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lb OZEGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Tuesday Morning. April 14, 1942
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City to Appeal
On Tax Suit
liable for Water
Bureau in 1936,
Court Decision
(Continued from Pace 1)
delinquent taxes, which with
interest bow total approximate
ly 139,099.
This action the county will take
at the first opportunity. District
Attorney Hayden declared Mon
day. He will, however, wait at
least until the 30-day period in
which the city may appeal to the
supreme court has expired be
fore instituting such an action, he
said.
The city maintains that its
rights go back to January 9, 1934,
when condemnation proceedings
were started against the water
company " and also that a j pur
chase agreement entered into with
the firm on May 6, 1935, more
than a month before the new law
relied upon by the county went
into effect, - takes the deal out
aide the new act's provisions,
: Winslow indicated Monday night.
'This law was passed by the legis
lature on March 11, 11 days after
the assessment date bearing on the
taxes at issue.
Question of the 1938 taxes
did not arise entil the water
. commission received a bin from
: the county In that year. Pay
ment of taxes doe . la 1935 was
, made by the private water eom
. pany as part of Its sale agree
ment. A side Issue in the suit, the
question of whether the city or
the water company' could be
held liable for the 1938 taxes,
was decided by Judge Crawford
in favor of the latter.
"I am satisfied the liability for
payment of taxes rests upon the
city of Salem by v I r t u e of the
agreement between the parties,
ind for the further reason that
there is, in my opinion, no pro
vision of law for subjecting the
water company to the payment of
the taxes on the theory of per
sonal debt, the tax being collect
ible only from the property," he
said in concluding. "Admittedly,
the property of the city may not
be sold for the purpose of enforc
ing payment of this obligation."
Custer K. Ross served with
Winslow and City Attorney Law
rence N. Brown in presenting the
city's case. District Attorney Hay
den and George L. Belt, then a
special tax deputy, for the county.
McNary Not
Coming Home
This Summer
Sen. Charles L. McNary will
not return to his country home
near Salem during the coming
summer, he indicated in letters
received here recently.
The senator said that because
of war conditions he would be
compelled to remain in Washing
ton and forego his annual vaca
tion. Mrs. McNary and daughter,
Charlotte, may visit Salem later
in the year.
McNary is republican leader in
the senate and is a member of a
number of . important commit
tees.
FriendlyPolicy
1 old French
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friendship, and support , for the
xrencn people and their sov
ereignty oyer French territory,
therefore,, the. course which the
United. States must follow is
clear, he said:
Until the final victory of
the United Nations is won, and
the people of France are once
more In full control of their
own destinies, the gerei-ament
f the United States, In accord
ance with the policy above set
forth. wOI CenUnae. wit retard
to French territories in Africa
or the Pacific areas, to main
tain, or to enter Into, relations
with those French citisens who
are in aetaal control of sach
... territories.' -:
.' Germany is trying to Doison
French minds against the friends
. of France, Welles concluded, but:
. "The French people may be re-
. assured that the government and
people of the United States will
continue to maintain unimpaired
, their full respect tor the rights of
the people of France. They may
continue to be confident that bv
the victory of the United Nations
those rights will be restored in
tact to them."
Soviet Greets
US .Diplomat
KUIBYSHEV, April IS. ' -P)-Admiral
William H. Standley, U.S.
- ambassador to Russia,- was re
ceived at the Kremlin in Moscow
tlonday by Vyascheslav Molotov,
Soviet commissar for foreign .aft
: xalrav'- - -C- v -r; $ 1
Wtsa &e new ambassador left
hsri'Xcr iloscow to present f bis
credentials Jie "said that he pro
pose! t tell Russian leaders that
tie' State realized that
continue! . aid - to Russia was one
cf lh3 nest primary" functions of
ILj Ar::rlcia war effort. -
'OttV Equipped
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With foil equipment, including a pair of boxing gloves and a mesieal
instrument, this German alien was removed from a detention camp
In the canal sons and put aboard a train for transfer to the United
States and internment for duration of the war. Army authorities
called him "Otto" and described him as the unofficial mayor of the
German faction held In the detention camp. This picture came from
Balboa, CZ.
Philippine Forces Destroy
Enemy Ships and Stores
(Continued from page 1)
ers' thrust there thus waa not
known.
