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Tho 02EG0N STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Tuesday Morning. August 4192 "PAGE 1TVE Local News Briefs Police Still Search A search for , three presumably escapees from the Children's Farm home near Corvallis was still on -Monday by state police after the three had failed to return to the home alter attending circus Saturday night The three were identified . as Paul Wood, 15, Raymond Mor gan, 13, and Ray Vahorder, 15 . The police were also searching for Rachel Crain, 16-year-old inmate of the state girls' industrial school who escaped from there Saturday , night , Municipal Band Sehedaled The state capitol grounds will be the scene of a band concert at 8 - o'clock tonight H. N. Stouden meyer, director,: will conduct , the band on the west terrace of the state capitol grounds. Mr. Stoud- enmeyer reports some trouble in . finding people to keep his band together since the draft and war work have been calling members f the band. Luti florist. Ph. 8591 1276 N. Lib. They Stop aei Robert Nett 2455 Walker street, was thumbing a ride Monday, and when a car passed him up he shouted various remarks to the occupants. The occupants, two Salem policemen, stopped, picked up the perplexed hitch-hiker, took him to head quarters and booked him on charge of disorderly conduct Chance War Jobs A large number of men previously , em ployed in construction operations at Camp Adair, are now employed in war capacities in other parts of the state and at Vancouver, Wash.. state -employment service officials reported Monday. The employ .' ment office Saturday sent out call for bean pickers. For home loans see Salem Fed eral, 130 South Liberty. Brenrht From Jefferson Rich ard June Harling was brought to the Marion county sheriffs office by state police Monday under ' sentence of 10 days in jail from Jefferson justice court on a charge of being drunk on a public high way. The court also imposed a $10 fine. Road Permits Given Permits for for movements over county and market roads were issued by the Marion county court Monday as follows: Drager Looney and W. R. Berndt combines; W. W. Beard sley, Adam Ilersch and "Andrew Fery, threshers; H. W. Ives and Webster Williams, logs. Held s Deserter Albert Earl Elliott, held by sheriffs opera tives here Sunday as a deserter from the army, Monday was turned over- to army officials. El liott was arrested in a nearby hop yard when he was unable to dis play a draft registration card. Savings insured to $5,000.00 are earning 3 at Salem Federal, 130 South Liberty. City Buys Property The Mar ion county court Monday approved issuance of quit-claim deeds cov I ering certain lots in University ad dition and in block 15, original city plat, to the city government for $994.32. ' Obituary Chambers Mrs. Letitia Chambers, at a lo cal hospital. Monday, August 3 Survived by two sisters, Mrs. Cor delia Brown of Yoncalla, Ore.; and Mrs. Lillian Williams of fa- chats. Ore and five brothers, Mathiew Chambers of Portland, KntuM-t Chambers of Sodaville, Edward Chambers, Hoaglund, Mont., J. W. Chambers of Albany, and Dr. Thomas H. Chambers of Portland. Announcements later by Walker and Howell JFLuneral home. x Counts Henry" R. Counts, late resident of 2308 Mason street Salem, at a local hospital Sunday, August z, at the age of 66 years. .Husband of Mrs. Ida Counts, of Salem; fa ther of Mrs, Hilda Ashmon oi &a lem, Mrs. Doris Starr of Horton, Loyal Counts of Idanha, R. Car roll and Irving Counts, both of Rmcoc Calif.; survived also ny is grandchildren and one great grandchild. A n n o u n cement of services later by Clough-Bamck company. Whitesides Mrs. Estella Whitesides, late resident of route five, Salem, at local hospital. Sunday, August - Wife of William R. White- aides of Salem: mother of Mrs. Gladys Williams of Valsetz. Otto je of Medford, Melvin- of the Hawaiian islands, and Dallas Whitesides of Yukon, Alaska, Mrs. ti. -MrtL-Alfred and uienn Whitesides. all of Salem. Sur rived also by four .grandchildren, Announcements later by Qough Barries: company. fiasser Eugene Calvin Gosaer, at-alo-ral hosDital Sunday, August 2. Survived by his widow, Esther, of Salem; h is