Local News Briefs
'-. Plr Stellated The. enlistment
of flva young Salem high school
graduates In. the army air corps
was announced yesterday, by Ser
geant Sam Glmpelson, command
er of the local army recruiting-office
The . men. are: Ernest : A.
Boock, son of Mrs. Alvena Boock,
til North 17th street:; Jamee R.
Elwood, son of Mr. and - Mr. E.
f riMul frrmt tmn'-'Timna l1
McNeil, son of Jf easier McNeil. 441
East -Myers . street;.' Eugene" C.
Hlllman; . son" . of,. Mr... and - Mrs.
CUmena HUlmap," 2275 Hayden
avenue; ndRay-Xj. Wolfe, son
of Mrs. James G.v Wolfe, 869
Rosemont street. All will serve at
Moffett Field. Calif ., Iwith the ex-,
ception of Wolte,' who will serve
at McChord field, near Taeoma.
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Fn ml tare Clearance. Save 10
to 50. lidler'a Furniture, 155
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Approval . Given The county
court yesterday approved the fol
lowing pole extension ' applica
tions: Citizens Mutual Telephone
coimpany from Hubbard city lim
its to Woodburn city limits. C. L.
Estes from Intersection of old
Market street road and Silver
Falls highway; Harry C. Walker
to residence in Evergreen school
section and Oscar Johnson for ex
tension on Evens Valley road.
Obituary
Fowler
George Fowler, 59, at the resi
dence on route six, January 2 6.
Survived by widow, Mrs. Mathilda
Fowler: daughters. Miss Con
stance Fowler of Salem and Mrs.
II. G. Hopkins of Elkins, W. Vs.;
two grandchildren also- survive.
Private services will be held at
the Clough-Barrick chapel Mon
day, January '2 9, at 3 p. m. Rev.
Bernard Gaiaer will officiate.
Omit flowers. Casket open to
friends until noon Monday.
Girardln
John Girardin. 83, at the Tur
ner residence January 26. Sur
vived by widow, Mrs. Susan Girar
din: daughters, Mrs. Emma Pan
coast, Mrs. Alice Greenlee, both
of Salem, Mrs. Laura Robins of
Silverton and Mrs. Lena Lewis
of Montana; son, Lawrence Girar
din of Turner; 17 grandchildren
and two great grandchildren also
survive. Services will be held
from the Terwilliger - Edwards
chapel Saturday. January 27, at
2:30 p. m.. with Rev. E. J. Gil
strap officiating. Interment in
Twin Oaks cemetery. Turner. The
deceased was a member of Turner
IOOF lodge.
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Chap. H of The Oregon Trail'
On Oar Stage, at l:SO P. M.
Beth Jayne and the Hollywood
Bockaroo Program
Coming Sunday
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Coming Events
Jaaaary 27 B a a q a e t of
oma of the Americas Revol-
tioa, Argo boteL
Prfem's Till "Tipped" Arthur
Prlem reported to city police yes
terday afternoon that, an uniden
tified man opened his cash regis
ter at his service station at 25th
and. State streets and took be
tween 9 and 810 in coins and
currency ' between 11:15 and
11:33 o'clock yesterday morning.
Prlem. was; at work la the grease
pit at the time. Bystanders told
him (hey saw the man in the sta
tion. , First Aid Coarse Set A con
centrated nine-hour "Refresher
Course" for certified first aid in
structors wilt he held January 30,
31 and February 1 In the fire col
lege rooms, 3rd floor, fire station
No. 1, SW 4 th and Taylor streets,
Portland. Classes begin at 7:30
each night. Marion county in
structors holding 1938 and 1939
cards are eligible and Invited to
attend.
Fruit and nut trees, shrubs. H. L.
Pearcy Nursery Co., 245 Court st.
Three Accidents Fatal There
were three fatalities due to indus
trial accidents in Oregon during
the week ending January 25, the
state industrial accident commis
sion reported Friday. The vic
tims were Robert Roger Willis,
Cutler City, faller; John Walter.
Niemi, Astoria, choker setter, and
Ellis Walling, Salem. There were
689 accidents reported to the
commission during the week.
Road Work Asked Improve
ment of the right-of-way of the
Liberty road from the Junction to
a point south of the school by a
WPA project was asked by a del
egation from Salem Heights
which appeared before the coun
ty court yesterday. It was asked
that dirt thrown up in ditching
be graded for sidewalks and said
the school board would make pro
visions for sarfacing.
