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Old Age Insurance
Payments $18,025
Oregon Beneficiaries Paid
That Sum During First
4 , Quarter of Year
Federal old age Insurance set
tlements witn the . tamilies of
Oregon worker who haTe died
and with persons currently at
taining age 65 amounted to $18,
.025.41 during the first three
months of 1938, Ben O. Lipscomb,
Salem manager of the social se
curity board, announced yester-
day. -
Settlements during March were
made with 221- Oregon claimants
for a total of 17,867.73, the
largest month on record both In
number of claims paid and In to
tal amount of settlements, Lips
comb said. -
The average Oregon settlement
in March amounted to $35.60 as
compared to a national average
of $38.29. 1
"These payments represent we
settlement' which the federal
government makes with the fam
ily of. a wage earner who has
worked at covered employment,
but who dies before attaining 5,
the age at which the old-age in
surance system of the social se
curity act provides for the pay
ment of a monthly annuity to eli
gible workers," Lipscomb explain-
- ed. " ' : ' ' . .
Simllar.payments are made to
persons now - attaining -65, Lips
comb said, and both settlements
are computed at 31 jter cent of
wages earned at covered employ
ment between January 1, 193
and the date of death or attain
ment of 65. Those reaching age
65 may claim their lump sum
without having to re
tire from covered employment.
Nutrition Expert
Talks Here Today
Dr. B. W. Fairbanks, nutrition
al scientist, wilt make a series
of talks liere today starting at
noon when he will appear before
a Joint luncheon meeting of the
Lions. Kiwanis and Rotary clubs
at the . Marion hotel. Dr. Fair-
- banks who now Is a faculty mem-!
ber of the University of Illinois,
holds degrees from : that institu
tion as well as from the Uni
versity of Wyoming. He Is a mem
ber of the American Association
' for the Advancement of Science.
Also on the visiting speaker's
calendar today are a talk at Wil-
' lamette university chapel f r o m
11:39 to noon and a meeting with
home - economics-, classes, of - the
"university-arid - Salem- senior " high '
school during the afternoon. Sa
lem women are -invited to attend
this assembly. "
Tonight at 8 o'clock Dr. Fair
banks will speak for a iolnt meet
ing of Salem PTA groups at Bush
. grade school. This will follow a
Jitney supper to be .served Jtrom.
4H Achievement
Day Is Observed
Judging of exhibits in the
J Marion county 4H club spring
show will begin today at the fair
grounds but the show, big spring
event for county 4 H club mem
bers, will not be open to the pub
lic until Friday and Saturday.
Healthy -youngsters from all
- over the county will also be mea-
sured and tested today as entrants
- in the healthiest boy and girl con
test, a favorite' feature of 4H com
petitors, take examinations at the
Salem YMCA. i 7
Demonstrations, to which the
" general public Is invited, open to
morrow and. continue through
Saturday, winding up with a style
. revue. , - .
In Bitter Custody Fight
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Bitter custody tight between Mrs. Florence Orr, Beverly Hills, CaL,
realtor, and her husband over their two children, Willard m, 9, and
Priscilla, 8, ends in kidnaping charges filed In Chicago against Mrs.
Orr by ber husband. Mrs, Orr. shown lnLos Angeles with her chil
dren where she voluntarily surrendered, denies the kidnaping charges'
In which the husband says his wife "forcibly and secretly confined
and. imprisoned" the children and carried them out of Illinois. Mrs.
Orr iPf"tTM that under the conditions of her California divorcr
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Left destitute when the, brokerage firm of their father, Richard
Whitney, failed, resulting In his sentence to Sing Sing for from five
to ten years, the Misses Nancy and Alice .Whitney, shown in this
recent rare photo of them together, obtained Jobs to support them
selves and mother.
No Strikers, Lut
Early Lumbermen
Had Enough Woe
PORTLAND, April 20-(Jpy-Early
Oregon lumbermen knew
little or nothing of strikes and
vandalism but that didn't mean
their lives were trouble free.
The WPA writers' project,
editing the tale of T. T. Geer's
50 years In pioneer. Oregon,
found that: i
Mel oughlin's mill on Mill
creek. Union county, wore out
laboriously constructed wooden
cogs within a week.
