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4 i I I 4 I i 5 ,1 ; : if---. 1 -VP oratosnow Again at Fair 1940 Exhibit at Golden Gate to Be Entirely New, Announced .DEARBORN, Mich., March 80 The Ford Motor company will exhibit again this season in the Golden Gate International expo sition In San Francisco. It was an nounced here by Edsel Ford, president of the company. The exposition, occupying pic turesque Treasure Island in San Francisco bay. begins its second season May 25. "Our exhibit for 1940 will be entirely new. and will be carried out on the same scale as the Ford exhibit which attracted nearly 4.000.000 exposition visitors dur ing 1939." Mr. Ford said. "The work of retting our displays in place In the Ford building on Treasure Island will begin soon." "Last year In announcing our decision to participate in this exposition, I said that my father and I were pleased with the op portunity it afforded to give the west a better knowledge of our business and of the utilisation of western products In the manufac ture of onr cars. We feel that ur own progress has been inti mately connected with that of the western states. "The success of onr exhibit fully Justified our hopes, and I would not change the earlier .statement except to emphasize it. We are glad the exposition Is to be 'continued another season, and are working to make our new exhibit of even greater interest than Its predecessor of last year." Mr. Ford pointed out that the first automobile assembly line ever shown at an interational exposition was at San Francisco Just 23 years ago when Ford cars were produced on the fair grounds every few minutes to the amazement of millions of visitors. "That assembly line, a dupli cate of the line then In our High land Park plant, was something entirely new. Because of it and of another Ford development the InterchangeabUity of parts Assembly branches such as the Ford Richmond plant Just across the bay from Treasure Island, be came possible. In the quarter century since the exhibition as sembly line was running on the grounds of the Panama-Pacific International exposition. 26,000.- 900 Ford cars were produced by those methods, and last year. Just before the new exposition opened. Ford car No. 27.000.000 came off the line in Richmond. Within a few weeks the 21.000.000th Ford car will be assembled. "My father, recalling the In spiration he received from watch ing a gasoline engine run effi ciently at the Chicago World'a fair in 1893. has long felt that expositions play an Important part In stimulating Industrial progress. For that reason, the Ford Motor company has exhibit In many fairs and expositions. The first was in St. Louis In 1904, only a year after the company came into existence. "We hope our new exhibit on Treasure Island will measure up fully ; to its long list of forerun ners, "and that it will provide en tertainment and inspiration for those who return to the exposition this year as well as for millions of new visitors to our building there. Yakima Man not To Head Scouts Ralph MeDermott. Yakima Boy Scout executive, will not be the new Cascade area executive here although he was offered the Job last week, Harry W. Scott, area council president, disclosed yes terday. Scott said reasons beyond the council's control had pre vented Its obtaining MeDermott. As a result the council will meet Monday night at the Salem cham ber of commerce to receive an other recommendation from Its hiring committee. RL"30 MM m mm r "Take it from me, I didn't know how much I had been missing, until I got into that new Hudson Six. Guess I had the 'other three' habit ... going back to the same old car year after year. But the good looks of the Hudson attracted me, and I found the big gest money's worth I've ewer owned." 7 i?a&' 'Sflsvaafus? tmr mom gob etm ajjLCf Lr..T2PECB..ST2TH2JtT ject te ckaa wkhoac aodce. met Mauooi rfjiaM Sid UKi tixw, ifa7. HUDSON ALSO PKSCMTS KW tfUDSCM SUrCX-SOCKEW HUDSON DCHTJUO QCHT DELUXE, AMERICA'S LOWEST MaCEP STKAISHT OCJfT.. NEW COUNTatT CLU3 SEOAMS, LUXUTf SENSATIONS OF THE YEAR i . ? , 1 ir " ''-i.t'y 4 I t r ' k m - . ' " '' - x 0 , , - ii in..... .'ZZZ-- i : i rin hit iriiniiiiitrfhil- Trim and flowing in line is this Electric Company Salaries Dwindle PUD Group Says McKee's Is $37,000, Lawyer Says It's $6000" PORTLAND. March 30-i;p-Northwestern Electric company's high executives' salaries shriv eled under testimony at a public utilities rate hearing Friday. Portland PUD proponents, com plainants, said Paul B. McKee, Northwestern executive, received $37,000 annually. John A. Lalng. Northwestern's attorney, testified the salary was $6000. D. F. McCurrach, engineer, de nied knowing anything about a "whisky lobby" the PUD group said was maintained by North western at state legislative ses sions. He appeared as a witness for Northwestern and Portland General Electric. Charts Introduced Casslus Peck, General Electric attorney, introduced rate charts showing urban, suburban and rural charges of the two compa nies were lower in nearly all classifications than those of Seat tle City Light, the Los Angeles municipal system and San Fran cisco's private utility. A. C. McMicken. PGE general salea manager, testified the Seat tle municipal plant paid no taxes before 1932 and $330. C69 In 19 IS, amounting to 5.