the plan, and are making elaborate prepara tions for the event next summer. The S. S. Wilhelmlna, of the Matson line, a favorite vessel which has lately been remodeled and made up-to-date and attrac tive for travelers, will either leave Portland on June 14, or As-' toria on July 3, according to whichever date and place works out best for all concerned. The trip wIU last a total of 39 days, of which 22 will be spent in Hawaii. In the Islands the students will be quartered in the dormitory of the beautiful Punahau academy. which adjoins the University of Hawaii. Due to cooperation of the shipping company and people of Hawaii, the entire cost of the trip. Including tuition, board and room In Hawaii and transporta tion will be less than $10 per day. Students who sign for the Alas ka trip will spend from August to 14 on the campus and from August 14 to 26 on the voyage up the inland passage to Skagway. D'ARCY REQUESTS 1 Erection of a memorial building at Champoeg, one of the most fa mous historic spots in the entire west, will be urged on both con gress and the Oregon legislature by Judge Peter D'Arcy, president of the Champoeg Memorial asso ciation and past president of the Oregon Pioneers association. This was announced here Saturday by Miss Fake, as county chairman, yesterday expressed much delight with the way the students had f orked the distribution of seals, nd was more delighted with the educational studies than in the dollars and cents realized. n IB faff 9 EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS Jndge DArcy. Judge D'Arcy today received from Senator McNary a copy of a Joint resolution authorizing aa ap propriation of $125,000 for the construction of the memorial structure. It was said that the use of the congressional appropria tion would be contingent upon similar appropriation being autho- similar appropriation being authorized by the state of Ore gon, v An attempt was made at the last stsslon of the legislature to secure 'aa appropriation for the memorial building, but the re quest was rejected on thfi. grounds that there was a deficit In the general fund of the state. Judge D'Arcy said the. state's finances apparently would be in mneh bet better shape by the end of 1930, The priceless gift of happiness You can have the royal gift of Victor-Radio separately or with the amazing new EJectrola. The music you vxml vthen jfou XPaxd it-ct the mere turn of a knob I You need not be content with less. Remember, only Victor can give you Victor crafts- marishir-Victor DEPENDABILITY! 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