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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1942)
Xhm OHIGON STATESMAN. Caleia Oregon. Tuesday Morning. December 22, 1S12 tags czvnrx Wheat Crop Estimate Below '42 WASHINGTON De t 21-(JP) The agriculture department Mon day estimated ; that 37,482,000 acres had been planted for the 1943 winter wheat crop and prob ably . would . produce , 624,504,000 bushels. 1: -; The seeded acreage is : 2 per tent 4ess than In the fall of . 1941 when It totaled 38,339,000, while the production forecast waft 11 per cent less than the large 1942 crop of 703,253,000 bushels. : v Kansas, which ' annually has more , than a quarter of all. the Winter .wheat acreage, planted 6 " per cent less than last year, repre senting in part a return to the usual . planting, the department aid.: Acreage also was smaller in the north central and Pacific coast States. , A slightly larger acreage was seeded in Nebraska and Texas while in Missouri an increase of 880,000 acres, or 45 per cent, re flected what the department said was a return toward usual wheat acreage from a relatively small acreage seeded in the fall of 1941 because of adverse conditions. "Growing conditions were favor able - in roost sections 'although there was too much rain In Penn sylvania and a deficiency in Illi nois, Washington and Oregon. Pointing out that a favorable December condition was usually associated with a low loss, of acre age between seeding, and harvest, the department said abandonment of the 1943 crop was indicated at 6.7 per cent compared with 7-per .cent last year and an average of 19.7 per cent. The condition of the crop as a whole was 88 per Cent of normal. The indicated yield was esti mated at 16.7 bushels an acre, less than last year's 18.2 bushels but above the average of 11.8 bushels. - Married Men's Draft Speeded PORTLAND, Dec. 21 -(Induction of married men without dependents will be necessary sooner than expected because so many members of the 'teen-age group are already in the armed services, Portland draft' board of ficials said Monday. " More than 50 per cent of 400 registration notices sent out by one board have come back marked already in service," it was re ported. x It may be necessary to call up married men without dependents by the end of next month, one board official said. Registration of Multnomah county 18-year-olds for selective service reached 800 Monday, Registration . Chairman Paul C. Rites Today for Silem Native U t Mrs. George J. Fearce (above), native of Salem and long aa active leader la basiaess and social life of the capital, died Satardaj night ' ' at her residence here. Funeral services will bo today at X a. m. at the First Presbyterian church, In charge of the W. T. Blgdon com pany, with burial at I OOF cemetery. Survivors Include two daugh ters. Dr. Helen Pearee and Miss Dorothy Pearco, both of Salem. County '4243 Tax Collections Reach Mark of 78.3 per Cent Tax collections pouring into the Marion county sheriffs office since the counters were cleared to receive payments on the 1942-43 rolls have rolled up nearly the million and a half dollar mark, T. J. Brabec, deputy sheriff in charge of the tax depart ment, announced Monday. Payments by mail and across the counter alone aggregate $1, 401,283 or 78.3 per cent of the roll for the entire year. In addi tion approximately $85,000 has been paid on delinquent tax ac counts. At equivalent times in past years the tax department has patted itself on the back over 65 to 70 per cent collections. " "We have had fewer partial payments than ever before," Bra bec reported, adding that collec tions by mail had been exception ally heavy. Of the taxes received, $837,735 has already been distributed, in cluding : $357,010 in the largest' single turnover ever made, it is believed, by the Marion -county