The OnTGCII STATES! JAIL Cclsn Ore?czu Wednesday Koalas. Oris! XL 12U
PAG2 TirJ-
Service Men
Where They Are
What They're Doing
Ensign Bert Walker and Mrs. 1 Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Walker were Salem visitors early Mason of Salem. Formerly sta-
May Robson
Dies at 78
In Hollyvood
' BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, Oct
20-(flVMay Robson, who retired
from pictures because her pride
wouion i id ner aamit mat sue w- of Astoria, fmhman
was going blind, died quietly Tues- das president at Willamette uni- on a short furlough- to visit his
this week, stopping here en route
north. Walker, former Oregon
state police officer, has just com-1
I pleted special training on an east
ern college campus. -
tioned at Fort Stevens, they left
Salem Monday morning for new
posts. - A3 are Salem high school
graduates.
Sgt" Eugene C Kears, has recent
ly been discharged from -the' hos
pital at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
He has been stationed in Alaska
since June 1940. '
Bob White, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd White, is home in Salem
day as she slept
' She had spent 58 of her 78 years
as an actiess of stage and screen.
But she gave up her career last
year after instinct alone had car
. ried her . through pictures when
. she could recognize fellow, play
ers by voice alone.
With her as she passed away,
consciousness, . were her , son and
- daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.. E.
H. Gore, and her secretary-com-panion
since 1810, Lillian Har-
. Outside were the birds she loved
so .well. In the cages and bird
houses which studded her back
yard. Surrounded by , them, she
fnr var had rnpnt her hnur ef
relaxation.
She neded relaxation, for her
capacity for work exceeded that
of many actresses less than half
her age. As recntly as three years
ago, she made seven pictures in
single year.
. - Miss Robson was beloved by
Hollywood as was probably ne
other character - actress - except
the late .Marie Dressier. Her
birthday parties were annnal ee
eastons of celebration - often
an elaborate luncheon on the set
-of whatever picture she hap
: pened to be working in at the
time.',. .;
- She was beloved, too, outside
Hollywood. : 1
'Driving one. day, she and Miss
Harmer noted two crying young
.sters on a curb. They stopped , to
inquire the trouble. The pair said
their parents were being put out
.of their home because the land
lord didn't like children, and that
they had been unable to move be
cause other owners felt the same
way. :Y" - . "V -
Their tears and story turned
Miss Robson into a landlord. She
. built a number of houses and rent
ed them only to families of four
t'or more. r.--v.vl.: ,,'';..;' --v
Born in Melbourne, Australia,
April 19, 1864, Miss Robson was
educated in "France. At 16 she
married E. H.' Gore, an inventor.
But soon after the birth of their
' son, Edwin, Gore died. In 1886
she was married , to Dr. A. H.
Brown, then a Harvard medical
'student later a New York ply
sician. He died in 1919.
versjty, has enlisted in the coast
guartl and been granted a week's
furlough before reporting to ac
tive duty.' He is rated as a third
class pharmacist's mate.
parents and -wife and son before
he enters army "officers training
school.
PORTLAND, Oct 29 (ft
Armed service enlistments an
nounced Tuesday included: ,
Navy Virgil L. Wilson, Salem.
Kenneth "J. Templar,, Albany:
Morgan W. McClain, Dayton; Mil
ton H. Wetherald, McMinnville:
Charles W. Miller, Donald B.
Whelan, David A. Whelan, Sa
lem: Arvid H. Friedland, West
Salem. - "';':;. '''"'
. Army Bryson T. Clutter, Louis
R. Fenner, Alfred W. Hensell,
Raymond V. Kaser, Vance L. Mor
rison, Herbert F. " Schoenlen,
Frank A. Whittemore, Salem.
" 1 Coast Guard Joseph Dotson,
Aurora; Harold Pendleton, Stay-ton.
Mrs.' - Nellie Morgan, rente
one, box 60, received a letter
Tuesday from her son, Francis
Morgan, US marine corps, who
wrote October 4 from Guadal
canal In the Solomon islands.
