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The OREGON STATESMAN; Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning. January 8. 1942 PAGE flVE Local News Briefs i 411 Leaders to Meet County 4H club leaders have been called to meet Saturday morning, Janu ary 17, at 10 o'clock at the Salem YMCA for a session which is to Include : election and installation Of officers for the coming year, County Leader Wayne Harding said Thursday.' Verle Saucy, Kei ter, is to' report J on her trip t j( Chicago to the national 4H e6nv ' vention; Mrs. ' Agnes C Booth, county school superintendent, is . Id talk ' on the. part ' schools; and 4H clubs can fill in defense work, and a discussion of the . leaders' conference planned .January 19 21 in Corvallis is cheduled. Calendars, Homer Smith Ins. Ag. i. Knox Answers Gov. Charles A. Sprague's recent offer to turn the: old Battleship Oregon Over to the navy department for defense service will be kept in mind by the navV department, , Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox tele graphed the executive depart ment here Thursday. "If in the future the battleship is required you will be notified without de lay," Knox said. ' . Woolen Contracts Big Thorn as Kay Woolen Mills, Salem, have received four contracts aggregat ing $608,275 for OD blankets, ac cording to a summary of defense contracts received by Manager Fred I?. 'Thieisen of the Salem chamber of commerce. The last contract, for $198750, was award ed last September for completion next month. Held in Custody Curtis N Rose, navy-uniformed youth who gave his address as Everett, Wash., was in the city jail Thurs day night after j he was picked up by an officer to whom he dis closed he was not m the navy Federal officers in Portland were notified of the offense and are expected here today to take Rose into custody. Motorist Arrested Carl Mc Farland, arrested Wednesday in lem justice curt charging failure to report an automobile accident, , posted $50 bail and plans to ap pear here Monday for justice ; court hearing, the Washington county! city's officials notified ' Sheriff A. C. Burk's office Thurs day. ! Warehouse Survey Asked The second ; air service,- area command, ; Spokane, has written to the Sa lem chamber of commerce re questing that a survey of all warehouse1 ' storage space that might be suitable for occupancy by the air corps be conducted here. ; ' License Sales Slow, Only. 17 ; Salem bicycle licenses were sold Thursday, bringing the total to 1257, according to Mrs. Bessie Armour, city police matron. Four thousand plates were issued in 1941. Chief of Police Frank A. Minto has set the deadline for having 1942 licenses at January 15. Fires Decrease City fire equipment was x-alled Thursday to extinguish blazes at 635 ?North ! 14th, 140 North 14th ahd;j361 North : Church streets, caused by power s line short circuits, and, at 1099 South High street, a chim ney firet ! None caused serious damage. Present Program Dorothy Ann Hobson and Betty Jean Staub from Ruth Bedford's studio provided the piano music in the Salem YMCA lobby Thursday af ternoon. Today's program at 5 p. m. will be from the Roberts studio. Lecture Scheduled A lecture on the Tule lake petroglyph il lustrated by lantern slides, will be given by Horace J. Smith of Salem: tonight in the public ser vice building in Portland. Smith has made an extensive study of the petroglyph. Civic 'Club Speaker Ernest W. Peterson of the Portland Journal staff told the Salem , Lions: club at the Thursday luncheon meeting his experiences In a i recent tour of eastern, de fense plants. --rf ! Ill at Hospital Two residents of Aumsville are patients at a city hospital. Mrs. Lewis McAl : lister is ill with pneumonia and her mother, Mrs. D. D. Roberts, is recovering ;j from a broken ankle, ;' ' .. One Permit Issued v- The city building 'department Thursday is ? . sued permif to Foster & Kleiser company to; erect a billboard at .r 88v North ; Liberty street at a .. cost of" $50. ' . Meeting Postponed Engle . wood! Woman's; club, which was to; have met this afternoon at the n home of Mrs.1: C. P.' Johns, has been postponed until January . 16. Obtain License At Kelso, Waste," a - marriage -license has been issued to Oscar Warner "and Juanita Winifred Milford both f Salem. ; - Dor Said Poisoned A. C. .Friesen, 2008 Market 'street," told city police his dog died after be ing poisoned Wednesday. Anyone desiring students to work for room and board or part time work call 21415 Merritt) Davis School' of Commerce? . 