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.
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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. -,-
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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