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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1941)
i- . Ifco CZTSOIT CTATwMAtf, Salam, Ororon. Wednesday Morning, April 9. 1341 pack nvs Local News Briefs ' . . Carafe la Hospital Victim of ftn umttual accident. Lute Savage, JS-year old survivor of the fairi es KtHy'WlUos-J break from the Oregon state peni tentiary, ig in the Salem Deacon tm hospital with a broken right hip, broken right knee and in jured ankle. Savage received his Injuries when a loose chain on ft dog became wrapped around the former prison guard's legs and threw him to the ground. Think ing the injuries minor, friends took Savage home where he lay for a week until last Sunday when he was brought to Salem by a friend, Sam Matheny, who hap pened by. Safety of your savings Is insured at Salem Federal, 130 S. Liberty Weald Drop Lines Abandon ment of part of its 12th and Hoyt street line was asked by Oregon Motor Stages, Inc., in a petition to the city council Monday. The company seeks to discontinue ser vice on Mission between 13th and 14th, 14th between Mission and Hines, and Hines between 13th and 14th. The company would also abandon a jog onto Saginaw from its South Commercial street line between Lincoln and Super ior streets. Lutz florist. P. 9592. 1276 N. Lib. Man Missinr Ruth Palmer, 806 Thompson avenue, requested police Tuesday to be on the look out for her father, W. R. Palmer, 76, who she said wandered away from her home at, 9 ajn. Tuesday. Mr. Palmer, who suffered a par alytic stroke last Christmas, is over six feet tall, has thin grey hair and a grey mustache. Easter Bible Special $1.00. Bible Book House, 139 N. High. New Trooper Named Law rence G. Bergman, 29, Klamath Falls police officer for the past three years, was appointed to the state police Tuesday by Supt. Charles P. Pray. Bergman, as signed to Medford for prelimin ary training, succeeds J; W. Dan forth, Klamath Falls, who resign ed to enter the insurance business. OBITUARY Comstock At the residence, 2330 Broad way, Sunday, April 6, Warren A. Comstock, aged 77 years. Father Of Delia Coleman of Sutherlin, Vinnie Wildman of Milkan, Ore., andj Howard O. Comstock of Sa lem, Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the W. T. Rigdon company, Wednesday, April 9, at S p. m. Rev. J. F. Lawson will officiate. Concluding services IOOF cemetery. Brock At the residence, 1055 Second street. West Salem, Sarah Julia Brock, aged 88 years. Wife of Ed Brock; brother of A. H. Nicols of Dayton, uncle of Georgia Iris Hord and grand uncle of Marjorie Rolls of Portland. Funeral serv ices wiD be held in the chapel of the W. T. Rigdon company Wed nesday, April 9, at 10 a. m. Rev. Don Huckabee wiH officiate.. Con cluding services in IOOF cem etery, Dayton. FLOWERS OLSOII, Florist Court & High Ph. 7166 UNITED SUBMITTED RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due from Banks United States Government Bonds . Municipal and Other Bonds Loans and Discounts i. . Stock in Federal Reserve Bank Bank Premises (including Branches); Safe Deposit Vaults Other Real Estate J Customers Liability on Acceptances Interest Earned- i Other Resources Capital Surplus Undivided Profits Reserves Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc. Acceptances Dividends Declared ... Deposits: Demand and Time... $149,964,080 Public Funds .4.- 22480.850 Interest Collected Not Earned . Other Liabilities " i ; . . 1 Both Public aad Trust fiwd art Mcvrwl cor4ir te lav. D. i - - Roy Nelson J. Fuhrer Tinkham Gilbert Leo G. Pagje LADD & !....