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The OIIEGON STATESMAN; galea, Oregon, Thursday Uondar, tooiylf. 19S9 PAGE THREE Commercial St. Arc Replace High Street in "$7orst Traffic Record , During Year 1938 Salem's wont Intersection from ; the standpoint of. . traffic - acci- dents last , year -. was the spot whero .' the . , two wcrst streets crossed -State and" Commercial, Secretary ot State Carl Snell re ports. , Replacing: the corner of State ! and . High as the city's Number i One accident spot, the- Siate and - Commercial Intersection was the scene of. 40 reported mishaps . daring 193 s the came number that won the dubious distinction for Stats and High last year. . c Commercial Street Wont '.' "Accidents onCommerciall street numbered 241 daring 1538, only fire less than the previous I year. Ut this number. 2t resulted In Injury to an automobile occu-1 pant or pedestrian. - Here are the comparatlTe records of the pity's chief streets:, Street - 193T 1931 -'Commercial .....24 242 , State ....203 23C High.......... 191 ; ISO , Court 172 121 Liberty ..;..... 159 110 Center . . V. . .... 142 122 Capitol .........120 129 Chemeketa ...... 73 i02 ,12th 85 State street was second In In jury accidents, with 23, but Cap itol was third with 15, due prob ably to Its fast traffic. , Nine Intersections Perilous 7 The nine . worst . Intersections following State and Commercial were State rod Liberty, 31 acci dents; State and High, 31; Court ; and High, 31; Court and Liberty, 29; State and 12th, 28; Com mercial and . Center, 22; Court and Commercial, "1; Capitol and Center. 18. and Hixh and Che- ;' meketa, 17. All of these except the last two were In the first 10 last year. - Total accidents on the eight bnstest streets increased about 4 per cent during the year, Snell said, although accidents through out the city as a whole dropped from 1553 In 1937 to 1541 last year. Drivers can be of assistance ip. lowering Salem's accident to tals by observing . the following points: . ' ,-. , 1. Proper use of traffic lanes and obedience to traffic lights at downtown intersections. Proper arm signals are highly important. 2. Care in leaving parking . places, and watchfulness for oth er cars leaving parking places. 3. C nation in entering "through" . streets, and observ ance of reasonable speeds while traveling on "through" streets. Portlander Heads Newspaper Group I PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18-0P) -S. R. Winch, business manager of the Portland Oregon Journal, was reelected president of the Pi.clflc Northwest Newspaper as sociation at the annual meeting today. "' ' Publishers and business execu tives of 23 newspapers in Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Utah and the Province of British Columbia attended. Other o fleers are: Vice presi dent, John Russell, The Province, Vancouver, BC; "rice president. W. H. Cowles, Jr., general man ager of , the Spokesman-Review, ' Spokane; treasurer. Palmer Hoyt, manager of The Oregonian, Port land; Robert M. Mount, Port land, secretary. Chosen to sit with the officers on the board of directors were James Dickey, jr., publisher of The Post, Butte, Montana; John McClellan. publisher ot the Dally News, Longvlew, and Harry Ca- bill, business, manager, of The Times, Seattle. Ross Called East I f To Explain Need PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. The 'congressional appropriafTon committee has called J. : D. Ross, Bonneville administrator; to i Washington to explain the neces- , sity of 114,400,000 to .construct I Mf eeder transmission " lines In 1940. Charles E. Carey, principal i construction engineer of the Bon- ! neville project, accompanied Ross. That amount was recommended K . to congress 'y the federal budget -bureau, which also urged $7,000,-1 000 tor the army engineers to In stall, additional generating equip-1 .