The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 02, 1943, Page 5, Image 5

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Lut florist Ph. 8532. 1278 N. Lib. 1
Classes. te Begin Classes for
persons recently enrolled In the
victory corps program of the civil
air patrol here will begin Monday
night and will be held Monday
and Thursday nights. Capt Lee
U.. Eyerly announces that, al
though the majority of the new
members of the CAP are juniors
and seniors' In high school, any
one who wishes may enroll in the
course.
For home loans-see Salem Fed
eral, 130 South Liberty.
Now Is a good time-to enroll with
(he Capital Business College. War.
time scheduled New classes start
ing Mon, Jan. 4. Ph. 5987.
. Called -for Service Among the
35 persons selected to report in
Portland on January 11 for federal
grand jury service; are Ethel M.
Smith, Salem; i Henry Werner and
Mary I Skaife, both of Silverton;
Mary Breeding, Amity; Warder C.
Brown and Charlie S. Seely, both
of Corvallis; .Leonard Evenden,
Gates; ? S. H- Coin, Jefferson;
Henry MartinJ Canby, route two;
and Thelma D. Moss, Sweet Home.
Dance " Every; Saturday r night,
Armory. Everyone invited.
Old Papers. 10c bundle. Paper
shortage - Is licked so i you may
have them now for those numer
. ous household uses. Statesman
office
' : Clerk Named Lloyd Hamlin, of
1885 North Fourth street. Is sue
ceeding Peter Cleary as clerk for
City Treas. Paul H. Hauser. Cleary
resigned in order to accept a posi
tion as bookkeeper in the city
recorder's office. Hamlin, whose
appointment was announced Fri
day, has been an employe of the
Salem Box company.
Now is a good time to enroll with
the Capital Business- College. War
time schedule. - New classes start
ing Mon., Jan. 4. Ph. 5987.
Lads Returned Home Two 15
: year-old runaway boys from Bat
tie Grpond, Wah, held here New
Year's eve at the county Jail at
request , of state, police, were turn
ed over to their parents Friday
to return home.
Dance Every Saturday night,
' Armory. Everyone invited.
Victory Art Shop is now Victory
.Bargain Shop. Closing out all fan
cy work. Pre-inventory sale starts
iMon, Jan. 4. 227 S. Winter.
Obituary
Sbellds
John H. Sheilda, late resident of
580 North Liberty street, at a lo
cal hospital December 31. ' Sur
vived by son, H.G. Shellds; a
daughter. Mrs. Myrtle Foster, both
of Portland. Announcement of
services later by Rose Lawn Fu
neral home.
Bier
: Mrs. Leila Bier, late resident of
route three, at a local ' hospital
Thursday, December' 31. Sur
vived by son, Charles E. Bier of
Hoquiam, Wash.; sister, Mrs. Oda
Ballentyne; brother, Lynn Jones of
Portland, and granddaughter, Miss
Shirley Bier of Hoquiam. Serv
ices will be held Monday, January
j 4, at 2 o'clock, from Clough-Bar-j
rick chapel with interment at City
. View cemetery. Rev. George Swift
Will officiate.
Locke
John L. Locke, late resident of
2804 Northeast Milton street,
Portland, at a local hospital De
'cember 31. Survived by wife,
Ethel - Locke of Portalnd; three
daughters, Miss Delia Locke of
Portland, Mrs. Joy E. Reiman of
Salem, Mrs. Dot Miller of Salem,
and two grandchildren. Announce
ment of services later by Clough-
Barrick company.
Welch
, Mrs. W. H. Welch at the resi
dence on . Academy street, Janu-
. ary L' Survived by husband, W,
H. Welch; five daughters, Mrs.
Charles Kindel and Miss . Sarah
Marie Welch of Van Nuys, CaliL,
Mrs. Gordon Crawford, Miss El
len Welch and Miss Zita Welch,
all of Salem; three sons, John P.
Welch and William D. Welch of
the US navy and Richard D.
Welch of Salem; two brothers,
Hans Devick of Los Angeles and
Asben Devick of Sioux City, SD.;
a brother and a sister in Norway,
' and ,: two grandchildren. ; An
' nouncement of services will be
- made, later by the Clongh-Bar
'rick company. v
During December concluding
rites were held at Mt Crest Ab
bey Mausoleum . & Crematorium
' for the following:
' Roy Theodore Disney
Louise Stover
Robert Edwin White
Lizzie A. Daniel
Margaret Beers
Harold E. Warring
Arthur H. Hotte
Julia Burdell Widick
Patricia Ellen Pacey
, "Frank Wilton Lawrence ;
Jacob Waltz.
Every Saturday Night
j t 30 5. B "
Dlsllcal films are' shewn Free
at 695 North High street
s for young and old.
"5 Tonight' program will "include
i sHds of the beautiful story
i "Kuth tn Moabttess. also tne
! parable of the Wis and Foolish
Virgins" plus Cnalk-Kartoon , bjr
I 1juim Doane. - . ... ,
GRACE. GOSPEL HALL
t Community Sunday School
i 693 No. Church Street.