collector's office. Another, of about $160,000, will be made this week. 5 Giesy said. This is about half the expected total. Dimout Holds For Holidays When Santa Claus reaches Ore gon from his North Pole head quarters, he is in for a surprise this year. The lighted Christmas trees that used to shine in many windows will be invisible from his reindeer sled because the dimout goes. Christmas or no Christmas, ac cording to C. H. Lundell, state light control officer for the Ore gon state defense council. Christmas celebrants within the 14 dimout counties are warned not to leave a candle shining in their windows. "No. lights visible from outside the home" remains the rule, and Christmas will be celebrated be hind pulled-down shades this year. f. 7 tf. ggtiw. 10. ix h v LJ 'J I re, ) f JS? .??) JL OUR Uncle Sam has the brawn and brains and courage to handle the basest lighting job of his life. v He's getting tougher He's hitting harder- but he needs fresh surges of power to keep those mighty fists hammering away v WAR COMBS', . and more WAR C0;:DS the PUKCI! to serve this Christmas! i And, make it a haymaker a knockout PU?CH! - - local Agent or Wriia C L. BischoiL T. P.' A. G. It. Ry 533 Americcm Bank Bldg., Portland. Or Salem, Draft Board Ahead On Policies ; The December 5 order of the manpower commission ' removing men over. 37 years of ' age from being subject to military , draft will bring little change "in opera tion of the Salem local 'selective service board, because the mem bers Jong ago established a policy deferring ; married ' men- In this classification, Ray ; i J. Stumboy chairman said Monday, " ' -' The board was permitted to make up as high as.40 per cent of its quotas from among, men of the older age registration but did not draft married men who were living with their families, Stumbo said. He explained that the board felt these men were needed in Salem and "wouldn't fit into the military program anyway. ; "I guess we just were ahead of the army on that one," Stumbo added. ' Placing of selective service un der the ' manpower . commission has . brought no changes in pro cedure to date, according to CoL Elmer V. Wooton, state draft director. PHILADELPHIA-(P-Philadel-phia's main-line commuters are buying tickets on the iron horses now. The Pennsylvania railroad, as an experiment, has installed a pari-mutuel machine to dispense tickets at its Broad street subur ban station. tje tlfrtttf) fcotit anta " (SYNOPSIS: Dee. C 1MI. marked the lfiOOtti annivwrwry of Nicholas Day. Ha was the fourth century Mint who Cave away his ricbe. , helping the needy and oppressed. He was credited with many miracle. Children of the cold, countries thought he dressed in iun.UKi ok mem, traveled ty aiea drawn- by reindeer. The Dutch chil dren remembered - St. . Nicholas i like this J , si-; : t t By 3CACHARY TAYLbH if " 'i";-.' '. AP .Features Writer ' - "When St. Nicholas day came to Holland : on- December ; 8 ' it was a wonderful time for small Dutch men On . this day SC. Nicholas left; gifts' for them 'in their shoes, j They thought of him as a stern old : fellow with .a" long ; white beard, dressed in bishop's' robes and a 'bishop's tall hat. He carried a stick for bad boys or 'those who couldn't; answer ' Bible questions. Sometimes a negro servant, "Black Pete who could make terrible faces, came with him. Yes,' little Dutchmen loved their St Nicholas, but they were scared of him and his switch and Black Pete. , . r And so, when Dutch colonists followed Henrik Hudson's expro rations to America, and brought along their children. , the children brought along their St. Nicholas. Washington Irving writes V that even the figurehead on one of their ships was a wonderful carving of Nicholas. ' A Dream ( SL Nick This particular ship reached the place where now New York City is built. It was then a -wild, unin