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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1941)
The OHESOTT SI SuTem. Crayon, TzZldj f.Iorn!Iig, Kpr3 25; TTA i i p Local News Briefs , Employe Choice Urred Ap- pointment of an employe on the state board of pharmacy, to suc ceed C L. McFadden, Portland employer, -; whose term expires i May 21, was urged upon Governor Charles A. Sprague at a confer-1 ence here Thursday. .The request was made by Gust Anderson, secretary of the Portland Central Labor council, and C. W. Kemp, secretary of the Registered Phar macists union. Anderson said all five members of the present board are employers. Lutz florist. P. 9592. 1278 N. Lib. . Tax S a vines Noted Marion county property taxes saved from 1930 to date by reason of the state income tax total $2414,091, the state tax commission reported Thursday to the county court Total saving for the entire state was $41,474,311. Marion county's savings were divided by years as follows: 1930, $41,688; 1931, $63, 766; 1932, $208,880; 1933. $73,329: 1934, $97,839; 1935, $97,612; 1936, $132,607; 1937, $197,345; 1938, $288,136; 1939, $278,444; 4940, $298,451; 1941, $335,994. Safety of your savings Is Insured at Salem Federal. 130 S. Liberty Pamphlets Printed Voters pamphlets for the special city election called for March 20 on the question" of amending the city charter to extend terms of ap pointive officers from one to twp years and the proposal to issue '.$200,000 in bonds for a sewage - distosal plant have been printed and are being addressed by the city recorders office. The pam phlets will be in the mail early next week. Rummage, Fri. and Sat WCTU. To Seattle Mrs. Florence Reeves, county juvenile officer, and Deputy Sheriff L. L. Pittenger are scheduled to drive to Seattle today to get Rose Marie Donovan, Salem girl, who a month ago was reported missing from the home of foster parents. Evidently the girl hitch-hiked to the Washing ton city, Mrs. Reeves said. Wanted Women, exp. cook for brding hse. Box 1569 Statesman. Credit Men Meet Outlining of the program for the coming months and discussion of names will be featured at the luncheon meeting of the Salem Credit as sociation .today at the Golden Pheasant. Dr. D. D. Craig, chiropractor, 405 Plan Entertainment Varying the usual program, a series of entertainment numbers will fea ture the Salem Realty board luncheon today at the Quelle. Several musical numbers and a Beading are scheduled. , Bus boy . wanted. The Spa. (g3SEJ Retires from Salem!! 'SATE up ON FURNITURE, RUGS AND APPLIANCES FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED SWING INTO SPRING The Kay Woolen Hill Way!! M 4 :4j Doys'JacIxeis $LE3to$3o25 EDYS' CQHDS Coming Events April 25 Missouri club meets at 246M North Commercial street ! May 2. J May weekend at Willamette university. , i May 4-11 National 11ms I e week celebration. May 11 Mother's day. 1 May It to 18 Boy Scant council Camporee at Silverton park. ; Jane 5 Salem high school commencement June 7 Willamette univer sity commencement Bus boy wanted. The Spa. i Work Progressing Falsework should be completed by the end of this week and pouring concrete for the ' footings of the Gates bridge should be underway early next week, County Engineer N. C Hubbs said Thursday. Templates for steel for the new bridge have been completed and work of fab rication started, J. H. MacGregor, steel inspector at the Willamette Iron & Steel works in Portland for the state highway commission, has notified the county court Spring wall paper. Mathis Bros. Jailed From Woodburn Rich ard Hoover, convicted before Woodburn Justice H. Overton of tampering with his stepmother's car, was jailed here Thursday. The young man allegedly dam aged a spare tire and removed the license plates from the ve hicle. Overton fined him $25 and costs, which if paid are to bring about his release from jail. Azaleas, rhododendrons; fruit tree sale. H. L. Pearcy Nursery, 245 Court St Pendleton Hearing Set Hear ing on the application for creation of the, proposed Pendleton PUD has been set for Saturday, May 24, the state hydroelectric com mission announced here Thurs day. The 'hearing will be held at Pendleton. The proposed district would embrace all the territory within the city limits of Pendle ton. Rummage. 