Girls' League Elects Friday
afternoon the election of. officers
for the Girls' League at Leslie
junior high school was held.
Elected were: president, Lois Bar
rick; vice-president, Beverly Me
Gilcbrlst; secretary, Calline Hill
man; treasurer, Nancy Wallace;
song leader, Betty Hannaman;
yell leader, Sarah Craven and
sergeant-at-arms, Ruth Douglas.
Experiment to Continue The
federal bureau of entomology and
plant quarantine may extend its
experiments on alfalfa weevil con
trol by fumigation to. Include
commercial shipments at Baker,
Frank McKennon, chief of the di
vision of plant industry of the
state agricultural department, an
nounced Friday.
Bargains in used furniture see
classified ad. Fidler's Furniture,
255 N. Com'I.
Fund Available The state res
toration fund would be available
in case ef damage by fire to the
state fair buildings here, even
though they were rented to a lo
cal saddle club. Attorney General
I. H. VanWinkle held here Fri
day. The -opinion was requested
by Leo Spitzbart, state fair man
ager. Past Report Roy Fugate, dis
trict agent for predatory animal
control, reported to the county
court yesterday that 64 paid
hunters under federal-state-county
funds took 1920 coyotes, 159
bobcats and 28 bears. WPA hunt
ers took 9 59 coyotes, 160 bobcats,
17 bears and one mountain lion.
Plaque Given A profile view
of the late W. I. Staley, In the
form of a plaque made by Miss
Margaret Rodgers, was given to
the YMCA by Paul B. Wallace,
Thursday during memorial serv
ices for Mr. Staley, former chair
man of the T board of directors.
To Balld Garage A. H. Tur
ner was granted a permit by the
city building department yester
day to erect a f 50 garage at 1075
Electric avenue. No other permits
were issued.
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Tryowta listed Tryouts for a
one-act religions drama to be
given for the benefit of Deacon
ess hospital are called by the
women's auxiliary for the hospital
Monday, night at t o'clock The
public Is Invited to take part in
the play.
Pine .Awarded County School
Superintendent Agnes ; C. Booth
and Jack Kennedy, rural super
visor, have- been awarded five
year leaders pins tor 4H club
work by Wayne D. Harding, coun
ty elnb agent. .
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No. 144, Loyal Order of Moose,
will move' soon to the 8hrode hall
at 1 2th and Leslie streets, which
is being remodeled for their use.
Opening night will be announced
later. . - '
I Three Cars Stoles City police
yesterday 'recovered three; auto
mobiles that were stolen here
rnnrsaay mgnt.- lney oeiongea to
Carl R. Staats, 499 North 24th
street; Douglas R. Teater, 1390
North 18th, and Mrs. N. J. Arnold,
Salem.
W. Salem Florist open daily 8 to
8. Phone 6439. Flowers & Sprays.
To Oregon City R a 1 p h M.
Smith of Salem was turned over
to Oregon City authorities by lo
cal police yesterday o a charge
of larceny of an automobile. He
was arrested here Thursday
night on an Oregon City warrant.
Niece Dies Here Funeral serv
ices were held Friday in Portland
for Mrs. Elva Rohde of Portland,
who died at a Salem hospital
Thursday. She was the niece of
Mrs. Frank J. NJst, 1440 Waller
street.
Condition Fair Walter T.
Stolz Is reported seriously 111 at
the Salem General hospital. He
la suffering from pneumonia. His
condition was reported "fair"
Friday.
Musicians Entertain Eliza
beth Anne Herrick and Edna Tho
man, students of Prof. T. S. Rob
erts, played a program of piano
music at the YMCA Friday after
noon. Improving at Home O liver
Myers Is said to be improving aft
er a severe attack of influenza.
Drive on Syphilis
Produces Results
"More syphilis eases are under
medical care today than In any
period," according to an an
nouncement by Dr. Vernon A.
Douglas, Marion county health
officer. Stating that a total of
94 patients are coming regularly
for treatments at public clinics
which include 43 men and 51
women, it was also pointed out
that comparable g a 1 n s in ease
loads of prlrate physicians are be
ing observed. "Eighty new cases
were discovered in 1939 in Ma
rion county. These high figures
do not mean that there is more
syphilis today, they merely indi
cate that more Infected persons
are being directed to proper medi
cal care," Dr. Douglas said.
