Tli OBEGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon. Tuesday Morning. May 26. 1942
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Supreme Court Refuses Act
On Appeal by Mrs. Garner;
Present Residence Unknown
WASHINGTON, May 25-JiP)-Refusal of the supreme court
to act on an appeal of Mrs- Myrtle Garner from a four-year
prison terra because no women were on her trial jury apparently
ended Monday the 62-year-old Curry county rancher's fight
for freedom.
Her conviction of livestock larceny in October, 1939, was
vas upheld by the Oregon su
ireme court, but six months later
1 circuit court ruled that she had
een denied her constitutional
,ights on grounds that no women
Vere on the jury list.
The state supreme court's over
ailing of the lower court order
emains in effect by today's high
tribunal decision not to act.
Mrs. Myrtle A. Garner, Curry
county, under four years peni
tentiary sentence for larceny of
livestock, will be returned to the
Institution to serve out her term,
provided officials are able to
find oat where she is livinr
This announcement by Prison
Warden George Alexander fol
lowed reports from Washington,
DC, that the United States su
preme court had refused to review
Mrs. Garner's case. Responsibil'
ty for returning Mrs. Garner rests
with the prison officials.
Mrs. Garner entered the peni
tentiary October 28, 1939, but was
released on bail November 10, the
same year, when she appealed to
the state supreme court. When the
state supreme court later affirmed
her conviction in Curry county she
was returned to the prison on
March 8, 1941. She afterward
launched habeas corpus proceed
ings iri the Marion county circuit
-court on the ground that the Curry
county jury panel contained no
women jurors.
Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan
upheld Mrs. Garner's contention
and on June 7, 1941, freed her
from the prison.
- When Judge McMahan order
ed Mrs. Garner's release, no
bail was required.
The state supreme court later
reversed Judge McMahan's de
cision in the habeas corpus pro
ceedings and Mrs. Garner then
appealed to the United States su
preme court.
Officials said she would be eligi
ble for parole after serving 16
months. She already has served
lour months.
Guild Plans
Lwn Party
SILVERTON The Junior Guild
of the Immanuel Lutheran church
is planning a lawn party for June
17 at the home of Mrs. Esther
Jenkins with Mrs. Roy Larsen,
Mrs. Fred Schar, and Mrs. Cecil
llumphrey as assisting hostesses.
During the summer months the
group will meet only once a month
instead of the usual two meetings.
Gervais Scouts
Attend Camporee
GERVAIS Senior Patrol
Leader Dean Booster, Lloyd Dale
Brown, Carl Jorgenson, Lon Rose,
James Forest, Gary Sutsforth and
Milton St. John, members of the
Gervais troop Boy Scounts, at
tended the camporee held at Leb
anon May 15, 16 and 17.
Governor Nominee
Confers in Salem
Lew Wallace, Portland, demo
cratic nominee for governor at the
November election, spent part of
Monday in Salem conferring with
state officials.
Wallace said he intended to
conduct a vigorous campaign and
would visit every part of the
state.
Wrens Tackle a New Job
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Hembers of the Women's Reserve Naval Service la Britain, these
women are the first to be trained as balloon operatives. The wom
en are seen walking a big: gas bag from its hangar after completing
.their training;. Note that the "Wrens" wear tha bell-bottom trousers
if the regular British tar.
Vacation Bible
School Is Held
At Rosedale
ROSEDALE Daily Vacation
Bible school will continue through
this week at the church for chil
dren from 4 to 15 years of age,
from 9 to 11:30 a. m. Classes
are offered in woodcraft, art
work, chorus and Bible lessons.
Instructors are Rev. and Mrs.
Oscar Brown, Mrs. Laura Trach
sel, Mrs. Floyd Bates and Mrs
Forrest Cammack. Thirty three
children have enrolled and will
present a program next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Cole visited
relatives in Portland Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bates, Mr.
and Mrs. Charley Stephens and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sparks
and family attended the high
school baccalaureate services in
Salem Sunday night. Barbara
Bates and Clara Sparks are in
the senior class.
16 Request
Final Papers
Sixteen men and women pre
sented final petitions for citizen
ship during hearings conducted at
the Marion county courthouse
Monday by W. W. Blackman, na
turalization examiner from Port
land. Blackman will be at the
courthouse again today.
Petitioners Monday included
Ida Lasey Judd, Rae Corrine
Bloomberg, Sol Schlesinger, Phil
ip Lutz, Margaret Lutz, Emilie
Littau, Margret Baespflug, Lily
Esterberg, Samuel P a t z e r, Olaf
Hansen Tangen, Hilda Mary Rig
gi, Emile Manser, William Alston
Saunders, Fred Eward Miner,
Evelyn L. Miner and Anton Frank
Warner.