433 Ferry. Fri, Sat Fail to Stop Otis D. Rawlins, 1940 Broadway, and Arthur F. Glenn, 2302 North Fifth street were charged by city police Thursday night with failure to observe stop signs. Permits Granted Building per mits were issued Thursday to L. W. Schrunk to alter a garage at 449 South Cottage street, $175; J. W. Callaway to repair dwelling at 1665 South Cottage street $100. Speaks at Garfield Rev. David Ringland was the guest ' speaker at Garfield school Thursday when the fifth graders were hosts to the sixth grade. MS So MEETS 16 95 - 1995" - $25 SLACKS and EXTRA PANTS $4.95 to $6.50 GABARDINE SHIRTS (Sports and Dress $L95.to $6.95 MEN'S ZD?PER JACKETS :$25, to $4.50 MEN'S LOAFER COATS . ..$5.95 MEN'S CORD and WORK PANTS . , , jgS to $4.95 MEN'S SWEATERS . $15 to $5a MEN'S SOCKS 25c - BELTS 49c SUSPENDERS 49c SILK and WOOL TIES .. 50c to $1.00 ; BLJ1IIKET SPECIALS While .They Last Just a Few Left Before Prices Increase Greys $2.25 Khaki $3.05 VmGm UOOLS, 72"xM", gaslels $7,50 Spring Coaling . . $1.G0 lo $2.3 yi Tweeds and Twills v , ,-: , JACKET PLAIDS . ; $1.75 to $2.00 yd. ! ODDS and ENDS COATING ! WOOL RU.G PCS. : WOOL QUILT PCS. Wool Crepes $L50 yd. Flanels $t.fi5 yd. hos. Kay Woolen Will t - Retail Store .. v-i Open Week Days t:Ct Saturdays Election Slated Central Town send club. No. 6, is slated to meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the court house to elect a delegate to . the national convention , at Buffalo, New York. ! , : .1 New arrivals Mark Twain Shirts with smart short collars, $1.65. A. A. Clothing Co, 121 jN. High. Track on Fire Firemen were called ' to Center arid Church streets Thursday morning .to ex tinguish a fire which started from an ignition short circuit in a truck. Damage was minor. , At O AC Hearing U- County Commissioner Ralph G-od was in Albany on Thursday to attend the Oregon Sc : California land hearing. . Obituary Branch ' ; ' ' . At the residence, 1625 Center street Tuesday, April J 22, Fran ces Branch, aged 80 years, a mem ber of the Methodist Gad People's home for three years. Mother of Everett Branch of Salem, Miles Branch of Monmouth, plrs. Geor gia Savage of Salem,! Mrs. Eva Rimby of Baker and Christel Trent of Tacoma, Wiftsh.; sister of Mrs. Effie Gage of fSalem and Mrs. Lettie Cowles of Long Creek, Ore. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the YA T. Rigdon company Friday. April 25, at 10 a. m. Rev. H. C Stoker will of ficiate. Concluding serf ices in the Bethel cemetery. j Burch j James N. Burch, late resident of 635 North High streetg at a local hospital Wednesday, April 23 Husband of Mrs. Elnora Burch of Salem; father of Mrs. iLillie Ben jarnin of Portland, Mrs. Britta AverilL Mrs. ClemmiefLee Kitch en, Mrs. Opal Graves and Herbert Burch, all of Salem; r brother of Mrs. Effie Flack of jIorristown, Tenn., and William Burch of In' dependence. Also survived by two grandchildren. Services will be held 'Monday, April 8, at 10:30 a. rcL, from the ClQugh-Barrick chapel. Interment in IB e 1 c r e s t Memorial park. f Bell I At Corvallis, Tuesday, April 22, Martin William Belli ja g e d 63. Husband of Pearl Emily Bell, for mer resident of Salem and with the Douglas McKaji Chevrolet company. Services Saturday, April 26, at 10 a. n4 from Mt Crest Abbey mausoleum and cre matorium Salem, unfder the di rection of the KeeBy Funeral home of Corvallis. I ' Herr ; Elvin W. Herr, at ma residence, route two, Silverton,: Thursday, April 24, at the age I of 53 years. Survived by wife, Mrs. Ida Herr, Silverton; two daughters, Miss Elda Herr of Silverton, and Mrs. Marjorie Riensche of Albany; three sons, Ralph, Ray and Clar ence, all of Silverton; "sister, Mrs. Leona Witzel of Salem; three grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday, April 26, at 2 pjn. at the Emanuel Mennonite church, Pratum, Rev. Daniel J. Unruh of ficiating. Concluding services in Pratum cemetery, direction of Clough-Barrick company. Glenn In this city, Thursday, April 24, Willette Winn Glenn, aged 60 years, late resident of Marion, Ore. Husband of Ethel Mae Glenn and father of Martha, Lela and Winnie Glenn, all of Marion; brother of Fred Glenn of Marion; C. P. Glenn of Smith Center, Kans., and Mrs. Delle Pyle of Boulder, Colo. Fu neral announcements! later by the W. T. Rigdon company. . 