Calling attention to Social Hy
giene day, February 1, Dr. Doug
las said that a principal reason for
observing this annual public
health event was to encourage the
use of proper medical facilities
and to increase the number of In
fected persons receiving treat
ment. Pfund Says Salem
Building Is High
Salem's home building rate ex
ceeds by about three times the na
tional average, Hans C. Pfund, as
sistant to the president of the
Home Loan bank of Portland, told
the Salem Realty board In an ad
dress at the noon luncheon meet
ing yesterday.
The six northwest states are all
maintaining a rate well over the
national average, he said, and if
the rest of the country would fol
low the west's example, the mil
lion dwellings a year which it Is
estimated should be constructed
could be realized.
Latest estimates show 31,000,
000 families in the United States.
with 14,000,000 owning their own
homes, or an average of 45 per
STABTS TODAY!
COMEDY CYCLONE .
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Hi OREGON STATESSIAN, SlUm,
Half Estate to
Go to Gertiiaiiy
Issue as to Eligibility of
Foreign Legatee Is
Settled '
Half of the Anna Burkert es
tate will go to the George Bur
kert estate In this state and half
to an heir In Germany an order
based on stipulation provided yes
terday In probate court.
The question was first raised
whether any part of the estate
could so to Germany, since that
country -has barred transfer of
money from its borders. .
The stipulation settling the
matter was between Walter 8.
Klein, representing Erna Alma
Mebllch, the German legatee, and
Blaine McCord, representing
Ladd & Bush Trust company as
executor of the estate of George
Burkert.
Probate Court
J. N. Haugen estate; order
fixing March 3 for hearing of
final account of Dena M. Haugen
showing receipts of 3478.07 and
disbursements of 3353.07.
Albert W. Peebles estate; sec
ond supplemental account.
William B. Hardy estate; order
approving final account of Helen
Ruth Yancey, administratrix, and
'discharging her.
John W. Luckey estate; ap
praisal by Tim Bjelland, Henry
Chapelle and Albert Reiling show
ing value of estate as 34787.44
of which $1372.44 is in cash and
82500 in postal savinga certifi
cates. Effle M. Hicks estate; apprais
al of A. W. Smithers, Frank
Hubbs and C. B. Anderson show
ing estate value as 333,026.
Martin L. Whitesell estate; fi
nal account of E. O. Sarff, execu
tor, showing receipts of 36714.94
and disbursements of 34630.74;
order for hearing February 27.
Dorothy M. Norden guardian
ship; order authorizing May Wil
son, guardian, to make payments
tor education of ward.
Rudolph Schmidt estate; order
admitting 35600 estate to pro
bate with Ladd Bush Trust
company named excutor and Au
gust Huckestein, E. M. Daue and
Berten Atkins appraisers. Will
leaves 8300 to John Tlmm, a
nephew of Portland; 3300 and
3200 respectively to nieces In
Germany and the residue to Jo
hanna Allen and Margaret Wom-
ritz, nieces living In Portland.
J. H. Peterson estate; order ap
proving report of O. W. Emmons,
attorney, stating he is retiring as
attorney for the estate.
John Nelson guardianship; or
der authorizing First National
bank, guardian, to pay 350
monthly for 'an attendant for the
ward.
George F. Clark estate; deter
mination of Inheritance tax on
inheritance of 315,293 to Mabel
Clark, sole heir.
Josephine Beamls estate; ap
praisal by Carrie Waterbury, Rob
ert H. Acott and Keith O'Hair of
31792.85 of which 3800 la In
real property.
Eliza Kepplnger estate; ap
praisal of 8400 by Clifford Nopp,
Eugene A. Kaiser and O. P. An
drews.
Circuit Court
A. E. Fischbocker vs. G. C.
Moir, def., and Hawkins tt Rob
erts, Inc., garnishee; allegations
of interrogatories of plaintiff and
order for appearance of garnishee.
General Adjustment Bureau vs
H. H. PrLncehouse, Jr.; default
order and judgment of 3166.50,
and 118 5.
Justice Court
Landy Franz and Grover Wat-
ly, charged with assault and bat
tery; case dismissed on motion
of the district attorney. -
Ray Bicknell, charged with as
sault and battery, changed plea
to guilty and paid fine of 320 and
costs.
John Doe, unlawful sale of con
traceptlves; pleaded guilty and
paid fine of 325 and costs.
C. Hillman, charged with as
sault and battery; fined 320 and
costs.
cent, the speaker said. In 1900
some 60 per cent owned their own
fc ernes.
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COODNEWS FOR FINN S Appeals for fur coats to clothe Finnish war victims brought
good results, agrees Madame Gripenberg (above), wife of the Finnish minister in London.
