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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1937)
PAGE TKJ Five Per Cent live off State 37,000 on Relief, Figures Reveal; 8979 Are on Oregon Payroll By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. FIt per cent of Oregon's population 10 being supported by . the state. Including; 37,000 on relief, 8.979 on the state pay roll, and 6.500 In state lnstitu tlons. One ont of every 113 persons work for the state. The figures, compiled today by Wallace S. Wharton, director of the budget dirUion. are the first ever to snow the exact number of state employes. The state payroll this month was 11,049,700, compared with 11,025,098 in July and 8945,733 In Jane. The highway commission, with 3,310 employes and a monthly payroll of 3384,023. has more employes than any other depart ment, and more than a third of total number of state employes , Education Second The board of higher education Is second with 2,200- employes and a 3264,000 monthly payroll. The secretary of state employes 365 persons and pays them $39r ooo. The liquor control commission has 308 workers earning $53,- 435 a month, while the state hospital employs 272 and pays them 118,990. Near the top of the list Is the relief committee with 381 em ploycs and a payroll of 840.362. and at the bottom is the chirop- oajgtg examining board with one employe earning $8.33 a month. There are 172 state policemen who earn $26,476 monthly, while the agriculture department has a payroll of $14,254 for 107 em ployes. Average 9117 Month The arerage wage tor all state employes is $117 a month, but workers at Institutions also get room and board. Some employes also serre without pay. Employes and payrolls of oth er departments include: Banking, nine employes and $1,846; board of control, 14 and $2,185; corpor ation, 16 and $2,573; Eastern Oregon hospital, 110 nd $7,300; Falrvlew home, 110 and $7,083; fish commission, 78 and $8,200; forestry, 69 and $10,070; game commission 155 and $15,000; In dustrial accident commission, 175 and $24,088; Insurance, 17 and $2,865; labor commissioner, 17 and $2,505; governor, 6 and $1, 100; land board 14, and $2194; li brary, 26 and $3,118; military de partment 21 and $3225; milk con trol board, 17 and $2,262; pen itentiary 74 and $7,600; printing; 43 and $7,495; education, 10 and $2,023; public utilities commis sioner, 1(1 and $19,170; tubercu losis hospital, 122 and $7,813; and World War Veterans commis sion, 63 and $8,407. Weston Going to Church Conclave Rev. C. O. Weston, pastor of the Evangelistic Tabernacle, left Tuesday for the east where he will represent the state conference of the Assemblies of God of Ore gon at the church's national con vention at Memphis, Tenn. uuueu uauuasi CODTeu'-lon the session will be of the nature of a world wide gathering of rep resentatives of the church from many lands. There will be consid erable delegations from the Brit ish Isles, Canada, Sweden, Po land and missionary representa tion from many lands. The gath ering will meet September 1 and adjourn on the 9th. Filling the pulpit at the Taber nacle in the absence of Rev. Wes ton will be the Rev. Samuel S. Scull of southern California, wno will bespeaking at 11 a.m. Sun day and at 7:45 p.m. Rev. Scnll Is well known through California na otner parts of the United " ' ' : , : a , 1 1 1 1,1 1 - 100 0 a 'At the Salem Ad Club's Helps Evacuate ; ''''-'Li'. . "v-:1 .... '. V v.'- , ... ; 4. f , ' I" "t , m m . ! . . , a I ! " vv-iVi . 4 Liner President McKlnley! Among the liners assigned to evacuate American refugees In war torn China is the steamship President McKlnley, shown above at dock In Shanghai where all foreign residents have been warned to flee. iNisqually Armies Will Clash Today Red and Blue Converge in Sham Battle; Tactics Are Kept Secret v TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 24 -Wn -Sloshing through the mud with the roar of airplanes, the rattle of tanks and the steady drip of rain as accompaniment, -two arm ies of some 7,000 men each ap proached each other along the Nlsqually river at Fort Lewis to day. The armies were the "red" and blue" sections of the northwest contingent, fourth United States army, concentrated here for the final "little war" of the summer. Only the sound of artillery and machine gun fire was lacking to make the sham battle realistic as the "blue" forces, including most of the National Guardsmen con centrated here from Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, approached the Nisqu al ly which they must cross under the fire of "red" defenders. The operations of both armies i were contused to observers today as Major Gen. George A. White, commanding the "b lues" and j Red" Comamnder Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall kept most of their plans secret. Victory Undecided Progress of the "war" from the time the troops went Into the field before dawn today until they complete the field problem, proba bly Saturday, will depend entirely on the efficiency of the two forces. The maneuver is labeled a "free" problem by army experts, with its ontcome not determined in ad vance. The staff of umpires keeps In almost constant contact with each force, apprising the commanders of costly blunders, penalties and casualties as determined by the system of simulated fire. Red light signals seen by a commander indicate to him that his nnlt Is under artillery fire; white flashes indicate machine gun fire and dropped rolls of tissue paper take the place of bombs for the squad rons of patrolling airplanes. The troops remained in the field tonight, with the first real attack by "blue" forces expected at dawn. States. He will speak regularly four times each week; twice Sun days, morning and night, and Tuesdays and Thursday night at 7:45 and You'll Need it for Your Share IN U.S. Refugees I (I it ? ' 1 1 mfclMlnij'umjl..j u" "Tf ' t r Navy Yard League Effort Supported Electrical Workers union No. 280 of Salem has voted to support a movement by , the Puget Sound Navy Yard league to secure imme diate allocation of naval appropri ations to prevent an impending ex tensive layoff of workmen in the Bremerton, .Wash., navy rard. It was announced yesterday by Rus sell Gardner, recording secretary of the union. The league is asking specifically for funds to build a special docket and two destroyers at Bremerton. "The union backed the move ment because the Bremerton yard spends about $2,000,000 annually in local northwest markets and we want to keep employment and pur chases continued," Gardner said. Boundary Change To Be Protested (Continued from page 1) reached. Maurice Bullard, at present at Parrlsh junior high, will teach the new senior high course and his successor at Par rish will be selected by the board's employment committee. Other employment matters were acted upon as follows: Senior high coaching assign ments, with extra pay allowances Football, basketball and base ball, Harold Hauk, $100 each; track and wrestling, Vernon Gil more, $100 and $50, respectively; tennis, Wesley Boeder, $50; B football and basketball, Garnle Cranor, $50 each; swimming, Cranor, no extra pay; golf. Glade Follis, no extra pay.-. Leslie junior high Resigna tion of Elinor Tonsing, physical education director, accepted, and Ruth Elizabeth Warnke, now of Baker, appointed as her succes sor. Miss Tonsing has accepted a position In California. Senior high library Rae Mar garet Boyles, now with city lib rary, named assistant to Librar ian Alta Kershner. McKlnley school Mrs. Mar Jorle Whitely, formerly of North Howell and Silverton and now of Cedar Mill, Washington coun ty, appointed teacher f o r new room equipped this summer. Parrish junior high Gladys J. Humphrey, English instructor, granted leave of absence until after Christmas holidays. Senior high cafeteria Employ ment committee authorized to sel ect a cafeteria superintendent. Janitor salaries Problem of VALUA THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 Watclr Thursday Tb OHEGON STATESMAN, Salem, 2509 Mennonites In Turner Meets Delegates Hear Speeches, Conference Will Close . . at Noon Friday TURNER ( Special ) -With an estimated 2,500 attendance, the general conference of the Men nonite churches of North Amer ica is in fall swing here, num bering among delegates persons in church work from all points in this country," Caifada, South America and Africa. An even larger attendance Is anticipated as the conference is welled by new arrival between now and the closing sessions Fri day noon,' Programmed for the remaind er of the week are the follow ing events: Wednesday t a. m. Song aervlve and devotlonals, roll call by conferences, sermon by Abner O. Toder of Iowa. 1 p. m. Sermon glren by L K. Burkhardt of Indiana, "The Basis of Church Unity;" reports. 