(4 cents of the gross revenue dollar. In 1939, he . added. General Electric paid 18 cents of its gross revenue dol lar for taxes and the 1938 bill was $1,700,000, or 17 cents on the dollar. New Grahams Due Soon, Says Loder With 2.500 skilled craftsmen working day and night at the Graham-Paige Motors corpora tion's factory in Detroit, new Gra ham models have begun to roll off the assembly lines in ever increasing numbers several of them bound for Salem and others for other Oregon dealer points. This was the announcement just made here by James Loder of Loder Brothers, Salem Gra ham .distributor, following the re ceipt of a telegram from August Johnson, former successful auto mobile merchandiser, who now is executive vice-president. In charge of sales, of Graham-Paige. John son's headquarters are In De troit. In his wire, he informed Loder that new cars would reach him early in Aprils Loder said he expected to put the new models on display here early in April and in prepara tion for the event he is complet ing plans for the redecorating of his show rooms. , UTES IN A Mi OIF 'HABIT ESUVIW! Found That Something NEW, Something BIG, Has Happened In the Lowest Price Field!" We invite you to drive a Hudson Six over the route you travel every day, where you know every turn, every bump, every stop and start. Compare the way it rides and drives-... with your present car or any you may be thinking of buying. We promise you the best 30 minutes you ever spent in an automobile! Six-Cylinder FmrDoorSedaitListed 1040 Oldsmobfle six series 60 f oar-door touring sedan. Bits for Breakfast (Continued from page 4) cook for a company of trail blaz ers; had an epileptic fit, fell into his camp fire, was badly burned; died. Hence the name. The first postoffice for Jefferson neighbor hood was Syracuse, across the river in Linn county; Jacob Con ger postmaster, appointed October 4. 1850; it became Santiam City July 27, 1852; Jefferson, June 13, 1861. Judson Rocks, two miles north of the site of the ghost town of Sidney, Marion county, was named for L. B. Jndaon, near by land owner. Miller Butte, west of the town of Marion, Marion county, was named for "Uncle Charley" Miller, who started, near the town of Jefferson, the first scien tific flax growing and retting and scutching on a considerable scale in the Willamette valley who competed In the Philadelphia Centennial against the wide world and took first prize on all points, length, strength, spin ability, etc.. of fiber, flax, the Judges being from all flax and linen producing countries and not informed of the origin of any of the samples. Many interesting things are connected with Oregon names. Ana river. Lake county, flows into the north end of Summer lake. W. H. Byars, afterward one of the owners and editors of The Statesman, surveyed that section, in the very early 1880s. He took along with his crew Sam uel L. Simpson, Oregon's poet laureate. Sam had been drink ing, and went to get sobered np. In time, he (Sam) got rid of his appetite for strong drink. He was always the gentleman and the scholar, and the true poet. S S On that trip. General Byars named the river Ana. for his then small daughter, who bacame (and still is) Mrs. S. W. Thompson, of a prominent pioneer family of Salem. There is a Byars creek, Marion county, flowing into Brelt enbush river north of northeast of Detroit, and a Byars mountain near by. Mr. Byars was survey or general for Oregon, 1890-94, and was state printer. Mrs. Ron ald Glover, Salem, is a daughter, and Mrs. Effie W. Dunlap of this city his step-daughter. The first Lebanon postoffice In Oregon was near the Lebanon Baptist church in the Waldo Hills. Marlon county. Whiteaker post office was substituted for the first one called Lebanon, and after ward Lebanon postoffice. Linn county, was established, at the place called Kees Precinct, now an enterprising and growing city. s s Many curiosities in names are found in Marlon county, like Po tato bill. 2000 feet high, five miles east of Mill City, locally called Tater hill. There are so many of these, that the matter will be treated, under another heading, at a near and convenient date. HUDSON SIX 4 J"1"- Bonneville lines Held not Needed Power Company Man Says Existing