Utilities' Cross
Shows 1938
Drop
Tax Payments, However,
Increased Over
1937 Levy
Utilities operating In Oregon
had gross revenues of 373,138,108
in 1938, as against $77,126,916
In 1937, according to reports of
the state utilities commission filed
with Governor Charles A. ftprague
here Friday.
Operating Income dropped from
818,236,515 in 1937 to 314,
969,809 In 1938.
Taxes paid by these utilities fn
1938 totaled 88.630,726 as com
pared to 38.060,239. The Increase
In taxes was partly due to the de
crease In net operating income In
1939, officials said.
Net operating Income of tele
phone companies Increased from
31.319.367 in 1937 to 31,409.428
la 1938 while the operating In
come of electric companies drop
ped from $7,472,926 in 1937 to
$7,040,581 in 1938. There also
waa a decrease in the operating
income of steam railroads from
$5,596,777 to $5,510,264.
Other operating Incomes:
Utilities 1038 1037
Telegraph $125,390 f 88,709
Elec. R. R. . 6,950 147,292
Pullman 184,935 178,316
Gas 779,026 751,949
Water 125.084 132,138
Steam heat 38,931 21,143
Spragne, Ingalls
To Speak Tonight
Governor Charles A. Sprague
and Claude Ingalls, publisher of
The Cbrvallis Gazette-Times, will
speak at a banquet of the, Ore
gon society. Sons of the American
Revolution,, at the Argo hotel
dining room tonight at 6:30
o'clock.
Ingalls, who will give the main
address, will speak on "Defend
ing Our Heritage." Governor
Sprague will speak on "Lincoln,
Son of the Revolution."
About 10,0 members of the so
ciety are expected to attend.
Testament Donor
Will Speak Here
In a mass meeting to be held
in the church of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance, Fifth and
Gaines streets. Sunday at 2:30
p.m. Don R. Falkenber,, sr., will
speak on the theme, "Let's Save
America's BOys!"
Falkenberg Is executive presi
dent of the business men's coun
cil of the Pocket Testament
league, organized by the late
Charles M. Alexander. He is the
originator of: the famous "True
and False" studies now In use
In practically all of the camps
of the civilian conservation corps
of the nation and in many army
posts. His organization has sup
plied more than four hundred
thousand testaments to the boys
of the CCC camps of the west.
Falkenberg comes to the city
at the Invitation of Rev. Paul
. .Collard. pastor of the Christ
ian -and Missionary Alliance
church. The service will be en
tirely non-sectarian.
-JAMES
CAGNEY
GEORGE
RAFT
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Club Notes
Good MORNING Mice. A lot
of stuff that was cut out by the
newspaper editors last Saturday
served to Introduce to you our MM
club secretary, Marie Sanford, and
another addition to our staff,
Mrs. Jeannette Dutton. (Her
name used to be Arehart so don't
let that "Dutton" fool you.)
.Jeannette used to be with us a
long time ago as organist and
she's back with us now as the
same thing. Jeannette and Brad
work together very nicely on the
piano or organ and piano combin
ation and they're going to work
out some special arrangements
with you for your numbers.
MMC
I'm trying to write these notes
this morning with the right hand
alone and I seem to be having a
little trouble. Took a spill the oth
er day and wound up with my
wrist In a cast.
MMC
On last week's show there ap
peared such notables and old fa
vorites as Ronald and Ramona
Spence, Jean Brown and Leon
tine Lebold. They all did a swell
Job on their numbers. This week
we have an Important show com
ing up and it will be to your ad
vantage to be here. I have some
swell numbers already lined up
but I think I can sneak a couple
more In, so, let's have a real tal
ent field day and see a lot of you
down for rehearsal.
MMC
We have a swell screen show
lined up for you this week with
two swell pictures, complete pro
gram of ahort subjects, and -another
chapter of the serial. Don't
forget another terrific hit show
on the stage a show worth slosh
ing through rain, snow, sleet and
fog all at once to see. I really
mean that, too. Let's make a date
for 12:30 and I'll meet you In the
Elslnore then. Until this after
noon, then, so long, everybody.
Yours,
Dean, Mickey Mouse Chief.
Roosevelt's Name
Sought on Ballot
Three petitions asking the sec
retary of state to place the name
of President Roosevelt on the
primary ballot In Oregon this year
were filed with the county clerk
here Friday by the Oregon Com
monwealth Federation.
The petitions carry the names
of 60 Marion county voters.
