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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1938)
Tht OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, jsundaj Morning, June 19, 1938 First Pictures of of New, Interior Capitol Preview Opening State Capitol Ready Tuesday Although Three Item yet to Be Done eKys to Be Presented Although three Items still re main on the calendar of capital completion, Oregon's new capitol will be presented to the state Tuesday by architects and build er, with the reconstruction com mission scheduled to make final Inspection at that time and accept the structure for the people of the state. While the governor's three room suite Is the most luxurious ever used by an Oregon executive. It Is the massive lobby to which architects point with pride. Com pared to a giant vault, it extends upward 150 feet to the skylight and cylindrical dome. Centered by a bronze replica of the Oregon seal, the lobby Is fur nished with walls of rose-colored Travertine marble from Montana quarries. No murals will be placed here or the rotunda until October. Only Chamber Furnished Only furnished rooms at pres ent are the legislative chambers, which boast a complete set of desks and carpets. Names of men who hare made Oregon history are Inscribed around the walls. Individual offices, back of their respective chambers, have been furnished for the speaker and president of the two law-making bodies. Lion's share of the space is al loled to the secretary of state, his oftices covering the entire east portion of the first floor and a portion of the basement. Remain ing rooms on the second, third and fourth stories are unassigned, but will probably be used for com . mittee rooms. A cafeteria will be situated in the . basement, along with the building ; superintendent 'a office and filing rooms for the purchas ing department. Items still called for in the cuioiieiiou program mciuue: plac ing of the Pioneer" statute atop the 'dome, murals and marble sculpture groups; landscaping, scheduled for -completion in . the fall; and furnishing for the gov ernor, secretary of state and treasurer quarters. James Rand Is IEU's Chairman . DETROIT James Rand of De troit was named chairman of the Industrial Employes' union at a meeting held at Idanha this week. Tom Bowers of Idanha was elect ed vice chairman and John Miller of Idanha. secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Roy Newport received a bad cut on her right little finger Friday when a water glass broke as she was washing it. The CCC doctor from Camp Mary's creek was. called to sew the wound. Sisters From Neighbor Parish Are Conducting School, Hubbard Church HUBBARD Sisters Evangeline and Blanche of Mt. Angel are conducting a school of religious education at St. Agnes Roman Catholic cba. h. The school meets every evening at 6:30 o'clock and Is for the younger toys and girls of the church. Mrs. A. Ammel of Minneapolis, Minn., is a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Foster. Mrs. Ara tnel's son is married to a daugh ter of the Foster's. Mrs. Rlary Kinney Called by Death Mary Kinney, who held an im portant role in women's politics in this state in the middle '20s, being state senator from Clat sop county in 1923-23 and state representative from the county In 1921, died Thursday at her Seaside. Ore., home after an Ill ness of many months. - The widow of (William S. Kin ney of Astoria, she was born in Salem April 9. 1859 and grad uated from Willamette univer sity in 1878. She was the great granddaughter of Tabltha Mof fet Brown, founder of Pacific uni versity at Forest Grove. Mrs. Kinney is survived by three sons. Robert C. Kinney of Oearhart, Dr. Kenneth W. Kin ney of Roseburg and William S. Kinney of New Tork City, also by a foster daughter. Mrs. Chriss A. Bell of Portland. She 1s an aunt of Mrs. Fred D. Thlelsen of this city. I Services will be at the grave at 1 o'clock Tuesday at IOOF cemetery, Salem.' Methodists Meet For Conference Session Is at The Dalles M. E. Church Opening ; Tuesday Night J Dallas to Select 2 Board Members DALLAS The annual school election for Dallas will be held at the junior high school Monday, June 20. Voting will take place from 2 to 7 Monday afternoon. Two school directors are to be elected at this time. J. A. In gl.is and A. R. Hartman, incum bents, have filed as candidates for directors for a three year term. The proposed) budget for 1938 39 will also be voted on at the same time. j ' - Coatimondis Newest Attraction at Auto Park Near Hubbard HUBBARD Earl