2V - '30 00 $1.00 to $L25tL L-lSe R. JZOc to 25c lb. Wool BatU 75c - 85c lb. Wool Tarns 14c per oz. 260 So. 12th te & pan. to j.-tl New Jersey Greatest concentration of firefighters in fiva years battled a forest fir near Lakewood, N. J, where the blaze threatened the resort town's business and wain residential section until it was checked. The Lakewood fire. In the New Jersey pin belt was only one of 145 fires which raged in several eastern Special Legislative Session Seen Here if US Nears War The Oregon state legislature may be called into special ses sion within the next year, provided the United States gets anyl closer to war, Robert S. Farrell, jr., speaker of the house of rep resentatives, declared here Thursday following his return to Gash Incomes From Oregon Farms Shown Cash income from Oregon farms during 1940, excluding govern ment payments, aggregated $109 848,000, the state agriculture de partment announced. Thursday. Of this total, $49,556,000 was from crops ana $60,292,000 from livestock and livestock products. Government payments totaled $5,799,000. On the basis of the 61,829 farms in Oregon, as shown by the 1940 census, cash income per farm from farm marketings in 1940 was $1777 and from government pay ments, an additional $92 per farm. The state agricultural depart ment release was based on a re port of the federal bureau of ag ricultural economics. Civic Club Hears Blind Musician Pierce Knox, young blind mu sician, who won the national championship among high school xylophone players, drew repeated calls for encores when he played before the Salem Lions dub Tuesday noon on a" program ar ranged by the National Tran scribers society of Palo Alto, Calif. The young player who lost his sight following an attack of spinal meningitis when he was four years old, became his town band's drummer at seven and took up the xylophone only four years before he won his title, H. C. Cooper, president of the society, told the club men. Buell Field, blind Salem man, who transcribes books into braille, the alphabet of the sightless, for the society, demonstrated his read ing ability, and Richard McCoy, blind college graduate, showed how braille is written. Members of the Hollywood Lions club and wives of mem bers of both groups were guests at the meeting. "1H DROP in sind' drive the! brCiant new Dodge. See bow it feels to shift gears or not. Just as yoa wish! And that's only ooe of the thriSsyoa jet when ou Fluid Drive iwfth Dodge.- And this fjrest s4rsacement costs so very little. FLUID DRlVEiOUlY 25 EXTRA n n .i n n n n H J 'Jmi-m ffi nigh st Chemekel , CUrke-Shephard lister Home in Path of Forest Fire Oregon from Washington, DC "Principal purpose of the spe cial legislative assembly would be that of considering defense legis lation to conform to federal en actments, Farrell averred. Far rell said a number of congression al leaders predicted special legis lative sessions in many of the states within the next 12 months. The next regular session of the Oregon legislature is in January, 1943. Farrell said the special legis lature, if held at the end of a year, also might consider a re port of the 18 -member industrial development committee created by the 1941 legislative session, to study tax problems and methods of attracting new industries to Oregon. The committee will attempt to determine whether the Oregon tax structure is responsible for some 1 arge 'industries locating elsewhere on the Pacific coast. ! - 1 Money Raised. at Church Social - Aout 50 young people attended a basket social at the first Pres