State department officials ruled
that it was not necessary to file
these petitions with the county
clerk for checking. As a result
of this ruling they will be sent
to the state department Saturday.
Call Board
GRAND
Today Joan Blondell and
Mehrln Douglas In "The
Amazing Mr. Williams."
HOLLYWOOD
Today Charles Starrett in
"Western Caravans. "Mil
lion Dollar Legs" with
Betty Grable, Jackie Coc-
gan, Larry Crabbe and
Donald O'Connor.
ELSIXORE
.Today "The Hunchback
of .Notre Dame" with
Charles Laughton and
Maureen O'Hara. ' March
. "of Time "Crisis In the Pa
cific." , CAPITOL
T o d a v Lima Velez and
1 Leon Errol In . "Mexican
Spitfire." William Boyd in
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Advances in News
Presentation Seen
Ralph C Curtis Speaker
at Oregon Conference
of Newspapermen
EUGENE. Jan. 2 6-(iip)-Oregon
newspapers have forged ahead In
attractive presentation of news,
Ralph Curtis, Salem Statesman,
told the Oregon press conference
at the University of Oregon today.
He declared Oregon papers had
shown real progress In recent
years. He stressed the importance
of harmonious make-up by use
of readable head type and proper
contrast of headlines and stories.
Lawrence E. Spraker, Stay ton
publisher and theatre owner, told
more than 100 newspaper men at
tending the session that small
town, newspapers should take a
tip from motion picture theatres
and present wholesome news and
entertainment.
Merle W. Manly, vice-president
of Botsford, Constantino and
Gardner, Portland, hailed the
Oregon prune aa a luscious but
misunderstood fruit. He said it
needed a cooperative production
program, a vigorous advertising
pian ana financing by assess
ments on prunes to be canned.
Santiam Highway
Cleared of Snow
Heavy snow fell on the North
Santiam highway Thursday night
and continued to fall all day yes
terday, County Engineer N. C.
Hubbs reported yesterday, but the
road Is still passable.
More snow was expected for
last night.
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New lnstniments ;
Bought by School
Salem System Equipment
Is Augmented by
Purchases
- Vernon A. WIscarson, Instru
mental supervisor of the Salem
schools announced 'yesterday the
purchase of additional equipment
for' the high school orchestra and
band.' The list includes two sou&a
phonea, one pair of pedal tym
pani,aat one each baritone saxo
phone,'' oboe, - bassoon, bass clar
inet and string bass. Thirty metal
music racks were made in the
high school shop and an addition
al 80 wooden stands .were made
by a federal project for the Jun
ior high and grade school orches
tras. Instrument shelves and racks
were Installed at Leslie and the
high school.
- At a meeting of the high school
band and orchestra on Thursday,
WIscarson announced the selec
tion of ensembles for the region
al band' and orchestra contest to
be held In Albany In April.
The clarinet quartet will be
composed of Brent Dietrlck. Mark
Twedt, Wayne Struebel and Mark
Hatfield. The brass quartet will
include Duane Brewster, Russell
Hacket, Elrln Holman and Don
Burton. The brass sextet will be
made up of Russell Hackett, Du
ane Brewster. Dave Olson, Elrln
Holman, Richard Thompson and
Leonard Rush.
Dave Olson, Sana Millett, Wil
mer Rlchey and Jim Tryon wljl
compose the French horn quartet
and the trombone group will In
clude Bob Phillips, Elvln Holman,
Til man Kreft and Don Burton.
In the contest the entire band
will be required to play the "Manx
overture" by Hayden Wood and
the orchestra will play the second
movement of Schubert's "Unfin
ished Symphony."
WIscarson said letters Inviting
the Salem high school band to the
New York world's fair next sum
mer were received from Captain
LaBarre, director of New York
city police band and the secretary
.new tort world ImlT
board.
Gas Tax Receipts
Show Heavy Gain
Gasoline taxes collected la
Oregon for the year 1939 aggre
gated 811,058,499 or 8760,280.
98 In excess of those in 1938, Sec
retary of State Earl Snell report
ed Friday.
Snell's report showed that 241,.
169,975 gallons of gasoline was
consumed In 1939, compared to
225,964,359 gallons the previous
year. The increase for 1939 was
15,205,615 gallons.
Motor vehicles traveled a total
of 2,758.984,514 miles In 1939,
an Increase of 6.68 per cent over
the mileage In 1938.
Snell said Oregon reduced lta
traffic death rate from 12.7 per
sons killed per 100,000,000 miles
traveled in 1938 to 11.8 last year.
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