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Ths OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, December 22. 194L Test Qualifies Lee Rolirbough May Receive Temporary Appointment; 3 to Attend School CAMP CLATSOP, Dec. 21. In examinations for temporary ap pointment . a seconu ueuieuaui. Corporal Lee C. Rohrbough alone qualified to receive the recom mendation for farther examina tion. The recommendation will be Two Ideal TAYLOR AUTO ALTniETED AIRPLANE TYPE HULL AUTO-COIIPASS Nationally Advertised and Guaranteed Allineler . . . . $6.03 Compass . . ; $2.95 TOTAL $5 gg Limited Supply niLUHDS COST LESS TO GW sent to- the ninth corps area head quarters at the Presidio. San Francisco, Calif., where It will-be determined whether or not Cor poral Rohrbough is eligible for farther examining.' It is understood here that if he passes all examinations and Is ap pointed to the temporary commis sion, he will be assigned to the officer personnel of this regiment. In which there are three vacan cies at present. - Corporal Rohrbough, prior . to induction into federal service, was employed in his father's busi ness at Albany. He has had one year's experience in the ONG. Three enlisted men today were ordered to participate in a three- months electrical specialist school conducted by the. army at Fort Monroe, Va. They are Sergeants Clayton Steinke and Sidney Shaw and Staff Sergeant Verdell Nel son. Steinke is from Battery G, for erly Salem searchlight battery, where he had much experience with the big lights used in' anti aircraft and coastal defense tac tics. He was recently promoted to the grade of technical ; sergeant from 'staff sergeant. Sergeant Shaw was. today ad vanced to the-grade -of technical sergeant "from staff sergeant.' He is experienced in electrical work both in the army and civilian life. He is from headquarters battery, second battalion. Sergeant Nelson is from headquarters battery, first battalion. These men will leave the post In time to sail on a transport from San Francisco January 11. Their journey will be via the Panama canal with brief stopovers and through the Gulf of Mexico, to report at Fort Monroe on Febru ary 3. Commanding officers consider these men to be the cream of their regiment in the electrical field. Rawle Singer Dies 1 At Hospital at 49 Resident of Salem Since 1924 Was Disabled in World War Rawle H. C. Singer, 49, dis abled World war veteran and for mer salesman, died at Salem Dea coness hospital at 1 p.m. yesterday after an aggravation of his war- acquired illness that forced him to enter the hospital two weeks ago." Funeral services will be held from the Clough-Barrick chapel at 10:30 a.m. Monday with Rev. P. W. Eriksen and members of Capital Post No. 9, American Le gion, to which he belonged, in charge. In accordance with his wishes, his body will be cremated and the ashes returned to his birthplace, Norristown, Pa., for burial. No immediate relatives survive, Singer was born at Norristown, July 4, 1891. He lived on the east ern seaboard until the early 1920s, when he came west in the services of the National Cash Re gister company, In his capacities of accountant-engineer. He made his residence in Salem in 1924 and for a time sold automobiles for the old Fitzgerald and Sher- win agency. His war disability, arising from overseas service, forced him a few years later to enter the veterans hospital at Walla Walla, Wash., where he re mained for eight years. He re turned to Salem in September, 1939. and remained here as the guest of Sheriff A. C. Burk. Program Held At River dale ' V " ? Four Plays Given by School Children; Choir. Sings . Choral Numbers " RIVERDALE The pupils of Riverdale school presented their Christmas program Thursday night to a large audience. The upper - grade children's choir gave the- following num bers at the beginning of the pro gram: "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "O Little Town of Bethle hem." full chorus: "O. Holy Night." solo, Robert Cornell; That Sbininr Star." boys and girls; "We Three Kings," boys, with solo parts by. Herbert Robl son, Robert Pearsall. .Lawrence Goff and Robert Cornell: "Slumb ering King.'