byterian church Wednesday. Baskets were auctioned off by Don' Douris, youth . director, and enough money was secured to send nine delegates to the State C. . conference at Klamath Falls. The delegates will make the trip by car, and were to leave Sa lem Thursday morning and re turn Sunday night. Slated to at tend were Bob Dallas, Marilyn McCoy, Don Douris, Roy Burns, Bill Burns, James Kirklin, Milton McClain, L&ura Jean Bates and Maxine Wagner. Registration for a Memorial day outing to Nelscott, being taken by the church young people May 29 and' 30, has reached 30. Twenty three registered for an all day hike around Silver Creek Falls Saturday, May 10. Eleven -of the group will ' take part in a Sun day service at 9 ajn. to be con ducted at. the state hospital by their pastor. Rev. W. Irvin Wll- tHams. Driwm 933 mmtrm. rri eJumg Mm. , ' ' '-iSaleia. Oregea Ce SUvertea. Oregesi , 4 :I.I.N.Phoaephot9 states, leaving hundreds homeless and causing great property damage. In this picture, a southern New Jersey home is almost completely ringed by fire as occupants, on road at right pile belongings Into cars to flee to safety. Two-week warm spell had made the forests tlnder-dry. Hospital Unit Architect Fee Set by Board Architects for the new $325,000 reception unit to be erected at the Oregon State hospital here will receive a maximum fee of 6 per cent, based on the cost of the structure, the state board of control decided at a special meet ing Thursday. ' The contract for architectural services was awarded Wednesday to A. E. Doyle and associates, Portland. Two members of the firm, P. Belluschi and D. M. Jack, conferred with the board here Thursday and later discussed the new building with Dr. John Evans, hospital superintendent. The formal contract with the architects probably will be signed within a week. Before the plans are completed a member of the architectural firm win spend several weeks In the eastern states Inspecting a number of state hospital plants. Jack told the board it would be two or three months before actual construction operations will get under way. " A proposal to extend the archi tect's contract to include a sur vey and Drosoectus of .future im provements at the hospital, under an additional lft per cent fee, was rejected by the board of con trol. Monmouth Man Chosen Grader The state agricultural depart ment Thursday announced the appointment of George Dickinson, Monmouth, and Marion Schulz, Clatskanie, as cream graders. Dickinson has been assigned to Klamath Falls, while Schulz will work in Linn, Lane and Benton counties. 'Schulz succeeds Cleo Foglesong who has been promoted to district representative, with headquarters at Pendleton. 0 170 North Commercial In Peerless Bakery Kanpfer's t, xi j i rrrf i n 'I I ui-uraao i Scgar Curd Fresh Loin r BAC0II . UillD Linlx Snnao3 Yczrj Tcricr U Cramp ed Space and Funds Lac!: Makes "Bpttlerie Collections, Asserts Burk Marion Sheriff Declares Personal Property and Forest Tax 7ork to ; Suffer; Deed Dispute Continued 1 Failure to budget funds for services of an extra man for sum mer personal property and forest tax collection will cost Marlon county several times the amount of the saving, Sheriff A. C Burk declared Thursday. ' ' - Cramped space in the county courthouse office of his tax collection staff makes addition of i further work for that body of em ployes well-nigh impossible, he said, maintaining. Qiat tax collec tion headquarters here are - the smallest bottleneck la the area for any $2,000,000 business. What collections on ; personal property taxes might be with the services of a man for that par ticular tax, Burk did not estimate, although be and at least one rep resentative . of ; the county court agreed that a considerable sum would be lost were such collec tions not made by autumn. - Settled outside court, the case of Wilkinson vs. Zolskey will not be tried. It had been scheduled for hearing before Judge I H. McMahan today. Credit Service Bureau vs. Quan will be tried Monday before Judge McMahan at 10 a. m. Continued