fha OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, Oregon. Wednesday Morning. December 24, 1941
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Local News Briefs
Alien Enemy
M sating Canceled Central
T'ownsend club No. 6 will not hold
its regular meeting this week.
Auto Plates Up The state de-
?artment announced Tuesday that
t has issued 110,704 sets of 1942
motor vehicle license plates which
Is 10,890 in excess of the number
issued on the same date a year
ago. The secretary of state esti
mated that 435,000 sets of plates
would be issued during the current
year.
Luti florist Ph. 9592. 1278 N. Lib.
Tale Wedding Rev. Guy L.
Drill will decorate his family
tree with a new member tonight,
at 8 p.m. at the High and Center
streets Christian church. Rev.
Drill is to present, as a Christmas
Coming Event!
Dec 24 First day at Christ
mas vacation, Salem pnbllo
schools.
Dec 25 Christmas day.
In Canada Friends in Salem
have received Christmas greet
ings from Flying Instructor and
Mrs. . James A. McNeece, Sea
Island, Eburne, BC, where Mr.
McNeece is training men for the
Royal Canadian Air force. Mrs
McNeece, bride of a few weeks,
was formerly Miss Beatrice
O'Connor, employe in the county
tax collection office.
Our Suggestions Poinsettias,
azaleas, begonias, cyclamen, pop-
present, a marriage certificate to ularly priced, Adams Florist, 225
his niece, Shirley Swaine, a n d N. Liberty.
her fiance, Dale Taylor. It is the
first church wedding on Christ
mas eve at which Rev. Drill has
-officiated.
We still have a supply of Sun
beam Mixmaster and Hamilton
Beach mixers. Yeater Appliance
Co., 255 No. Liberty. Ph. 4311.
Ruling Made It is incumbent
upon the Clackamas county au
ditor to approve the salary claim
of the county health officer there,
covering a period that official was
absent from his duties because of
injuries suffered in an automo
bile accident, Attorney General
I. H. Van Winkle held Tuesday.
The accident occurred while the
health officer was engaged in his
official duties. He is a non-elective
official.
Savings Insured to $5,000.00
are earning 3Va at Salem Fed
eral, 130 South Liberty.
Hold Special Meet Lt. Col. A.
P. Jackson, commander of the Sal
vation Army for Oregon and
southern Idaho, will be the speak
er at the third annual meeting of
the Rotary club to be held at
the Salvation Army hall, 241 State
street. Special music will be pro
vided by Dean Melvin Giist, Wil
lamette university.
Say "Merry Christmas" with
flowers. Adams Florist. 225 N.
Liberty.
Commutes Terms Two com
mutations of sentence, both based
on the time already served, were
issued by Gov. Charles A
. Sprague here Tuesday. One com
mutation involves William Bach
man, the other John Oscar Beck
man. Both commutations were
recommended by the state parole
board and both men have been
promised steady employment.
The ideal gift? Flowers! Olson
Florist, 499 Court. St. Ph. 7166.
Autos Collide Autos driven by
Betty D. Wrenert of Airlie and
Melvin Johnson, 725 Court street,
collided Monday at Cottage and
Court streets. Alford R. Strawn,
Salem route five, and Imogene R.
Shafer, 1425 Pearl street, drove
cars which collided Monday at
17th and Center streets.
Special dance at Crystal Gardens
Thursday, Christmas Day. 2
Bands. No dance Wednesday.
Turkey on Menu Christmas
day guests of Hotel de Minto, tran
sient hotel in the city hall, will
have turkey dinenr, Chief of Police
Frank A. Minto said Tuesday. The
menu includes roast turkey and
dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed
potatoes and dessert
Citizenship
at
Washout Reported Filling
the north end of McCarthy bridge
between the Independence ferry
and the underpass on the South
River road was washed out by
recent rains, County Engineer N
C. Hubbs said Tuesday, but traf
fic is going over the bridge.
Saving System Approved
Marion county court Tuesday au
thorized the county clerk to de
duct from employes' salaries as
employes may request sums for
investment in defense bonds in
accordance with recommendations
by the federal government
Say Merry Christmas with flow
ers. Olson Florist. Phone 7168. 499
Court.