-Idaho Vniveritiy Honori Late Brig; C,lChri$mah MOSCOW, Idaho.1 Jan. 1 - Study halls at the University were -empty and silent this afternoon as ' hundreds of student paid a final tribute to Brigadier General Ed ward R. Chrismas, commandant emeritus of the vnlTersity military department, -t nAnarnl Chrlsmae aied Bandar following an operation for a rup tured appendix. . - 1 r . Student Ntir$e Train In Claclcamat ' County . : OREGON CITT. Jan. 1S-UPV- Four student nurses were assigned to Clackamas county publle health department today tor training in public health nursing under Coun- , ty. Health Officer .Margaret Pay ton. They r are Lucille Lukeus? : SUrerton:.? Lucille Dunn, Port land; Lois Rose. Hood Rlter; Evelyn Bhelley, Alabama. , ' December Car Accident r Fatal to Sherwood Han I PORTLAND, Jan. 1HPH gon's list fatality list increased by one today when 01 Peterson, C4, Sherwood, died ot Injuries suffered tDeeeafte 4rAear-vis V Py I . . ,- ; . , mat Oerrenak s. Polks at Natrona, Pa, held Paul Cervenak, 29, in1 coDnectkai with the death of Mrs. Naponocens Jarzyosld, 79, who ttred alone to 1 ' another part of Cervenaks house. ' Detectives claimed Cervenak ad mitted killing her because ah had told friends he was going to marry her. Arthur Hoe "If I don't burn for this I dont know what's wrong with the people!" So said Arthur Hue, a Chinese house boy, to Chicago police when be confessed to the slaying of Mrs. May Wong, wealthy restaurant owner. if- :-rs'.-.-.;-. . Dr. Gordon Mordoff and 'Sonny Boy" Gunman's hullet ends the life of Dr. Gordon Mordoff, 65-year-old Chicago physician and central figure In a much-publicized 193S court test for the custody of three - year - old "Sonny Boy shown with the slain doctor at that time. According to police, Dr. Mordoff was shot and killed in his office by his brother-in-law, John Quinn, who, it is said, had accused Mordoff of being respon- siMe for- Mrs. Mordoffs death."" ftsaOS--4ireeaAeldV ' rortured for years Toy Ids par- raiyscd ' sorrt . sunring; IjouIs ;. ! Gxeennekr, 'New 'Tork roIDlnery- i nnop , opcrawr, uwraronnea we ; 1 17-year-old boy and told ambu- i lanes attendants who sought to revive him that Z hope you dont : succeed.' Grtenfkld was charged vith homicide. . . Arson1 Attempt Charged x In Klamath" FaUs Area ' KLAMATH FALLS, Jaiu 18 (7-James McNaughton, 41, was arraigned oa a chargi ot attempt ed arson at Gflchrbt today. F: H. SwitserGtlchrist construction en gineer, signed , the complaint, ue sald gasoline saturated papers had been placed under two build ings and that McNaughton was surprised In the act of attempting to light jthem. y Tacoman Found Guilty: jroiAutomobiUDeaihM .TACOMA, ; Jan. . 18-ff)-A perior court "jury tonight found Gordon Ambrose. 21. of Tacoma. guilty on two counts ' of ' negli gent homicide" bt connection with the automobile deaths a year ago of June Johnson and 'Hyle Aa oerson, Roy high, school stu- ..-jw ry.-.-: y..:r.:--.:. ' J. ' Ai ' , ' h t ' ' ' - J " fc-,n- :.v.v;v: A:-:. v.-f; -Mi.:. raaHsjHBMMMrMsWJsttiUWOc ' f ' v t- s SS nPair i m ion i A Y - Annual Cascade Area Meet f lo Sec AvrarcU Elade. t . - v ..." ' Officer. Installed C. Baar.s retlrlas? president ot the, Cascade area'eonnell of Boy 1 8eonU ot America, will preside at l tne annual meeting to be held to night at St. Joseph's hail at : 4 5 lau' i. r fx-: j- I Awards wlil be mads to he fol lowed by the speaker .ot "the eve ning, stuart .F. Walsh, scout ex ecutive of the Seattle area coun cil. His topic wiu be "Rsdlscorery ot America." : , a ..--" Clark Hew Preatdeai' f- At the concinsion ot the trt- nlng : Installation of officers and board members will be held. Wil lis Clark will be Installed as the new president and other officers of ' the council are: Harry Scott- vice-president; Dr. B. T. Pound. vice-president. Cherry City dls- trict; Dr. C. D. Coles, vice-president Una district; M. B. Pindley. I vice-president Polk district; , Fred Johsnnsen, vice-president Santl arv district; 8. P. Rose, vice-pres ident Marlon district; T, A. Wind- tshaf, treasurer; Rex Sanford, scout commissioner; A. C Haag, national - council member; - J. B. t 4 i A -r r If "KoW Zj the . wv Monroe, scout execatlve; Dr. B. F. Pound organisation - and exten sion sommittee; Rer. Oeorgs H. Swift, leadership training ;.W. L. Phillips, camping and acUvlties: A. a Haag, finance; Custer Ross, advancement; Dr. V. A. Douglas, health and safety. . Hew ExecnUro Board Members of the sxecntlvs board are as . follows; , warns Clark,-Dr. B. tT. Pound. Cuter Ross, Sari Adams, L. C Buchner, Bert Ford. Dr. V. A.' Douglas and M. B. Findlev: 1940. J. .