Firms Would Distribute Juice WASHINGTON, March S0-(V Kinsey M. Robinson, of Spokane, president of the Washington Wa ter Power company, appeared Fri day before a senate appropria tions subcommittee, and a sena tor reported later that he con tended that construction of Bon neville transmission lines was un necessary In many Instances. Robinson argued, the senator said, that energy should be turned over to existing companies for distribution on their lines. The subcommittee, In executive session, was considering the In terior department appropriation bill (HR 874S), studying the sec tion giving (800,000 to the Bon neville administration for Instal lation of fifth and sixth generat ing units. Senator Holman (R, Ore.) has asked an Increase to IS. 400, 000 to provide an additional $100,000 to speed work on those units and to permit also the laying of foun dations for four additional units at the same time. 'Hollywood' Car Design Announced DETROIT. Mich.. March 80 Start of sub-assemblies the past week by the Graham-Paige Mot ors corporation on a completely new car named the "Holly wood" last summer when plans for the new line were first draft ed was announced Saturday by Joseph B. Graham, president of this 30-year-old Independent. With sub-assemblies well under way, and with parts and ma terials shipments arriving daily at the West Warren Avenue plant, final assemblies were expected to start within a few days, Mr. Gra ham said. The "Hollywood" will be the latest completely new automo bile to reach the market in pro duction volume and will offer highly individualized transporta tion under the marketing slogan "America's Smartest Car," Mr. Graham pointed out. It will be in addition to the established Gra ham senior lines and will be available in two body types." WE THOUGHT WE COCXDXT AFFORD ANTTHDiOlTCT 02fsT OF THE lOWEST PRICED CABS -BUT WHEN WE COMFABXD niKlf, KErocrawicortDEAraxaYra 60 INS ILlLSUS J. ("CD CT7 ST)-r ,13 JT 1 ?y - 7S" JT "t v x " , . , v' X v . v: ' r J . .A, JLOOK 1VHAT YOV GET rOJl ONUTAFEW JHXLLAZZS JHOHE I OMJS SMMXT Any war Too ore, Oldatnobue Is a really BIO car. Its over-all lengthis 197 H inches t OUS STTZJBf Long the StrWder, Oldsmobue is known again this year as tne best looking car on the road." Car' Operation Is Simplified Chrysler Engineers Seek Way of Easing Task of Auto Driver Redaction of manual opera tions, pins simpler and easier performance of the few that re main, has featured the develop ment of the motor car in recent years. It wasn't so long ago that one bad to be at least a passing-fair mechanic to drive a motor car; today anyone who can steer and use the throttle and brakes with good Judgment is qualified to operate the most up-to-date models. Chrysler engineers early decid ed that if the company expected to cater to the biggest possible market, one of the things it must do was to make cars easier for women to handle, as well as to make them more beautiful and more comfortable. Ease of steering was one of the first things that engaged the attention of Chrysler engineers. They devised a better steering fear, operating on more efficient bearings, with a more practical steering geometry, that made it easy tor even a frail person to handle a car. Another problem that Chrysler engineers soon solved was that of the choke. Similarly, the spark control has been made automatic. In former times the regulation of the spark was one of the most baffling things required of the motorist. Probably not more than one man In 100 had a very clear Idea of what retard and ad vance meant In terms of engine performance, and thus most of them couldn't remember what to do under any given set of condi tions. The removal of the gear-shift lever from the floor to the steer ing wheel colnmn was another big step In ease of driving. In Its new position It is directly un der the driver's right hand, where he can reach it quickly and eas ily wlthtout taking his hand from the wheel for more than an In stant and without taking his eyes from the road at all, a much more convenient arrangement than the one that required hint to crab for a floor lever and feel around for the right gear. Finally, In 1939 Chrysler came out with its now famous Fluid Drive. This development virtu ally relieves the driver of the necessity of changing gears. He can almost forget the clutch ped al and the gear-shift lever. Un der all ordinary driving condi tions, the car may be put in high gear when it is first started and left there until the time comes to park the car. At the normal stops In traffic, the car Is never taken out of gear, nor Is the engine stopped. A slight pressure on the footbreak holds it station ary and it starts up again smooth ly and quickly when the throttle Is opened. Plumbing Industry Faces