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Swings With Proctor Tonight
Leo The Lion Tarner, ex-middleweight champion of Oreon, who
battles Powder Proctor at Salem's armory tonight.
17rFo6t Vault Foreseen
By Use of New Take-Off
By BILL BONI
NEW YORK, Feb.; 17 (AP)
-A year or two ago Brutus
Hamilton, University of Cali
fornia track coach, drew up a
list of times, , heights and dis
tances which he felt represent
ed the ultimate in track and field
achievement. In the . pole vault
his "absolute ceiling" was 15 feet."
Then Cornelius Warmerdam. came
along last summer and - boosted
the world record to 13 feet 1
Inches.)
Today Earle Meadows declared
he felt! vaulters would be able to
clear 16 feet and perhaps -shades
of the pioneers! even 17, with
the aiq of a new takeoff box he
has designed after two years of
studying the theory of. vaulting.
Meadows, winner "of the last
Olympic title, and set to defend
his national indoor championship
here next Saturday, explained the
present . slot doesn't, enable the
vaulter to take full advantage of
the speed he ; generates on the
runway. His design, which in-
Ag Conference Set
For Linn County o
ALBANY Thursday, February
20, has been set as the date for
the general biennial agricultural
economic conference of Linn coun
ty farmers. The meeting is to be
held in this city. . 7
Each of the four subsidiary com
mittees have already held a meet-1
ing at j which preparations for the
general meeting were made. Each
committee has prepared a report,
including recommendations, to be
presented at the general confer
ence Iwhich will consider them
for adoption as precepts to guide
farmers in forming their policies
for the coming two years.
Sewing Club Meets
,KI!ZER Mrs. Helen Emmert
will be hostess to the Keizer sew
ing club at an all-day session
Thursday. Mrs. W. E. Savage 'will
be assistant hostess. - -
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Answer U Saturday's pussle.
ICl IP
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volves such gadgets. as ball bear
ings, and a slot that moves up as
pole and vaulter go up, still is
on paper, but he was given per
mission today; by Dan Ferris of
the Amateur . Athletic union to
proceed with construction.
- Ferris explained that, provided
the Meadows invention did not
give- the . vaulter any . extra me
chanical aid, he " saw no reason
why it should not be perfectly
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Clinic Slated
At Dallas
. DALLAS- The second clinic for
crippled children in Polk county
will be held at the Dallas public
library on February 20.
Arrangements for the clinic
have been made by the Polk coun
ty Public Welfare commission and
by the Polk county public health
nurse. Miss Margaret Gillis.
Dr. Roderick E. Begg of the
state Public Welfare commission
for Crippled Children's Services
will be examining physician.
Those wishing to enter the clin
ic may do so by application to the
Polk county Public -Welfare com
mission in Dallas. ,
Acreage Is Signed
By
Fruit House
WOODBURN -Acreage which
will produce an estimated 268 tons
of small fruit was signed on con
tract with the new North Marion
Fruit company following a meet
ing of growers in the Woodburn
city hall last week. The estimated
tonnage is based on production
last year and most growers ex
pect this year to exceed last year
in output , per acre.
John Ramage, president of the
new company, said he expected
tonnage contracted for to be more
than 500 tons by the time the
berry season gets under way. Most
of the tonnage signed up is lo
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Court Speeds
Land Deal :
Tax Cancellation Aids
Proposed Sales by
- State Board
The Marion county court prepared-the
way Monday for ire
sale of three sets of properties
owned by the state land board
in Marion county when it acceded
to a land board request for can
cellation of $600 worth of taxes
against the properties extending
back to 1931,
The action was taken in accord
ance with the 1939 tax foreclose
ure law, which permits cancel
lation -of tax liens when the
property has become the property
of the state agency. j
Land board representatives ex
plained to the county court,' as
they had previously explained) to
the former court, that sale of jthe
properties to, private owners jvas
not possible so long as their titles
were clouded by county tax liens,
yet unless sold the properties
brought no income to either siate
or county. j
The properties involved includ
ed 178.36 acres taken in the case
of the land board against Ralph
Moudy and others lot three of
the Sunnyside fruit farms taken
from A. A. Meinrada Whelan and
others, and timber lands taken
in a case in which Edna Short
was defendant. -
Salem Kniglits
Plan Benefit
Salem Knights of Columbus will
hold a benefit program Friday
night at St. Joseph's hall to j aid
the seminary, burse fund which
provides financial aid to students
entering seminaries in various
states for the purpose of following
the priesthood and joining the
service of the archdiocese of Port
land. ; ...