6 Gasco Briqzcis O ,Burner Oils 7 Call 4966 - Shryder -Truck & Transfer Co. , Pardon Issued Gov. Charles A. Sprague Thursday issued a full pardon to George W. Rowden, Klamath I Falls, who on October 17 .last year was fined $10u, and sentenced to serve a term of 30 days in jail for 'driving an auto mobile .While - intoxicated. ; The jail sentence 'was. suspended on condition that Rowden pay -the fine. Rowden f sought the pardon so. he may make application for reinstatement of his automobile drivers license, which was sus pended for a period of one year. No ' Cootie dub dance Friday. Contest Open Annual hews writing competition for 4H club members opened January 2 and continues to May 30, with two half scholarships to 4H summer school offered as prizes, County Club Leader Wayne Harding said Thursday. Writing club leaders in Marion county, HardingUrged that all club members put in vic tory gardens and expand their canning and production of ' live stock and poultry, Lutz florist. Ph. 9592 1276 Lib. Slide Reported Because of lack of telephone connections, County Engineer Hubbs was un able Thursday to learn details of a slide five miles this side of Detroit, although he said; the county road crew "patroling that area should have taken the clear ing job in hand. The slide was reported to the state highway de partment Savings insured to $5,000.00 are earning 3 at Salem Fed eral, 130 South Liberty. Safe in Ceylon Mr. and Mrs. Rue Drager received a wire Thursday from the Texaco ; com pany in California stating: mat their son, John Imager, whp has been with the company in Sin gapore had arrived in Colombo, Ceylon with a party of other ci vilians. Drager is a former Sa lem man and has been with Tex aco for a number of years. January Clearance Sale. Howard Corset Shop, 131 North High. OPA Checks With Governor on 1942 Private and Police Cars The recent federal order, making ait illega for an automo bile dealer to transfer a 1942 model machine to any individual, apparently is to be strictly enforced, according to a telegram received by Gov. Charles A. Sprague here Thursday from Frank Bane, office of price administra tion. "We will greatly appreciate your registrar of motor vehicles to keep a list of any such regis trants, showing name and ad dress, make 'of 1942 aulomibile being so registered and the name of the seller," the telegram said "At a later date a representa tive of this office may request permission to examine this list o we may ask a report to be for warded to Washington. Your co operation in this matter w'll as sist us greatly in halting reported violations of the freeze order. "Our automobile section has al so asked that your registrar fur nish us by return telegram the number of automobiles and trucks apparently registered by state, county and municipal p ilice authorities in your state." Gov. Sprague referred the tele gram to Secretary of Slate Earl Snell, who administers the state motor vehicle laws. OBITUARY Shelton Mrs. Ruth E. Sanders Shelton, late resident of 346 South 15th street, at a local hospital, Mon d a y , January 5. Survived by mother, Mrs. Mary Sanders, Sa lem; daughter, Helen Shelton, Sa lem; sisters, Mrs. C. C. Harrison, Portland, and Mrs. C. Murray Keefer, Connecticut. Due to wea ther conditions services will be announced later. Beutlcr . In this city Wednesday, January 7, Waiter G. Beutler, aed 58 years. Late resident of Pratum. Husband of Ida E. Beutler and brother of Otto T. and Frank Beutler of Pratum,. A.. F. Beutler of Salem, Armin O. Beutler of Los Angeles, and Mrs. John Schif ferer of Turner. Funeral an nouncements later by the: W. T. Rigdon company. ) Hedland Alfred Hedland, 41, formerly of 1005 Highland avenue, at a lo cal hospital. Survived by paother, Mrs. Elizabeth1 Hedland of; Salem; sisters,; Mrs. Amelia ' Erickson of Warren, Mrs. Hulda Newman of Tacoma, Mrs. Mabel Casiano of Tacoma and Mrs. Alma Hedland of Portland; brother Rudolph Hedland of Oakland. Services will be held Sunday, Jam 11, at 2 pjn. ' f romi First Baptist church at Warren, Ore., .Terwilliger-Ed-wards iuneral home in charge. Penn At the residence, 835 Hood ; Try ot ' Chines remedies. Anuzlnf SUCCESS for f S0 years in CHINA. N natter with what ailment Too arc AFFLICT f:jO disorders, inoslUs, heart, lour, liver, kidneys, toaaackv tas, ; eonrtipatlon, . ulcers, dia fcetii, fter. knv fenul era- Cbkrlie CHIn Chiaese Herb Co. offl Honrs Only -Tnes and " Sat, ; ajnw't pjn. and Son i aa4 Wed4 .m It 10:31 p-m. 122 N. Com SU Salesn, Oe., Staff of Art Center Works Despite CoM Th major portion of the staff of the Salem Art Center reported for vn-ork 'Thursday morning-to find there was no heat in the stu dios or office quarters. But with a couple' of electric heaters they iv ma in ed at . their posts through out the day. One instructor, Hal lie Johnson, came from Mon nvuth. . . : ' . : ' Mrs. Marian . Field, manager, improvised a lunch for members of the staff each contributing his "bit" thereto. ; f , ' , Guy Watson, foreman, and C. V. Morey, found plenty of outlets for usefulness in thir respective de pat tments, despite unusual draw backs. Other members did like wise. ! " ' Mishaps Few Say Officers Accidents in Salem were seri ous, but surprisingly not more so, first aid officers stated Thursday. W. H. Moon, 74 1295 Oxford street, suffered a fractured left arm while trying to remove a power wire from an oak tree with a 30-inch trunk. The tree fell and shattered the ladder on which Moon was standing. Double fracture of the pelvis was suffered about noon by M. G. Burdick, 27, 3545 East Turner road, when a tractor turned over on his legs at Minden Brothers lumber mill on Cherry - avenue. He was taken to Salem' General hospital. A falling object bruised Laura McCleUan, 10, 2045 South Cot tage street, on the shoulder and knees, in the afternoon. Births Friedland To Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Friedland. 191 McNary street. West Salem, a son. Jack Arvid. born Jan uary 4, Salem General hospital. Recorder's Fees Show Increase An increase . of $74.95 in,,, the total of fees collected during 1941 over those of 1940 in the Marion county recorder's office is shown in the year's books, Re corder Herman Lanke announced Thursday. During the year Just past; he pointed out, property movements were considered excellent iu and around the capital city but may not have been as great as those of 1940, Salem's record building year. Expenses of the recorder's of fice were appoximately $43 less during 1941 than in 1940, al though the cost of installing new fluorescent lighting fixtures and of repainting walls was included in the 1941 figures. Approximate ly $200 was spent in the im provements, Lanke said. street, Wednesday, January 7, Jarres Penn, aged 87 years. Fa ther of Mrs. Kenneth L. Randall of Salem, Mrs. Nellie R. Best of Seattle, Mrs. Lucile Penn Closser of Bain Bridge Island, Waste, Mrs. Lottie Penn Gregory of Tacoma, Wash., and Merrill N. Penn of Bremerton, Wash. Priv ate services will be held in the chapel of the W. T. Rigdon com pany, Friday, January 9 at 10:30 a.m. Dr. J. C. Harrison will of ficiate. Concluding , services Mt Crest Abbey mausoleum. Fredenberr . Ralph Fredenberg, late' resi dent of 270 West Miller street, at his office, 312 Oregon - building. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Vi vian Fredenberg, Salem; chil dren, Harper Virginia and Wil liam, all of Wisconsin; and two brothers, Herman and ' pave of Wisconsin. Funeral announce ments later by CIough-Barrick company. -,- ? Relieves .DISCOMFOnTD Too can easily change th gaaplsg aiaery of a bead, cold Into relaxing comfort U you xn Mentbolatum. Simply Insert Mentbolatum to your nostrils and nassae your forehead ' and templea with. it. This win ouicsJy reitov to animins. ttufflMa, nes lns, running. Mentbolatum will also aooUie Um irritated nostrUa, allay the soreness, swelling. Itching, redness, and reduce the feeling of fullneaa la your neao aiso tna jieoea- alty for continuous blow- WrtT Ing. Jars or tubes, 30a . . ffe?? 7i mmmm 7t ZUIZZI CCSaadSTS In Sumatra Mhere Jap 'Chutists -1 s- Mb View ' ' According to reports from Batavla, ' capital of the Netherlands East Indies, Japanese parachute troops have landed on the island Of Sumatra, Dutch possession which stretches west and. south of the Malay peninsula, across the Strait of Malacca, The report stated the Japs had landed near Me dan, in the far northwest of the island. The picture above shows Toba Lake which ia about 75 miles south of Uedan. McMahan Dismisses Camblin Charges Against Silverton Man; Cites Jury Verdict Pointing out that a jury had declared the defendant inno cent in a recent case "involving similar evidence," Judge L. H. McMahan ordered dismissal Thursday of the state's case aainst Hugh Atterbury McClure, Silverton beer parlor operator, on a gambling charge. Thus was apparently closed the' last of