Health Officials
At Conferences
Mrs. George R. K. Moorhead,
health educator, Oregon state
board of health, and Dr. Vernon
A. Douglas, Marion county health
officer, were in Portland Monday
to attend the Oregon health offi
cers' meeting.
Mrs. Moorhead is leaving today
for Seattle to attend the western
branch meeting of the American
Public Health association. She
will be accompanied by Mrs. Nova
Young, former nurse supervisor
of the Marion county health de
partment, and now a member of
the University of Oregon medical
school staff.
After the conference Mrs. Moor
head will go on to Victoria and
Vancouver, BC, where she will
observe venereal disease con
trol in British Columbia at the in
vitation of Dr. G. T. Amyot, pro
vincial health officer. Mrs. Moor
head plans to return to Salem on
June 5
Comforter Project
Finished by Workers
AUMSVILLE The comforter
making project in progress at the
school house, with Mrs. Anna
Nichol supervising, for the past
ten days, was completed Satur
day. Material for 200 comforters
was alloted this community.
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Pvt. George F. Duval, Jr. (above),
29, of Chelsea, Mass., was a
stowaway aboard the newly-ar
rived contingent of American
troops in northern Ireland. He
was discovered after the convoy
was well oat to sea. Duval, who
served a hitch in the army be
fore he was drafted, said: "I
wanted action, and that was the
best way I could figure out to
ret it quickly.
$600 Spent
By Tazwell
George Tazwell, for judge of
the circuit court, 4th judicial dis
trict, Multnomah county, depart
ment No. 7 probate), expended
$600 in conducting his primary
election campaign, according to
his expense statement filed in the
state department here Monday.
A. C. Callan, secretary-treasurer
of the Tazwell cornmittee, ex
pended an additional $454.13.
The "Hilton for judge commit
tee," of which Frank G. Smith
was treasurer, expended on be
half of Frank H. Hilton, candi
date for judge of the circuit court,
4th district, department 8, Mult
nomah county, the amount of
$585.54.
John Ferguson, treasurer Marsh
field "Snell for governor com
mittee," in behalf of Earl Snell,
republican candidate for gover
nor, reported expenses of $328.25.
Employes Sign
To Buy Bonds
MONMOUTH Through a bond-
purchasing arrange ment, em
ployes of the local Cooperative
Creamery and Warehouse associa
tion here have signed up for indi
vidual war bond buying 6f all
members, using the payroll de
duction system, totaling more
than 10 per cent of salaries.
Polk county's quota for war
bond sales in May is $39,800. Oth
er employment organizations
throughout the county include: the
Wienert sawmill at Airlie; Van
den Bosch mill, Pedee; Loren Coo
per mill, Fall City; Barnhart mill
near Kings Valley; Simpson mill,
Kings Valley.
Starr Makes No
Comment, Knopf
C. L. Starr, Portland, acting
president of the Willamette uni
versity board of trustees, de
clined to comment while in Sa
lem Monday on the board's in
vestigation of an American Le
gion complaint concerning the
selective service registration of
Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf? presi
dent of the institution. Dr. Knopf
reportedly protested when a se
lective service registrar declined
to permit him to inscribe the
words "conscientious objector" on
his registration card.
Annual meeting of the Willam
ette trustees is to be held here
late this week preceding com
mencement day, Sunday.
Dr. Pennington
Gates Speaker
GATES r Graduation exer
cises were held for the Gates hich
school students Thursday night
at the auditorium. Dr. Levi Pen
nington of jPacific college, New
berg, delivered the address. Di
plomas were awarded to Betty
Kerry, Henry Bock and Richard
Knutson.
Heavy Hail Storm
Hits Rogue Valley
MEDFORD, May 25-P)-Pear
orchardists said Monday that the
Rogue river valley suffered its
worst hailstorm In 20 years last
week. Loss probably will amount
to 10 per cent of the 1942 crop.
In some j of the orchards the
loss will run as high as 60 per
cent, said C. B. Cordy, Jackson
county horticulturist
Legion Confab Short
PORTLAND, May 25-(P)-Jo-seph
K. Carson, jr., Oregon Ame
rican Legion commander, said
Monday the annual - taf mwivm.
tion at Eugene July 25-26 will be
t.''l - A a
umiiea xo business sessions with
parades and the drum corps con-
wra ciuiimaiea.
77 Are Graduated
PORTLAND, May 25Hff)-UnI-yersity
of Portland held it annual
graduation exercises Sunday, con
ferring degrees on 77 students.
Service Men
Charles F.. Randall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. M. Randall, 1840 West
Nob Hill street, Salem, has been
promoted to corporal in the US
army medical corps at Paine Field,
Wash., according to word received
by his parents. He won top hon
ors among 650 soldiers in recent
examinations.
