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i The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Tuesday Morning. April 15. 1941 PAGE TTV3 j - Local News Briefs Girls -Have Outing - An out in Monday at Silver Creek rec reation area was lrthe - reward of girls who . were.ina recent gym nasium attendance contest at the Salem YMCA. . Physical Director Carl . Cfreider was; in charge, as sisted by Delia May Greider, Reeva Schmidt, Mrs. C. A. Page and Mrs. Lewis. The girls were Barbara Smith, Esther Perkins, Dona Whitely, Marilyn Waters, Donna Rae Ahrens, Harriett Hi day, Carol Hardy, Alcetta Gil bert, Joan Wenger, Pauline Morse, Wanda Ringland, Nancy Ringland, Loris Merriott, Leota Clare -Vibbert, Jacqueline Lewis and Betty Page. Safety of your savings ts insured at Salem Federal, 130 S. Liberty Pendleton Talks PUD Pre liminary petition for the creation of the Pendleton Peoples utility district was filed in the offices of the state hydroelectric com mission here Monday. The dist rict would embrace all the terri tory within the corporate limits of the city. Electric energy would be obtained from Bonneville. Of ficials said a hearing probably would be held at Pendleton some time in May. The city of Pendle ton is now served by the Pacific Power & Light company. Coming Events - May 2, 3 May weekend at Willamette university, ' May 11 Mother's day. ; Oregon Finance Oiiic ers Association Elects Obituary Stick 1 1 Edward Herman Slick, 60, at the residence, Sunday, April 13. Survived by widow, Mrs. Grace Slick; children, Mrs. Charles Ord way, Annette Slick of Astoria, Grace Helen Slick of Salem, Ed win, Frank, Jerry and Ray Slick, all of Salem; brothers, George, Henry and Val Slick of Indian apolis, Andrew Slick of Kirkwood, Mo. Mass will be offered at St. Joseph's church Wednesday, April 16, at 9 a. m. Recitation of rosary at Walker & Howell chapel Tuesday at 8 p. m. McMillen Henry C. McMillen, late resi dent of route three, Salem, at a local hospital Monday, April 14, at the age of 80 years. Survived by widow, Mrs. Milow McMillen; four sons and four daughters, all in Ohio; sister, Mrs. Effie Ireton of Salem. Casket will be open to friends at Clough-Barrick chapel until Wednesday noon. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, April 16, at 2 p. m., in IOOF cemetery. Bain - Alexander T. Bain, at his resi dence, Hansen avenue, Sunday, April 13, at the age of 84 years. Father of Dr. V. D. Bain of Salem, Dr. J. R. Bain of Oxford, Ohio, and A. N. Bain of Witter Springs, CaL Graveside services will be held Wednesday," April 16, at 11 a. m., at Hebo, under direction of i Clough-Barrick company. Rice In this city, William V. Rice, aged 64 years; late resident of 321 Sixth street, Portland. Graveside services were held under the di rection of the W. T. Rigdon com pany Monday, April 14, at 3:30 p. m., in the Lee Mission cem etery. Rev. George H. Swift officiated. Jarvis At the residence, 475 South 17th street, Sunday, April 13, mary E. Jarvis, aged 84 years. Mother of J. Q. Jarvis of Coquille, Mrs. Walter Townsend and Clare Jar vis of Salem, sister of Dave Jer man of Tigard and Lafe Jerman of Portland; also survived by seven grandchildren and "two great grandchildren. Funeral ser vices will be held in the chapel of the W. T Rigdon company Tues day, April 15, at 1:30 p. m. Con cluding services in Silverton cemetery. Walker Parole Revoked Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague Mon day revoked the parole issued to Jack Walker,) Multnomah county, who was released from the state penitentiary here October 8,1940, after serving four, years for as sault and .robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. Walk er originally was received at the prison October 16, 1936, to serve a term of 15; years. Officials said he would be required to serve out his unexpired term. Lutz florist P. 9592. 