Writing from what has become
a major battle front Morgan said
he was enjoying himself and hav
ing "lots of fun". Morgan work
ed for The Statesman two years
ago and later was employed by
the United Press. He is now in
the public relations department
of the US marine corps.
Road of Money
Found, 217.29
' PORTLAND, Oct 2i
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Thomas
were amazed to find the river
road almost carpeted with Pper
money as they drove along. - "
They stopped and collected
bills and four checks totalling
$217.29, noting that the cheekr
were pa;iw w sw w.
They traced Brown, a service
station operator, who had given
p hope of finding the money.
It had dribbled oat of a bulging
trouser pocket as he was riding
te work on a motorcycle. , .-.
Second L.L Don C. Smith, jr..
was a gradoate of the officer
candidate department of the
eastern ; signal corps school.
Fort Monmouth, N. J, Friday.
He was commissioned a second
lieutenant In the U. S. army
and assigned for doty with the
signal corps. Lieutenant Smith
, was a former resident of 725
North 16th street Salem. He Is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don C.
Smith.
Court Rules Bank Not liable
axes on Fixtures -
To Pay T
.. .The state supreme court ruled here Tuesday that the Salem
branch of the First National Bank of Portland is not liable for
payment of tax on its fixtures and equipment -
The opinion, by Justice Bailey, reversed Circuit Judge L. G.
leweuing, Marion county, who
held for the state tax commission
and county which filed suit to col
lect the tax against the bank. Bai
ley ruled that the bank does not
have to pay the tax because the
owner of the building must pay
taxes on real property. In this
case, the owner of the building is
T. A. Livesley, Inc.
X- The court did not pass on the
question of whether the equip
ment is real or personal property.
Personal property is not taxable.
The way is now open for charg
ing the owner with the tax, since
the court did not determine
whether the owner should pay it
' Other decisions: :'f-tm -1
B. CL Skulason, appellant, vs.
Sheriff Martin T. Pratt, Multno
mad county, and the Fidelity &
Deposit company of Maryland, ap
peal from Multnomah-county.
Suit to recover damages resulting
from alleged failure of, the sheriff
in serving writ to oust debtor
from possession of a house. Opin
ion by Justice Belt Judge Martin
Jordan Casfe
Not to Come
Before Jury
When the new Marion county
grand jury reconvenes today, with
Oscar Sederstrom as foreman, it
will not consider the case of Ted
Jordan, Negro now serving a life
term at the state penitentiary who
W.' Hawkins affirmed.
.Appeal dismissed In Adams, ap
pellant, vs. City of Toledo.
Circuit Judge Ralph S. Hamil
ton, Bend, assigned to La Grande,
replacing Circuit' Judge R. J.
Green in three divorce suits..
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimber-
ly," Roseburg, . assigned to Med-
f ord, to substitute for Circuit
Judge Hanna in five suits. . -
la accused of having incited other
convicts to fire state flax plant
sheds.-. t
Announcing that the matter
would not be taken before the
grand Jury, District Attorney JJI1
ler B. Hayden said Tuesday he had
conferred with Warden George
Alexander and that - they were
agreed that expense of the hear
ing, which would require present
ing a number of convicts as wit
nesses, would be considerable.
The same effect could be
achieved,' they declared, if the
warden would spread on the re
cord of Jordan, at the prison all
information available concerning
his alleged part in the recent fires.
Killed by Truck
HILLSBORO, Oct 2ti tfP)
Struck by a truck while crossing
the Tualatin highway in front of
his home near here, C. C Bow
man, 73, a shipyard worker, was
killed early Tuesday.
. Donald G. .Farrar, a nephew of
John H. and Dee Farrar, 267
North Cottage street is now
drum major in ! the US " marine
corps. He enlisted in 1937 when
only 17 years old and as a bugler
posed for the marine corps poster.