the gaming indictments brought by the Marion county grand jury late last fall. A series of fines and 5 suspended sentences were meted out to members of the "ring" of six persons, charged with accepting and placing bets on horse races and athletic events, who were indicted under nuisance statutes. Earlier this week PeteV Soren- sen, who also conducts a Silver- ton tavern, charged with having operated or allowed to operate a gambling game in his place of business, was freed hy a circuit court jury. S . a-CIRCUIT COURT t J. W. Fortune vs. State Indus trial Accident commission; jury's verdict declares Fortune sustained temporary total disability from December 12, 1940 to January 25, 1941, as a result of a muscle pull while spreading mortar for an Oregon employer. Plaintiff had asked an award lor permanent partial disability. State vs. pave Mayer; plea of innocent to charges of larceny of antique watches; bail set at $1000; continued for trial. Verle K 1 a m p e, by Orville Klampe, guardian ad litem, vs. Robert Hall; confession of judg ment declares that solely for the purpose of compromise and with out admission of liability, de fendant will pay plaintiff S2500 in complete settlement; judgment and satisfaction of judgment filed PROBATE COURT Jean Mar(elle Donaldson guar dianship; John G. Fisher, Law rence R. Fisher and Leo N. Childs named ; appraisers of minor's es tate, f Santino Fortune guardianship; annual report by Brazier Small shows receipts of $424.77, includ ing cash onhand in bank at the beginning of the year and interest from bank deposit, and disburse mm TO GET RID OF UlITTEn IIEnCIIilllDISE. SO IIEI1E GOES - ii ; :ws is: ii;''.-:"lij)mJ!-5: at Too Lake, Sumatra, oatb of Medaa . '. ; . - ment of $35 as guardian's fee; ap proved. JUSTICE COURT t Kenney Mulkey Palmer;! Vern Charles Follett; Verlin Enfield Boedde; overlength load on truck charged against each man; $5 and costs paid by each. Robert R. Stark; non support; case set over to January 21 at 10 o'clock. Joseph Josephson; assault and battery; case set over to January 21 at 1:30 p.m. s MARRIAGE LICENSES Stanley B. Abrams, 26,. Railway Express agent, Salem hotel, and Velede S. Drill, 24, deputy founty clerk, Tillamook. Clarence Frank Hagenauer, 25, Governor Orders Closing of All Vice Resorts in State The necessity for eliminating vice resorts in Oregon, in com pliance with a request of Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, United States army commander, was emphasized by Gov. Charles A. Sprague in letters recently sent to; all county sheriffs, mayors and chiefs of police, The governor also enclosed a copy of General DeWitl'sj letter received a the executive depart ment ! "In transmitting General De Witt's letter I wish to emphasize the necessity of proper action to eliminate vice resorts in the area under your jurisdiction,' Gov. Sprarue's letter said. Spe cial attention should be zlven to those establishments where liquor is sold which may be fronts for nooses of prostitu tion. "Your authority under the law is ample to put these places,' out of business and I urge that you take all necessary steps .to mjet the request of the army comnjander, which is necessary for the protec TDAT Said Landed A o Poling Visit Is Canceled Because of a change in schedule, Dr. Daniel A. Poling, who was to speak in Salem January 18, will be unable to be here, Grace Klampe, president of the Marion county Christian Endeavor union, has announced. Dr. Poling will speak in Port land Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Rose City Park Presbyterian church and at 3 p.m. Sunday in the First Presbyterian church. Talbot People at Nation's Capital TALBOT Mrs. Margaret Goldspenk and son left a few days ago for Washington, DC, where Mrs. Goldspenk was called to work for the government D. E. Turnidge will leave this week for Washington, DC, to at tend the peppermint growers' convention. He is making the trip by plane. Turnidge is one of Tal bot's prominent mint growers. salesman, Woodburn, and Mary T. Krupicka, 19, Hubbard. tion of the health of the military personnel. "I , also request that you co operate with the army command er who may be stationed in yrur area." Gen. DeWitt, in a letter to Gov. Sprague, declared that the concentration of larre numbers f troops In the coastal areas would unless rigid control is exercised by the state and mu nicipal authorities, inevitaoly result In the establishment of vice resorts designed to attract the patronage