1276 N. Lib. Permits Given Building Per mits were issued Monday to C. O. , Bales to j erect a " one story dwelling and garage at 350 North 19th street, $4200; E. T. Reid to erect a 1 Vi story dwelling and garage at 590 North 22nd street, $4150; E. Bello to erect fence at 2110 Mission street, $50; Mary A. Champ to alter dwelling at 778 South 13th street, $30; J. G. Win ter to alter dwelling at 1230 North 17th street, $200. Will Attend Meet Oregon representatives of the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance company of Bloomington, 111., will assemble in Portland today for a claims meeting to be in charge of F. Coleman of the company's home office. Local men slated to attend include E. A. Guenther, district agent, A. A. Holscher, Mike Rodok and HI J. Walrath. j Azaleas and rock daphne in bloom for Easter gifts. Open Sunday. Knight Pearcy Nursery, 375 S. Liberty. On Blotter Charged on the Salem police blotter with viola tion of basic rule are William C. Stanfill, Portland; Jean Harring ton, Medford; Warren G. Miller, 65 Garden road; W.; R. Newmyer, 10 Hansen avenue, and Otto R. Skopil, 1610 South 13th street Byron G. Nelson, j route six, is charged with having no driver's license. ! Cyanide Demonstrated Mem bers of the Salem ' first aid car crew were i givert instruction Monday in the handling of cya nide and treatment. of victims of the gas at the Foreman's Clean ind & Dying plant, where a cyanide fumigation system has been installed. !. A folder "60 easy ways to improve your personality," is free for the asking at the Capital Business college. j ' i Mestrazat Visits j Paul Mes trazat, resident -of Juneau, Alas ka, was a visitor in Salem Mon day with his daughters, Mrs. Sam Speerstra and Mrs, Mary Ethel Stockbridge. He is riow connected with the United i States coast guard, and is en route to Cali fornia. Mestrazat was last in Sa lem in 1934.! Meet Cancelled A meeting of the Salem Electric cooperative originally called for Wednesday night at the chamber of com merce has been postponed, Mal colm L. Mitchell, secretary of the co-op, said Monday. No date has been set. . ! "1 1 "V or m X f The Oregon Finance Officers Association, at their annual eenventkm en the University of Oregon ' campus recently, elected the above as officers for the coming year. They tare, left to right; Calvin M. Bryan, Eugene, director George Taylor, Portland, retiring president; R. E. Riley mayor of Portland, director; Mrs. Rath Bathiany, Klamath Falls, new president; C C Ward, Salem, first vice-president; Mrs. Grace Schisha, Eugene, director; W. M. Sylvester, Hood River, director, and Will E. Gibson, Port land, second vice-president. ' .j. Births Brink To Mr. and Mrs. Mervin W. Brink. 2535 East Nob Hill, a son. Wil liam Mervin. born April 3, Salem Gen eral hospital. Ditter To Mr. and Mrs. Wilfard F. Ditter. Sublimity, a sop. John Wilfard, born April 3, Salem General hospital. Browning To Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Browning. 30 Salem Heights, a daugh ter, Glenda Jean, born April 5, Salem General hospital. ! Lowrie To Mr. and jMrs. William G. Lowrie. Donald, a daughter, Thelma Yolene. born April 9,; Salem General hospital. ! L I On Inspection Major James B. Hardie, of the US Marine corps, paid his monthly visit to the Salem recruiting station Mon day while on tour of the Port land, Boise, Walla Walla and La Grande offices. Later in the week Major Hardie plans to go to Kla math Falls to complete arrange ments for the opening of a re cruiting station there. Save on gas. 5 gal. Ethyl $1.00. Double S&H stamps. N. W. Oil Co., 546 N. High. Charge Recklessness Leroy J. Gooch, 795 South 24th street was charged with reckless driv ing by city police Sunday night Patrolman William M. Overgaard reported he had to pursue Gooch's car at 70 miles an hour up South Commercial street be fore overtaking him outside the city limits. Name Certified Certificate of assumed business name has been filed with the Marion coun ty clerk for the Dutch Mill by Howard Damon, jr. Retirement from the business, located at 879 