8 p. m. Sectional meetings and executive sessions. Congre gational program with Modera tor S. H. Rhodes of Virginia; "Helps in the Christian Life" by A. C. Good of Illinois; "Prayer" by M. D. Stntzman of Kingman, Alta.; "Fellowship" by S. J. Miller of Michigan. ' 7:15 p. m. Young people's problems, peace problems. Sub ject: "Doctrinal Unity" by Milo Kauffman of Kansas; "Practicall Unity" by J. L. Stauffer of Vir ginia. Thursday, 9 a. m. devotions followed by various "committee reports; New Testament Minis terial Standards; "For the Min ister's Life," E. Hochstetler, Wolfard. N. D.; "For the Min ister's Service," John g. Hess, Lititx, Pa Afternoon devotions and re ports: "The Minister's Responsi bilities," A. J. Stelner, North Li ma, Ohio; "How Maintained," A. J. Metzler, Scottdale, Pa. 6:30 p. m. Workers' meeting, Allen Erb. La Junta Colo., "Un finished Business;" s e r m on, Jesse Martin, Waterloo, Ont. Following the close of the con ference, Oregon Mennonite churches at Portland, Harris bnrfc Molalla, Sheridan, Albany, Hopewell, Fairview, Bethel and Zlon will be addressed by vis iting delegates next Sunday. Extra Session of Congress Talked (Continued From Page 1) that a special session will pass upon wage and hoar regulations, anti-lynching and farm loan bills. Both wage-hour and anti-lynch-Ing legislation were opposed vig orously by many southern demo crats in the recent session, and both were sidetracked for the time being. General farm legislation likewise was deferred. There has been speculation that the president might make a tour of the country, prior to a special session, in behalf of administra tion proposals recently shelved. After lunching with the presi dent and Representative Rayburn today. Senator Barkley told re porters: "We talked over the general situation. We also talked about the pros and cons of an extra ses sion but no decision was reached." Senator Schwellenback (D Wash), also a White House caller, said he had sounded out Mr. Roos evelt on a apeclal session. "I told the president," Schwel lenbach said, "I felt if we get farm legislation ready we ought to have one." The senator did not disclose Mr. Roosevelt's reaction. how many Janitors to hire for new high school referred to em ployment committee after esti mate of $7188 salary require ment held likely to exceed budg et; report recommended one Janitress each at senior and two Junior high schools, an lnnova tion to the local system. to Bid of 1(Q)IW . . A HEADLINE FEATURE Statesman for List of Articles to Be Oregon, Wednesday Morning, Bathing Beauty in 4 Lucille Lundy, shapely Hebo miss who is one of the entries in the "Moonlight Bathing B e a a t y Contest,' one of the feature events of the midnight matinee fan show to be held during the coming Hop Fiesta at Indepen dence. (Jesten-Mlller photo). . Midnight Bathing Beauty Show Set INDEPENDENCE-(Sp e c J al) Redheads, blondes and brunettes will all have an opportunity to be in the spotlight, literally speaking, if they enter the Moon light Bathing Beauty contest of the Hop Fiesta at Independence, at 12 o'clock Saturday night. A huge spotlight is being in stalled in the Hop Bowl, where the beauty classic Is to be held, and each contestant will have it played on her, as she parades be fore the Judges in competition for the three valuable trophies, which will reward the winners. Earl Snell, secretary of state. and Rufus Holman, chief Judges of the aspirants for Hopland pul chritude honors, are busily en gaged in selecting men qualified for the Judicial positions. They are experiencing little difficulty in obtaining applicatons. The "Midnight Matinee" has attained wide popularity, with Fiesta visitors. It is a nonsen sical performance, in which the audience Joins with the actors in providing the entertainment. One of its chief features is the "Cat-putter-out" contest, in which dig nified business men of the com munity don nightgowns, and demonstrate their speed