Messare From Burma Miss
Hetta Field and Mrs. Edith Bag
ley have received a "Merry
Christmas cablegram from their
sister, Miss Ruth Field, Rangoon,
Burma, at. the end of the Burma
road.
Office Entered Two fountain
pens, a pencil, route book and re
ceipt book were stolen Monday
Plans Told
jarptanauon oi regulations on
citizenship applications of per
sons in this country classified as
alien enemies was made Tuesday
in a letter to C A. Kells of the
Salem YMCA' by T. S. Griffing,
federal agent in Portland.
Alien enemies, including Ger
mans, Italians and Japanese, the
latter of whom are barred from
citizenship, "may be admitted to
citizenship upon their petitions
pending at time of declaration of
war." Or it no petition has been
made, if they "have a declaration
of at least two and not more than
seven years old prior to the war,
or would be entitled at that time
to file without a declaration of
intention," according to the letter,
He explained, however, no
hearing on such alien enemy's pe
tition shall be held in court until
at least 90 days have elapsed
from date of notice to the Wash
ington office. However, he ex
pressed the belief most cases
would be cleared by the time of
the next hearing here.
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in this official British picture described as taken daring phase of the current Libyan drive.
State Public Relief Costs in
November Show Big Decrease
Public relief cost in Oregon for November, aggregating
$807,346.88, was substantially less than for the previous month.
State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott reported here Tuesday.
November payments for old age assistants, totaling $468,645,
was .951 per cent of the previous
Gilmore Gets
Gas Contract
From County
Bid of the .Gilmore Oil com
pany, offering to provide 100,000
gallons of gasoline for use in
county equipment during 1942 at
12.99 cents a gallon was accepted
Tuesday by Marion county court.
Although the major contract
for the year's supply of gasoline
is with the Gilmore company,
agreements are to be entered into
with some of the other major oil
companies as a protectionary
night when his office at 435 Ferry measure in case transportation
street was broken into, Claude!
Cummings told city police.
problems should hold up delivery
it was said.
Prices quoted the county
ranged from the 12.99 low to 16
cents.
Three County Offices Prepare
Moving to New Quarters Soon
Moving day looms as principal activity of the coming week
in at least three county offices.
Monday and Tuesday of next week, county welfare quarters
on Liberty street are to be abandoned for a suite of eight rooms
on the first floor, Church street
High Death
Loses Purse Lon S. Covert,
1785 Center srteet, told city police
his daughter lost a purse contain
ing SI and rursrnnl nsiwr Tiioe.
day on 18th street between Che- CllOral Rite Held
meketa and Center.
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over of $34,990.41 from the 1941 At Qt Panl'a
iff A. C. Burk's office included
$6692.68 for the Salem school dis
trict and $6732.01 for the city of
Salem.
Obituary
Battles
Alfred Eugene Battles at his
residence4- route three, Salem,
Monday, December 22, at the age
of 73 years. Survived by wife,
Mrs. Ellen Battles, Salem; daugh
ters, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Mrs. Vera
Canfield, and Mrs. Edna Wright,
all of Salem, Mrs. Gladys Far
rington, of Toledo, Ore., and Mrs.
Doris Vogt, of Fort Stevens, Ore.;
Name Filed Certificate of as
sumed business name was filed
with the Marion county clerk
Tuesday by Harry H. Weinstein
for the Smart Shop, 115 North
Liberty street, Salem.
Ramp at Her mis ton M. S.
Ramp, formerly watchman at the
Marion county courthouse, this
week commenced new duties as
a federal guard at the Hermiston
ordnance depot.
Application Approved A Beer
license application from A. H.
Fish and Edward M. Smith, Idan
ha, has been approved byf the
county court. f
Licensed in Portland A mar
riage license was issued Tuesday
in Portland to Robert S. Nixon
of that city and Doris J. Schunke
of Salem.
Obtain License At the Vancou
ver, wasn., Dureau, a marriage
license has been issued to Forston
O. Rawson and Gertrude E. Sarek,
both of Lebanon.
Deputy Constable Named H.
