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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1942)
'. lanes to Britain were open while south Pacific!' ed up briefly on the Dover area. L n. lira ; 0 x 9 TIi OSEGSON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Thursday Morning. January 143 PACS TfMCS I ' ? - i I i , " -1 " . : Funeral Set Friday for Former First Gtizen and Contractor Of Salem, Fred A. Erixon Funeral services lor Fred A. Erixon, former Salem contractor who died Wednesday morning in Albany at the age of nearly drears, will be Fi-iday at 3:30 p.m., from the CloUgh-Barriqk chapel. Mr. Erixon, who was once named the first citizen of Salem, i ; ; 1 died in a hospital following sev- From Range ;'rJ r- ' .4 : K d V eral weeks' illness. He had lived in Albany for a few years. Born In Sweden; February 20, 1861, Erixon came to the United States with his parents when five years of are. They settled in Wisconsin but later moved to a homestead near Manhattan, Kins. He started learning his trade "by mixing mortar and hewing stones for his father, an expert stone ma son and builder, j i When grown, Erixon went to Fort Riley, Kans., to work as a stone mason on the barracks of the new fort, where :be became a foreman. At the age of 30 years he came to Salem and a short while later formed a firm in part nership with the late Clarence Van Patten. Among Salem buildings on which Mr. Erixon was the con tractor are the state supreme court building, Salvation Army hall, Eaton hall at Willamette Birthday Ball Nets $300 for National Fund (Continued from Page 1) of the council and wives who contributed their services at the ticket windows, It was said. More than 550 tickets were sold at the dance hall, while sev eral Union locals had purchased tickets which were made avail able without charge to soldiers in uniform who were present In considerable number. Described as a "democrat! social event- with the grand march led by the governor and bis lady, dancers including so cial leaders and girls and boys from .high schools and mills, the benefit drew an almost capacity crowd. Th four-tiered birthday cake. ribboned in red, white and blue and decked with candy flags and flowers, was contributed by a 5a lem bakery and cut by -the sec-i retarv of state. The decorations were donated by a Salem floristf Peru, Ecuador eEnds Dismit X Pact Signing Gears Way for Axis Slash; .FDR Lands Brazil ! (Continued From Page One powers, in a message to President Getulio Vareas of Brazil, A Mr. Roosevelt told President Vargas that "continental solidaxi ty, as defined, by you in your ad dress of greeting to the foreign musters, has been greatly strengthened."" v1 -The American revenues have won a magniflcent tri umph,' h said, "over those, who endeavored to sow disun ity among them and to prevent them from taking action es sential for the preservation of their liberties. That triumph has been seal ed by the prompt and forth right decision of your govern ment and of the other Anaeri-. can governments which have reached similar decisions." :- Mr. Roosevelt added. that the announcement that Brazil had severed relations with Germany, Japan and Italy "assures me once more of the support .of your great country at. a time of bitter Struggle against forces whose ac tions- and policies have been un animously condemned by the 11 American republics." "t :'f'" r' :- ; '' ' RAF Bombards Nazis . . LONDON, Thursday, Jan. 29 Vfy-The RAF, was over enemy territory Wednesday night, it was stated authoritatively today. Storm Dowtks prmy Planes SWIFT CURRENT, Sask, Jan. 2Mff)-A blinding snowstorm overtook five American army pi lots ferrying Harvard irainers from the United States into Can ada Wednesday with the result that two crashed, killinjg their pilots, while the other three made emergency landings at Medicine Hat, Maple Creek, Sask, and hear Havre, Mont., across the border.' " ' j university, the old Capital Na- Blond Barbara Moffett (above), cowgirl, rodeo performer and showgirl, got a screen contract, with RKO-Radio, on the basis of looks plus ability. Sixteen years old, she is a native of Mineapolis, Minn. Flying Chiei t ii J Aeo TJ. 8. aviatrizi Jscaueline Coch ran fa shown with Caot. Norman Edgar, representing the British Air Transport Auxiliary in New York, as thev discussed dana for organis ing an American section of the Udv fliers. The women vilots will ferry planes from factories to as signed bases. Twin Falls Ball Club Head Resigns Post TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 28 -iSVCarl N. Anderson, business manager of the home-owned Twin Falls baseball club in the class C Pioneer league, submitted his resignation to the board of direc tors Wednesday. Anderson said he could not con tinue in office "under the present set-up."' tional bank and others. He did the stone masonry ion the city hall and remodeling of the US National bank. ; In Albany he built an opera house and postoffice, the court house and city hall at St. Hel ens, the Corvallis armory and structures on the Oregon State college campus, including the heating plant, mechanics' hall, forestry building and school of mines. He also had contracts at Vancouver, BC, was superin tendent of construction for the Oregon state commission dur ing the Lewis & Clark exposi tion in 1905. He was for more than 25 years chairman of the building committee of the Ma sonic Temple association and supervised construction of the Salem Masonic temple. After the death! of his first wife, whom hej married in 1888, Erixon again married in 1926. They made their home here at 1191 North Capitol street and m Albany at 842 West 10th street. In 1926 he and Mrsi Erixon trav eled to Europe, Palestine and Egypt. Erixon was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of Pacific lodge No. 50, AF&AM, Alcader temple of the Shrine, Klwanis club, DeMolay Commandery No. 5, Multnomah chapter No. 1, Royal Arch Masons and the United Presbyterian church at Albany. He was a member of the Salem chamber of com merce and active in other com munity Interests. Survivors are the widow, two daughters, Mrs. R. R. McKean of Portland and Mrs. Gertrude Rhinehart of San Francisco; granddaughter, Mrs. Patsy Du- Bois of Portland: I sisters, Mrs Marv Crawford of Washington, DC, Mrs. Emma Toburn of Clay- burn, Kans., Mrs. Esther wreatn of Manhattan, Kans.; brother, Robert E. Erixson of Manhattan Pacific lodge No. 50 will be in charge of funeral j services, and Masonic Temple board mem bers will serve as pallbearers. Rev. K. O. McDonald, pastor oi the United Presbyterian cnurcn of Albany, will officiate. Final rites will be at Mount Crest Ab bey mausoleum. New Yale Coach Named NEW YORK, Jan. 28-P)-The New York Herald-Tribune said - T....air nishi thftt Tvan R Wil- MOTAWJ liamson, assistant football coach at Yale the past eight years, had been named head coach at the New Haven school. The paper said the announce ment of the former Michigan ndi BDDointment would be de layed until he selected his assist ants. ! I Silver Foxes Slate Molalla, Mt. 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