Copies of the poster are used in
all recruiting stations including
Salem. . '
" The same picture was used in
a story in the Saturday 'Evening
Post, April 5, 1941. When he was
promoted to drum major he was
the youngest man to receive that
rating. He is a son of Herbert
Farrar of San Diego. His wife is
living in1- California. . . t
Dooley Johnson, member of the
Salem fire department now has
three sons in the armed forces.
Robert W.; Johnson, also a mem
ber of the fire department before
his enlistment in the navy, is now
aboard a battleship as second
class seaman. Jack D. Johnson,
who entered serviceO ctober 1, is
at the naval training station at
Camp Farragut Idaho. The oth
er son, Gerald W. Johnson, who
enliste April, is in the air corps,
and is stationed at Hickam field,
Hawaii. All are graduates of
Salem high school. '
v MARION Leonard "' Mills, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Norris, has en
listed in the US navy. He had
been vTSfking as a welder in a
Portland shipyard.
. Loyd W. Sidwell, who was re
cently married, left Wednesday
for Fort Lewis. Harold E. Rob-
bins and Jack Parker have re
ceived notice to report for induc
tion in -the army early in Novem
ber. ' . .'
Judge Successor
Naming Delayed;
Snell to Attend
v.
Sgt. Melvin Larkins, stationed
in Australia is now out of the
hospital and fully recovered from
an injury to his knee. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larkins,
Station A, Oregon State hospital
have received word that Melvin is
now back on active duty.
Staff Sgt Pilot James McNen
is at Pope field, N. C, where he
Is taking final training before be-
! Ing sent overseas. "
Gov. Charles A. Sprague an
nounced here Tuesday that it
probably would be several days
before he appoints a successor to
Circuit Judge Carl Hendricks of
Fossil, who was killed Sunday in
a hunting accident
I The Governor Indicated that he
had received 'two of three appli
cations for the office but he re
fused to divulge their names.
: Hendricks' successor win serve
until January 1, 1845.
- Secretary of State Earl Snell
will represent the state board of
control at the funeral services for
, J udge Hendricks. The funeral
services will be held at Fossil at j
2 p. m.r Wednesday, .v yi ''
Merrill Van Cleave, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Van Cleave
' of AamsvCle, is home on for
leagh from the submarine
Pickerel. He attended WUlam
ette unjlvertity and enlisted In
193S.
SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs.
L. F. Tucker have both their
sons in the army. ' Kay Is sta
tioned at a training camp In
Montana and Glenn Is at a camp
ha California.
Milton Fuhr has gone to Wash
ington to be inducted into the
army. He is a son of Rev. and
Mrs. M. J. K. Fuhr and has been
employed at Boeings aircraft fac
tory in Seattle. ;
Norman Eastman, former mem
ber of the Silverton fire depart
ment, is now stationed at Pearl
Harbor and is enjoying his .work,-
according to a letter "received by
Fire Chief L. F. Tucker. He en
listed in the US navy ' several
months ago. - .
LABISH CENTER Lyle Klam
pe, seaman third class, US navy,
visited his parents here Sunday,
He is stationed at Seattle. ' -
; Mrs. VirgU L. Pade, 240 North
13th street has returned home
from' accompanying her husband,
an army privaate, to Seattle,
Wash. Pvt Pade is now stationed
at a Puget Sound fort
Discussion Slated
On School Taxes
The school tax; measure on the
fcallot for November, 3 is to be
discussed by City Schools Supt
Frank B. Bennett Thursday night
at a special session of the AAUW
child study - class called for 7:45
at the YMCA, Mrs. Cecil Monk,
class leader, announced Tuesday.
Husbands and friends of class
members have been invited to at
tend the " meeting, which is to
take the place of the class regu
. larly scheduled for next Tuesday
night ,;
Weekend visitors at the homes
of their parents were three recent
graduates of officers training
school at "Fort Monroe, Va. They
are Lt Clarence Soliday, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C E. Soliday of
Spokane; Lt BUI Townsend, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Town
send of Salem, and Lt Daryl K.
TURNER Archie Rankin Is
now at Camp Robert! and has
written of several days spent
with Mr. - and Mrs. Charles
"Chock-. Davles at Modesto.
