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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1941)
i .Tha OHIGON STATESMAN. Sclta. Oregon. Friday Honing. Hay X 1$U PAC2 TCI3 j ! President As! Funds ks Congress for to Complete Highway From Mexico to Panama WASHINGTON, May i-(ifVCongress was asked by. Presi dent Roosevelt Thursday to provide funds for . completing a 1550 mile stretch of the Inter-American1 highway-a western hemisphere ''Burma road" to link, by land, the United States I and .. its . strategic , Panama Canal Fights Thiet 1 I , I v ' .... , ' 1 8 ,. - : - : ''" ' V ' ViyUn ZeUer, 29, cashier for ft New Orleans drug store, saved ever! hundred dollars of her i employer's money from a bandit who tried to snatch the cash bar from her. The robber punched her in the, eye, but the honr on to the money and screamed. Her , assailant fled empty handed.' Fritz Kreigler Remains "Same" NEW YORK, May l.-fThe condition of Fritz Kreisler,' 66, famed violinist, was reported to be "essentially the same" Thurs day night by Roosevelt hospital ' attaches. ; .'-';- An earlier bulletin had said his condition; was 'not so; good," and that he had hot . completely re gained consciousness. " ' Kreisler suffered a skull frac ture and internal1 injuries when he was knocked down" by a truck Saturday." ' ' ,? Squirrel Finds Pea Piece De Resistance On IlU Bill of Fare -l - I f . i . - -. -- SUVERUpori - noting that the rows: of early peas in their field were being eaten off, the Covey tone.--' - , ,.. "i. - ; - ' .1 iThe highway, like its counter. part in. China, would cut through tne thick Jungle ; and- over the rugged mountains of six nations Guatemala, El Salvador, Hon duras,. Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. -, .. . . .. iue presiaeni asKed congress to authorize a $20,000,000 appro priation for completing the road from southern Mexican border to the canal and sent with his mes sage a report by Secretary Hull which said, among other things, that the war and navy depart ments believed the highway would be of "real value from the standpoint of the defense of the Caribbean area."' ; Such an all-year highway, Hull said, also would give the govern ments, of yie countries . through which it passed "materially more effective control over any at tempted subversive activities . within . their borders." -. . The ultimate goal is a ; 12,000 mile route .from the United States to Argentina, i Three-fourths of the South American section of the projected two-continent -highway Ag(i Oregon Persons Gain j WASHINGTON,' , May ; . i.-UF)-The number, of persons 65 years of age or over has increased 37.6 per cent In Oregon since 1930, the census bureau reports. j A preliminary analysis showed the state had 49,572 males and 43,063 females in that age group in 1940. ' I Farm population in Oregon has Increased by 16.1 per cent since 1930 while , in , the country I as a whole preliminary estimates show an Increase of only one-tenth of one per cent. i .1 Connecticut showed the largest farm population j increase 19.8 per cent, and South Dakota the greatest decrease 21.1 per cent Oregon farm population was 259,638 in 1940. In 1930 it was 223,667. . ' Other preliminary , e s 1 1 m a tes placed the state's . male' popula tion at; 565,864 and female at 523,820 a ratio of 108 males to 100 females. - .1 -, : Non-white population for 1940 was- estimated at- 8,650 'males and 5,734. females. Willamette Valley Briefs Vacation at Beach AIRUE Miss Maxine Van Patten and Miss Georgia Hay of Brownsville spent Saturday and Sunday at the beach near Otter Rock. . :. 1 ' . Son Arrives S SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Olson, Mill City are the par ents of a son at the Silverton hos pital April 27. ' . - j.;;'-v,- ' : Visit atShedd ; i SUVER Mr. and Mrs. H. . F. Couey and children and Mrs. Grace Couey e visited friends a Shedd Sunday. . Oregon Shows Gam ni Farm Population WASHINGTON, May HJPhThe census bureau estimates that 30,- 47506 , persona lived on farms General Relief Costs Dropping PORTLAND, May l.-JPi-Cen eral relief costs are declining, Miss Helen Bary, executive as sistant to the San Francisco social fi? suspected ' a large grey-j security board, told Oregon social digger that had taken up its abode in a nearby storehouse. Early , each morning, the squir rel came out to feast upon the peas ! and it was remarkable how much it could eat. . For. six rows each row was eaten off to the ground for about ten teeV Melvin Covey put an end to its ' ravages with a .22 bullet, Pioneers to Hear Scott --;i i ' m CHAMPOEG, APrH 30.