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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
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' 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
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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. ' . -
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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
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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
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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.
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Also News, Colored Cartoon
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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." , -
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.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
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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
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ilrldrc Gcddard
! Artie Shaw and Band .
"Scccnd Chsrcs'1
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Contlnuoos Shew Dally --
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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
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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 ;
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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. .
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QDflUTY IffincnflllDISE . . ECOIIOinCJlLLY PSICED!
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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-
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trades with lovely
Philippine hand . em
broidery,- and tannin
scalloped edres. .
TIIIY TOTS SHEER DRESSES
A very lew price for such
quality and workmanship!
Styles little girls l.ve in or
gandie and lawn, with dain
ty colors and trims, tiny
puffed sleeves. Sixes 1 U J.
Solid Colors
and Prints!
1 io 3 Colorful Snnsuils
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Sun loving suits in.ador-
able embroidered bib
styles with strong ' but
ton straps. Big -value!
Sizes 3 lo 6 Girls' Play Tegs
You 11. wonder how we do it when you
see these , frolicking . playprints at
such : a V low j price. Perfect for play.
Sizes 3 to 6
; Specially Priced!) SHEER mOCKS
A wardrobe of styles for warm sum
mer.: days i Jand . all, at ; one : value
1 w y . j M m r m :iv. mm . .. m ., -m m .
price: kakh priniea aimuies, iiock aoi
organdies,' sizes 3 to 6 z".J.C.dlr':
DDESSES
Sheer snowy white
batiste with dainty
lace trim and hand
embroidery. (a -
BLAIIKETS
Crib size, 27 z
Inches. Pink or bine
with white jacQ.uard
anrsery designs.
BOIIIIETS
' 25c
Organdie i dressed
up with lace and
raffles, bows and
ties. White, colors.
PAIITIES
Infants' panties of
rayon or i rayon
striped combed cot
ton. Reinforced.
PAirriES
19c
Seamless rabber
latex, lightweight
and. tear - resistant.
Can be boiled!
sunsurrs
Poplin or broad
cloth. Embroidered
bib styles with
str.ng batt.n
straps. ' -
SAVE! on this
-Complete
clic
Lav
Tw Batiste Dresses
One Batiste Gertrudes
Two Cotton Flannel ;
Gowns 'r ?!!'
Two Cotton Flannel '
: Kimonos j"" i
One Crinkle Crepe ' '
"Gown: .
One Kiinkle Crepe - -.
Kimono
Two Vests '' ,
Three Binders vv -:
Two Bars Baby Soap "
One: 26x34 Inch .
Blanket ' I
One 27x36 Inch
- Blanket' 1 -
Jwelve Cnpid .
. Diapers - -Two
Pairs Infants'
nose
One Can Baby
Powder.. -:
Two Bobber Crib r
: Sheets;--": ::
Tbirty-slx Safety Pins
Two Wash Cloths
All S M
For
BAB?
BIBS
Bibs in sises for every need! Quilted
moslins, : .ilsilks or terry cloth.
"CUPm,? DIAFEBS :
diapers. Soft, ab- (Qj (Qj "
sorbent. X doz.
Sh BOOTIES
.vA Snor. warm, knltt-
v f uik v a WL ' mmm aaaiaal
"'v- -S OX
JF- BooUcs
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3-pc. IHTAIITSr SETS
Knitted sweater, YrZCR h
bonnet & booties Vir iJiziV
Complete set -J- tVVCQJ
niFAIITS' SACQUES
all .wool SZ7
hnttn n " f rani' I L W
sweaters and
knitted sacques.
i tJV US!HS AST!
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Special price! Buy
a supply for C g
baby awL Vv
TiaCsrcIs
Cute looking V
for rate little
youngsters
Baby's own book
with lovely pastel
decorations . 1 fSm
at W
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Orange
Slices
12c
1C3 Paper Ilafkins
ibc :
White papers-napkins with
a :. good looking embossed
design. '
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AIIELETS
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All with elastic stay-up tops., Lots
of colors to choose from ; chil-.
dren's and adults sizes. i -f -
1 ts,
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Dayca Undies
Misses ' and Women's V
I SUes - 15c Value I
15 Values!
Sini GLASSES
ii rCTookes" t -
While
SUPS
Undies"
1 Li' 98 c
. Sweetheart I Bay on Satin
PAIITIES1. 25 c
Satin-striped Rayon
I Chicken j t 4
C Bones 1 1 Wf J
h Vi lb. -L. :. Vl
' VA. ' a m a a
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Dainty Hankies
White hankies with touches
of lace and colored embrold
j ery. . - f : i
TOP-NOTCH VALUES In..
Sporisvrear
2-Piece
SLACK (&)C
SUITS . tCS)
fOAfO)C
SwlaicrsSS)
1; Spun Rayon
Slack Suits V
Value scoop at f AQ
this low price, hi iWO
They're Reg. . SJS II
values! Only! r r (
y , 4 Flavors "-.
IIILK
SHAKES
Special!
S pec ial ! ; 7
C H.'- 22x44
TDBKISD, A
TOWELS 7
1 ' Special!"
-Colored Sport ; A
( TtEBCfflEFS
I ...X.'Ht Values ;.fv. I
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S " Special S.
Women's . , f
DBESS BELTS
. Sturdy! - 0
Boys'
TEIIinS SHOES
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Of CouheShe Wants Hosiery
CHIFFOIl HOSE
590
3-thread , weight, full-fashioned.
ttew . shades. Long
V
Wonderfnl
wearing.
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In-Side-Oul" Hose
Aetualy woven inside oat to look
extra sheer, 3-thread, fall fash
ioned, m II '
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BOXED HAIIKIES TEA HOSE -SLIPS
3 in box
25 c
Rayon Satin
98 c
With "Mother- embroidered
In the corner of each. Lace :
and organdie detail.
Exquisite with lace and em
broidery. Mother will love
their look of luxury.
Hoiloes
29 c
CANDY
29c lb.
A gift . of sweet sentiment.
Mother would surely want
one.. Or why! not give her
pair. ; v
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Sweets to the sweet! A full
pound of lowloos chocolates
In ; a special Mother's Day
box.; . ', -,
FLOOR
Dries tn .'
20 minutes
CLOTHES LINE
iEatrav stronrl -2-foot
length J!.
GLASS CLEANER
Fine for .
windows .!.""-
POLISH ClOTH
15-foot . i, ' - i
length ,;ii:
SCRUB BRUSH mf
20c
m
I0c
POLISH
MOP
llasky. 4-pIy - yarn, looped
ends.- Untless.
FURNITURE 0C
POUSH .:. LZZ
32-oz. size. now Bird dal
Jty. ' Clean, ' fresh cedar
dor; -.. . . ,'
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Window Shade
Mounted, on roller.
SxS ft. slsei Dark
ecra color, i I ; :
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Curtain Rod;
10 cy
flat shape. Extends
from ZS to' 43 la.
Quick Dry --v."
Enamel
;:;-25c
12-os. can. Black,'
white and colors.'
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