-.. C. " J BISECT E3A!fC2I OF Comieg Events AprU ll-Oood Friday ala services, IS neon at First Bap ttst church.1 ; . April 11-14 Spring vacaiien, Salem public schools. April ill Easter Sunday , April It . Easter Sunrise service at! Belcrest Memorial park, C son, April 1 Willamette univer sity spring vacation ends. May Z, ig May weekend at Willamette , university. May 11 Mother s dan Oiling- Petition Filed Request that the Marion county court oil Judson street between South High and ; South Commercial streets during the regular summer oiling program was made Tuesday in a petition signed by Mrs. Winnie Pettyjohn and 66 other residents on and users of the street. The petition, which referred to the street as a county road, stated that it is in need of oil treatment and accommodates a large volume of traffic. New location, T. C. Mason, 532 N. Liberty. Rad., fender & body rprg. Club Official Visits Judge Ar lie Walker! of McMinnville, dis trict lieuteftant-governor of Ki wanis International, was the guest and speaker Tuesday at the regu lar luncheon meeting of the Sa lem club. Judge Walker discussed plans for the Kiwanis . district convention to be held in Salem next August and made other com mentaries pn the Kiwanis club program. He met with officers j and directors of the local organization following the luncheon meeting. Permits Granted Building permits were issued Tuesday to Belle Fleming to alter a sitore building at 803 North Liberty street, $10; Hugh Evans to alter dwelling at 2358 Shelton street, $600; Joseph H. Botts to ajlter dwelling at 557 Richmond, $25. Escapes Home Virginia lor, 22, escaped from the Tay-Fair- view home about 8 p.m Tuesday, authorities sat the institution ported to state police. re- Adklns Stephen Price Adkins, 70. Sur vived by widow, Mrs. Alta Ad kins; sons, Stephen Adkins of Grants Pass and Ori Bel ton of Empire; daughter, Mary Adkins of Portland; brother, Carry Ben nis Adkins; sister, Mrs. Alice Brown of Sheridan. Funeral an nouncements later from Rbse Lawn! Funeral home. Hunt At the residence, Jacksonville, Ore., Monday, April 7, Guy jw. Hunt, aged 58 years. Husband; of Charlotte Hunt and father of Rlrs Velma Witeel of Ashland; brother of Warren J. Hunt of Long Beach, Calif., Maurice L. Hunt and Mrs. Mattie Allen of Salem, Mrs. Maude Turpin of Vancouver, &C, and Mrs. Zula Buckley of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of ihe W. T7 Rigdon company, Wednes day, April 9, at 1:30 p. m. Cta eluding services City View ceitn etery. Rice In this city, William V. Rce, aged 64 years, late resident of 321 Sixth street, Portland. Funeiral announcements later by the Wj T. Rigdon company. Condensed Report of tile STATES NATIONAL BANK of Portland, Oregon TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE as of April 4, 1941 LIABILITIES 4,500,000.00 4,200,000100 1,233,354154 1,196.547.34 j... 06 95 VICE-PRESIDENTS W. Eyre ! W. S. Walton : 1 ASSTj VICE-PRESIDENTS George H. Riches i ASST. MANAGERS " BUSH - SALEM c . . I - . - ' i." '. i r SALEM, OREGON ' ! - 1 , 1 . HmJ Offiaak Portland, Orecoa . I TEE UNITED STATES RATIONAL JWwal Dpoit humrmttm Crprwtin Baad AetUn rUnaed That they would take immediate steps to undertake the share of Ma rion county in the .improvement program of the South River road, favorable action . on which was taken by the Salem! city council Monday night, wa announced Tuesday by members of the county court, who indicated they would shortly inspect the state highway department's survey of the road in order to formulate plans for obtaining right of way, and would then proceed as rap idly as circumstances will per mit with sponsorship of a WPA project already approved by fed eral authorities. Formal action, however, is expected to be de layed until after the return of County Judge Leroy Hewlett, resting for two weeks in a Linn county resort. f New Location, Adams Florists In New Steusloff Bldg. Names Certified -4- Certificates of assumed business name were filed Tuesday with the Marion county clerk by W. C Dyer, jr., and W. C. Dyer as W. C. Dyer and Sons Insurance agency, lo cated at 201 Pearce building, and by Sam Schwartz, Portland, and Louis Newson, Oregon City, as the S and N Clothiers, Salem. Two Appointments Made Gov. Charles A. Sprague Tuesday announced reappointment of Les ter Thouvenal of The Dalles to the state board of barber exam iners for a three-year term, and of Mrs. Margaret Easton of Tole do to the state board of cosmetic therapy examiners for a two- year term. Bean in Washington Ormond R. Bean, Oregon public utilities commissioner, was scheduled to arrive