habited spot. One of the Dutch fathers, a dreamy old fellow, went ashore to scout for a place suit able for the settlement. But he built a fire, sat down, and soon was asleep. - ' This, Irving wrote, is. what he dreamed: . The good St Nicholas came riding over the tops of trees in that self -same wagon wherein he brings - bis yearly . presents to children and he lit his pipe by the fire, and as he smoked the smoke from his pipe . spread like a cloud overhead." . , ? ' After-, smoking, St." Nicholas twisted his pipe in his hatband, and "laying bis finger beside his nose," 'he mounted his wagon and "returned over the treetops.! The Dutchman thought the dream was a vision. Surely the smoke from St Nicholas; pipe symbolized , great city, ' with spires clouded by smoke from fac tries. -; So, ) Irving ;- reported, " this was the spot for the city. The first church of the Dutch settlement was St. Nicholas. The town which developed, from 1015 upwards, was caller New Amster dam, until English settlers and soldiers arrived and . took over in 1664. They changed the name to New York. Birth Date Uncertain Now the English made no great occasion of St. Nicholas day (De cember 6). Their mid-winter par ties and dinners began after Christmas and continued until Twelfth Night (Epiphany), and their gifts recalled the visit of the wise men bearing gifts to the Christ-child. Of course, no one knows exact ly when Christ was born. At some time or other, very learned men have tried to prove that He was born in the spring, the winter, in autumn or in summer. Apparent ly our Christian calendars were started with the idea it was' New Powers Girl To Christen 'Scrap' Ship "lliss " Helen Griswold, Powers high school, will christen the SS Sacajawea when it is launched at the Oregon Shipbuilding yards to day. Rex Putnam, state Superin tendent of schools, announced here Monday. - - J- -;; -V .-."a .y Miss Patricia . Pinkerton of Moro high " school will ; serve as flower girl .and Norman Roberts, Lincoln high . school, Portland, will give the principal address before the ship goes down the ways. - With these children on the plat form will be Jack Bushnell, presi dent ' of the Powers high school student body, who gathered the largest amount of scrap for that school, aggregating 13,831 pounds per pupil, iff the recent scrap metals drive. ' Pat O'Meara, Wasco high school, Year's rday, but : around . the' fourth century,' churchmen decid ed it probably was December29. So, that date was a, somber, re ligious holiday for prayer and fasting. - .. At first, the Dutch and Fnglish colonists in New York went their own ways. Little Dutchmen were true to their St Nicholas, nick named "San Claas." Their Eng lish neighbors thought they said "Santa Claus." As years went by the English grew to love Santa Claus, too, and they grew to like the Dutch and both loved this great new country of America, where they could go to church and believe in the Christ-child and Santa Claus. (Wednesday: Santa Gets a Poem) also wCV attend the launching along with Donald Thompson, an other representative of the Moro high school. ' These students are credited with collecting the larg est amount of scrap in their res pective .schools.-1 . Rev. Perey G. Hopper of West minster Presbyterian church. Portland, .'will pronounce the In vocation. '-' ' Records of Putnam's office show that Power high school gathered 622,412; pounds of scrap, Moro high school ' 199,721 pounds and Wasco high school 104,309 pounds. Grandfather Private CAMP ADAIR, Dec. 21 In tha army here Is a grandfather with three grandchildren a man wito was excused from the other war because he , had two children at the time. He Is Pvt Herman Pace and he has a son, John William Pace, who has, been excused from this war, so far, because he in turn, has two children. .The elder Pace married at IS. That