Greenfield has been named depu- I
ty constable in the Silverton dis-
Commencing at 11:15 tonight
the regular Christmas Eve choral
eucharist will be celebrated at St.
Paul's Episcopal church following
preludes played at 11 a. m. by
Ruth Bedford.
The choir, under the direction
of Ronald Craven, will sing No
ble's service in G minor, also
Te Deum in C by Summer Sal
ter, and the anthem "Sing O
Heavens" by Tours.
The service includes the Kyrie, !
Nicene Creed, Sursum Corda,
banctus, Agnes Dei, Gloria in
Excelsis, Nunc Dimittis. Solo
parts will be sung by Mrs. Ercel 1
Mundinger, Mrs. R. H. Robertson,
Mrs. Thomas J. Drynan, Richard
Barton, Mr. Linburg and Ronald
Craven.
On Christmas day Holy Com
munion will be celebrated at 10
a. m. Communion . for the sick
will be given between 10:45 a. m. j
and 12 noon. Baptism at 4 p. m.
In case of blackout choral ser
vice will be at 10 a. m. December
25 instead of Christmas Eve.
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end of the old high school build
ing. Hope that clients would, so
far as possible, plan to do their
business with her office before or
after those two days was express
ed Tuesday by Miss Marion Bow
en, welfare administrator for Mar
ion county.
Mrs. Agnes C. Booth, county
school superintendent, with Mrs
Jack Kennedy, rural supervisor,
and Mrs. Cora Reid, assistant
superintendent, plans to move of
fice equipment and supplies Tues
day to new offices in the Bligh
building.
As rapidly as possible, Sheriff
A. C. Burk declared Tuesday, the
tax collection department of his
office is to be accommodated in
enlarged quarters made available
by the removal of school offices
from the courthouse. What
changes in the way of wall re
movals or door placements will be
made, he said depends upon con
dition oi the wall wnicn now
separates the school from tax of
fices. County 4-H club leader, Wayne
Harding, and his assistant, Mrs.
Carmelite Weddle, who now have
headquarters in Mrs. Booth's of
fice, are to share offices in the old
high school building with the
county's new home demonstra
tion agent after January 1.
CIRCUIT COURT
Pauline Schukman vs. Paul J.
Schukman; order of default.
Edna C. Lamb vs. H. Dennett;
suit for an accounting on wo
agreements whereby plaintiff for
two years in succession agreed to
do housework for defendant in re
turn for share in proceeds from
bean crop; taken under advise
ment by Judge E. M. Page.
PROBATE COURT
Henry D. McMillen. estate; final
account by Effie A. Ireton, ad
ministratrix, shows receipts and
disbursements of $504.17; Janu
ary 24 set as time for hearing.
George W. Garner estate; order
allowing partial distribution of
estate in parcels of $275 each to
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month's outlay while other as
sistance were .945 per cent and
.958 per cent respectively of the
last month's total.'
State general assistance for
November aggregated .$157.
59.64 and aid to dependent
children $86,537. Other items
Included $12,214 for aid to the
blind, $1SS3J1 for child wel
fare and $5009 for crippled
children.
The administration p a y r ol 1
fund totaled $60,685.46 and the
administration expense fund $14,
561.97. Items handled . by the state
treasurer numbered 8121 or 976
per cent of the October total.
Unemployment benefit pay
ments for November showed a
sharp Increase over those of
the previous month.
Old age assistance payments
for the first 11 months of 1941
aggregated $5,071,932.66 as com
pared to $4,776,986.06 for the
same period in 1940.
General assistance payments
dropped from $2,492,081.94 din
ing the first 11 months of 1940 to
$2,195,285.68 during the first 11
months of 1941.
Court Orders
Woman Sent
Back to Pen
The state supreme court Tuesday
ordered Mrs. Myrtle Garner, 59-year-old
Curry county woman, re
turned to the state penitentiary
here to serve the remainder of her
four-year sentence for cattle theft.
Mrs. Garner was released
from the prison last Jane on a
writ of habeas corpus after serr- '
inr three months. She contend
ed that her trial was literal fr
the reason there were no women
on tbe jury panel as required by
law. Circuit Jndge L H- Me
Mahan. Marion county, signed
the order directing Mrs. Garner's
release.