in put ting out the family cat while keeping a candle burning dur ing the 50-yard dash. Favorites Win in Western Tourney ST. Paul, Aug. liPfTvtOT ites breezed through first round matches in the S7th annual Wom en's Western golf tournament at Town 'and Country course today. Leading the highly favored players to the front were Dorothy Traung of San Francisco, defend ing champion, who turned back Harriett Randall, Indianapolis city champion, 3 and 2, and Mrs Opal Hill-ef Kansas City, medal ist, who defeated Muriel Veatch of Portland, Ore., 4 and 3. Pacific Northwest titllst, Mar- Ian McDougall of Portland, Ore., eliminated Nadne O'Leary of Bis marck, N. D., S nd 1. I ; . - - : r pi rr. LI UiJ ltaond !! I n , j mCiTcaAwa? U ! I ' i r ' -- : ' . , .. -1 ' ELE August 25, 1937 Gold and Silver Medals Restored Jersey .Classes to Be as ... Last Year; Official Test Is Severe In the Oregon state fair Jersey how, gold and silver medal classes, not included in the prem ium book this year, will be judg ed and the same cash premiums as last year will be awarded, fair officials" announced yesterday. These classes have been re stored at the urge of Jersey breeders and Inasmuch . as half the world record Jerseys are Ore gon cows the fair management feels production records should be given, recognition at the fair, which opens Labor day. All dairy cattle classifications had been made uniform this year in line with a request from representa tives from other states that all ml A Come in! See the entirely new 1938 DouMe-X Philco with the Inclined Control Panel . inclined to yon may tune with ease and grace . , . sitting or standing I In a single glance, you see the call letters of your favorite stations! With a single motion, Philco Automatic Tuning brings them in! And the famous Philco Foreign Tuning System spans the seas to bring yon finer for eign reception! PIG TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE 5U ear wttk puuu u v i ti i u u Phoncij tHoncij Cluction Gortificato MERC OF FJl 01 Sold at Auction! western show cattle compel in identical classes. Jersey breeders point out, however, that other western states do not have the world records that Oregon has. - Premiums will be $30, $20 and $10 in the gold medal class and $25, $15 and $8 in the sil ver medal group. Gold and silver medal cows have all been subject to a severe official test and receive certifi cates of production from the reg ister of merit of the American Jersey Cattle club. Every gold medal cow has given at least C10 pounds of fat In 305 days test or least 700 pounds of fat in 365 days. The silver medal is earn ed by. all cows under five years of age on test that produce 410 pounds of fat in 305 days, ex cept that if older than two years and 95 days at start of test, the silver medalist : must produce two-tenths of a pound of fat for each additional day older. Strict adherence to the rule that every animal exhibited at the fair must come with registration papers will be followed this year, and the papers will be checked V ! Y EASY I TERMS 7 Boa Mc Blfk-Xffidmey AmU fc humn grmlmt a M as aa a . 'Liz m.Pr tember t. 1987, IP.M. HAND SALEM SILVERTON ALBANY ' . iii,,.,,,B,aaf against the animal's ear tags. ia the livestock divisions wheie bang's test and tuberculin test is required, check will be made also to see that these requiremtnj are fully met. Towe Contractor For School Route - At Victor Point VICTOR POINT High school students in this district will le carried to school by C. J.-Tow of Silverton Hills, who has con tracted for the transportation of students on the Union Hill route which runs through this district. Towe at present Is on a trio to Cincinnati from where he will get "three new school busses which will be used here on the Howell Prairie and Marquam routes. Mrs. Towe, Misses Ruth and Florence Funrue of Valley View accompanied Towe on the trip and will drive the busses on the re turn trip. -&UiMir t fill i fJi M lh m PHILCO 1XX LMkatOtMlMtaMri ImIImI Caatnl Pel, Aatraatia Tuine, HmU. Tmte. lacUae4 SmMUn Beard, Aadttarlaas Speaker. 4-Paia Taata Castr!, rule Ferafsa Tnbf Srataa Hk Spree Dial, btanniaf kaaa- Q- ambfced eakiaet. Lee aerial Otkep De!e-X JS.V.VO jbbv -s. aa MU; leet aerial fonlf ncftUm. , IS 1 ml