A raw cowhide belt, which
also lasted o n 1 y a week,
stretched four feet the first day
and-i50 feet' by the end' "of a"
week. After much cutting and
splicing the belt was still its
original length, although twice
as much had been discarded,
when It was tossed away In tat- '
ters.
Seven thin boards cut from
cottonwood "warped" t h e m
- selves right out, of .the yard.
"'-" Awagon-4ed f sawdust dis-
appeared probably combusted
itself into a neighbor's stove.
Orvillc E. Birch
Called by Death
Funeral services for Orville E.
Birch, 36, manager of the Shell
service station at Court and Capi
tol streets, who died. Tuesday
night at a local hospital after a
month's illness, are set from the
Clough-Barrick chapel Friday at
10 a. m. The Salem Elks lodge
will be in charge assisted by Rev.
Grover C. BBirtchet. Interment
will be In Belcrest Memorial park
The deceased is survived by the
widow, Mrs. Irene M. Birch; son
Burr ell; brother, Kenneth, and
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee M.
Birch, all of Salem; and a sister,
Rosa Leota Helt of Canby, Calif.
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National Biscuit
Sales Are Larger
The second largest nercentaee
sales increase of any territory in
the united States was registered
by the northwest division of the
National Biscuit company this
week.
The remarkable showing was
made during the month of March
this year figured against March
1938, and was quoted as a "sub
stantial" Increase by J. H. Viel
hauer, district sales manager.
Handling a wide line of all types
of cracker and cooky products,
sales of the National Biscuit com
pany may be taken as some indi
cation of food sales in general
throughout the territory.
: State Included in the northwest
division,' which was outranked
only by the New York sales dis
trict, include Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana, and Utah.
Eight distribution agencies are
located in Portland, Tacoma, Se
attle, Spokane, Pocatello, Salt
Lake, Helena, and Great Falls.
Deepening Labish
Ditch Is Sought
Request for deepening of the
main ditch of the Labish drainage
system and a lateral ditch from
Chemawa school was made yester
day to the county court by U. S.
Page and Dr. Mark Skiff as La
bish property owners.
Filling in of the ditch, now
nearly 50 years old, has obstruct
ed it so badly, the men said, that
damage Is caused during high
water to valuable beaver dam
land adjacent to the ditch. They
were Interested in learning
wnetner tne county could sponsor
a WPA project to clean out and
Improve the ditch.
Countv Engineer Hnbba was In
structed to inspect the ditch-and
report to the court his recommen
dations. Appeal Is Filed
In Dorland Case
Appeal was filed in the state
supreme court Wednesday in the
case oi JLreonara norland, who is
under life sentence . in the' state
nenitentlarv tnr tv !.. A
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Herbert Ruet in Yamhill county.
Tne slaying occured in August;
After committing tha mnrdar'
Dorland took Rncfi bod to
Portland where it was abandoned
in one of the. park blocks. ;
Dorland was tried before Cir
cuit Judge Arlie ? Walker and
w a s convicted ; of first-degree
murder. The Jury recommended
lire imprisonment. '
Martin to Make
Pendleton Speech
Governor . Charles TT frt!n
will leave here Friday afternoon
for Pendleton where he Is sched
uled to give an address at the
annual convention of the Young
Democratic clubs of Oregon Sat
urday. ' " -
The Kovernor also will sneak
at the democratic candidates'
luncneon there. . -
. Governor Martin will be ac
companied by W. I Gosslin,' his
private secretary. ,
Albany Will Join
Air Mail
Postmaster George T. Hocken
smith of Albany .has advised Post
master Henry Crawford of Salem
that Albany . Is happy to fall in
line with Salem plans for two spe
cial valley air 'mall trips during
air mail week. May 15 to. 21.
. Hockensmlth says Albany - is
awaiting further " details and
dates tor th"e"tw6'"pr6posed trips?
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,
Episcopal Church
Given Memorial
Frank' W. Durbin Presents
Window in Memory of
Mrs. Durbin
: A memorial window in honor
of his wife,-the late Clemma M.
Durbin. has been Treiwnti tn at
Paul's Episcopal church by Frank
w. Durom of Salem. The window,
in place for the Easter aorrWa
will be dedicated shortly, prob
ably next Sunday.