.' trio, Dorothy Ken nel!. Ina May Ireland and Maxlne Goff; "The Birthday of a King" and- "Christmas," fulf chorus. The rest of tbe program: wel come. Carl Coff ; scripture read ing, Betty Willard; candy drill, Ndrman Newton, Gloria Needham, Margaret Bogosian, Therona Macklin, Shirley Pearsall and Barbara Kirn; reading, Marion Karn; "Hushaby Pantomime," Helen Pritchett and Marion Karn; "Mother and Father Says," read ings, Nina and Frieda Rose Bowman. Play, "Hanging Up the Christ mas Stockings," Walton Reeve, Harold Nichols. Verne Klein, Har vey Crowley, Wilbur Hawarth; son, "Up on the Housetop," pri mary children; reading, Torval Klien. Play, "Trouble at Headquart ers." Cast, Santa, Wendlll Mack lin; Mrs. Santa, Maxlne Goff; Openago, Herbert Robison; Bose, Robert Karn; Igo, Lawrence Goff; song by primary room, "A Grand Old Man"; "Lest We For get," primary children. Play, "A Christmas Eve Pil grimage." Cast, Jack and Bobby, Robert and Gene .Klein; miser, Lowell Reiners; mother, Dorotha Kennell; children. Mary Bogosian. ix is vasDibder and Ina May Ire land; Christmas spirit, Jane Nichols. Reading, "The World's Redeem- e'r Ruthita Willard; duet, "Her alds of Glory," Constance New ton and Winnifred Newton. Play. "Farm Brown's Christ mas." Cast, Farmer Brown, Gil bert Kllen; Mrs. Brown, Betty Reeve; children. Vera Vasbinder, Betty Alice Klhs and Iris Goff; Mrs. Jones, Ina May Ireland: Uncle Will, David Karn.. Farewell, Therona Macklin. II Be D Uoodrow WILLARD DIS1R. Center and Church Sts. Salem, Ore. Morts Entertain For Club Friends INDEPENDENCE Mr. and Mrs. Loren Mort entertained their club on Thursday night. A beautifully lighted tree and Christmas arrangements formed the setting for the Chrismas party. GupRtH were Dr. and Mrs. C. A Fratzke. nr. and Mrs. George D. Herley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Dvke. Mr. and Mrs. Theron Hoot er and Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Rob inson. IT'S THIS r . Do you weigh too much . . . too little? Don't adopt some hasty, ill - advised course. Weight is a serious matter, de serving the careful considera tion of a competent physician. Take no "reducing remedy" . . . and no panacea to "build you up" . . . until you have first discussed the matter with your Doctor; given him an op portunity to study your indi vidual needs. A plan that "worked" for your neighbor may be bad for you. Play safe! Willeti'a Gfl!?Ififffi:lii)i(!n: Store S ' j . r i Corner State and Liberty $ f Phone 3118 Package Delivery to Be 3Iade Today . From Postof f ice; Total Mail Ahead Christmas packages will be delivered today to city dwell ers. That was the announcement made last night by Postmas ter Henry R. Crawford. Those Salem folk anticipating holi day gifts from relatives or stores should plan to '- have someone available at the house to receive such mail, Crawford said." - Friday was the high point for the number of letters-canceled so far this year, he "said. If3.000 having been ran through the can celing machine." Thursday 91,000 were canceled. Although Christ mas letters and greetings are 17,- 000 ahead of tbe total for a like period .in 1139, a year ago, De cember 20, 109,000 letters were canceled here. To date that is the all-time high, but Indications yes terday were that Saturday's might equal that figure. Monday and Tuesday are the last days for regular delivery be fore the holiday. If patrons want to get all possible mail, some member of tbe family should be home at delivery hours of these two days, Crawford said. On Christmas day special deliv ery will be made with the excep tion of on the rural routes. Five members of the postoffice staff were absent Friday because of sickness, reported Crawford. Millard Concludes Bank Employment Over 37 veara of rnntlnnnm service, next to fh lnnrt term among present employes, will be conciuaea January 1 by E. B. Millard of the Ladd ft Bush-Salem branch of the United States Na tional Bank of Portland. A gold wrist watch was given Millard last week from over a A reilow employes at the bank, where he went to work December 27. 1902. William S. Walton t the only person now there who preceaea mm. The ceremony for the nresenta tion was held in thi banV ha Mo ment, where a number of talks were maae. Millard said it was the first time in his recollection that the employes had Joined together io give a present except ror some one setting married or ror ilow ers. ;No Lights9 Hoax Is Lucrative for Stickup Man, $70 WEST SALEM M. Langford Glen Creek road. Polk countv was robbed Friday night of $70 while attempting to heln a fel low motorist who was apparently navmg ugnt trouoie. Lanaford was on hia wav hnm when he stopped to give a hand to the driver of the lightless car As he alichted to a-lve aid. gun was flashed on him and he was relieved of his pocketbook containing 170. According to reports made to toe state ponce, langford was unable to secure the license num ber of the car, and thus far the bandit has not been apprehended. Last night police reported that they were still working on the case with only meager clues available. Influenza Wave Cancels Service MONMOUTH Local