of the military personnel. Gov. Sprague indicated that he would have something more to say on the subject within the next few days. UILL SELL AIID -: !i'(0) bJ: J t f - 234 N. LIBERTY County Welfare Coimnission in Quandary Over Federal Rules; Tire Ration Slows Visits The problem r.dfrkeepirjgMarion County Public' Welfare commission offices operating Vwlthin two seo federal regula tions, neitheV.br which, to date makes any provision for recogni tion of the lothef, faces her staff and state welfare office execu tives. Miss Marion Boiven, Marion county rblkTwelfar administra tor; sajd .ThujsdajryiJ -r ' Required . by' Ithe 'social security act, under wMchi state and coun ty welfare organizations operate, to . visit at, least once every six months each of the 2000 homes in which are families and individuals they service, caseworkers oh her staff are not recognized as quali fying BQplicants, for, tire-purchase certificates in current tire ration ing regulations, Miss Bowen point ed out . '.'v "''i-c ':..:;"''. "Bicycles weald not be a' sat , . Isf actory means of . reaching Mill City, Idanha, and the homes in - the hills around inea towns," she declared.:' The1 14 persons on the Marion county public welfare . staff who operate automobiles not only have on their visiting lists the 1650 old age assistance cases who fast month, received $36,659 through that office, 404 dependent chil dren in 177 families for whom $8109 was spent in December, the 37 individuals who last month re ceived; $899 in blind assistance funds together with relief clients, but they also serve; as investigat ors for WPA, CCC, care for crip pled children, and! the selective service. . In addition Miss Bowen de clared, her office receives In quiries numbering monthly into the hundreds f rem similar or ganizations In other states ask ing Investigation of finances of members of families who are the ether states' clients, a service which is performed for Oregon, in torn, by welfare offices else where. This is the background of the problem State Welfare Admini strator Elmer Goudy and Miiss Loa Howard, Eflate director of So cial work, are to discuss at a con ference here probably Monday of next week The conference is to be first of its kind in the recently-acquired quarters of the welfare admini stration in the old high school building. Goudy and Miss Howard are scheduled also to confer with state officials while in Salem. ONLY $99 TO r . Get there quicker by air ! Gain time for productive work before you leave or after you arrive. Cost? Scarcely more than for ground transportation ' delicious meals free, stewardess service, no tips, no extra charges. Fly to speed national defense. For fares and reservations, phone BR-0474 Portland, 614 S.W. Broadway ... or your travel agent. NORTHWEST AIRLINES WRITI AIR SELL FI1ST. v.'.i ft . ) UO Extension Op en i Salem residents stni have time to register in the extension classr ' es offered to adults i in . the old Salem high school by , the general extension division of the Univer sity of OregonJ"1 according to an announcement by the assistant director W.. G. Beattie. ; x Registration started January 5. There are classes scheduled for their - first meeting during the week. Thursday evening from 7:15 to 9:15, human and political geography of , the Pacific north west will; be offered under the direction of Dr. . Willis B. Mer riam, professor of social science, Oregon College of Education. r . At the same tune Dr. Lucius Elder Forbes, professor of psjr chology, Oregon College of Edu cation, will lecture On the psy chology of marital adjustment Other courses still open for registration are: short story writing, reading and, conference (Oregon history), contemporary problems and criminology. University credit may be ob tained by fulfilling the require ments of the instructors. Officers Take Over Duties New officers of the Salem Cred it association will be 'installed at the annual banquet of the group scheduled for tonight at the Mar ion hotel. E. Don Ross, past president of the Portland chamber of com merce, will be speaker. Entertain ment features will include dance numbers by pupils of the Billings Armstrong studio. . i ed president, will be assisted by Dr. Floyd Utter as vice president; Francis Smith, secretary-treasurer. Directors, in addition to the officers, are Katherine Carthew, Guy Hickok, Hazel Roenecke, Ad lia Robbins and Ray Poff. MAIL SHI AIR IX'REIS S PRICES : nnrry! Hurry! . Tcday G Salurday J