Mrs. R. H. Dobell, 825 North
15 th street, has received a letter
from her son, Roy Dobell, jr.,
dated April 5, four days before
the fall of Bataan and a month
before the final surrender of
Corregidor.
Roy was at Clark field in Man
ila when it was bombed by the
Japs and at the time he wrote was
located on the island of Mindanao.
He reported they were living
primitively and were frequently
strafed by the Japs.
The letter received this week by
his mother was the first since
February 28. All of the letters
written to him have been re
turned.
Richard D. Pauther, son of Mr.
Wilburn Pauther of 202 Silverton
road, was recently advanced to
aviation machinist's mate third
class at the naval air station at
Pensacola, Fla., according to an
announcement from the public re
lations office that station.
Pauther enlisted in the navy
at the Corvallis recruiting office
in April, 1939, and was sent to
the training station at San Diego,
Calif,. He was transferred to the
station there in September and in
August of the following year was
sent to Pearl Harbor.
He reported to Pensacola in
February of this year and was as
signed to duty with the ground
crews of one of the flying squad
rons. Pvt. Robert L. Rulifson who re
cently graduated from the air
corps technical school, Sheppard
Field, Texas, is now stationed with
a bomber squadron at Boise, Idaho.
He is the son of E. M. Rulifson,
1340 Chemeketa, Salem.
Pvt. Reg Saunders, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. A. Saunders, 1175 E
street arrived in Salem Saturday
for a ten-day furlough. He is with
the air corps stationed at Enid,
Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben La r kins
have received word from their
sons, Sergeants Marvin and Mel
vin and Corporal Howard Lar
kins, that they are well and have
landed safely in Australia.
Enlistment of Mark O. Hatfield,
Robert B. Albert and Howard L.
Nyseth, all of Salem, and Harry
C. Miller, jr., of Lebanon was an
nounced Monday by the navy re
cruiting office in Portland.
Sgt. Loys Young, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Carson, stopped over
with his parents Sunday, enroute
from Akron, Ohio, to Ft. Lewis.
OWBOC
by JOHN CUSTOM
I'm handy
around the
house. I can
fix the refrig
erator so that
it takes a serv
ice man only
hair a day to
repair the damage. I do handy
electric wiring that often lasts
until the fire department arrives.
wt whtMvir I rail th hd
f Mt Hlipowe-Ptymowth, I Mrt
f ghf upl I kiMW thr mrm m
million myttoriow things unit
thnrn that am probably warin
wt or naadina adiwstmant. lot
ma... I can't tall whlchl
But then, I
don't have to,
on account of
the Union
Minute Men
do it for me.
And they'll do
it for vou. too.
if you just utter the simple
words, "Stop-Wear! Lubrica
tion." For Slep-War b na ordinary
"graasa fob." Far from H. Far
ana thing. It' guaranteed la
writing 1000 mllas against
faulty chassis lubrication, la
Mat yom daat hava to kaap
track af yawr mllaaga, tha AUn
ta Man 4o It far yea o von tha
3000 and 3000 mile checkup
are automatically called to year
attention.
And even though they use fac
tory specifications, 9 different
lubricants, and a whole bench
full of special tools, the big
thing to me i they check all
the mysterious things that worry
me-fan belts, battery cables
and terminal!, spark plugs,
wheel bearings, and mat sort of
thing. "i 1
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to, five
yoor oalf Mt
lag and worry
lag avar car
malntananc
and lat tha
Union Mlnata
Men glva year
car Stap-Waar Uhricotion, too.
For tha Mlnwta ntoti glva yaa "Ex
part Car Ta Sava Car Wear."
Til
When They Are
What They're Doing
He studied airplane engines , in
Ohio and will continue his work
as student instructor at Ft Lewis.
AUMSVILLE Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Porter received a cable Thurs
day from their son, Harold Port
er, stating he had arrived safely
in Australia. Harold is in the army.
GATES Mrs. Ruby Winters has
received word from" her son, Dar
rell Hayward, that he has been
transferred from Edgewood arsen
al, Maryland, to Fort Sam Hous
ton, Texas. He is with the chemi
cal depot.
Robert Henry Ruch, 19, route
3, Salem, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Bryan Ruch, and William
Everett Hoaglund, 18, and Harold
Hobart Hoaglund, 20, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Hobart William Hoag
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" ' 'PL - AoMrka's Front Une
lund, Scio, enlisted in the army
recently at the Salem recruiting
station and have been sent to an
air corps replacement training
center.
William M. Blackley is visit,
ing his parents here , on a 15
day furlough. He has Just
graduated from the- Columbus
army flying- school, Columbus
Miss and is going to a cadet
school.
AUMSVILLE William U. Mc
Kee, in training at Norfolk, W. Va.,
is visiting his mother, Mrs. S. J.
McKee here. He is twining with
a possible opportunity for admis
sion to the Annapolis naval acad
emy. ABIQUA Mr. and Mrs. Otto A.