church ministers report, that plans for special services and special musie are not exected to be possible Sunday because of the numerous cases of Influenza among the several congregations. At the Evangelical church i Christmas tree will he held Mon day night. unuuiW naastuy payaaeatsi ae fswsljexp tarrans la interest rata, A Prudential 29-Year llertgage Is the aae way U finance L Available la elected FHA anaarlng optional Kamcora a koszxxs,- im. . . Aataoxlsoa Marts , Lata Sotidter far Is maaatial Iassxaace Oe. el OrafM S .. S l .V1 ; Seal Sale Nears Goal for County Attempt to Earn Gift Money Fatal Father Dies on Squab Hunting Effort to Buy Child's Doll SEATTLE, Dec. 21-(;P)-Wee Marjorie Keene's eyes danced with Joyous animation a few days ago as she stood with her father before a toy shop window, admir ing a gaily dressed cheap doll. The unemployed father, Her bert Marvin Keene, 29, deter mined to get it for his 20-month- old daughter. "I'll make enough tomorrow to buy her the doll, if it'a the last thing I do," he told his wife last night. It was. He lost his life today in his determined attempt to earn the money needed to bring a bit of Christmas Joy to little Mar jorie. Keene recalled hat as a boy he found squab hunting profit able, hut oft-times dangerous. He climbed along the edges of build ings, under bridges and along via duct girders to catch the pigeons and stuff them in his clothing. He carried a silver plate in his skull as a grim reminder of one serious fall on a bird-bagging expedition. "They paid him 20 cents apiece for the pigeons and as much as 30 cents for choice ones," his sis ter. Miss Shirley Keene, related today. "He'd climb along the buildings, sometimes hand over hand, and stuff the birds inside his blazer. Sometimes he'd make several dollars on one hunting expedition." Keene set out this morning on a pigeon hunt. A few hours later a railroad detective found his body under a viaduct. He had fallen 20 feet to his death. Beside the body was a plump pigeon, a choice bird, worth Just about the price of a baby girl's raggedy doll. Hazel Green Man Was Old Resident HAZEL GREEN J. H. Wor- den, who was buried in the Clag gett cemetery December 20, was a resident of this community since 1906. He would have been SI New Tear's day. Mr. Worden and Elizabeth Todd were married at Petersburg, Neb., 1890. Their golden wed ding anniversary, October 14, was celebrated quietly because of Worden's health. Only a few rela tives and friends being Invited. Their only child, Ralph, and his wife and children live near Mrs Worden. Residents Return From Trip South JEFFERSON Mr. and Mrs A. W. Brown and three children nave returned home from a month's visit with relatives at Duncan, Okla., and Kllgore, Tex as. They drove east over the nor thern route and came home on the southern route. At Garden City, Kansas, the Browns stopped for a brief visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Beach, former local residents. They re port a fine trip, and prospects for a good crop In the middle- west. Independence Man Figures in Wreck INDEPENDENCE Mr. and Mrs. Percy Dickenson were called to California' due to the Illness of Dickenson's daughter. At Bakersfleld they had an ac cident; their car was badly de molished and they were hurt, but not seriously. They went on to Atusa by bus and found the daughter Improving. Before re turning to Oregon they will visit a brother at San Diego. Molalla Schools -Get Vacation . MOLALLA -Both Molalla grade school and Molalla union - high school . closed . Friday: afternoon for a two weeks' Christmas vaca tion with - classes to resume - on January . . - Ferhwood school closed on .De cember 17 for the holidays and because of continued sickness of the pupils. .-v. ; . : - NAME ON. J CHOCOLATES Mean'a-Salem's -Finest Box -' - of Candy IS P ma "2-Bit" Fracture Aid Is Described Near Perfect Method Told, Setting Pelvic Bones; t " m no Anaesthetic . By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Associated Preaa Science Editor NEW YORK, Dec. .