-Jie-f Claln. W. L. Phillips, O. A. Rho- ten, T. A. Wlndlshar. a S. mcjei hlnny, pr.. CtB. Cols, Herbert Ramsey, Grant M a r p h y, Hugh Scott; 1141, A. C. Haag, Charles Hudklns. Rer. George 8wlftr Dr. A. 8. Jensen. Ferris D." White, Fred Johannsen, J. A. Xnglls, Har ry Scott a-.d Rex Sanford. Ask Tribal Fund Pay 3 Among Klamath Indiana ' WASHINGTON, Jaa. lt-iFh Consress was asked today to ln- Lstnxet the Indian bureau to ois- tribute about SB.ooo.voo in xnoai fund among the Klamath Indians of Oregon. Thw request was made by Congressman Walter M. Pierce who said - the money- had 'been awarded the tribe by the court ot claims in payment for timber tak en from tribal lands by whites la violation oi a treaty. imLEmiiE mr n - ni i n vi r in ru .. vi f on of n i cm . oj u price cf ii a fzin Z3 In Old Buster Brown Lobation Next U. S. Banlr. toe i, : . i r till r -i i i ' -.i',. - - f . r 1 These Rices-Denote the Greatest Gleararide in Our History! You Get More Than You Are. Accustomed to Expect! . ; ;Dres6, Strcot, Sport Styles! ; All 2 pairs for the original prico of 1 pair Elks ttob Witness: Ladies tad Others 16 Be " Guests; : Legislators ! j A series of fast, exciting and entertaining wrestling bouts have been promised by-Herb Owen, pro motor, tor the talent V&lks lodge Thursday night, whoa the lodge will have a special ladles and fnest night. Guests will be ad mitted by special card only. : Thsr largest lnitiatloa ot. the year was held last week, 14 candi dates being initiated. Tho Sa- less Elks lodge membership Is to ciose npoa reaching 1100 mem bers, and is rapidly reaching its tan oaota. ' . :-v Oa .Thursday, January SI ta, Legislators Night will be held. In- tltaUoas ars Deiag seat: to an members ot the legislature to at tend this meeting and special en tertainment Is being - arranged. William Hammond, I e a d I a g knignt. is m , charge of the ar rangements," being assisted by Cliff Mndd, Fred Panrus and John Steelhammer, Jr. - - u Rodsevelts Help "Mile of Dimes" For PoKo Fund . WASIUtfGTOir, Jasv ' -Un. Fnaklia Rooserelt placed .two dtme osie tor herself and, os for the pYcsideat-ia'tha; . .sslla t "dtnes't era down- itwasArltodsy.;-'-' ; -v- 13ie project Is a part of tha; lsfesMea8. Mrthday eelebr. tiow for tho kesMttt of infantile psvralysls. vicxJass. The pvblie; beaaa piaetas; dimes la' grooves ' 'sfoag a 80-foot woodea 'table' o Ue eidValk MosHlay . To nlgnt there were SOS feet of 4 tails! (BfllT.10 or 6,171 i ;dtoses). - ' - . ! -. - . - CCCs Permanency Asked by Fechner WASHINGTON, Jan. 18(ffV Robert Hi Fechner, director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, rec ommended today that congress make thet organisation permanent. He asked also that the salary of the director be raised from $10,- 000 to $12,000 a year and that the administrative personnel be placed under civil service. ITstt aO I " 3 Albany Resident Believed Suicide Mrs. Bertha Kelly Schmidt Diesoi Gun .'Wound ; . Funeral Friday j - ..- . . ALBANT Mrs. Bertha Kelly Schmidt, 3 2, ' died St her home near No. 10 grange, ' at 8 . o'clock Tuesday night as the result of a shmgun wmndrpresnmably self Inflicted... It js 'understood that Mrs. Schmidt had been ' suffering from 111 health, for tho past two years and at times despondent. Mrs. Schmidt was bora la Mc Minnvllle in 190$. 8he was mar ried -to Raymond A. Schmidt in 112 t, In Lebanon. She was a member of the Lutheran church. . Funeral . services win be held from the Fisher funeral home Fri day afternoon at 1:30." Surrlring are the widower, one brother. Glean' Kelly; ' a sister. Mrs. Reynold Tower, and her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kelly all ot Albany, and two other sisters, Mrs. Ben Jolmes of Benton county and Mrs. . Howard Carey of Co- burg. for tie price cf ' . j 7 v '. r- VIA t f Philippine Aims V Of Jajpan Denied PORTLAND, Jan.. 18-(P)-Ja- paa has too many Islands now she isn't Interested In the Philip pines. . 8o declared Dr. Yutaka Mlnakuchl, expert in oriental af fairs, here today. The people of Japan, he contin ued, do not want war. They par ticularly do not want war with the United States. - LSt Is 343 in County Three hundred forty three men and women In Marlon eonnty are oa the waiting list for WPA jobs, according to a report received by County , Commissioner Jim Smith yesterday from M. E. Holeomb, county relief administrator. The report showed 2$7 others await ing reassignment and 99 more, ot the 2299 persons who have been' certified to the WPA, as tempor arily unassignable. Local WPA projects were gtr Ing employment to 1899 persons while 291 others from this county. were shown tn ha warklnr an nrn. Jects of other federal agencies. Kw.4 nice cf ii -. n If rr WA Waiting L home. ..... -: ' .. : eenta. 7