Rankin was Turner postmaster
and rural mail carrier before
entering the army.
Capt and Mrs. Kenneth Shultz
(Mable Rankin) - formerly of
Turner and Salem, have moved
to - Riverside, Calif, from , Las
I Vegas, Nev. Capt Schultz is with
the US army air corps.
PEDEE Mrs. M. Lacey has re
ceived word that her grandson,
1 7 "wmm
'Oure&lecaii
Strike-Lost Days ;
Climb, September
WASHIfJGTON, Oct 20 HJPh
The war" labor board reported
Tuesday that 318,892 man-days
were lost by strikes in September,
compared with 268,353 vman-days
lost in August The September loss
was 0.1 per cent of the total man
days worked.' -: rY
The total of manlays worked
rose from 300,000,000 in August
to 332,000,000 in September. The
number of men involved in strikes
rose from 79.4H to 80,799, while
the number of strikes fell from
129 in August to 187 in September.
Migration Decrease
To Relieve Shortage.
PORTLAND, Oct 20 Ml
of labor should be de
creased as much as possible to re
live the housing shortage, James
G. Bryant regional representative
cf the US. employment service.
e-;J Tuesday.. '
TTpre from San Francisco, Bry
ant said Pacific coast labor reser-
vrirs Still have IK Been jmuu.
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Answering the pall to arms.
The Milwaukee Road's great
army of loyal employes are
miking it their first Job to
speed the transportation of
our fighting men, of the ma
chines and munitions of wax.
You can help by observing
this wartime travel code:
- Travel in midweek . . . make
' reservations early . . . cancel
promptly if trip is postponed
...travel light avoid excess
luggage . . . leave the dining
A long program of improve- car promptly when you finish
ment finds this railroad at your meal . . . consult us In
peak efficiency carrying advance when planning a
iis full share of the war load. trip. Thanks for cooperating I
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ar.J TRANSITU
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A new and glorious chapter of American history is being
tcritten. It is. a chapter of adventure the supreme advenm
pure of all time for young Americans, ,
On its pages trill be the names of millions of young men
uho note accept the challenge thrown in our free American
faces by Hitler, Mussolini and Toya accept it and ram U
back down their cruel throatst
There's a place on those pages for your name, and the
glorious achievements for which you trill be honored all
the balance of your days.
Hhe War Department Has announced new enlistment oppoiv
tnnities for men of 18 and 19. You can now select and serve in
any of 13 different branches of the Army. -
There'i a good reason why you young menand only, you
rc given that privilege. Men of your age -make first-class
fighting men. You learn fast. You think and ct fast and
in Battle that save lives.
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Pick oat the branch of service that appeals to you mosL
You may ' choose the Army Air Forces (including Aviation
Cadets), Armored Force, Cavalry, Chemical 'Warfare Service,
Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense or Antiaircraft), Corps of
Engineers, Corps of Military Police, Field Artillery, Infantry,
Medical Department, Ordnance. Department, Quartermaster
Corps or Signal Corps. ; .
Youll get action and adventure in every one of them. YouTl
he thoroughly trained, and youll learn technical skills that
will be valuable to you all your life. The Army encouragea
qualified men of your , age to apply for OfScer Candidate
Schools, where many 'have already won their, commissions.
. The sooner you enlist the better prepared you trill be, end
the faster you trill advance. Get full information about the
branch in which you wish to serve at the nearest Array Recruit
ing and Induction Station. Talk it over with your parents and
your friends. Vhen you step out in the world's most honored
uniform youll know the thrill of saying, "This is my battle,
and nobody else is going to fight it for mer
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tt Is not eneu;h for eur Army to be as tfj and as wttl-equlpped as the
liwmy'i it should aUo bo ae woU-balanead In as groups. The Army
Invites American youth to mntwr that chaflang.
The privilese el electing their branches ef the service can. safely be
s!rn to tho man In tho younger ago group for prsclssly the reason for
- .which the Army needs them-thelr adaptablUty and ready response to
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