mother, Mrs. Mary Gosser Mann, of Salem; five sis ters. Mrs. Jessie Butts of Grand Junction, Colo, Mrs. Margaret Chamberlin of West Staytoo, Mrs. Iva Wells of , west Salem, airs. Frances Anderson of Portland and Mrs. Florence Smalley of Salem mnA five brothers, John and.wu Ham Gosser-. fcf ' Portland and Thomas, Philip and Clarence Gos- ail nt Salem. Funeral an nouncements' later by Walker ft Howell. At Forest Bfeeting N. S. Rogers, state forester, left late Monday night for San Frarkisco, where he will join other forestry officials Wednesday in a conference called by David Godwin, recently named national coordinator for forest fire fl.v,.'. ..: i division of the office of civilian defense. Forest leaders represent ing all western states embraced by the ninth army corps afea are expected to attend. Baton Twirlers beginners and ad vanced classes. Register now Ph 71XK Wrecking- Boose Robbed Mike Steinbock, proprietor of the Acme Auto wreckers, reported that someone had entered his estab lishment between noon Sunday and Monday morning and had stolen $3 in cash from a cash register. A checkup by police re vealed that fingerprints found on a .window sill near the apparent entrance were probably those of a boy around eight years of age. Soldier HI G a r n ol d C Ma loney. soldier stationed in Salem, was found lying seriously ill on the sidewalk at Commercial and Court streets Monday. A military doctor called said Maloney was seriously ill. He has been hos pitalized. Wanted to rent or lease Building with 200,000 square ft of floor space ,with approximately 200, or more acres Call Cochran. Ph. 9229 Driver Injured J o h n Strutz, truck driver, became seriously ill while driving his truck Sunday, collapsed and the truck went out of c 9 n t r o 1, sideswiping a car owned by O. R. Hoffman in the 400 block on Ferry street. Strutz was given first aid. Speaks on Program Mrs. Clif ton Mudd, member of the rec reation committee of the state de tense council, will speak over KSLM this afternoon on the week ly Art and Recreation center pro gram at 2:15. Clerk Collect s The Marion county clerk's office received $2276.05 in filing fees during July. an increase of $237.70 over July, 1941. Marriage license fees were up, at $165. from $147 a year ago. Beauty operator wanted. Ph. 7823 Newborghs Have Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newburgh and daughter Bonnie from Portland visited Mr. Newburgh's mother, Mrs. C. Newburgh over the week end. Non-Support Charged William Donovan was arrested near Albany Monday and delivered to the Mar ion county sheriffs office to face a non-support charge in justice court. Called to West Salem The Salem fire department answered a call at 1515 Elm street in West Salem at 11:15 a. m. Monday and extinguished a small fire caused by faulty electrical wiring. Kiwanis Clob Meets The Sa lem Kiwanis club luncheon pro gram today will be in charge of Gene Vandeneynde, city salvage committee chairman. Dr. Moran, 1585 Cottage. Chiro practic physisian. Dial 8197. Garden Hose Stolen K. M. Potts, 1825 North 18 th, reported Monday a green garden hose stolen from his home some time last Saturday night - Vancouver License Issued Rob ert Lee and Nora Coates were is sued a marriage license in Van couver, Wash. Mr. Hemming. Leave Robert Hemming left Sunday for a week's visit with his daughter, Mrs. R. Conser in Albany. PUBLIC RECORDS cntcurr coukt Winifred J. Raines vs. Roy H Wassam: demurrer to amended complaint Harold Peterson vs. Lelia and Wilbur Gage; stipulation for dis missal of complaint based on set tlement out of court. Grand jury call tentatively aet for August 19. State vs. Andrew Leo Jairl; formal order revoking parole of defendant and remanding him to serve one-year, jail sentence; pa role had been .granted as of August I on condition certain sup port money payments be made. TO03ATE i William Morrow Laidlaw guar dianship; annual report of Gladys Morrow Laidlaw,.guardian. show ing $993.73 received and $1118.50 paid out nd stating ward is em ployed as a page in the US sen ate in Washington, DC, at $120 monthly salary and attends the senate scnooL : ' Severin Christenson estate; re ply of Henry and Adolph Chria teoson asking that answer of ad ministratrix be striken. MAR IMAGE APPLICATIONS - William B Hoffnell, legal, care taker, Salem, route four, and Carah Pearson, legal, 2063 McCoy avenue.' . - - .".':-..