Included in the program
"His First Shave,, comedy.
are
by
first year students of Sacred Heart
academy, "From Wilderness
Wonderland," dance act by
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young men and wuaam of the StJ
Joseph's Young People's club and
carnival attractions.
Committee on arrangements:
Dick Redden, chairman, Ed Ma
jek, Cyril Meusey, John Nathman,
Renni Jennings, . Phil Jaskoski,
Henry Kropp, Joe Wichman, A.
L. Elvin, W. Dan Hay, L. Amort,
! Z. E. DuBois, John Kessel, Jack
Fontanini, J. MiucheL Ted Brabec,
Bill LaRoche, George Becker, J Joe
Domogalla. j
Pastors of the two local churches
St Vincent de Paul's and St. Jo
seph's, Rev. R. S. Neugebauerjand
Rev. T. J. Bernards, respectively.
urge all Catholics to attend
bring their friends.
and
Mt. Angel Dairyman
Wins Butter Award
CORVALLIS, Feb. 17-(iip-Peter
Reich of the dairy cooperative as
sociation, Portland, was awarded
first place Monday in the annual
Dairy Manufacturers' association
cold storage butter contest, j
Horace B. Johnson, Farmers
Cooperative creamery, McMinn
ville, second; John H. Bigler, ML
Angel creajnery, fifth.
Farmers Union
News i
TALBOT Sidney Talbot Farm
ers Union met in the Talbot school
house Friday night with about
100 people present.
President Ernest Henningsen
was in charge of the business
meetings. Names of Mr. and Mrs.
William Brown were read as! ap
plicants for membership.
Roll call of officers showed
only two officers absent. D. E.
Blinston read the exchange -board.
Refreshment committee appoint
ed for the next" meeting is; Mr.
arid Mrs. Eugene Finlay, Mr. j and
Mrs. Lawrence Finlay, Mr. i and
Mrs. Ernest Freeman, Roy Gar
lick and Mr. and Mrs. Jake ,Gil
mour. '
Dairy reports were given by
Sam Fungen and Keith Allen
and gasoline dividends were given
members. J. O. Farr gave a legis
lative report. C. F. Johnston! re
ported on the Farmer Union ware
house in Salem.
Following the business session
an oyster supper . was served by
the Coos Bay Oyster Co. with
Robert Errion and J. K. Barton
of North Bend and Lee Davenport
of Portland and Glen Meekers of
Salem in charge. They also show
ed moving pictures of the Coos
Bay oyster Industry.
AUMSVHJLE Farmers Union
met at the hall Tuesday night at
which time George Killinger was
given the obligation.
President Lee Sutton appointed
Mrs. Fred Steiner, Mr. Foxj and
George Killinger a committee on
agriculture. f
On February 25 Farmers Union
films will be shown by Mr.
at the school gymnasium.
public Is invited, f if
Holt
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Highballing down the home stretch. Porter's Cap, carrying the ailks
of Charles H. Howard, fininhetl a four length victor recently to win
Santa Anita's 930,000 handicap derby, defeating Mrs. Anthony Pel
leteri's Hull ltelgh. The winner Is pictured above, with Jockey
Baddy Haas up. Trainer Tom Smith tarns the winner's face toward
the camera. .
Defense Class
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Popiil
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WOODBURN Local classes in
national defense subjects are pro
gressing satisfactorily, it was indi
cated by Milton Gralap, "Wood
burn superintendent of schools,
who was in charge of organizing
them. Classes are held each week
day from 7 to ; 10 pjn.
Classes at the high school ma
chine diop "with Joe Sovra as
imtractor aare dacng wicldiMg, Xace
work and soldering. This class has
12 students.
The class in auto mechanics,
held at the Sauvtin Motor com
pany - with Bonner Stewart as
instructor, has the quota - of 15
stnrlfirtay whidh is the itua irasam,
Several are on the waiting list.
Each coarse is to cantiaatie act
least eight weeks. The auto me
chanics course has finished three
weeks and the class in metal
works has been open four weeks.
Silver Tea Set
BROOKS The Woman's Soci
ety of Christian Service will iaUd
a silver tea "Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. M. F, Day in
Brooks. All are cordially invited.
