Xhm OHIGON STATESMAN. Caleia Oregon. Tuesday Morning. December 22, 1S12
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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
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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.
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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
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