-: Charles Raymond Martin, 19, farmer, Aurora route two, and Beverly Adrienne Jackson, 17, do mestic, Woodburnv MUNICIPAL C0TJXT, Clifford L. Buren, 296 Gerth, violation basic rule. $10 bail. Robert ,Nett 2455 Walker, dis orderly conduct Fined $5. Kongo Slated EorShowing This Week City council approval was given a request of the Salem junior chamber of commerce Monday night for-permission to sponsor a showing of Kongo, a nine-year-old gorilla, on the county courthouse grounds today through Sunday without payment of the customary $10 a day license fee. Kongo, bis owner, J. L. Lewis, told the council. Is the last gorilla brought to the United States by the late Martin Johnson, explorer and producer of jungle life mo tion pictures. 'Lewis said he and his wife had raised the animal from a baby of one year and trained him to respond to com mands and questions. They claim he -exhibits intelligence approach ing that of a six-year-old child. The county court, according to Ronald P. Crossland, junior cham ber president has given its per mission for the showing of Kongo on the courthouse grounds. The jungle animal, now larger than a grown man, is transported and exhibited in a 17,400 pound cage. His owners say that in ad dition to performing such ani mal feats as brushing his teeth and combing his hair, he will on com mand give realistic imitations of prominent movie actors. Crossland said the junior cham ber had been guaranteed a mini mum of $60, equivalent to the city license fee for six days, from the show. Job Training Conf ab Opens The state trade and industrial conference opened a five-day ses sion Monday at the senior high school building. Walter W. Morse, assistant state supervisor of trade and industrial education, presided. O. I. Paulson, slate director of vocational education, outlined policies which apply in the trade and industrial educational work. Rex Putnam, state school sup erintendent," and Herman Miller, state supervisor of defense, war production work, ' were speakers at the . luncheon meeting in the Marion hotel. Other speakers were James Arnsten, special agent for the United States office of education; Winston Purvine, state supervisor of industrial education, division of public service. Repair Permitted After Fire Here A permit to repair the damage caused by last weeK a lire was taken out Monday at the office of the city building inspector for the building at 440 State street The cost of the damage to be repaired was estimated at $6000. Housed in that building are the MorfJs Optical company, Joe's Upstairs Clothes shop, the Quelle cafe and the Eby photograph studio. Other building permits were issued to Ferdie Hall to reroof dwelling at 465 South 15th, $45 H. D. Robinett to alter dwelling at 1145 North 21st $400: J. L. McMullen, to alter a garage at 805 North Capitol, $50; C. W Ohlsen, to repair dwelling at 747 South 12th, $25; Clarence H. Fair brother, to reroof dwelling at 395 Columbia, $75; A. J. Flint to build a garage at 1820 North 5th, $400; Leona N. Fisher, to reroof dwelling at 540 South Liberty, $175: Lloyd Dortt to build garage at 1140 Shipping, .$50. State Salaries' Adjustment Made Reclassification of many state employes, for the purpose of sal ary adjustments, is now being made by the state budget depart ment and will be completed prior to the next legislative session. - The reclassification was de dared necessary because of the war emergency which has drained m&ny state departments of a large number of key operatives. Sal aiiri of a large number of state employes have been increased re cently from $5 tp $25 a month, while other salary; adjustments will be made later. ' Highway department officials reported that 5 per cent of its employes have entered military duty or are now employed in war Industries. " Inductees Gi veil Farewell Here Bidden -farewell Monday by program at the. American ' Legion hall at noon,, and a Wiscarson's junior band escort to' the SP de pot were 16 men who left Salem as army inductees. They had al ready passed their final physical examinations, and were qualified for service. Those leaving were Harold M. Anderson, , George E. Dickerson. Oscar I. Paulson, jr., Donald E. Anderegg. Louis R. Tuenget Wal ter E. IGggenbottom, Willie F King. Leslie C Swink, Robert S. Baker, Louis J. Pimsner, Robert j Baxter, Brady I. Gallagher, Cien E. Hiatt Lowary E. Johnson, Al vim C Battalion, Willis 13. Hales. Traixdng ior a-T, t?f i ,.s I-a." j'rf f . Three Salem men in pre-flight training at Santa Anv Califs in the army air corps are (left to right) Mrs. Gordon McGuehrist Glenn of Mr. Mrs. Max Schlestnger. 