Indictments CLEVELAND, March 30-GP)-The Justice department Friday struck at the plumbing industry nation-wide in an indictment charging 102 defendants manu facturers, jobbers and unions conspired to restrain trade in vi olation of anti-trust laws. An end to "unnecessary and costly steps" pictured by the In dictment would mean a 20 to 25 per cent saving to consumers, the government said. It was the most far-reaching In dictment so far returned in the anti-trust division's drive to rid the building industries of alleged ly monopolistic practices. Among the 12 manufacturers Sverjroae'a talking about OldsmobAVs storming stylet OU3 FOUTXR T Power in the Olda mobue Sixty is stepped up to 95 H. P. Ton get store dynamic performance tbaq other low-priced cars can offer! OLDS COMWOttT r Oldstnob&e is the only car with the Rhythmic Ride the lowest priced car m America with mod era coil springs all Bv Dodire for 1940: Efforts Made To Fit Truck In newspaper advertisements in several hnndred key cit ies throughout the country anrin leading nauoiuu f? the new line of Dodge "Job-Rated" trucks for 1940 is being publicly introduced to American trucK operators u Dodge division, Chrysler corporation. In announcing Job-Rated trucks for 1940, said T. W. Moss, director of Dodge truck salea, "we feel that Dodge is mak ing an important contribution to raising the level of truck trans portation efficiency In the United States. Truck owners and opera tors todar are demanding, more than anything else, a truck to fit the job it Is Intended to do. "And Dodge, we believe, is ad mlrably qualified to give truck owners the right truck to fit the Mob- . "for lSfo uoage is producing Job-Rated trucks in six different capacities, ranging from one-half ton to the 3 ton Dodge Diesel trucks. 1940 also marks the In troductlon of the new Dodge- bullt 1-ton Cab-Over-Engine models. Dodge Job-Rated trucks are powered by six different en gines, each engineered for the truck In which it Is Installed. Six teen gear ratios are available, and 96 standard chassis and body mo dels are offered in 17 different wheelbase lengths. "Each model In the line is de signed and built to handle its maximum capacity to fit the hauling job It is Intended to do. "To meet the needs of truck users. Dodge Is now designing and building Job-Rated trucks, which It is claimed, fit 97.1 per cent of the nation's hauling Jobs. In addition to the six capacities, six engines. 96 chassis and body mo dels already mentioned. Dodge Job-Rated trucks use four differ ent clutches, three transmissions, eight different sixes of rear axles, 20 different frames, nine basic spring combinations and six com binations of brake sizes. A wide range of extra equipment includes auxiliary springs, booster brakes, frame reinforcements, double re duction rear axles, engine oil fil ters, governors and tire combina tions for every known need. Heating Engineers Gather, Coirallis T. E. Taylor Is President; Air-Conditioning Has Problems, Stated CORVALLIS. March I0-(P-Thomas B. Taylor, Portland con sulting engineer, was Installed president of the Oregon chapter of the American Heating and Ven tilating Engineers The unit met in connection with the third annual Oregon air conditioning conference at Ore gon State college. Dr. F. E. Gie secke, national president. Installed officers of the year-old Oregon unit and delivered the principal address. Other officers included James F. Mclndoe, vice-president; CecU M. McGregor, treasurer; Bryant W. Moore, secretary; William T. Flnnigan, J. Albert Freeman, J. Donald Koecker, governors. All are Portlanders. Giesecke predicted people would gain a new conception of com fort with the wider application of radiant heating and cooling systems. Dr. J. E. Lodewlck. of the for est experiment station in Port land, warned that bettereatlng systems created greater Jf$gers of moisture condensation aJid de cay in building walls. He urged built-in protective features. Indicted were the "big three" of the industry Crane Co., Kohler Co., and American Radiator it Standard Sanitary Corp. OU3 QtZAZmr OldtmobOe gives yon doseas of features usually found in the higher priced cars only. As an ex ample, 100X FaQ-Pressure Lubrication, omjs muesrroM r oidsmobn has been famous for leadership In style and engineering for over forty years. It's a car you're proud to drivel coixcrtAHMs vxra rx bkst to Task Ahead of It : ! i i I T. W. Mom, director of trwck ales. Dodge division, Chrysler corporation. News Behind Today's News By PAUL MALLON (Continued from page 4) Mr. Welles and his peace sales manager Mr. Roosevelt. Their future ventures along this line will undoubtedly be guided by these sub-surface considera tions. For the present they prove the Welles venture was not the fiasco it appeared