The supreme court, in revers
ing Judge McMahan, held that
failure to include women on the
Jury panel "can not make the
subject of inquiry in habeas cor
pus proceedings." The opinion was
written by Justice J. O. Bailey.
Ernest Frollca De Meyei
Reputed Austrian baron and an
alien, Ernest Frolich De Meyer,
27, has been booked by Los An
geles authorities on suspicion of
espionage and impersonating an
U. 8. army officer.
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Detective Charles Woodrow
searched a hobo and found a
trict to succeed Harry Wheeler, walking general stdre.
resigned
Dance Hall Licensed Marion
county court has issued to John
B. Whalen permit to operate the
Broadacres dance hall.
Permit Granted A log-hauling
inr suddenly, apparently the
victim of a heart attack.
sons. Everett and Charles Battles. Permit has been granted to Wal
both of Salem; sister, Mrs. Lucy ter L. Rak for use of specified
Hose, of Santa .Anna, Calif.; also county roads.
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iu granacnuaren. services wui oe No Meetlnr Townsend club No
The night of the road, Wood-
row reported after taking inven
tory was wearing lour coats, three
vests, four shirts and four pairs
of pants.
In his pockets or suspended
from his belt were salt and Denner
shakers, knives, forks and spoons, VIail Peak. Is
nails, tin cans lor cooxing, a sKiuet,
slices of bread, seven cans of sar- j ExDeCted TodaV
i of sugar, wire, old J
A life belt holding a leg, the body Wilma Girod and Audra P. Whe-
of Walter Stark, a steeplejack, lan and crediting oi $183.34 on
dancles head downward from indebtedness due said estate by
birh up a 96-foot flag pole near Orel G. Garner.
the downtown business district Estella Harrison estate; Ger-
of Muskeron, Mich. A rescuer trade Moore, named administra
climbs toward him. Stark, 62, trix of estate tentatively valued
aa tnn th note after collans- at $2000; Howard Ramp, G. J
dines, a package i
held Wednesday, December 24, at L wiU not meet in to Highland W extra shoes a After an all-time high of 125,
11 a. m. from the Clough-Barrick
chapel. Rev. Guy L. Drill offi
ciating. Concluding services in
Belcrest Memorial park.
Waser
Salem, at a local hospital, Mon- JDJXtllS
day, December 22, at the age of
80 years. Husband of Mrs. Helen
vWaser; father of Delores, Jean
ette, and Francis Waser, all of
Salem; son of Alois Waser, and
brother of Alois Waser, both of
Lucerne, Switzerland.
school tonight as the school is not
available.
Expert, reliable roof repairing.
Johns Manville materials. Mathis
Bros., 164 S. ComL Phone 4642.
Iirpole To Mr. and Mrs. Lester B.
Harpole, route seven, a son, Lester
Joseph, born December 16, Deaconess
nospiiai.
Bramon To Mr. and Mrs. Dean R.
Bramon, 754 Mill street, a ton, Gary
Allen, born December IS. Deaconess
KOsary t noapitai.
Moisan and Jarvis Cutsforth ap
pointed appraisers.
Lena Townsend estate; Florence
Barker authorized as executrix to
expend $125 for perpetual care of
cemetery lot for deceased at City-
view cemetery.
JUSTICE COURT
Jnspnh T. Harris tr non-siro-
( loose in nis pocKet) ana maxcnes. 000 letters had cone throuah the nort: held to answer to rrand
Woodrow said he didn't find any cancellation machine at the post- jury; committed to jail on failure
soap. office the day before, mailing of to provide $250 bail
holiday greetings took a drop Texas D. Roberts: no PUC per
WOODBRIDGE, Conn-(-A i Tuesday but the mcoming mail mit: $10 and costs.
veteran hunter became the hunted was the heaviest this season and George R. Clickdnger; no PUC
the other day ana incea n. is expected to be at its peak to- permit; $20 and costs.
day. Postmaster H. R. Crawford
reported.
Eighty-two pounds of outgoing
air mail were handled Monaay
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ana more uuu. lwu c-wu-u, Mmestic, Independence,
packages were received from HeaMnt J. Bndfor legal,
Winter Term
Courses Told
Courses to be offered during
winter term of the Salem exten
sion classes, to start January 5
for 11 weeks, were announced
Tuesday by the city school sup
erintendent's office.