500 Accepted For UO Term UNIVERSITY - OF OREGON. Eugene, Aug. 3. Although appli cations for admittance to the Uni versity of Oregon for next school year are running slightly behind last year, more than 500 high school and advanced students have already been accepted by the university for the opening of fall term on September 21, ac cording to Dr. Earl M. Pallett, university registrar. Those on the list include: Salem Harold Bernard Allen, Donald Everett Armstrong, Ruth Looise Barton, Margaret Ann Bellinger, Patricia Rose Edgertqn, Lee Cameron McDonald, Charlotte Ann Macy, Dorothy May Mott, Janice Herrin Nelson, Robert Dale Over, Bonniebell May Sawyer, Mariorie Zoe Waters, Warren Stanley Welborn, and Warren Al ford Wolf. Silverton Raymond Earl Da vis, Donald Allen David, and Theodore Hadley Demas. Independence Glen Russell Burch. Turner Mary Fernel Gils trap. Officials Confer On Problems of Lo Hauling Discussion of the log hauling situation in Oregon, particularly with relation to picking up truck license plates" featured a confer ence in the executive department here Monday. The conference was called by Gov. Charles A. Sprague and was attended by Henry F. Cabell. chairman of the state highway commission; R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer: Ormond R Bean, public utility commissioner, and other state officials. Governor Sprague said- there had been considerable pressure recently to expand, rather than curtail log hauling operations in Oregon because of the war emer gency. The governor indicated that he would issue a statement on the results of the conference later in the week. Bananas May Leave Market PORTLAND, Aug. 3.-(P)-By the end of the year bananas may be off the market hereabouts, Portland producers warned Mon day. With bananas on the list of non essential items for war shipping, imports currently are only 15 per cent of normal, they said. ' The Portland retail price, con tracted by OPA ceiling, is two pounds for 25 cents with the de mand exceeding the supply. Salem Native Dies in East Rowland L. LaFore, who was born here April 13, 1887, and lived in and near Salem until 1916, died suddenly at his home in , New buryport, Mass., according to word received here. Mr. LaFore left here when he Joined the US navy to serve dur-J ing the first rWorld war. , He is survived , by his - wife," Annie La- Fore, of Newburyport, Mass., and n i I ffi-vi" i !.:' ' '-. '' "'!- -v.';. Early and late hops . . .' will start picking about August 17th. Good camp and accommodations furnished . . we invite pickers to Inspect our yards, before registering to pick.; Per $2.50 rHdrcd a P; ElacCiinTEIY G S9II Salem, JL 3, Box' 85 or Independence, Ore, Box 217 Ah Qprps mi - 1 t r'- ii m " r ' i " k J Elton. McGilchrlst son of Mr. and Ward, and Sidney Sehlesiager, son Service Men Whoro They Are What They're Doing Stanley Stiffler, who was in-t ducted into the army on July 29, has passed the tests for service in the US army air corps and has been transferred from Fort Lewis to Sheppard Field, Texas, accord ing to word received by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stiffler, 1710 North 17th street. The particular branch of the air corps in which he will serve is to be determined by adapta bility tests taken at Sheppard Field. WOODBURN Bob Renn is with the US army air corps sta tioned near Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Renn, Mrs. A. Ander son and her daughter, Mrs. lone Renn, left Monday for Los Ange les to visit him. DALLAS Dr. W. A Ott has received his commission as a first lieutenant in the dental corps and reported for duty at