today is the case of C. C and Mary Russell vs. Otto W. and Emma A. Russell before Judge L. G. Lewelling. Plaintiffs seek to cancel a quit claim deed to certain real property, declaring it was 'intended as a mortgage, terms of" which have not been fulfilled. Defendants declare they paid sums totaling more than $1000 for the property and law yer's fees in connection with the purchase, that relying on the. deed they bunt thereon a $3000 house. CIRCUIT COURT Herbert E. Norton vs. Salem Baking company; motion for or der allowing amended complaint. Lawrence N. Brown vs. Maryo McKinney and Mary E. McKin ney; voluntary non-suit petitioned by plaintiff ordered after court had ordered addition .of United States National bank, Ladd & Bush, United States National cor poration and Flavius Meyer names added as defendant parties. Emma Rentschler vs. Duane W. Griffith and Thelma E. Griffith; order dismissing suit. S. Z. Spitler vs. C D. Court nler and Florence B. Courtnier and others; judgment for plaintiff to amount of $1480, plus attor ney's fees, costs and specified in terest charges and foreclosure of mortgage. Lydia Piel vs. William Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bra bec; motions to strike out de scribed portions of complaint. Archie Bones vs. Robert J. Her rall and Zola L. HarreU; answer denying "certain allegations of plaintiff and alleging plaintiff negligent in collision October 11, 1840, at the corner of Bush and Liberty streets, Salem. Janet F. Brooks vs.-Martin G. Willi ch; complaint seeking $1000' general damages and $254.90 for car repairs as result of alleged collision on Salmon River high way one mile west of Otis, Au gust 18, 1940. Credit Bureaus, Inc., vs. C A. Blake; transcript of Judgment from Salem justice court. Duane Effenberger vs. Donald W. Neal vs. William Winett Hind- i man; order by Judge McMahan' CH Eiiicr fiS I X End - (0 3" C Lb. LzD cLj n fit 1 lit ill Gr:3. Ii. . . 2L7c permits payment of the judgment entered in case at rate of f 15 & month. - - L. M. Lambert and others vs. Washed Sand & Gravel company and others; continued for future consideration; was to have been heard in Judge Lewelling's court today; motion for dismissal on grounds that gravel company had been - adjudicated bankrupt this week in federal court overruled. PROBATE COURT - Gladys L. Wieder estate; sup plemental invenotry by Apprais ers J. C Evans, A. Kreft and T. Harlan brings value to $3678.21. Anton Henry Lies estate; semi annual account by Pioneer Trust company shows disbursements of $542.03; receipts of $553.80; cred its of $7228.30. , George A. Wood estate; W. I. Meeker, Henry Poisal and Roy Buchanan named appraisers. MARRIAGE LICENSES Joe W. Adams, legal, mechanic, and Maxine Ferguson, legal, housekeeper, both of route four, Salem. ; Steven Joseph Bauman, 23, me chanic, route two, Woodburn, and Ora Mae McDowell, 21, typist, route four, Salem. Deadline Set For Firemen Deadline for filing applications for a civil service examination ta establish a new eligible list for city firemen will be at 5 pan. to day, City Recorder Hannah Mar tin announced Thursday. Thirteen men have so far ap plied for the examination to be held April ' 30. They are: Kenneth R. Bales, 1950 Maple street; Donald W. Schaefer, 154 MUl street; Roy E. Pulse, 105 Rt- ver street; Delbert Folk, 675 North 17th street; Emory J, Petticord, 2051 Virginia street; Roy D. An derson, "3 55 Columbia street; John W. Casida, 675 South 12th street; Arnold J. Jarvis, 1395 Pearl street; Harold R. Mdhs, 1822 North Commercial street Ernest A. Finch, 1533 Court street; Cyril R. Jarvis, 1025 Norway street; Jo seph S. Working, 905 South 21st street; Donald C Reed, 433 South Cottage street. 1 Have Some Slightly Used Furniture Consisting, of: 2 living room sets, 2 dinette sets, S bedroom sets and vari ous other pieces. This furniture is in very good condition and is dean. . WSI Sell cd Greatly Reduced Price lor Cash See Ed Ammann between ajn. and 5 pjn. any day this week. Sit State St, New Bligh Bldg. State of Oregon Inspected. Meats .