Loney. -who operates the Zoo-auto park and has a wonderful cillection bf wild animals, added! two new animals this week. They are a pair of coatimondis. The park is located one-half mile north of Hubbard on the Pacific highway. Mr. and Mrs.! II. Kestler of Ar nette. Okla.. who have been visit ing, with Mr. and. Mrs. W. B. Mathews, returned home Wednes day. -Interest of""- local Methodists will center this week ia the an nual conference,' to be held at The Dalles First Methodist church. starting Tuesday night. Heading the group attending from Salem will be Dr. Louis Magin. superintendent of the Sa lem district, and, Dr. Sydney Hall, superintendent of the southern district. All Salem pastors will attend: Dr. J. E. Mllllgan. First church: Rev. Lynn A. Wood, Ja son Lee: Rev. Dean C. Polndexter of Leslie - church, who is also treasurer of the conference: and Rev. K. K. Clark of West Salem. .. So far as is known here prior to the conference, but one change is likely in Salem'1 appointments at hands of the conference, and that, if it materializes, at West Salem. Bishop W. E. N Brown, DD, LLD, of the south and who. will preside at the conference, "will give the opening address, Tuesday night, conference sermon and conduct the ordination -oa the. closing Sun day morning, r".. ' Dr. M. A. Marry ,-rformer Salem pastor, will preside at the Wed nesday afternoon -meeting recog nizing the anniversary of the Deaconess board. Miss Cora M. Stukenburg will give the address. Wednesday night the main ad dress will be by Rev. C. K. Ma honey of Spokane Central church oa j "Aldersgate, Its Vitalising Power." . ..... Features Thursday will be the 1:45 p. m. Jason Lee centennial celebration at Pulpit Rock, with w. i w. loungson nresidinr. and Dean U. G. Dubach of Corvallis speaking on "Jason Lee at The uailes 100 Years Ako": the S p. m. missionary rallv with ad dresses by Dr. Walter Torbett. of the board of home missions and church extension society. Dr. P. G. . Gould, native Alaskan, and Miss Marie Corner, Bombay, In dia. The lay conference will be In session Thursday and Friday afternoons. Thursday night Bishop Titua Lowe will sneak on "Aiders- gate.' Its Place in World Evan gelism. Dr. J. E. Mllllgan of Salem First church will preside at the educational banquet Friday nleht. with , Miss Sybil Tucker of Cor vallis and Rev. B. Earle Parker of Eugene the speakers. Friday night President Bruce Baxter of. Willamette will address the con ference meeting, and Saturday night Dr. Charles W. McClanrhev of Seattle will speak, both sub ject to carry phases of the Aiders gate experience. Pacific Sailors Union 1 Vote AFLJteaf filiation J SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 G2P)-Members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the San Francisco Examiner said Friday, have voted more than 2 to 1 to give up their independent status and reaf filiate with the AFL, which they left in 1935. ' Devils Lake Show Ruled by Twins Charming Girls Queens of Thrill-Packed Regatta Closing Today, r " ; - . 7 " DEVILS LAKE For the first time In the history of any civic celebration in the Pacific North west, twin queens rule over the Devils Lake .Regatta here this Saturday and Sunday, June 18 and 19. when Miss Ada Middles worth and Miss Ida Middles worth, twins of Otis, mounted their spe cially constructed and decorated dais for their coronation by Ad miral Earl Riley of Portland. Complemented by four prin cesses.: Miss flola Haas, crown princess of Sheridan, Miss Fran ces Wilson of Hebo, Miss Claire Williams of Lincoln Beach, and Miss Lily Larson of DeLake. the royal court will have twin fawns as mascots. "- A : fireworks display thrilled spectators Saturday night on the beach, while the Queen's Ball at the Oceanlake pavilion brought the first day's events to a close: - Water Races Today ' Sunday the royal court, es corted by Admiral Riley and his taff of vice-admirals, along with spectators, will be regaled, with an elaborate outboard ' racing program. Over 35 drivers and boats have entered the races in competition' for cash prizes. All events will be in full view of spectators on the natural grandstand : which slopes to the water's edge. Val Plue, commo dore of Ihe Oregon Outboard racing association, has charge of Sunday's racing program, in which 14 heats with C service runabout, B hydroplane, M hy droplane, C racing runabout, C hydroplane and F hydroplane crafts will compete. UCC Changes Date For Claim Weeks m t - .0 - ' f ..4.: To Adopt Calendar. Style ; for Benefit Checks Starting July 3 . Beginning July 3, the state un employment . compensation - -: com mission will adopt: the calendar week, ending each Saturday1 at midnight, as the claim week for benefits to covered Jobless work ers in Oregon. -..'; ..: Simplification of administration and facilitated handling of partial employment claims prompted the commission to adopt the. ruling. according to Administrator D. A Bulmore. Instead of designating an Individual's claim week as the seven consecutive days following initiation of. claim, each week in the year will be pumbered and continued claims will be catego-. ried from 1 to 52, depending on the week in which the continued claim is filed. Employers have experienced considerable difficulty in check ing amounts of earnings reported by claimants who are on a re duced hour basis. Some firms have reported as many as six va riations in the reporting schedules of employes in the same plant. V The average worker's concep tion of a pay week Is from Satur day to Saturday and when em ployes are paid from Wednesday to Wednesday, for Instance, em ployers have found It difficult to 1 reconcile the two periods In re spect to partial earnings on a claim weelc" basis'. The calendar week basis of computing claims is eipectedr te simplify . these claim situations and to. facilitate processing In the central office. . Claim deputies in tha commis sion's 22 offices have been in structed to change to- a. calendar week all claims In which there is an Interruption iu tha. payment benefits for. consecutive? weeks of unemployment and henceforth te Initiate new claims on, tha calen dar week basis. Hereafter when a claimant files an, original claim on MJ daj of the week, tha first week Of such claim , will be the calendar week In which the claim Is. filed. Former Suver Youth Tells About Hooking 3-Foot Salmon Catch SUVER Eugene Hockema. 10. and Vernon Haight, 19 I ear ola son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Haight, who lived here at the Ralph Kes ter dairy until last fair have a real fish story to tell. Last week the boys, in tha Ai- sea river, hooked a salmon which weighed 22 pounds and measured three : feet and two Inches. Ver non and his parents reside-on the Dick Yates ranch at Alsea now. Rose. 9 year :old Jersey, cow owned by H. F. Couey became the mother of twin heifer calves last Wednesday. Both calves are large. one red, the other spotted, and both are Vlug fine. ! u ' i A ... ' ,. .-- i I i ! ; ' I 1 J -r I t I : Xl L ,' -?r ,' J: t , : . . ..-. ..,. :...- 3 - -f t ,; I - - !t I . . i It . Il .: " U l II - ' - -r Interior of board of control meeting room. j Governor's recepUon room, with map of state. I " i 1 niTiniiiiwi ii .imniw iiiiii i mm'wmt hiiih,im'm"1 i i -.wwr Lit r y " '4 , For the first time in Salem pic tares of the interior of the new state capitoL nearly completed, are shown in The Statesman to day. The building will be finished nearly Fix months ahead of. sched ule and. little over a year since its cornerstone was laid by Gov ernor Martin Jnst a year ago this week,' Tuesday, the aame day the cornerstone is to be laid for the new state library across Court street from the capitol, state of ficials will inspect the new bulld preparatory to taking over the keys from the contractors. To the left is an interior view of the house of representatives.' Inset is the - stairway leading from 'the main floor of the building- to the senate chamber. (Courtesy The Oregonian.) r A r vm0r -s i i Ai it -r i - H I ' ' ' ' -v " ffv " ' i f ft 1 -I 1 i 1 ; I i J .:". j i ; ' M j i - ! : H II - A 1 . 5 'si u ' 1 r v. i '5'J ? ' ; v 5 ; j f f ; - y i i ! . I V 1! :I ' . " I 'J l Ji ;! j; Hj "! v. 'j ! n H n :- 1 I - i . 1 .:' ' -I " 'i I- 1 r"- v.. , - 5 -v 1 1 : ' ' 7 ' 5" -k ... A" The "Xarcult Rider," in its new location. ; 1 I 4 , j i , I . . 'I Il 'irt'iMMii T!!''! ill nrfJ"'Illl III . 'IMIHI III IMIIIIIIIWIH Ill WMllll I I1IIIH 'Upl I'll I UmmiMljt lll1 u. First interior shortly after July 1. -views of Oregon's new capitol building. The building is fast ncaring compIeUon and state offices are expected to be moved In Directly above is an over-all view of the Capitol's already familiar exterior. ... : ' Leeislatlve halls of the new itjlrhnnu M uvT.t.i. amm rr- . . ... - --. - J v ihiiot IIUHIIHT Willi RMfmm Mt r i.l. is shown above. Figures of fish and rrain on the floor denote the in,inf. -r-t . . m at Ithe capitol is shown at top -and ia the center Inset is a vertical view of the interior of the "dome? i i ' . . - ,- - i - 'V; ,V - , ttonrtesy The Oregonian.)