From Australia, the day's prin
cipal news was of continued allied
air successes. In weekend opera
tions Rabaul, the enemy's prin
cipal beachhead, on New Britain
island above the Australian main
land, was particularly hard hit
An enemy ship was believed to
have been damaged in the har
bor there.
On two fronts Russia and
the continent of Europe the day
brought diplomatic developments
of the first rank.
The soviet, the one great anti
axis power holding the geogra
phic position to hit Japan at any
time right at home, curtly warned
Japanese militarists that the exist
ing neutrality arrangement be
tween the two countries could
collapse.
The official communist news-
Bagley Takes
Command of
Hawaiian Sea
WASHINGTON, April U.-iJf)
-Rear Admiral David W. Bag
ley, 59, of Raleigh, NC, has as
sumed the post of commandant,
14th naval district, and com
mander of the Hawaiian sea
frontier, succeeding Rear Ad"
miral Claude C Bloch, the navy
announced Monday.
Admiral Bloch, who has just
completed a two-year tour in
that command, has been ordered
to duty in the office of the secre
tary of the navy. Admiral Bag
ley has recently had a command
at sea.
In the report of the Roberts
commission which investigated the
Pearl Harbor attack. Admiral
Bloch was ' mentioned by name
only as - the author. Jointly with
Lt. General Walter C Short, then
commanding general, Hawaiian
department, of the joint coastal
frontier. "
Admiral Bagley won the dis
tinguished service medal for
service during the - first World
war as commanding officer of the
USS Jacob Jones upon the occas
ion of the sinking of that vessel
by an enemy submarine, Decem
ber 6, 1917.
Sugar Ration
Blanks Out
(Continued from Page 1)
to the amount of the difference,
before he may accept additional
sugar, supplies.
lite allowable inventory will
be determined, fat the ease of a
retailer, ea the basis of Ma
trees tales of "all meats, gro
ceries, fralts and vegetables,
etc." In the week ending April
, 15. 1942, or en the weekly ave
rage of amgar delivered to him
last November. ' - ;
In the gross sales method, the
store will be allowed: one pound
of sugar for each dollar of his
gross sales.' but this amount will
be used only if it is less than his
weekly average of sugar deliver
ies m November. Whichever fig
ure is smaller will ' be the "al
lowable' "Inventory; ,
From this amount will be sub
tracted the number of pounds of
sugar the owner has 3cm hand ' for
sale,- end certificate- for- sugar
purchase will ber Issued ' for the
dfercce. , ...
tor Internment
paper Pravda thus stated the case:
"It Is necessary for Japanese
military and fascist cliques,
whose heads have been turned
by military successes, to realize
that their blabbering about an
annexationist war in the north
(in Siberia) may cause damage
In the first place and most ef
all to Japan herself."
The paper added that the neu
trality arrangement would "pre
serve its importance' if Japan
strictly observed her undertak
ings, but it went on then to point
out the cases where treaties had
been torn up in Tokyo.
The British for their part con
tinued strongly in support of the
Russians by violent and far
spread air raids over the German
held French coast, German war
industry in the Ruhr and the Ital
ian munitions center of Turin.
Overnight RAF assaults were
followed by daylight attacks Mon
day. -
As to the Russian battle line,
Monday's advices were somewhat
meager.
The midnifht soviet commun
ique stated, however, that 322
German planes had been de
stroyed in the past week, brinf
tng to 1193 the total smashed
since March 11 against total
Russian losses of 214 planes for
the same period.
It reported also that the Red
armies had recaptured a point on
the northwestern front described
as "of great importance" but not
otherwise identified.
Court Upholds
Libel Law
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The supreme court, with Jus
tice Jackson not participating,
split 4-4 on the case. . This auto
matically upheld the lower court
No formal opinion, was issued,
and the reason for Jackson's
withdrawal and . the - individual
stands of the other eight Justices
were- not made public
The auit was one of a number
filed by Sweeney against various
newspapers which published a
"Washington-Merry-Go -Round
column by Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen - in 1938 which
represented Sweeney and Father
Charles K. Coughlm as opposing
the appointment of EmerichBurt
Freed as a federal district judge
in Cleveland because Freed was
The case. now gees back to
the district eeart for Mat at
which the trmth or falsity ef
the statement presumably will
..be an bane: -
The New York State Publish
ers association, in brief filed
with the supreme court asserted
that the circuit court's- decision
"will limit and shackle the force
of the press as an instrument of
public welfare" end that ifrep-
resents en unprecedented exten
sion of liability for the publica
tion of comment on public offi
cers and public affairs contrary
to the fundamental rights of the
press.. The American civil liber
ties union took a similar, posi
tion. Taxation Advocated
PORTLAND. A n r i 1 1
Wartime expenditures should be
met by increased taxation because
borrowing will, lead to inflation,
Donald M, Erb, president -of he
University of. Oregon, . told the
v u u Aiumni . association
Sunday.