Fort Lewis Saturday. Mrs. Ott (Dorothy Page) teaches in Dallas high school. She will live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Page. William Armour, son of Salem police matron, Mrs. Bessie Ar mour, is located at the reinforce ment training center in New Riv er, NC, US marine barracks. Tech. Sgt Philip H. Bell of Sa lem, Oregon, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Bell, route three, has been admitted as an officer candidate to the air forces officer candidate school at Miami Beach, Fla. After successfully completing an inten sive twelve weeks' course of in struction, Officer Candidate Bell will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the army air forces. Outlawing Sought Of Street Debris Leaves and grass are bad enough, but when householders also start dumping tin cans in the gutters, it's too much, J. H. Davis, city engineer, complained to the city council in effect Monday night. Davis said limited facilities of his street cleaning department could no longer cope with the piles of debris being dumped in the streets. He asked for an ordinance against the practice. The council referred his request to the street committee. Housing Head at Meetings Here Building material dealers and chamber of commerce representa tives are to meet for dinner at the Golden Pheasant restaurant at 6 p. m. Wednesday to confer with Folger Johnson, federal housing director for Oregon. Johnson also is to speak at a mass meeting at the-chamber of commerce at 8 o'clock concerning regulations under the defense housing program to which Salon has been admitted. He also may remain overnight to meet with individuals Thursday morning. one sister, Mrs. Joseph E. Maddi- son, of Salem. 3 HI Cm i u 200 Signs Are Prepared for Grossing Halt Approximately 200 signs advis ing motorists to halt their auto mobiles before passing over main line railroad crossings in Oregon are being constructed by the state highway department and will be J Installed within the next two or three weeks, Tt.4 H. Baldock, state highway engineer, reported here Monday. A total of 32 main line cross ings will be protected, by these signs, with three -signs on either side of each crossing. Halting of automobiles at the main line railroad ' crossings was asked by railroad officials because of the increase in the number of trains and speeding up of. rail operations due to the war,-emergency. - Baldock predicted that the in stallation of these signs and halt ing of automobiles at . railroad crossings would have a tendency to decrease materially the num ber of traffic - accidents in all parts of the state. Statistics, show that railroad crossing accidents have increased during the past few months with , heavy property damage to both the railroads and the motorists. Colonel Seeks House Here Business Manager Clay C. Coch ran of the Salem chamber ot com merce is out looking for a house for another Camp Ad3ir colonel. he said Monday. "Another of the top officers at Adair says he wants to live in Salem, too, so we're trving to find a house for him," Cochran said. "We recently located a place for another high Adair man." The present officer homeseeker wants a three bedroom house, preferably, furnished, Cochran said, asking that anyone having such a house to rent to telephone the chamber. Grade Crossing Change Okeli Marion County Judge Grant Murphy reported Monday after noon the county court had re ceived informal notice of approv al of "its plans to relocate the Switzerland railroad grade cross ing 1 miles southeast of Cen tral Howell. He indicated the county road crew would start the job within a short time. The court proposed the reloca tion to improve safety at the crossing and to straighten the road on either side. A hearing on the change was held at the courthouse Monday morning with David Don, exam iner for the public utilities depart ment, presiding. Orecon's Coal Future Bright PORTLAND, Aug. 3-(!P)-Chair-man David Eccles of the Pacific Northwest War Industries com mission said Monday there were "bright prospects" for the utiliza tion of Coos bay coal deposits for tine nQenaMnD.ts Sere's mere behind the Leadlines than meets the eye. Hats, for instance. These hats: belong