North Commercial street, has been filed by H. G. Damon. "Old Maids Convention," IOOF, at Bush school April 15, 8 p. m. No admission charge. Collection. Hurhes in Hospital Condi tion Monday night of ; Jack Hughes, on the state public utili ties commission staff, was report ed "good" at the Salem General hospital. Visitors are not yet allowed. Flies on Visit Lt. Col. George L, Dutfon of Portland returned Sunday afternoon in an army pursuit plane to Fort Lewis af ter visiting at the Salem home of A. R. Hunter, his father-in-law, where Mrs. Dutton is visiting. Auction Thur. night Woodry's. 40 et 8 to Meet Voyageurs of the Marion county voiture, 40 et 8 society, will complete plans at their meeting Wednesday at 6:30 p. m. at the Quelle cafe for the annual spring "wreck." Phil. orch. Thurs., Apr. 17, hi sch. aud., 8:30 p. m. Tickets at Wills, 75c, 50c, 25c. f Convene Tonight The Work ers Alliance will meet at 7:30 o'clock: tonight at the marion county i courthouse. The public is invited; Coming to Portland PORTLAND, Ore., April 14-(P) -Staff officers of the army air corps pursuit base here said Mon day that 218 men and 19 Officers of the 43rd air base group at Ham ilton field, Calif., would be trans ferred to Portland next weekend. - X ; V v f Let Fr lTsiox buildinn cs or tor cioa- ...:ing old homes. Do- payable in convenient monthly installments as give you loll details. VICE-PRESIDENTS D. W. Eyre W. S. Waltpn Roy Nelson J. Fuhrer Tinkham Gilbert ASST. VICE-PRESIDENTS George H. Riches ASST. MANAGERS Leo G. Page L. S. Smith E. H. Thompson ILadd k Basil Salciu Braneb of tlie 1JNETTEI5 STATTES NAHNA1L, DANE j of Portland Judge Martin Gets Backing City Recorder Hannah Martin received Monday further backing for her contention that Marion county should remit to the city all fines in cases of appeals to the circuit court on convictions on municipal ordinances. A letter to the recorder from Deputy City Attorney David San diburg of Portland cited the case of Portland vs. White in 1932 when the court held the city is entitled to the entire fine on ap peals of convictions on city traffic ordinances. The letter also quoted an opin ion of Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle, made December 31, 1940, that in cases where arrests are made by state officers within the city limits the fines are divided between city and county in the manner set forth in the Oregon code of laws. All arrests made by state offi cers in Salem are tried in justice court. 99 Beaver Boys' State Slated at OSC Campus OREGON STATE COLLEGE The annual "Beaver Boys' State" sponsored by the American Le gion in Oregon will be held this year on the Oregon State college campus June 22 to 29, under an arrangement between the board of directors of this youth activity and! the college officials, which has i just been approved by the state board of higher education. Approximately 250 boys of from 16 to 19 years will take part in this citizenship training program. Permit Issued Tj Transport Boat on Road Permit to transport the boat "Norwind," over the Pacific and Siuslaw highways from Eugene to Mapleton, was issued by the state highway commission Monday. The permit was issued 'subject to satisfactory bridge -clearances and that traffic be adequately projected. The boat is 46 feet long, 12 feet wide and aproximately 13 feetj 6 inches high when loaded. Highway commission officials said scmie of the bridges on the Sius law j highway would provide only a few inches clearance based on figures received from the owner of the craft Transportation of the boat will get lander way early Tuesday fol lowjng appropriate ceremonies under the direction of the Eugene chamber of commerce and Am erican Legion. The distance from Eugene to Mapleton, located up the Siuslaw river a few miles from Florence, is 60 miles. Chimney Flares Firemen were called to 655 North Commercial street Monday to extinguish a chimney fire. r. Mystery Surrounds .County Grand Jury