to be, and while Mr. Welles got himself Involved In the ludicrous Dosltkm of fostering a negotiated peace which could only be a German peace, wnue ne ana Mr. Roosevelt want an allied peace, his mission has since Its In ception raised valid hopes from their former ero, a fact wnicn has been obscured by the threat ening warnings issued by the White House against newspaper comment. State departsneat secret agents are searching for a miss ing diplomatic poach. It was duly sealed aad sent front Mos cow by American diplomatic au thorities several weeks ago, bat has failed to arrive here. This la the first time La many years that one of these inviolable mail exchange poaches has gone or been led astray. SD Is at tempting to keep the matter Attorney General Jackson, In stead of easing up on labor pro secutions and thereby perfecting his presidential candidacy. Is go ing to start two more and big ones. A new suit against tne teamsters will be Instituted here. and a second construction Indus tries labor Indictment will be sought In another city. (DJlribotd br King restores 8ydi- et. Inc. Rapralcrtloa 1b vtolt la part strictly prohibited.) Magnetite Likely To Provide Basis Of new Industry PORTLAND, Ore., March 30- (!p-Bonnerllle power may be used to reduce Peruvian magne tite to high-grade Iron ore. Earl K. Nixon, state department of ge ology and mineral Industries di rector, said today. He will leave by plane Monday to Inspect the Peruvian coastal magnetite deposits. "The trip Is purely personal." he said. "It does, however, have a bearing on Bonneville since It presents a good possibility that the ore may be shipped here." CZZJnci9d BamoLZ AtVoAtfeo. toeml tmw-m eTT. Special Police Car Described New Hudson Convertible to Ambulance With Litlle Effort A new Hudson six police spe cial model, which can be con verted Into an emergency am bulance In 90 seconds, has been announced by the Hudson Motor Car company. Mounted on l la- Inch wheelbase and powered with a 10 norsepower, o cyunuer en gine, the Hudson Police Special It fait, easily maneuverable and designed for regular ponce scout car service. Eautpped with the new Arnt- xen roll-a-way auxiliary stretcher bed unit, which "tows away in the luggage compartment wnen not in nee, the new police model becomes an emergency amDuiance in 1H minutes, by means of a simple conversion. One half of the divided rear aeat lifts up and Is fastened to the roof of the car. enabling the patient to be loaded and removed through the rear of the car. This ar rangement enables the attending officers to occupy the remaining half of the rear seat, facing the oatlent on the stretcher and fa cilitates first aid treatment while en route to the hospital. On completion of the ambulance call, the stretcher equipment is stowed away the divided rear seat let down and the car is ready to return to patrol duty immedi ately. Optional electrical equip ment, special glass and other re quirements of police work are available on order. The new police model, accord ing to Hudson officials. Is de signed to meet the demands of doubled efficiency among police departments In the matter of re ducing fatalities caused by am bulance delays In reaching Iso lated cases, as well as Increasing the useful range of regular pa trol car equipment. Corporation Tax Problem Viewed Non-Profit Exemption In in Dispute May Hit Many Agencies PORTLAND. March l9-Jir-Maay Oregon non-profit corpora tions may be operating illegally, Lloyd R. Smith, state corpora tion commissioner, said this week in a letter to Roy K. Terry, Port land attorney. He mentioned the Portland Rose Festival, Oregon winter sports carnival, chambers of com merce, veterans' posts and other similar organizations. The question of legality arose In Smith's refusal to recognise the far west Kandahar ski tourna ment, to be held on Mount Hood, as a non-profit venture. Amendments Doubtful The Oregon supreme court. Smith said, has held that all mat ters concerned with an act should be Included In the title, and Ore gon's non-profit corporation law of 1864 does not include such groups. He added that this would invalidate numerous liberalizing amendments. Terry said he would ask recon sideration to prevent "legal cha os." He added that several attor neys planned to seek a correction by repealing the old statute and providing a new one with an ade quate title at the next legislature, or by filing a test case. Ralph Cake, attorney for the Rose Festival association, said he doubted that the state's decision was "as serious as It appears," ' although he plans to ask Attorney-General Z. H. Van Winkle for clarification. TT rmU rtmm ALUS aiOTOKa yew flehrs STATIE V3OTiQ)KS7 One. ILCDDDEDll 1BD12(IDS, 445 Center St. Salem, Oregon 455 ChemekeU St. Phone 8400 -. 4 V