Chamber Piclss
Extension Man
His Problems to Be
On Cantonment
And Industry
(Continued from Page 1)
quarters at Kerry. Ore. For frntr
years he was sales director for the
Guardian Mortgage and Invest
ment company, Portland.
; Cochran is Immediate past
president of the Oregon Cham
ber ef Commerce Secretaries
association,' Benton county ci
vilian defense coordinator, secretary-treasurer
ef the West
Side Pacific Highway associa
tion, secretary of the Century
club, secretary-treasurer ef the
Greater Willamette Valley asso
ciation, a member ef the Na
tional Association of Commer
cial Organisation Secretaries
and a member ef the board ef
the Western States Chamber ef
Commerce Officials and Bad
ness Executives. He holds mem
berships in the Knights ef Py
thias and Elks lodges and Ro
tary deb. .
Mr. Cochran will move to Sa
lem immediately with Mrs. Coch
ran. Their daughter, Rosemary,
until recently was employed by
the state public utilities depart
ment, and their son. Roeer. has
passed his preliminary test as an
army air pilot.
Cochran will meet with the
board of the Salem chamber Wed
nesday night to formulate a pro
posal for underwritin of a bus
service to Camp Adair by local
Dusinessmen.
Nation's First
War Primary
Set Today
CHICAGO. Anril lS-CPY- Th
first large test of public interest
in politics, in war times will be
offered to the nation Tuesday
when nominees for the United
States senate and their offices will
be selected in the Illinois primary
election.
The first state-wide nrimarv of
1942 features contests for the sen
atorial nominations, with Senator
u. wayiand Brooks pitted against
State Treasurer Warren Wright on
the republican side and riynnwu.
man S. McKeough running against
raw 1. Douglas in the democratic
race.
Politicians will watch the re
sults to gauge the comparative
strength of the two parties and to
ascertain whether citizens preoc
cupied by the war and busy .in
war production wilt go to the polls
in normal numbers.
The size of the turnout was ex
tremely uncertain. The few pre
dictions on record indicate a total
vote of 1,500,000 to approximately
2,000,000 compared with a 1938
primary total of 2,550,642 and a
1940 primary total of 2,847,467.
FDR Studies
On Inflation
(Continued from Page 1)
cases are amons nronosals under.
stood to have been laid before
Mr. Roosevelt by officials who
for some time have been draft
ing possible anti-inflation meas
ures. Other ideas are reported to be
an increase in the pending tax
biU beyond the $7,600,000,000 now
contemplated, increased restric
tions on retail credit, wider ra
tioning of scarce goods and com
pulsory saving through purchase
of war stamps and bonds.
Stephen Early, presidential sec
retary, said Mr. Roosevelt would
restrict his engagements all this
week in order to have opportunity
u worn on the suggestions.
It was Indicated that a special
message covering the subject
would so to congress within tbe
next two weeks.
Indicative of the far-reachinff
nature of the steps under con
sideration was the word which
went around : though there was
no White House announcement to
this effect that the chief execu
five likely would follow up his
message to congress with a fire
side chat explaining his proposals.
Oregon Launches
27th Cargo Ship
PORTLAND. Anril 11 -4JP-
two more ships for the nation's
war effort a liberty freighter
and a nav yminesweeper went
down in the ways at Oreeon ship
yard Sunday. .- '- . ..
Oregon ShiDbuildin cornoratinn
here launched its 27th cargo ship.
tne James Russell LowelL The
minesweeper was the first launch
ed by tbe Astoria Marine con
struction company.
FREE BOOKLET
of the "Causes and Cures" of
common "Paint Failures. : If
you are going to do, or have
any Painting done you should
read this FREE Booklet v
We give C. 8. DEFENSE
STAMPS Instead of Green
Stamps e Retail Patat Pur
chases. - - - .