in Washington, , DC, Tues- day night to confer with Claude R. Porter, interstate commerce commissioner, regarding settle- meat of issues tha have delayed start of the Front in Portland. avenue project River Right Given Right to construct a transmission line across the Willamette river has been granted the Salem Electric cooperative by the war depart - merit Officials of the co-op said as soon as that work would begin a right-of-way can be obtained to the west side of the river. To Nominate Officers Offi cers for the 1941-42) term will be nominated by the Marion chapter of the Reserve Officers' associa tion at the Argo Hotel Wednesday night Election is to be held at the next regular meeting. Instruc tion is scheduled tonight by Ma jor Clarence Collins, subject, "Conduct of the Attack." Eleanor to Speak Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president, is to be presented m a Greek war relief lecture at the nicipal auditorium Portland mu- the night of May 1 by Portland Post No. 1, American Legion, Thomas Sweeney, the post committee. according to chairman of Returns to Class Guy Pel ton returns to the truth study class April 9, 10 and 11 at 155 South Liberty street Wednesday. Topic is "The Fourth Dimension." All welcome. Till Tilted Police reported Tuesday that $3.35 was taken from the till of an Associated Oil company station ait 1710 North Commercial street sometime Monday while the (attendant was absent for a few minutes. Obtain License I Elmer W. Barnes and Myrtle ft- Baker, both of Salem, were issued a marriage license in Reno, Nelv., Monday. CURRENCY $ 63,491,632.93 . 69,523,173.40 9,122,807.95 . 37,713,341.83 261,000.90 3,258,621.40 27,876.96 3.00 12 1,1 9.-). 63 501,312.03 73.661.28 $184,094,626.41 $ 11,129,901.81 302,761.69 122,976.15 78,750.09 172,344,931.01 94,371.46 20.940.31 $184,094,626.41 L. C. Smith Ew H. Thompson BRANCH " f . r -It ' ' BANK OF rORTLAND App ointment Jury Reporter Gives Hint of Important Investigations District Attorney and Assistant Balk on Comment; Lengthy Testimony Is Expected From Many Witnesses . Appointment of Mrs. Blanche Barrett Ferguson as a spe cial 'reporter to take down proceedings of the Marion county grand jury, beginning with its meeting next Monday, - caused speculation Tuesday as to an impending secret grand jury in vestigation of unusual importance. Neither District Attorney Miller B. Hayden, nor his deputy, Talbot Bennett; would comment on the jury session. Bennett said, "It is impossible to reveal the nature of the jury's work at this time. The district attorney's petition for the appointment of Mrs. Fer guson, at present official court re porter for this judicial district, stated that "certain matters of considerable importance" are to be investigated by the grand jury, and that; "a large number" of wit nesses will appear. The petition added that the wit nesses" testimony would be "in volved and lengthy." Underj ordinary circumstances, the grand Jury functions without a reporter to keep a record of its proceedings. CIRCUIT COURT Kenneth Goss vs. Florence Goss; divorce bomplaint charging cruel and inhuman treatment; married at Vancouver, Wash., April 25, 1936. Kathleen Mae Mumper vs. Ben jamin Preston Mumper; divorce complaint in which plaintiff charges Cruelty and asks custody of a minor child, $15 monthly sup port money, $75 attorney's fee and Named, Nurses' Board Two appointments to the state board for examination and registration of graduate nurses were announc ed Tuesday by Gov. Charles A. Sprague.! They are: Mrs. .Emily Heaton, superintendent of nurses, Good Samaritan hospital, Port land, to succeed Sibylla Hadwen, Portland, and Lucile Perozi, di rector of public health nursing for the state board of health, to succeed Virginia Marlon, Astoria. Both will serve for three year terms from April 1, 1941. Harding visits Here to confer with Hi-Y boys and leaders today is Everett Harding, northwest area YMCA boys' work secretary. Harding will attend a Hi-Y coun cil meeting at the senior high school at 12:50 p.m. and will take part in a joint Hi-Y conference