to reporters attending . the President's press conference each Tuesday and Friday at the TThite House. Nowhere else in the world would a heap of hats be such a. symboL For nowhere else in the world is the news of ital eoTcred as it b AJ s.Ti s vi auu m u sa r asairjion laxi ltie. Associated Press baa tire world's largest. local news and photo staff FQH FULL IP AIID UIDE U0IILD COVERAGE HEAD A-izEizsn cr the asscciated fhess Speaks Here - I III III II . Salem Cliurcli Slates Editor Dr. John W. Bradbury, nation ally known Baptist writer and editor of Watchman-Examiner, national Baptist- weekly, will speak Wednesday at 7:15 pm. at the First Baptist church. . Dr. Bradbury is a member of the board of managers of the American Baptist Foreign Mission society, the Clergy club of New York, a member of the executive committee ot the Baptist World al liance, and a trustee of the Gor don College of Theology and Mis sions, Boston, and the Northern Baptist Theological seminary, Chi cago. He was recently elected to the board of trustees of the Na tional Reform federation of Wash ington, DC. 3 Soldiers Dangerous FORT- LEWIS, Aug. Three soldier prisoners, described as desperate, dangerous and prob ably armed, escaped from the army cantonment prison Monday, the office of the provost marshal 1 reported. Military police asked civilian au thorities to make every effort to find the prisoners. How the men escaped was not disclosed. All were dressed in the army's regu lation blue denim (work) uniform The men, under court martial commitment to Fort Leavenworth military prison, were: Martin J. Mox, 22. sentenced for life"; John W. LaMothe, 20, sentenced to 18 years, and Peter J. Morse, 20, sentenced to five years. . Varied Injuries Given Treatment The Salem first" aid crew at tended the following cases over the weekend: Bobbie Collier, toe mashed, run over by a car: Mrs. Frank Oplitz, cut finger Stephen Toysen. face cut in fall from bicycle: Walter Jones, 28, cut foot in fall into fish pond Virginia Baker, broken nose and face cuts suffered when car in which she was riding struck lamp post at Winter and State streets; Lloyd Newcomer cut on right hand; Donna May Cole, 15 months, illness. army cantonments and war plants. Eccles said he based his remark on a report received from George W. EVans, consulting engineer as signed to study the deposits. a nation's cap Washington in Washington. ' " bylines daily .. . - m, ' You can Today Is Last ; For Argument Affirmative arguments dealing with measures to be referred to the voters of Oregon at the No vember election must be filed in . the si ate department not later than 5 p.m. today, In event they are to have space in the combined candidate and measures pamph- let Dave OTfara, in charge of the state elections bureau, an nounced Monday, f " y. -' Negative arguments may be ' filed up until August 19. Argu ments for and against measures referred by the 1941 legislature will be prepared by special leg- , islative committees, f - . . The time for. the state central t committees fo de statements on behalf of their candidates on the November ballot expires Septem- ' ber 18. I- , 0Hara said approximately 600,- ' 000 combined - voters and mea sures, pamphlets would be printed and these must be in the mails-10 : days prior to the general election. More Busses Sought Here A group of Salem men is going to Portland this morning to push plans for expanding shipyard bus service from the capital city. Business Manager Clay C. Coch-1 ran of the chamber of commerce, said Monday. A new bus added Sunday, mak ing three dally roundtnps. Is fUied, Cochran said. Five tfiher busses, all operated by private in terests, are also making the ship yard run. . Ray J. Stumbo, city transporta tion chairman, Wallace Bonesteele and Cochran will be in the party making the Portland trip. v Training Speedup Seen, Mechanics PORTLAND, Aug. 3-P)-Ten thousand aviation mechanics couy be trained in Oregon each montfc by easy expansion of present fa cilities, Robert M. Hamill, adr ministrative assistant of Portland public school war production cen ters, said Monday. The stepped-up program could start if Henry J. 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