Roofer Fraetnrea Arm ni!r
Huston. 2515 River road, frachinxf
his left arm when he -fell- from
the roof he was nf?gng Friday.
City first aid men were called,
and Huston was taken to Salem
General hospital. ;
Out on Bail Jnwnh A tmzm
50, of Hubbard, posted $250 bail
at the sheriffs office and was re
leased Friday night after state
ponce had arrested him ; on a
charge of drunken driving.'
Dance tonight Veterans HalL
640 Hood street
Soldier Loses Coat Pvt. ' G. R.
Riddock, Camp Adair, told city
poliee. he left hi army overcoat
at a public dance hall Thursday
night and was unable to find it
when he returned. r It Js a gov
ernment issue coat, size 38.:
QnSfadide
To Russians !
LONDON, Jan. l-fly-Convoys
to Russia are running on a 'reg
ular timetable" - despite all Ger
man efforts and nazi capital ships
have been contained' harmlessly
during the year, the royal navy
review for 1942 said Friday.-
The bitterest convoy r fighting
occurred on the north Russia
and Malta, runs, but the navy
proudly declared:
"In effect ( we have said: We
are going to run this ; convoy
through and be damned to you.' "
In a complimentary review,
United States naval headquar
ters In London declared that the
US navy "has come back fight
ing since Pearl Harbor.
'Today, the United States holds
Guadalcanal," the review noted.
A US spokesman said that this,
with American-Australian gains
in New Guinea, would open the
way for progressive assault on
Japan itself.
The royal navy's review was
in matter-of-fact language. It was
a report filled with confidence
and' with stories of intense air
and surface fights and dogged
persistence on the seven seas by
the allied navies.
Allied submarines during the
year "have sunk or probably sunk
106 supply ship, the British
said. "Of these 35 have been
sunk or probably sunk and 20
have been damaged in the Med
iterranean during the last three
months.
The royal navy noted that
German capital ships, particn
." larly the 35.000-ton battleship
: TlrpltK, which has remained in
: Norwegian waters ' since Jan
uary, and they battleships
fScharnhorst . and Gnelsenao,
' which escaped from Brest to
vthe Baltic sea, have been "con
tained with superior forces.
They were prevented from dis
puting our control in the home
waters, on the Russian convoy
route, and in the Atlantic, the
review declared.
Some Political
Prisoners Freed
ALGIERS, Jan. 1 -()- Gen.
Henri Honore Giraud, French high
commissioner, has ordered! the
liberation on the new year 1 of a
"certain number of persons de
tained because of certain political
tendencies," it was announced of
ficially Friday night
(The announcement indicated
that the persons liberated had been
held on political grounds. It made
no reference to the 12 persons
arrested earlier this week on or
ders of Gen. Giraud in connection
with an alleged plot to assassinate
himself and Robert Murphy, Presi
dent Roosevelt's personal' repre
sentative.) '
Reminders Out
On Seal Sale
1 !
Thousands of "Christmas seal
tracers" are in today's mail for
Marion county residents who re
ceived tuberculosis Christmas seals
in the mail early in December
but have not yet responded to
the sale. The followup cards
serve as reminders to many per
sons that their seals are somewhere-in
a drawer or on a deck.
I "It ' is hoped that the returns
this month will Complete the goal
set for the seal sale by the Marion
County Public Health association,''
said Tinkham Gilbert, president of
the association, Friday.
Salvage Chairmen
Asked for Lists t
1 PORTLAND, Jan. l-(-County
salvage, chairmen were asked Fri
day by the Oregon generalsalvage
committee to , list all scran piles
and report the total i amount of
scrap of all kinds collected in 1942.
Stockpile questionnaires : were
mailed out requesting location of
the scrap piles, estimated tonnage,
present ownership and probable
time of removal. . ;
MUNICIPAL COURT : !.
Leonard Rhodes; no driver' li
cense,' $10 bait r: J-
Ralph Doty, Sweet Home; vio
lation basic rule, $10 bait
Albert E. Barker; disorderly
conduct $50 bait !
Convoys
PUBLIC
RECORDS
Saleni Funds 1
Out of Red
Hauser to Report
$503,460 Total
Of Giy Money
The new year ushered in with
a glow of pride for. City Treas
urer Paul It ; Hauser; who finds
for the first time in years Jhat
all city funds are out of the red,
acording to his report on finances
to be mad . tothe city, council
Monday night ! v y':lri-
A total of $503,460.32 will be
shown by the report to be the
credit of the city funds.' General
items making this total are: cash
on deposit, ; "$255,484.22; war
bonds on hand, $245,000;.cash and
cash items on. hand, $2,898.10. The
war bond purchases have been
made from f the sewerage treat
ment and airport bond funds. '
A more detailed breakdown of
the $503,460.32 total follows, the
figured being as they stood at the
close of 1 business December 31.