The. window, placed at the west
side of the main auditorium, pic
tures Mary and. Elisabeth in a
flower garden, and carries the in
scription, "Blessed are thon
among women."
This month has brought sever
al additional Presentations to the
church, of which Rev. George H.
Swift is rector. .
- Deckebach Memorial
Two attractive solid oak choir
screens have been placed in the
chancel by Mrs. Frank G. Decke
mach and family as a memorial
to the late Frank G. Deckebach,
who served as senior warden and
also was a. member of the build
ing committee for. the present
church. .
The choir screens, like the oak
desk for the visitors' book pre
sented by the Junior Guild in
memory of its departed members;
match in design and material
other furniture of the church.
Two other gifts this month in
clude the silk casso. St. Agnes
Guild presented the rector for
Easter and the visitors' book, giv
en by the 1937 confirmation
class.
Jobless Are Paid
$52,989.85 Locally
Administration of the state un
employment compensation law du
ring the first quarter of this year
distributed I52.9S9.85 in benefit
checks In the Salem unemploy
ment sector, records of the de
partment disclosed. Checks cover
ing eligible claims filed at the
commission's office in Salem to
taled 4778.
Total distribution in the state
for the three-month period was
11,500,522.59. April checks have
boosted this figure to $2,200,000.
The Portland office which
serves Washington and Columbia
counties itinerantly, accounted
for $700,888.21, or 46.8 per cent
of the total. Eugene received the
next largest amount, $107,267.69,
while the $12,763i98 going to
The Dalles was the smallest allot
ment. Interstate Rules
On Shipping Topic
Problems involving regulatory
laws affecting the interstate ship
ment of agricultural products will
be discussed at a meeting of of
ficials of Oregon, " Washington,
California and Idaho at Medford
today, Solon T. White, state agri
cultural director, announced Wed
nesday. Special consideration will be
given those laws which tend to
prevent the free flow of agricul
tural commodities. Officials said
the primary purpose of the meet
ing was to arrive at an under
standing regarding quarantine,
weights and measures, and stan
dardization. "Discriminatory laws, disguised
as necessary quarantine and regu
latory measures, have resulted in
much ill feeling in the past. White
said. "A candid appraisal can
eliminate some of the points in
conflict."
Rev. Swift Plans
To Attend Synod
, Rev. George H. Swift, rector of
St. Paul's Episcopal church, with
Mrs. Swift and their two children,
expect to leave . by . autemobile
Sunday afternoon, May 8, for Las
Vegas, where he will attend the
Provincial Synod meeting May 10
to 12. '
Mrs. Swift will attend as a dele
gate for the ' diocesan woman's
auxiliary. They expect to be away
from Salem 10 days.
Do you realize bow iriESPEnSIVE
long Distance really Is?
: : Don't reserve this far-reaching, low-priced
service just for emergencies. "Why not call . : .
. your loved ones?.
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Oregon, Thursday Morning, April 21, 1938
Stockade Built to House Cheaters
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Anyone caught cheating or stealing votes in the
primary election in Indianapolis on May 3 will be
arrested and exposed to public view in a stockade
built on the courthouse lawn in the state capital
Such is the threat of Otto Ray, present sheriff and
Enforcing of 1935
Market Act Pends
Enforcement of the 1935 Ore
gon agricultural marketing act
will dapend altogether on condi
tions, Solon T. White, state agri
cultural director, declared yester
day. The state supreme court Tues
day refused to pass on the validity
of the law and reversed the Mult
nomah county circuit court which
held It unconstitutional.
"I can see no use of enforcing
the marketing act under existing
conditions," White declared.
The marlreting act authorizes
White to. maintain a balance be
tween production and consump
tion of farm products, control
farm surpluses, fix prices, specify
unfair trade practices! and to reg
ulate price spreads of processors,
handlers and distributors.
Depoe Citizens to
Ask Building Ban
More than 50 property owners,
boat operators and citizens of
Depoe Bay, Lincoln county, Wed
nesday filed a petition with the
state highway commission asking
purchase or condemnation of a
piece of property, now owned by
E. B. Winchell, lying west of the
Oregon Coast highway bridge at
the south end of the present state
park there.