Investigations; . . . -w. t Several Portland Residents Seen Closeted but Identities Undisclosed; Rumor "Has i a . Some Legislative Action- Under Probe S I7 Official sources remained silent Monday as to the' nature of the Marion county grand jury's current investigation for which the senfices of a court reporter, have been retained and about which no official comment Was made last week. Several " individuals, 5 Portland residents, were seen to go into the jury room Monday, but their iden tities or Interest in the matters under investigation was not dis closed. I ! ' - - t Talbot! Bennett deputy district attorney under whose direction the jury session' Is proceeding, j re mained feilent as to its meaning. and refused to elaborate on names Of witnesses or the nature of their testimony. ; - -. - j CourtHouse circles believed that the investigation would continue for at least a week - and a half; and perhaps longer. In the Orig inal petition for the services j of a court reporter, signed by Bennett and approved by Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan, it was stated that "many witnesses'" would be called. According to rumor, the investi gation is connected with events of the last legislative session, an opin ion whih the presence of Port land witnesses might confirm. CIRCUIT COURT Geneva Wood vs. Frank Holmes and others; application to place on trial docket G. E. and Edith Prime vs. Dur ward Vf and W. C. Helyer; notice of appeal of judgment to supreme court Transcripts from Salem justice court have been filed in the cases of the state against the following defendants: Harold Kleiwer, NSF check; Roy Goodhall, possession of a firearm capable of conceal ment upon the person; and Oscar Walters, larceny not in a dwelling. tions to Stanmbre Fitts by Wilda vs. Ralph arid Wilma Wagers strike. Fitts mo- PROBATE COURT Florence E. Corbett estate; answer of W. W. Calkins, guardian ad litem of Theodore Calkins ap proving sale of real property. W. T. ftiches estate; final decree granted iNellie Riches, .executrix; receipts filed by Mrs. Ruth R. Morrisoni and Mrs. Jane Harvey. JUSTICE COURT ; Rowena Charlotte Westerhouse, no operator's license, fined $1 and $4.50 costs and fine suspended, on payment of costs. ' - - . , Joe John Walker, speeding, fined $5 and $4.50 costs. . MARRIAGE LICENSES Gerald Ellis Mason, legal, biolo gist 1149 Hall street, and Gladys M. Lambert, legal, stenographer, route six. , .. Myron R. Storey, 29, office man ager, Detroit Mich., and Cecilia A. Whitney, 22, registered nurse, Woodburn. Fred J. Myers, 31, engineer, 1467 Court street and M. Jean Johnson, 26, stenographer, 220 South 24th street both Salem." George Herbert Smith, 21, laborer, Monmouth, and Mamie May Jewett 18, domestic, route seven, Salem. Martin Bachmeier, 20, furniture worker, Portland, and Leona Wolf, 18, housekeeper, Mt Angel. Edward B. Stanton, 22, laborer, and Agnes E. Beach, 17, domestic, both Fairhaven avenue, Salem. Kenneth Wallace Heater, logger,! and Fay Winnifred Gillett domes tic, both. Tillamook. MUNICIPAL COURT Flavia Downs, violation of basic rule; fined $2.50. James D. Wilson, illegal plates; fined S5. Hirsch Schusterowitz, illegal re verse turn; fined $1.- Arnold A. Warner, violation of basic rule; fined $2.50. . William Carver, drunk; fined $15 and $5 suspended. Reuben She! ton, drunk; ten days in jail. Francis Beamish, drunk; ten days in jail. Jacob Singer, drunk; 15 days in jail suspended. Industry Trainees Get Physical Examinations Physical examinations for trainees in defense industries have been given to a hundred individuals during the past two weeks by the Marion county de partment of health. It has made the communicable' disease exami nations, while private physicians have completed the examination. Forty youths being' trained at Chemawa as special aviation me chanics under .NYA supervision were examihedt'',arid 60 under training; at the high school through the vocational education department . . Upon completion of training for defense industry a physical ex amination is., given before they are assigned- to an industry. Several Hurt In Collisions yMrs.'W.