Our stock ef R. N. NASON
Paints and Lacquers Is the most
eeeaplete tn Salem. - ,
Reasonable terms and prices. '
- - - Parking Space
. D. D. Y7c:ircTr"dd.
331 N. Church Si. Phone tSOl
Passes
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WINFIELD TAYLOR RIGDON
Two Salem
Pioneers
Succumb
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probably one of the oldest fu
neral directors in the country
and the oldest tn Oregon. He
was among the first undertak
ers en the coast to learn the
science ef embalming.
Except during the McKinley
Bryan presidential campaign
when he was an ardent supporter
of free silver! Mr. Rigdon was a
life-long republican.
He had been a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church all
of his life and was for a number
of years a member of the board
of trustees of the First Methodist
church of Salem. At two differ
ent times he was a member of
the city council. He was a mem
ber of the Salon lodge. No. 4,
AF & AM, Elks, Odd Fellows, a
charter member of the Rebekahs,
and for years was secretary of
the AOUW and the Maccabees,
and was an active member of the
Knights of Pythias and Artisan
lodges.
He is survived by his widow,
Mattie J. Rigdon; four children,
Winifred Rigdon Herri ck, Leila
E. Rigdon, Harriet R. Mercer,
and Lloyd T. Rigdon, all of Sa
lem, and four grandchildren,
Winfield C. Clarke, Elizabeth
Anne Herrick, Ralph Hayden
Mercer and Wayne Rigdon Mer
cer, all of Salem. Two other
children, Ethel lone Rigdon and
Ralph Reno Rigdon, preceded
him in death.
Douglas Minto was born in Sa
lem May 25, 1862, the son of
John and Martha Minto, pioneers
of 1844. He married Jeannette
Brown in January 1904.
, He was associated la the to
bacco business and in basrball
ventures In the early ?0s with
the late George E. Waters, for
about nine years. He then dis
posed of his interest and with
his brothers, John and Harry,
took ever the Minto Island
farm from his father. 'He
bought eat the interest ef his
brothers in 1920. Under his di
rection, the 225 acres has been
devoted te general f armtng
with stress on hop and sheep
production. Until 1920 he op
erated la addition a Se-acre
prone orchard on the eld dona
tion land claim of his mother.
Douglas Minto's father purch
ased the island land in 1867, at
which time it was covered with
driftwood and undergrowth. Aft
er clearing it, he made his home
there for several years.
Mr. Minto is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Jeannette Minto,
and one son, John D. Minto, Sa
lem. Bede's Father Dies
-Word was received in Salem
Monday of the death of J. Adam
Bede, 86, of Duluth, Minn., father
of Elbert Bede of Portland. The
latter is known here as reading
clerk in the state legislature for
many years. His father was for
mer republican congressman from
the eighth Minnesota district
Jy Joe Marsh
SuauLMUNe tlureagk my desk the
ether day, I caste across sesae saap
aaots ef friends ef auae nude back
ia 1933. ; ..t r
If yea eWt tJunk tune files .
tt yea aWt think this world ever
changes . , . yae ought to leek at
the western's kata aad dresses ia
these aietares takea t years age!
Wewt - -
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' . . . .. . .'
, - It gave me quite a start . . and
then it set aae to thinking . . , and
Tememberin'I Lots of things sure "
happened in 1232. A new admisds
tratioa m Waakingtoa ... the
taming point of the depression
. and ft eonunf of Septal.
.. 'v; s
IrsaiiBibfrtkera licsTTislliwiaf
beer. It came before Repeal, wbea
Congress anuadei the eU Tel--
steea Art to aflew legal eaia ef
-JJT I
'What talk and argasscata they
had la those days! One argmaent I
remember well .was that beer
weald de a lot to help bring back'
prosperity. I wondered at the thee :
whether that argument coat! be -
Ho, 56 of a Series
Convoy Fligh
IsDescribed
- Navy Flier Describes
Pacific War; VFW
.Elects Officers
(Continued from Page 1)
submarine menace, on the Atlan
tic coast The surface patrol
grows more formidable each day.