The purpose of the petition was
to prevent the erection- of any
building, on the. property. , -
The petitioners alleged - that
any structure on the land would
be a menace to navigation and
tend to destroy the view of the
traveling public. Commercialism
of the park facilities also was
feared, the petition read.
Frosh Glee Won't
Appear in "Life"
Pictures taken by Life maga
zine photographer of the Willam
ette freshman glee last month will
not appear in the magazine, Its
publishers have informed univer
sity officials.
Unusually heavy demands upon
limited space in the magazine
have made it necessary to exclude
the Willamette pictures, the let
ter said.
A large-number of Salem resi
dents and Willamette students or
dered extra copies of the maga
zine in anticipation of the appear
ance of the, freshman glee pic
tures. - '
Capitol to Grace
Air Mail Cachet
' The special cachet being de
signed for Salem air mail during
observance of national air mail
week, May IS to 21, will carry
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TCHCOSSESSAIK
candidate for the Democratic nomination as mayor.
Ray, who is one of the independents bucking the
"machine", has charged political bosses of the
Hoosler metropolis with graft and corrupt election
methods.
likeness of the new capitol here,
the committee has decided.
A . cut of the cachet will be
available for groups who wish to
use it, with probability that the
Salem stamp society will be the
first to have printed special en
velopes carrying it.
Use of Building
Site Ruled Legal
The board of control has
authority to use the site of the
Mulkey building in Portland, now
owned by the state, for tht erec
tion of an office building there
or trade it for another site, At
torney General Van Winkle
ruled Wednesday.
Funds received from rentals
would have to be used in financ
ing the project as no Other
money was made available by the
legislature. State emergency
board funds could not be used.
Tte opinion was requested by
the state hoard of control.
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Army Men Coining
For Contact Camp
More than 200 reserve and reg
ular army officers from Oregon
and marts of Washington and Ida
ho will come to Salem for a con
tact camp to be held May 7 and
8 under snonsorshln of the 382nd
infantry, reserves commanded by
Colonel Carle Abrams, it was an
nnnnrpii veftterdav.
Features of especial public In
terest in connection with the
camp will be either demonstration
firing of 37 mm. field artillery
guns pr an air show by the 321st
observation sauadron. a reserve
officers' unit. The two-day pro
gram will Include qualification
practice with the 'army pistol, a
small bore Distol match, artillery
exercises and related exercises for
officers of branches other than
artillery. A banquet will be held
late, the first day of the camp.
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the greatest boon to pencil users in a generation.
This pencil is made for bookkeepers who have
to keep figure neat and small ... for statistic lane
who rale fine lines . . . for the stenographer,
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Seniors Win Golf
Interclass Match
'..! am won the Willam
ette university interclass golf
tournament Wednesaay,
2J -points to edge out the sopho
mores who scored -27. The Jun
iors collected 12 points ana
freshmen with only three men en
tered. 3. -WUh varsity squad
members ineligible, no
wr tnrned In; Putnam of
the seniors being medalist at 85.
Nassau scores were: :
seniors: - McLeod 6 M
S Vt , Putnam 9, Do ghton h .
Juniors: Preston 4 , u-ii,
I , Kelly r i. Kable , '
Sophomores : LaVatta7,
Williams 5, Bertelson , Mason
Freshmen: . Phillips Vt, G.
Clark 1. W. Clark. 1.
Qiemawa, Viking
Teams Practice
Coach Harold Hank took his
Viking baseball crew to Chema
wa yesterday afternoon for a
few practice innings with the
Braves before his team tees off
in the "No-Name" circuit against
Oregon City there tomorrow aft
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No attempt was made to score
the practice session at Chemawa,
the respective coaches taking ad
vantage ' of - the opiortnity to
juggle players around at will.
The Vikings are scheduled to
play the Indians a double-header
at Chemewa Saturday afternoon.
The Haukmen do not make
a home appearance until May 3,
against Corvallis. -
Funeral Held for
Mrs; Helen Toote
Funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the Clough-Barrick chapel for
Mrs. Helen Toole, wife of Allan
Toole, capitol construction engi
neer. Mrs. Toole died here Tues
day at the family residence.
Rev. George H. Swift of St.
Paul's Episcopal church officiated.
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