-V. Jarmin, 42, Port land, rwas reported resting easily at . the Salem General , hospital Monday after she' received a dou bly fractured hip and a . broken shoulder in a collision Sunday be tween a car driven by her hus band and one driven by Mrs. Per cy R. Kelly, 292 South 17th street at D and Park streets. Jarmin received a bruised thigh. ; - Treatment for forehead cuts and bruises and shoulder injur ies was given by Salem first aid men to Leona Bartell, 18, 1335 Cross street Sunday. She. was in jured in a collision at Capitol and Center streets between cars driv en by Edgar J. Hyder, Chemawa, and Lloyd I. Tresham, Amity.- Mrs. Frederick H. Dickson, Al bany, received, bad bruises when a car driven, by her husband and one driven by Wesley M. Brown, route one, were in collision at 12th and State streets Sunday. Brown's car, travelling 56 feet after the collision, broke - off a railroad warning sign, a fire hy drant and a power line guy pole. Life Sentence Is Commuted Louis Stevens, Union county, serving a life term in the state penitentiary here for second-degree murder became eb'gible for parole here Monday under ' a commutation . of sentence issued by Governor Charles A. Sprague. His sentence was reduced to 21 years. Stevens was received at the penitentiary October 1, 1933. The commutation was recommended by the state parole board. Offi cials said Stevens would be par oled within the next few, days so that he may leave the state to ac cept steady employment X "YOU SAVVY QUICIC, SOLDIER! r --nfrMfttUM Mllllf T T "WWi -." 77 Av ij i f s ;A-:v:-x-x-;idKfla r L- . CZZ J I ' . i ' 'hr- ' : MHMMMinnl :" "; ff t ' X - n '-:,;v"" - "tZ-. y- yo-: ill " '" " BwKim0'mmmm- -Trrri rirrTTinir' nirifip 'hi 1 m -.-1 iriii ti - J- T m f (1 DAD ought to know. Look at the wall behind him personal n lilitary history. Photo of the troop. Dad by himself, very proud in his old-style choker-collar blouse. And his decorations the Order of the Purple Heart, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre with palm. "You savvy quick, soldier," he says to his son as that chip off the old block in the new uniform proffers Camels. "These were practically 'regulation cigarettes with the army men I knew. Lots of other things have changed, but not a soldier's 'smokin V Right I Today, and for mora than 20 years, reports from Army Post Exchanges show that Camels art tho favorite And tn Navy canteens, too, Camels are preferred. THE Just seems that Camels click with more people than any other cigarette whether they're wearing O.D., blues, or civvies. You'll savvy, too and quick with your first puff of a slower-burning Camel with its extra mildness, extra coolness, and extra flavor, why it's the "front-line cigarette! l SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNING CAMELS GIVES YOU EXTRA MILDNESS. EXTRA. COOLNESS . EXTRA FLAVOR AND 28 ess Ni O What cigarette are you smoking cow? The odds axe that it's one of those included in the famous "nicotine-in-the-smokep laboratory test. Camels, and four other largest-selling brands; were analyzed 'and compared ;:;oyer and orer again:;;for nicotine content in tb smoie itselj! And when all is said and done, the thing that interests you in a cigarette is the smoie YES, SIR, THE SMOKE'S THE THING! SMOKE CAMELS 1 CAM icotiiie than the average of the 4 other largest selling cigarettes tested less than any of them according to independent scientific tests tbt smokt itself a.i.awoiiiiT BUT CAMELS BY THI CARTON VOB CONVENIENCE. fOR ECONOMY BY BURNING 25 SLOWHt diaa th Tense of the 4 other largex-telliias brsadj tested dower tbaa aay of tbeia Camels also ive yoo a smokina pirns equal, oa the eracc to 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! THE CIGARETTE OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS c: - t : t ' ' ! O KT'