at 7:30 at the Y. Amity Man Joins Dwight Raymond Ellenwood, Amity, has gone to San Diego, where he will receive eight weeks recruit train ing at the naval training station. He will then enter the musician's school, according to Chief Quar termaster Robert B. Fallon, US navy. Thefts Reported H. O. Math ews, Portland, reported to police Tuesday that a radiator ornament was stolen from his car while it was parked in the 100 block on North Commercial street. Mayme Larson, 595 North 20th street, re ported theft of a grill guard, fog light and radiator cap. Control Board Meets The state board of control will meet at the capitol at 10 o'clock this morning. The resignation of Dr. W. D. Mc Nary as superintendent of the Eastern Oregon state hospital will come before the board officially at this time. Leaves tor San Diego Virgil Donovan Olson, Salem, has en listed through the local navy re cruiting station as apprentice sea man and gone to the naval train ing station at San Diego for six weeks recruit training. He has been employed at Hotel Marion. Prowler; Frightened B. C. Kel ler of 955 Marion street, re ported to police Tuesday that he frightened away a prowler Monday night. The prowler had opened a kitchen window, but had not yet entered the house. i On Blotter William H. My ers, Portland,, is charged on the Salem police blotter with viola tion of basic rule. Darrell Bon ner, 754 South 15th street, is charged with having no driver's license. Retreat Slated The physical education committee of the Salem YMCA wiU hold a retreat April 27 in the Silver creek recreation area, Director Carl Greider said Tuesday. Next year's program wiU be largely developed during the afternoon session. 'TWO OFIFOCIES The HUGGIXS IXSTJRAXCE AGENCY operates two of Ore gon's most up-to-date Insurance offices SALEM and MARSH FIELD -and is Oregon's largest and - most progressive ap state agency. SOUND CHUCK LOWEST INSURANCE COSTS AND RELIABLE INSURANCE SERVICE 0 CHirr I raOUHAfclCtr AGENCY I ; "Oregon's Largest Upstate Agency9 Salem 129 N. Comzacrdal Fhon 4SS3 . MarthStld 230 S. Broadway Then 1C3 of Special Grand $25 suit money; married October 30, 1932, in Vancouver. " Pemie A. Wilson vs. Edward D. Wilson; divorce decree granted awards custody of child to plain tiff, $25 monthly support money, $25 "monthly alimony, $50 attor ney's fee and $24.20 costs; non military service affidavit of de fendant filed by plaintiff. Robert 1 L. Barnett vs. May Reichard Walin; judgment tran script for $5500 filed from Lane county. Grace Shattuc vs. Warner Brothers Theatres and George Guthrie; second amended com plaint asks $7000 in general and $2075 in special damages for in juries allegedly sustained when plaintiff fell over a bucket of sand in the basement of the Elsinore theatre on September 3, 1938; per manent knee injuries and other injuries to the knee and ankle were suffered, plaintiff alleges. PROBATE COURT Ida M. Keene estate; tenth an nual account of Arthur A. Keene, executor, shows receipts of $1049.50 and disbursements of $953.21; balance, $96.29. Julius Otto, sr., estate; return of Emil Hoffman, executor, on sale of real property of the estate to Guy G. andJennie E. Weaver for $3300. JUSTICE COURT Essie L. I, Jackson vs. Sam F. Paris; jury verdict for plaintiff in sum of 75 and attorney's fee; complaint for recovery on promis sory note for $70J MARRIAGE LICENSES Thome H. Hammond, 30, claim adjuster, - 650 Marion street, and Helen F. Boardman, 30, secretary, 677 North Summer street, both Salem. Students Enter Essay Contest Interest in the essay contest being sponsored; by the Salem Credit association, is running high, according to Leslie KlampI, chair man of the student committee. Over 125 ' entries have already been received, Klampi said, and many more inquiries and requests for information sheets prove that registration has only begun. Closing date for entires is April 18 and shortly after that date judges will name the winners of the $15, $10 and $5 prizes being offered by the association. Only high school students are eligible to compete. The