The courses are to be two hours
per week each, from 7:15 to 9:15
in the old high school building.
The fees are $2.50 per hour.
The classes are short story
writinr. reading and conference
in Oregon history, contempor
ary problems, criminology, hu
man and political geography of
the Pacific northwest and the
psychology of marital adjust
ment. Instructors are Dr. Egbert S.
Oliver, associate professor of
English at Willamette university;
Dr. Samuel Haig Jameson, pro
fessor of sociology at University
of Oregon; Dr. Lucius E. Forbes,
associate professor of psychology,
Harvey E. Inlow, professor of
history. Dr. Willis B. Merriam,
assistant professor of social sci
ence, Dr. Joseph F. Santee, asso
ciate professor of social science,
all from Oregon College of Edu
cation.
Found by bloodhounds after
wandering 16 hours In woods I
where he was gathering ever
greens for a Christmas wreath, I
80-year-old Edward E. Brown
said:
"I'm an old hunter myself, and Portland.
I alwavs hunted with hounds. I Troon trains and war condi-
Now I've finally had the satis- tions are holding -back the pro-
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Carlton Buy Conover, 23, cream
ery employe, Monmouth, and
Elizabeth Nadiene Sutton, 19, do-
TiiMHaT TWMTnhpr 23 at ft n m. I Klein To Mr. and Mrs. Henry A.
at Clough-Barrick chapel, Funer- I eSetu"11 KraDece'mlSr faction of being found by one." gress of the mails, Crawford said.
al services to be held at St. Jo
seph's church Wednesday, De
cember 24, at 9 a. m. Interment in
Belcrest Memorial park.
Hobbs
Horace Dayton Hobbs, at the
family residence, 448 Hood street,
December 22, at the age of 40
years. Survived by widow, La
vina Clare Hobbs; mother, Mrs.
Lydia O. Hobbs; sisters, Mrs.
Fern Richards of West Salem and
Mrs. Oarinda Lelond of Arrow
River, Manitoba, Canada; broth
er. Hubert M. Hobbs of Portland.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, December 24, at 2:30
p. mu, from WalkowHowell Fune
ral home. Rev. " Irving A, Fox
officiating. . - .
19. Deaconess hosDital.
Kelster To Mr. and Mrs. AdolDh E.
Reister, Aumsville, a son, Richard I
James, born December 11, Salem Gen
eral Hospital.
kcut to Mr. ana Mrs. Max K.
Kelly. Mul City, a son, Michael LeRoy.
Dorn December 19, Deaconess Hospital.
but Salem residents can speed
PORTLAND, Ore.-(J-If Jun- up package delivery by being at
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Truck & Transfer Co.:
ior won't go to the dentist, the
dentist will go to him at least
he will if Junior lives in one of
the farm security a6!ministrations
work camps.
Dr. E. W. Neeman, FSA dental
officer, was here the other day en
home to receive parcels
can not be left otherwise.
which
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tired, Spanish Fork, Utah, and
Jennie L. Bradford, legal office
clerk, 1985 Front street, Salem.
MUNICIPAL COURT
James D. Mahoney, 1515 Belle
vue street, failure to stop, fined
$2.50.
Stayton Resident Dies
STAYTON Charles Lee, long
time Stayton resident, died here I route to the migratory farm labor
early Tuesday morning. Funeral J camp at Dayton, Ore., carrying
arrangements await word from his office in a trailer. He serves
relatives. : 1 children only, he said.
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A Christmas Wish
We cherish the fine associations that have been ours during
the past years and express our appreciation of your patronage.
May each and every one of you have a VERY MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
Ken Bailey
Virgil Esteb
Gee. C. Hoggins
CHUCK
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Ed. Majek
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Bradly Blankenship
Thomas Barlow
Mary Huston
Myrtle Ransom
Gust Chatas
Florence Hainz
Bernadine Hainz
Thomas Ed. Morgan
Antoinette Krupicka
Marjorie Inraan
Evelyn Anderson
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