-Three 35-cent hardware Store turn buck les and enough plaster-of -parts to encase the legs until they are held stiff like scissor, blades make a new, almost painless and nearly 100 per cent successful method of setting and he a ling broken human pelvic bones. Setting a broken pelvis is like putting together a broken pret zel. It has been one of the dif fi cult, harrowing and sometimes hazardous ordeals. The new technique was de scribed today to the New York aeademy of medicine by Dr. F, Walter Carruthers, of Little Rock, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. The method was invented, he said, not by himself, but by Dr, S. A. Jahss, of New York City He reported five years of Inten sive work spent perfecting the de tails and some surprising results. The pelvic bones are a dough nut-shaped ring, horizontal across the bottom of the abdomen, with upright bones going In both direc tions. The old treatments were numerous, tedious, often ezpen slve, encasing the whole abdomen and lower extremities in plaster- or-paris, immobilizing the pa tient attaching him . to an over head frame sometimes, or in a hammock. The new method touches only the legs. When they are set In the plaster, a turnbuckle, an Iron gadget which either lengthens or shortens by turning its middle, Is fixed to bridge between the legs about at the knees. Using this like the hinge of scissors blades, the legs above the knees can he pressed outward by pushing them at the ankles toward a close-toge ther position. This spreads the broken "dough nut above Into normal - shape. permits bringing other damaged pretzel ' parts into line, and then fixing the position with two more turnbuckle leg-to-leg brid ges, one above and one below the knees. Dr. Carrufhers reported on 43 cases, Zl or them women, isone needed an anaesthetic for the "setting." All recovered with good pelvic bones. Not one had to be "immobilized" In the old way. Dog Racing Denied For Oregon Fair The state board of agriculture yesterday denied a request that dog racing be conducted at the 1941 state fair. Leland B. Shaw, Portland, president of the Greyhound Breeders' association, proposed night dog races in addition to the afternoon horse races on the state fair track, and George C. Bovee, Portland, suggested that the dogs supersede the horses entirely. The board, however, recom mended that greyhound breeding in Oregon be recognized by estab lishing an exhibit class at the fair for these dogs. - - The 1941 fair will open Septem ber 7, the board. In semi-annual session, decided. Husbands Guests At Turkey Dinner DAYTON The annual Christ mas party and turkey dinner was held Wednesday night at the Day ton club rooms when members of the Arrawannah Needle club en tertalned their husbands. There were 25 present, Mr. and Mrs. William Maxwell were spe cial guests. Dinner was served at 8:30 o'clock. William Maxwell and Mrs. Les ter Leach were high score cou ple and Ivan Gubser and Mrs. Er sel Gubser low score winners at pinochle. McNary at Home, Says 6Feel Fine' Senator Charles L. McNary, al though ordered to remain in bed for several days, was reported by his physician as feeling fine yes terday. . .. ... V . - Tbe senator was released . from a local hospital Thursday night and Is now at his country place. The McNarys probably will not leave for Washington until after January 1. Rebekahs Gather At Independence INDEPENDENCE r The . - Re bekahs gathered, at the lodge hall Tuesday night -for., an impromptu Christmas program.. . Mrs. James S. . Robbie . gave reading "The Last Hymn'.'; Mrs. Joe Hubbard told what Christmas meant to a family of ten; other members present, responded .with verses and songs.- ; .Orin, .ICellogg furnished the treer Mrs. Robert W. White, and Mrs. C. Colgln .were hostesses and the men served. A gift ex change was .held. . ', , r: Attendance Is -Small , - 'J! Over $44 Received to Date ; Fund Maintains ; Public X-Ray Clinic A total of $ 43 82.1 C has. been received , to date for the annual tuberculosis seal sales. Ttnkham Gilbert, president of the. Marlon County Health association, Js as sured that the SCOdO goal will be reached. . The booth sales have gone very well this year with total receipts amounting to -115 7J 4. The rural districts outside of Salem - have reported a total of 11327.22 from the seal sales, which Is a , high percentage. Seal sale money In Marlon county maintains the only public X-ray -clinic for the purpose- of tuberculosis examinations. Last year 1090 people received X-ray examinations in this county. In tuberculin testing citizens of Mar ion county there has been found low positive rate. Thirty five per cent have a positive reaction. In the high schools of Salem eight years ago IT per cent of the stu dents tested were positive react ors sad last year there were enly 7 per cent posltlvo. ; v " I'UBGET! 5-Tube Superhet Only $(g).95 Many .Other Models From Which to Choose Phonos f-Jtecords - Sheet Blusie New and Used Band and Orchestra Instruments STARR Ci FEIIDEn riUSIC CO. 136 So. High Street . Phone 2-1414 r - . WEST SALEM- The Klngwood -Garden! club ' met "a tV the home of Mrs.. James Monaco' Thursday 'aft eraoon 'with a. small - number of members present. 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