-P-Oregon pioneers;) and 'their "de scendants will pay" tribute to or ganizers ! of .the provisional gov ernment j formed here May, 1843, in a program next Sunday. State Treasurer Leslie M, Scott will be . among speakers. ' v Call Board workers in their convention here Thursday. ' ' Armament and allied indus tries have taken the load from relief, she said. V . .. Only a third of the persons el igible for old age retirement are taking advantage of it, she added, leaving funds which may be ap plied to aid of disabled workers. Home From Hospital STAYTON-r-Kennetth Yeoman, son of Mr. and, Mrs. Milton Yeo man, Stayton,'has been brought home from the Lebanon hospital recently. He was injured while employed by a lumber company two weeks ago. i Snowballs in Bloom! i t : - - - -. - 1 UNIONVALE Snowballs, more than six inches in diameter, have been blooming here during th last weejc '- r- ; Live at Fox Farm r i LIBERTY Mr. and Mrs. Chris .Turner and three small girls from Vale are residing in the' tenant house '"on " the Stacey fox farm. Turner, is employed . as caretaker. The oldest of the children enrolled in Hhe second grade Monday at 4rri . ' Fire Destroys Home - , tl' AYTON--Fire razed the old farni.,housf on the" Frank' Sie mUnd farniJSaturday The Stayton and Sublimity fire . departments were called but were' unable to save the building. The Underwood family lived in the house. The origin of the blaze is unknown! " Picnic Scheduled - ! WOODBURN A picnic for all Ray-Maling company employes, past and present, will be held Saturday afternoon at Island park one mile east of Canby. Admis sion will be free to all cannery employes. Guest of Parents V MONMOUTH - Sgt -M 1 1 1 o n Smith 'of Salt Lake, Utah, spent several days here visiting Mrs. Smith' and his. parents,' Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith. He is a mem ber of the commissary staff at the Salt Lake post. T J H a A . 1 1 J 1 1 II IJ ni' f'A7t ) K in mirnf TmTmZ!Zr' .... , J FRANCHOT TONE WARBEN WILLIAM Hi! CIAWFIIB JMrBEYlXE l&caaACEI PtrteBJUX PesjICSRAN w. a . w 1 And Second Feature Also News, Colored Cartoon j j -'- and . . . . : - Chapter 1 "ENEMIES WITHIN" Hmwiamiwnti ! Unhr9r$al'$ E Mating New Striol FXS1NOKE " t -Today Blnf Crosby, Bob Hope; Doro thy Lamour in "Road to Zanzibar. Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie In "Ke - pent at LeUure." Oft AND j Today Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie ' Weaver In "Michael Shayne, Private Detective." Saturday Cry Grant. Irena Dunne in -Penny Serenade." , - CAPrroL' 1 .. r .Today Richard Arjen. Andy Divine in "Mutiny in the Arctic." Bill Boyd la j "Border Vigilantes." ' 'state : J. : ! ' . ' Today Fred A 1 1 a i r e. Paulette God dard in "Second Chorus." George Brent. Brenda Marshall in "South of I Suez.". Saturday : mldniRht Sabu. Conrad - Veadt. June Duprcz in "Thief of v.: i- I.rsiRTT ' -.. !. : i Today Jamea Carney, Pat O'Brien. , Ann Sheridan in "Torrid Zone ? Tex . auiier in -. Kainoow over the Range. HOLLYWOOD '. Today Franchot Tone. - Warren William, Brod Crawford. Andy De vine, Peggy Moran in "Trail of the n . I'Kil) - PAULETTE ilrldrc Gcddard ! Artie Shaw and Band . "Scccnd Chsrcs'1 j Time: 2:45-5:53-1:05 2nd nit.. GEORGE BRENT BRENDA MARSHALL il . "Scuih c! Suez Time": l:00-4:10-7:20-lS:2s - . ADDED COLOR CARTOON Contlnuoos Shew Dally -- Matinee l:0t Phone I 87571 f Llarket 171 S. Com! Salem's Leading Slarket - This Is Salem's busiest ; meat -market and has been for ever 20 years. YOU CAN . ALWAYS 1 DO BETTER AT MCDOWELL'S. . ' - . 1 Pure Lard , .. . Our Own Make . 3 ibs. 250 Pork lo Roast, lb. lCc ' No Shank' ' j Poi:k-SSanlislbV lCc Fresh a'r Cared . i Pure Pork Sausage This Saosare Is the Best We Know How to Make Dacca ; L Squares FigsjFeel Guaranteed Fresh. &0 j lb. : Baccn Backs v Heavy 1Q0 lb. Primo lOil) Elqllf lb. ... 230 Udlsn Slew, lb. Cc Fine Qaallty Ildlcn Dcid, lb. 15c SidcDacon Sagar Cured . 25C to . 20C lb. You pay only ONE PROFIT when you trade here. ALL our meats comeDIRECT FROSI THE FARMER to us - and then to you. : Open Unlil 7 p.cx. cn Salsrdays when the count was taken a year ,Thia represented an increase of only 29,850 or 0.1 per cent since 1930, while the population at a whole increased' 8.89M29 or 1J2 per cent. Thus the farm" popula tion in relation to the total dropped 1.7 points to 2ll per cent. - The bureau made its estimate , from a S per cent ; cross-section check. It attributed the failure of the farm population to keep pace with the general population to in creased efficiency in farming and a decline Jn exports of certain agricultural products, s The number of farms declined 3.1 per: cent during the decade, so that : the . average number of residents ' per farm Increased to 5, compared with 4.8 in 1930. The Pacific division Washinx ton, Oregon ;and California showed ,an increas. of 10.5 per cent in Its farm population since 1830, but the fdust bowl" areas fell off sharply. The west north centra "division " reported a de cline . of 354,713 or 7 per cent and the west south central division dropped 254,421 or 4.8 per cent. The , only other geographic divi- Judgo Refuses Ifcdso ' bend. May l.HTJ-Ceunty Judge C I Allen baa announced he will not accept the $30 month ly pay -increase authorised by the) legislature. It would unsettle the county budget, he said. sion to show a decline wat tha mountain atates, which 'dropped 19,808 or 1.7 per cent. . mm QDflUTY IffincnflllDISE . . ECOIIOinCJlLLY PSICED! wmS We're Celebrating National Baby Week With These j Mne v aiues. &ee rnem C Sheer; Dresses All hand embroidered, white batiste . dresses, in beautiful Styles. Sizes to 2 years, Dainty Gbrlrudos Soft white batiste ger- ; Z5C trades with lovely Philippine hand . em broidery,- and tannin scalloped edres. . TIIIY TOTS SHEER DRESSES A very lew price for such quality and workmanship! 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