essays, which are not to be over 350 words in length, are to be entitled "What Is the Value of a Family. Budget, and How Does It Affect Ones Credit Standing, Births Turnbow To Mr. and Mrs Charles E. Turnbow, route one, a son, John William, born March 31, Deaconess hospital. Sebum To Mr. and Mrs. Don aid B. Seburn, 1097 South 13th street, a daughter, Linda Sue, born March 31, Deaconess hos pital. Korth To Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Kurth, route three, a daugh ter, Bonnie Jean, born March 30, Deaconess hospital. Jackson To Mr. and Mrs. War ner B. Jackson, 1135 North 13th street, a daughter, Sylvia Diane, born March 30, Deaconess hos pital. Hill To Mr. and Mrs. Leland A. Hill, Albany, a son, Travis Le Roy, born March 30, Deaconess hospital. Halseth To Mr. and Mrs. Wen dell A. Halseth, 1604 Chemeketa street, a son, Gerald Allen,; born March 28, Deaconess hospital. Krans To Mr. and Mrs. Ste ven W. Kraus, J27 North 23rd street, a daughter, Karen Ginger, born March 31, Deaconess hos pital. Schlndler To Mr. " and Mrs. Lumar Schindler, route four. West Salem, a daughter, ' Joyce Louise, born April 3, Deaconess hospital. . r : C has tain To Mr. and Mrs. Claude L: Chastain, 644 South 12th street, - a daughter, Linda Marie, born April -2, Deaconess hospital. 1 -" -- ----- Ragione Set For Concert Louis Ragione, . baritone j will give a concert tonight at the Salem Fraternal temple. The well known baritone has appeared on many lo cal programs. j - Ruth Bedford, Salem pianist and teacher, will accompany- Ragione, and will assist with two numbers. Tickets are available at the Geo. C Will Music store. The program: . I . I Nina . G. Perffolesi AmapoU I Call Clef te . .J. Massenet Louis Ra(ione U Claire de Lune . C. Debussy Walts In C Sharp Minor .Chopin Mlaa Bedford - ? Aria: Per'M Ciunto K n D1 Su preme" from the opera "Don Car los" - L Verdi Arts: "Erf ru" from the opera "A AiatKea iiau L Verdi Louis Ragione TV , Neopolltan soncs I Torna a Surriento fin Neopolitan di alect) E. DcCurtis Mama Mia Che Vo Sape (in Neopoli tan dialect) B. Muttle Vieni Sul Mar Anenymous Louis Ka clone V None but the Lonely Heart ! Tschalkowsky Because Guy O Hardelot A Dream J. C. Bartlett Louis Ragione Salem Library Tomes Listeil l l . Salem people had on April 1 a total of 42,330 books and pam phlets available in the city brary, according to the March re port of Librarian Hugh Aiorrow, released Tuesday. Of the number, 35,550 were ad ult books, of which 55 were added during March. Children's volumes totaled 6780, of which 29 were added in the month. Circulation of adult books was 13,303, and of children's total of ,18,365. Total number of registered pa irons was 17,367, a decrease of 45 during the month. Rural Routes Are Studied Proof of Salem's growths in the past year is shown in the increas ingly heavy load put on mail car riers in this city's seven suburban routes, according to Postmaster H. R. Crawford. In order to get an accurate check on the amount of mail be ing carried daily by each! man a route survey is being conducted this week under the direction of William O'Neil, foreman bf car riers. Senator Takes Job PORTLAND, April State Sen. W. H. Strayer of Ba-Tues- ker received confirmation day of appointment to the state board of the department of geol ogy and mineral industries. A senate committee on executive interim appointments voted ap V7 &p? i As V 1 i '' f t - - v4 y y, ... ' --.!. I " . A paus It so wtlcom in btwtn times. That's th tlm to turn to Ico-cold Coca-Cola and onloy its dslklous tastsand i - delightful refroshment. You Ml Ilk it. So - - - I - , -. . ' i- -whon you pauso throughout tho day, rrjcko it lh pavf Coca-Cola. COCA-COLA Supreme Court Ruling Keeps Judge Tazwell on Bench The'j provision of the Oregon constitution that state elective officers ghall serve until their successors are elected and qualified rules in the case of Probate Judge George TazweJI of Multnomah county, the supreme court held here Tuesday. The caie before the high court"- rr. : arose after "John A. Mears, who defeated Tazwell in the 