makes It ' easier to under stand how he happens to be a grandfather at 43. ' His son is 24 and a daughter is 25, the wife of a Canadian officer. Pvt Pace was an electrician and telephone repair man and was with the Bell Telephone company, Sagi naw, Michi, for 18 years. He was inducted at Fort Custer," Mich., October 24, was sent here after four days, and has been ' in the - hospital for a month. Now he awaits a discharge, not because he has grandchildren, but because he has asthma. ALL STORES CLOSED On Christmas Day, Friday, December 25. Shop Early I : . V V: v Nob Hill Coffee. Edwards Coffee Hills, Maxwell House.. Golden West ...Lb. ba? 23c Lb. bag 24"c Xb. size 32c Xb. size 31c Filler Paper, Filter aoths. Pkg. 9c Lipton'a Tea, Y. L.; . 10c size 9c Apple Cxder, Hood River ....Gallon 41c White Rock Water....Small 2 bots. 35c Seven-Up. ..7-oz. bottles 6 for 25a Mavis Cola Syrup. 12-oz. bottle 29c Molasses, Brer Rabbit green 12 oz. 15c Argo Corn Starch 2 1-lb. pks 15a Peanut Butter, Beverly 2-lb. jar 53a GH-B rsnrtwip U-r. bottle 15a Red Hill Catsup .14-oz. bottle 12a Salad Dressing, Duchess. Pint 21a Salad Dressing, Duchess. ...Quart 33a Miracle Whip. Dressing Miracle Whip Dressing NuMade Mayonnaise NuMade Mayonnaise. IIIXED IIUTS Fancy Assortment Lb. cell. Pecans 1A. hut 35 c Filberts Lb 29 c AIncnds t 39 C Walnuls 25 C Fancy Chocolates Dorothy Doncan 97c HOLIDAY CHOCOLATES 2 65c PEANUT CLDSTEDS 1-Lb. package ..Pint jar 28a .Quart 41a .8-oz. Jar 1 5a ,Jint jar 25c Tomatoes, Gardenside....No. 2V can 14c Tomato Soup, Campbell's-..3 cans 23c Kraft Cheese, pirn., pineapple, etc 2 5-oz. jars 35a Lindsay Ripe Olives, jumbo PL can 25c French's Mustard. 6-oz.'jar 8a Sun-Seald Grapefruit No. 2 can 17a w - .... Maraschino Cherries, GSM, 5-oz. bot 10a May Day Salad OU-T..Pint 25c. Quart 45a Planter's Peanut Oil Quart 69a - Morton's Salt, pL or lodizi...2 pkg3. 15c Baking Powder, Calumet. 25 oz. 23c Hour? Kitchen Craft -49 lb, sack $1.69 Flour, Crown or Drifted SnowJ 49 lb. $1.85 Flour, Harvest Blossom .49 bl. sack $1.55 Cake Flour, Gold Medal .Lge. ukg. 25c Bisquick Flour, -i -il.40 oz. pkg. 31c Ginger Bread Mix, Dromedary pkg. 18c Westag Vanilla -7......8 oz. bot 10c HO Oats, reg. or quick .....P.Lge. 23c Wheat Hearts, Sperry 28-oz. pkg. 23c Shredded Wheat, Nabisco . 2 for 21p Ass't Cereals, Kellogg's 10 ' pkg. 23c Popcorn, Jolly Time 10 oz. can 10c Popcorn, ready to eat -.12 oz. bag 25c Potato Chips, Blue Bell . 10c, 15c. 25c Graham Crackera L -1 2-lb. pkg. 19c Honey Maid Grahams 2-lb. ctn. 31c Clapp's Strained Foods ..4 cans for25c Qapp's Junior Foods .a ...3 cans 25c Sa-Parb Soap Has a hand-lotion ingredient " 24-Oz. Pkg. 19c Dinso Soap Favorite granulated soap. 24-Oz. pkg. 21c Lux Flakes . For liner laundering. 12-Oz. Pkg- 22c Camay Telle! Soap 2 bar, 13C HOUSEHOLD HEEDS Mankind Dog Food, 8 oz. pkgs. Red Heart Dog Food . Peets Granulated Soap Qorox Bleach " "White Magic Bleach Prices Subject to Market Changes and Stocks Comfort Tissue, Toilet Tissue Silk Tissue, Toilet Tissue 3 for 25c ;-...2 pkgs. 29c .Med. pkg. 25c i32 oz. bottle 14c ..Quart bottle' 10c ..4 for 23c a for 11c Center Cats.. POCK CHOPS ponn snouLDEQ coast Xb. Reand Bene Cat .Lb. COLORED FRYERS, i ready for the pan- Lb. 63c COLORED ROOSTERS, . . . derssed, drawn-'.,.,.... Lb; 63c : ....... . .....'.,.:, . .. ! ..... t ' ,.' . " .. .7 T. ! Lh. 40c DUCKS, top quality. GEESE, top quality- TURKEYS t PrbM Tooar Bens ' U. S. lie. Is MZi rruae Teams i. ;,-Y," - 42s Xb. 38c Lorn Fonn boast 0YSTEI1S For Dressing Lb. 49c Cot-Up Turkeya Thighs. Legs, ; - r" Breasts. Lb V Keeks. Wings, Backs, Lb Whole, Dressed Z'm Tarkers, Lb. GBAIIDEHDIES Coos Bar Fancy. APPLES Wlnesaas or Dellcia TEXAS, YAI1S 8aiooth, Fancr- lbs. ORANGES Valendas Lb. GRAPEFRUIT Texas Pinks Lb. Grapefruit -Arizona ' Lb. 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