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Proves Fatal
LYONS Funeral services for
Mrs. Olive Irwin will be held
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
from the Wed die chapel in Stay
ton, with Rev. William Hamilton
officiating. Interment will be In
the Fox Valley cemetery.
Mrs. Irwin died Sunday morn
ing fsem a heart attack at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Frank
Donison.
Survivors are her mother; one
brother, Dr. Richard Landis of
Grass Valley, Calif, a daughter,
Mrs. Evtiym German PoxtLuftd
and two gnndrhflcken.
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Youngster Choked
By Swing Rope
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb.
17-(A-Coroner George H. Adler
said .Monday that 3-year-oM JZIar
tin X Lotchev was fatally strangl
ed by a single -rope on whidh fee
was swinging. The coroner said
he was unable to explain how the
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Silver Falls Co.
Engineer Dies
SILVERTON Funeral services
for Olaf Mortensen, . 37, will be
held - Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Memorial chapel
bf the Ekman funeral home, with
Rev. M. J. H. Fuhr officiating.
Interment will be in Belcrest park
at Salem. He died Sunday night
at St Vincent's hospital in Port
land.
Mr. Olaf Mortensen, who was
an engineer of the Silver Falls
Timber company up to the time
of his last illness, was born in
Sweden May 29, 1883. He had
lived in the United States for 35
years and 20 years at Silverton.
Survivors include the widow,
Loretta, and a brother and sister
in Stockholm, Sweden.
Plays Depict
US History
HAZEL GREEN A Lincoln
and Washington day program was
presented by pupils of the three
rooms at the assembly February
12.
Primary pupils in costume gave
an acrostic and flag drill. Patricia
Haynes was the announcer.
i Intermediate grades introduced
their program by a short story
from the life of Lincoln, read by
Patricia Zahara. A skit, "Our
Country and Our Flag," 12 pupils
included readings, flag salute, na
tional anthem, Lincoln's "Gettys
burg Address,? Marie Phillips;
play, "Abraham Lincoln the Boy,
cast, Mrs. Lincoln, Maryln Ras
mussen; Mr. Lincoln, Oliver Cole;
Dennis v Hanks, Susuma Kyono;
Abraham Lincoln, Junior William
son. .
Vernon Died announced num
bers for the advanced room, which
included a play, "Too Many
Flags; making of the first flag
by Betsy Ross. Gladys Zielinski;
an episode in the life of Washington-that
showed his consideration
for . his soldiers, called "Corporal
Jones Embarrassment,' and a
number of patriotic songs by the
.aohool.
youngster became entangled. The
rope was suspended from a tree
limb. ,
Mystery or Dream Which?
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Party Is Given
At Brooks
BROOKS Honoring Mrs. Syl
via Smith, Mrs. Albert Earls en
tertained in her home recently.
Refreshments were served to
Mrs. Ira Weathers and daughters.
Fay and Dorothy, Mrs. Retha
Lowery, Mrs. Kay Wright and
children, Joan and Allan, Mrs.
George Wright, Mrs. J. D. Earls,
Mrs. June Earls, David and Lloyd
Earls, Norma Jean Wright, Paul
ine Neliton, Mrs. Margie Earls
and children, Pauline and Virgil,
Mrs. Oren Lowery, Mrs. Leon a
Jackson and daughters, Betty and
Lorene, Mrs. Ida Page, Mrs. Elaa
Lea, Carol Lea, Mrs.' Margaret
Lowery, Mrs. Lozzie Gozad, Mrs.
Anna Dunlavy, Mrs. Maddie
Wright, Donna Mae Wright, Mrs.
A. J. Neliton, and the hostess, Mrs.
Albert Earls and the honor guest,
Mrs. Sylvia Smith.
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Letter Received
From; Germany
WOODfeURN Mildred Day
ceived a ; letter February 1 from
JGera, Germany, that had been
sent thrqugh Russia and , across
the Pacifjc ocean. It was writtei
by Arnulf Franz, wine chemist
who returned to Germany shortly
before the war from Long Beach
Calif. Hejhad been a jfriend of th
late Geoj-ge Aicherj The letter
was mailed December 6, 1940, and
reached fwoodburn January 3
1941. j f
It contained very little , infor
mation, apparently due to censor
ship. But indicated he expected tp
return tojthe United States before
very long and that - he was , in
terested i& making wine from Orel-
gon fruits and berries.
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