Dahl have received a cablegram
from their son, Lt Fred Dahl, stat
ing he has arrived safely in Australia.
The Victory Trains come first !
Maybe you've been on an S. P. train recently and
the train was late. Or maybe your freight shipment
wasn't delivered as early as our normal service war
ranted. The reason in your case was probably that
trains of troops and equipment or freights carrying
vital war materials were given precedence. For the
"limiteds" and the "hot shot" freights are queens of
the rails no longer. War trains Victory Trains
come first ! j
Not that we're using the war as an alibi for short
comings. We're only human and we do make errors.
But the armed forces and war industries must
have first call upon transportation. Not only must
troop trains be given the right of way, but also the
many freight trains carrying materials and supplies
must be handled with the same dispatch as the forces
themselves, so guns, tanks, ammunition and planes
may be available where needed. As Donald Nelson,
head of the War Production Board, has said:
"Those boys can't stop planes and tanks with their
bare bands. They can't get where they havi to go
without what it takes to get there."
Transportation is a vital factor in our war effort,
and the railroads have the biggest part of this big
transportation job. How are they doing? "In ail the
world nb job is being better done today than by the
American railroads," says the Hon. Clarence F. Lea7
Chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce.
Among the railroads who share this basic trans
portation task in national defense, none is more
strategically situated than Southern Pacific, partic
ularly with respect to the Pacific Coast. Take a look
at the map of our lines and you'll see why. Conse
quently, we have an extraordinary responsibility.
Grnmendations we have received indicate we are
meeting that responsibility. And when a general says
"Good work" to us, we feel just the same as a soldier
who gets the D.S.M.
The Friendly
Observation
Post Need to
Be Discussed
WEST SALEM A meeting
will be held at the West Salem
city hall at 8 p. m. Friday, under
the direction of Lt Robert L.
Clark, ground observation officer
of the fourth interceptor com
mand, Elmer Cook, county chair
man, presiding.
Lt Clark will explain the pur
pose and necessity of maintaining
the observation posts, and all citi
zens of the eastern end of Polk
county are urged to attend, es
pecially those of the Summit, Mt.
View, Brush College and West
Salem districts.
Salem Firm Wins 1
OREGON CITY, May 25-VP)
The 'Clackamas county housing
It's taken a lot of locomotives and cars and men to
do this first-class job for Uncle Sam. We've had to
conserve equipment and manpowerand a number
of passenger trains, some popular and profitable
ones, have been discontinued for this reason, and to
clear the tracks for war traffic The public attitude
in these cases and where regular passenger or freight
service has beep delayed has, for the most part, been
friendly and understanding. We of Southern Pacific
appreciate this. So thanks to all of you !
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by umr traimt"
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There is one factor in our present situation and out
ibiliry to do a good job in time of-w" that deserves
some comment. In the ten years from 1932 to 1941,
many of them years of depression and low earnings,
we spent $145,000,000 for equipment additions and
betterments to our properties. In the two years end
ing with Pearl Harbor, we ordered over $64,000,000
worth of cars and locomotives. Any business nun,
whether he be a garage man, a grocer or a manufac
turer, will admit that to go ahead borrowing and
spending money for improvements when operat
ing at a loss involves difficult problems and takes
courage. The tremendous sums we have spent for
improvements and equipment now stand Southern
Pacific and the Pacific Coast in good stead, when
locomotives and cars and trackage are so important
in the successful prosecution of the war.
Tm gUd tbtj spent
Ant $1,000,000"
The growing tide of traffic on Southern Pacific is
fine evidence that our country's war production is in
high gear. There will be still greater production and
still greater increases in the load we' must handle,
particularly on the Pacific Coast, the springboard f of
our offensive in the Pacific But ... the Victory Trains
are rolling, and yon may be sure we railroaders will
do our very best to "keep 'em rolling.
We promise you that we will continue to do every
thing in our power to give prompt, efficient and
courteous service to our regular freight and pas
senger customers.
A.T,MEROER, Pmident
Southern PacifUCempanj
Southern Pacific
authority announced Monday,
award of a $1,756,000 contract fog.
construction of a 600-unit federal
defense housing project north ol
Milwaukie to Viesko & Hanne
man, Salem.
Hodge to Speak, :
Geology Society
. The Salem Geological societj
has extended to all Chemeketans,
through the president, Dr. Georgt
E. Lewis, an invitation to attend
the special lecture at Collins hall,
Willamette university, tonight at
8 o'clock, by Dr. Edwin T. Hodge,
department of geology, Oregon
State college.
Dr. Hodge's subject will b
"Geology of Mt. Jefferson," trac
ing the mountain from its be
ginning to its present mature,
sleeping volcanic-lika state.
'I didn't mind waiting
"lit army ctmm fint"