More and more the axis boys are
spending their days cowering in
the depths, waiting for, night to
take their sneak -shots. v
We nave been out four hears
new and not a sub has been
sighted. We got a temporary
thrill when we spotted mud
rising to the surface - bat It
wasnt a sab.-;-,-I
have aat in' the bombardier's
seat in the nose of the ship and
also in the pilot's seat while Co
Pilot and Navigator Renfro Tur
ner, of Memphis, ran the ship. ?-i
You get a strange feeling of su
periority up here in the sky. If
you shut your eyes it feels like
riding in a fast train. If you keep
them open, you are scarcely con
scious of movement
We are off Hatteras now and we
have a delicious lunch of steak,
stewed corn and tomatoes, pine
apple, bread and butter and cof
feeprepared in a neat galley
amidships.
We watch for subs while we eat
and the photographer takes a pic
ture of a merchantman.
Below as Is the evertarned
bottom ef a tanker, glistening
red with a long on slick extend
ing to the horizon. Not far away
the masts and funnel of two
ether torpedoed ships stand oat
like gravestones. -A
sailor gulps and curses.
Another ship Burned and down
by the stem looms up.
I wish every American could
come up here and see these things.
He would throw away petty bick
ering and Jump into the war ef
fort feet first.
I remember the 1000 healthy
boys I saw sleeping in the hangar
at dawn. Brave lads.
I also remember the complaints
at home from people who wonder
why the navy doesn't bomb all the
subs to the bottom.
They ought to know that
catching and sinking a sab with
a plane Is like looking for a
needle In a haystack.
Lady rock plays a leading
role here.
We have been out eight hours
now and no sub has been sighted.
But the important thing is that
ships are getting through. We're
nearing the graveyard's imaginary
boundary. Oil slicks are behind
us, leaving the bomber crew with
grim thoughts of revenge.
i I scribble a note to my wife
and two kids and that makes
me think ef the folks back home
- who say they" cant fight because
they have children.
Five hundred feet below, the
shadow of our plane is sketched
crazfly on the water. The sea looks
like a mass of ruffled rock.
Other planes skirt rapidly
around our ship.
Land looms ahead our ships
are safely through. The dealers of
death below the whitecaps did not
risk it today.
We are at our base again 10
hours after taking off.
'All Efforts'
Urges Martin
(Continued from Page 1)
as an instructor at a naval train
ing station.
Christman was one ef five
new members indacted at the
meeting, the post's annual elec
tion session.
Leslie Wadsworth was named
president to succeed Cot C. A.
Robertson. Other officers chosen
were W. C Cavender, senior vice-
commander; Arwln Strayer, junior
vice-commander; E. J. Boland,
quartermaster, reelected; Allen G.
Carson, advocate; Dr. Roy Scofield,
surgeon, and Solon Shinkle, chap
Iain. They will be installed on
April 27. -
omwherelsit...
I thought about that again, the
other day. I decided to check up
aad find oat
WelV X found oat plenty. I
found out that legal beer has paid
mora than t b&ie. dollars in taxes
since 193$. It has made more than
a mdion new jobs. .
.According to one ef tbe reports
rve seen, beer has put more than
15 hZUen dollars into general busi
, atss circulation. Goodness me, ,
wars a ms ox ;
ue uaiea. frery stata beeeCts
from bear's Jebs and taxes. Aad I
' guess there's ae denying1 that bear'
Hi da its akam fa Krtt L-.L
: r glai It 1 too. beeaase beer
ia each a pleasant, appetising bev
orage. Aad It stands f or aaederstiea 1
ad nrnderato people . . . irs mmf
ltorrtreaatrosUa. ,
Copyright, 1942, Brewing Industry Touniatb
Bulletins
. - MELBOURNE, April 13-(AV
Rabaal, pivot of the Japanese
lodgements In the r southwest
Pacific Islands facing Austral
la. bore the brant of weekend
- offensive operations - by- the al
lied air arm and official reports
Indicated Monday that . an en
emy ship was damaged tn har
bor there Sunday.' , , .
' LONDON, Tuesday. April 24
-CPFlrhting- in the region be
tween Kursk and Kharkov has
become much more Intense In
the last 245 hoars with Soviet
.pressure particularly strong
northeast of Gelgorod, Renters
said Tuesday la quoting the of
ficial Tlchy news agency. Kas
alaa motorized forces were re
ported attempting " to cross the
Donets near its source.