1941 elec tion, was I killed in an automobile accident before he took office, and Gov. Charles A. Sprague appointed Newton L Smith, Portland attor ney,' to the Multnomah probate position for the purpose of pro viding an opportunity for a ju- Qub to Hear Corps Leader .Isabella Gould of Portland, sec retary., of the British American ambulance corps there, will speak at the noion luncheon meeting of the Rotarir club at the Marion ho tel today.l Election! of officers is slated for the sessiaji with Ellis Von Eschen the only (candidate put forward by a nominating committee. Other nominations are: For vice-president, G. W. Pau lus, Vernon Douglas and Tinkham Gilbert; or secretary, - Gardner Knapp; for treasurer, Floyd Mc Lellan ana Arthur Rogers; for two directors to be elected, Keith Brown, iL F. LeGarie, Abner Kline, Frank Crawford and Lor ing Schnuldt. Farmer Routs Hen Thieves ' Paul Scharfe, Turner farm er, found two sacks of chick ens and two chicken thieves in his hen roost Monday night. The tto sacks of chickens, which were Shirt e'l own, stayed in the hen roost, but the two "chicken thieves, left In a hnrry jsans loot and with Scharfe in pursuit. He didn't catch thefti. Sharf e surprised the thieves after bisj dor started barking and ran .smack dab Into them as they 4ame running out of the roost J Margaret Hauser Named Principal Miss Margaret Hauser has been elected by( the school board of Fossil, Oregon, as principal of the Fossil grade school for the re mainder of the year, according to word received, by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Hauser, sr. Miss Hauser, a graduate of Willamette; university and the Western Washington College of Education, j is in her first year of teaching. She will succeed John Kirigan, who resigned to accept a non-teaching position. .;When theres hd nfnthtt with ico-cold YCU OTTLFJJ CXXSgS. AUTHOXJtY OF THX COCVCOIA EOTlLXNG COMPAIIY'OF SALD4 . Salem, Oregon dicial determination of the ques tion of whether or not Tazwell was entitled to continue in office. 1 When the term for which Mears was elected began last January, TasweU refused to turn over the position to Smith and the latter brought salt to force him out of office. The high ' court's ' decision, by Justice John L. Rand, ruled that inasmuch as Mears, the Judge elect, had never qualified, there was no vacancy in the office and Tazwell was entitled to continue on the bench until after the 1942 general election. Other decisions by the court Tuesday:; Oregon Mutual Life Insurance Co., vs. Maude . Fahey James, appellant, and others. Appeal from Multnomah county. Suit involving payment of endowment policy. Opinion by Justice Bailey, Judge Alfred P. Dobson reversed and re manded. . "-'")-; Frances C. Bertschinger vs. New York Life Insurance Co., appellant. Appeal from Mult- t ; nomah county. Suit Involving Insurance payment. Opinion , by J Justice Lusk, Judge Arthur D. Hay affirmed. -t Owen Haley and others, vs. State Land Board, appellant. Ap peal from Multnomah county. Suit to be judged heirs. ' Opinion by Jusice Rossman, Judge Louis P. Hewitt modified and remanded. Oral: Petition for rehearing de nied in Allen vs. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. McKinley Pupils Of Fourth Grade Visit Statesman Pupils of the fourth grade of McKinley school, accompanied by their teachers, Mrs. D. -Rea and Winifred Norton, Tuesday visited the editorial" and mechanical de partments of The Oregon States man. i , . Members of the party included Betty Ross, Ruth E. Ruth, Jean? King, Marilyn Hall, Edna Hillj Ralph Blakley, Bill Bowden, San ford Williams, Delbert Hunt, Gene Carver, Jesse Jones, Patsy Severin, Beverly Beakey, Jerry C Jansen, Lloyd Feddern, Ethan H. Grant, Ruth Pardo, Edith Anne Simpson, ' Barbara Flatt, Marlene KendoU and Alan Gilchrist. Envy of Fishermleii OREGON CITY, April 8-(Pp-Old-time Willamette river fish ermen looked at 11 -year-old Dickie Davis with envy Tuesday. His weekend catch was three salmon, weighing 18, 20 and 22 pounds. . a breathing pause a A tfCf rVy TASTE ITS CIV.LITY COMPANY ST