LONDON, April lS-0P)-The
.exchange telegraph agency re
ported from Port Moresby Mon
day night that allied bombers
and. fighters heavily raided
Japanese-held airdromes at Lae,
New Guinea, Monday morn
ing. . . . ;-t :
Two Japanese sere fighter
lanes probably were destroyed
and another was damaged, while
all the allied planes returned
afely, It said.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 1S-W)-The
Tokyo radio was beard
Monday night proclaiming that
Japanese bombing attacks had
caused "a great explosion" en
Corregidor, foDowed by fires.
"Following the Intense bomb
ing concentrated ea the north
en portion of 'the-American
fortress of Corregidor by waves
of Japanese naval aireraft fire
broke oat at six different places
following a great explosion with
in the fortress.
Norse Church
Taken Oyer
By Quisling
BERN. Switzerland. Anril IS-
Uty- The puppet nremier. VIdkun
Quisling, has taken over personal
direction ol churches in Norway
after failing to force the rebel
lious clergy to resume the pulpits
from which they resigned en
masse a week ago, reports reach
ing here said- Monday.
The head of the German-controlled
government acted shortly
after his ultimatum demanrfinff
the return of the 1100 resigned
pwiora expired.. He created a
council of the church herfi h
himself. , ' .
Sources wih close NorwerUn
connections said none -of the pas
tors responded to Quisling's de
mand that they resume their du
ties by 2 p. m. Saturday. Church"
services were held Sunday in only
30 of the more than 1000 churches
in the country;
The situation was said to be
becoming graver each dv Th
Stockholm newspaper Social De-
moxraten predicted the revolt
likely would lead to violence soon
unless the Germans removed
Quisling and moderated some of
ms measures. '
Save your cor
(for short fl rips
$8
Ride the train to California
Your car sad tires are precious. Save them for short "
- trips. Ride one of Southern Pacific's trains when
' joa go t California. Enjoy the comfort of a ,
anodem chair car, or a soft Pullman berth. De&
' ' dons meals in the dining car at moderate prices.
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'From Salem ' '
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write
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Portland. Ore.
SpragiieRally
Tohielit at CC
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Singers and Speakers
Are Scheduled on ' .
"" Patriotic Program
A patriotic motif in keeping
with the times will mark the pro
gram of the opening rally here
tonight for the- reelection of
Charles A. Sprague as governor
of Oregon. Irl S. McSherry, Wil
lamette valley -campaign office
manager, said Monday. . : -
The rally, for all interested per
sons, is to start at the Salem
chamber of commerce at 8 pJtn,
The program will open with the
singing of "America" led ; by
Westly McWain. A Sea Scout and
a Boy Scout will lead in a saluta
to the" flag. Gov. Sprague will
speak briefly, following selections
by the MacDowell club quartet
and remarks by 12 Marion coun
ty citizens. After the presentation
of greetings from chairmen ef Re
elect Gov,: Sprague committees
in the seven counties In the Wil
lamette valley district, Joan Or
chard, 0, will sing God Bless
America," and then leadlhe audi
ence In repeating It - -
on
Board Meets
Health Board Allowed
To Spend Funds
For Inoculation
Oregon's so-called "war board.'
composed of state department
heads' charged with emergency
functions, gathered with Gov.
Charles A. Sprague here Monday
to consider civilian defense prob
lems. The governor authorized the
state board of health to snend
funds not included in its budget
to inoculate Japanese who are
to be evacuated under federal or
ders. - ..
Correlation between civilian de
fense agencies and protective or
ganizations, such as the state
guard, also was discussed.
Attending the meeting were R.
H. Baldock, state highway engi
neer; Jerrold Owen, state civilian
defense coordinator: Col. Elmer V.
Wooton, state selective service di
rector; George Aiken, state bud
get director; Ralph CowgflL state
guard commander, and Charles
Pray, superintendent of state po
lice. -. i
Airmen Honor .
Drffl Masters
.Featuring "the . meeting wnicfc
should have marked completion
oi . their required military drill
50. members of the civil air patrol
including persons from Salem,
McMinnville . and Dallas areas,
Monday night paid special recog .
nition to the army sergeants who
had drilled them.
Sgts. A. Probst, W. B. Sands
and K. C. Miller comprised the
group so honored. One drill per
iod lost because of inclement
weather will be made up, officers
said. Completed recently also hag
been, an 80-hour groundwork
course.-
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