General, fund ;;..r..i.-$ 89.7935
Bonds and Interest
sinking fund .
Fire tax fund ' 1
Street tax . :
' 1.992.53
1135.50
9,518.56
Street improvement
9,17731
Street improvement bond and
int sinking fund 1686.93
Water (operating) 11383.82
Sewerage treatment M 198,481.67
Sewerage' treatment w 198,481.87
Airport ; 50,742.54
Total i , .$5033,460.32
. Available surpluses from other
funds and available better con
dition of tax collections has this
yea brought into the 'black the
bond and interest sinking -fund,
long on the "red' side of the
ledger. s
The gilt-edged credit condition
of the city's finances is exempli
fied by the i recent borowing of
$100,000 from the state of Ore
gon on which the interest cost
was only three-fourths of 1 per
cent, and the recent sale of $46,
000 in bonds with interest at only
lVt per cent. The loan by the
state has now been repaid.
Salem Extension
With 2 Courses
To Begin Monday
EUGENE, Ore, Jan. 1 Begin
ning Monday and lasting until
March 12 two extension classes
will be given in Salem by the
general extension division of the
state system of higher education,
W. G. Beattie, assistant director
of general extension, announced
this weekrThe winter term classes
are: Pupil personnel work and
introduction to psychiatric social
work. i
Each course will give the stu
dent two credit Jiours. Classes
win be held in room 301 of the
School Administration building
from 7:15 to 115 p. m. On Mon
days the pupil personnel work
class will meet. Instructor will
be Walter EJ Snyder, curriculum
director of the Salem public
schools. The class will take up
the nature and cause of problems
in pupil development and adjust
ment, procedures and techniques
in case work, and other personnel
problems.
Dr. Lawrence S. Bee, assistant
professor of sociology at the Uni
versity of Oregon, will teach the
class in introduction to psychiatric
social work on Wednesday nights.
This course deals with the prob
lems of preventing mental ill-
Lhealth and of gaining and main
taining good mental health. It
begins with : the development of
personality in the family, play,
and school groups and continues
with discussions of characteristic
child and adult problems. Non-
Technical, the class should help
the average person as well as the
professional 'teacher or social
worker to prevent emotional stress
or treat it wisely.
The fee schedule is: $230 per
credit; hour for undergraduate
credit, minimum, $5; $2 per hour
for non-credit or audit classes,
minimum, $5. j Registration takes
place at the first meeting of each
class.
Driver Attempts
To Snatch Badge
PORTLAND, Jan. 1--Port-land
police Friday hunted for a
disrespectful New Year's driver
who had been stopped by JPoiice
Chief Harry M. ; Niles after the
chief saw the motorist weaving
down 'the road. . .
Amidst the chief's questioning,
the motorist backed his automo-.
bile into a passing car, attempted
to snatch Niles glittering badge,
and sped away in the resultant
confusion. . i :l ; ?
Pine Production
Down for "Wcek j -
P O RTLAND, Jan .
(USDA)-Orders, shipments "and
production of pine lumber for the
week ending December 26 were
down from the previous week but
shipments and production were up
from a year ago. Western Pine as
sociation reported Friday. . .
Comparative figures: Orders
71,402)00 board feet, 80,721,000,
76,1 15,000r shipments 57,593,000,
71.042,000 52.232,000; Production
45,79500g 61,411,000, 27,992,000.
Traffic Toll Down
PORTLAND, ; J an. l-CP-Traffic
fatalities here in 1942 totaled 56,
six Jess than in 1941, and the
lowest number in 10 years.
Induct Naval Aviation Cadets by Ait
The big feUow at the rlxht irew'a'r In one of California's little coast
villages, with the Pacific ocean virtually en his doorstep. Seem hell
be flying ever that ocean for
Stinson Beach, one of a contingent ef naval aviation cadets mdaet
ed Into the service by radio December 7. In a pearl Harbor com
memoration program on the Fred
F. Rice- speaking from New York, preaonnced the cadets oaths 4e
" which Alrey and the other cadets assembled In the 1EFO stadia
at San Francisco responded I do!" At the microphone with Alrey
Is Lt. Comm. L. H. McPherseW In charge ef the San Francisco bay
area contingent. UN Photo. , :, - j
City First Aiders Treat 922 !
In 1942, Top Previous Year
Nine hundred twenty two
city first aid staff during 1942, Capt. Percy Clark revealed in his
annual report prepared Friday. Last year's total was 15 above
that for 1941, although a, definite decline, especially in motor ve
hicle accident cases, was noted
the last three months, of the year,
Clark said. !
Most hazardous portion of the
day was still the afternoon, with
356 calls for aid answered be
tween 12 o'clock noon and 6 p.
m.
Two hundred eleven of the per
sons were under 16 years of age,
597 of the total were male and
335 female. One hundred sixty
four were victims of accidents involving-
automobiles; 27 of this
group were in the auto-pedestrian
classification; 2, automobile-motorcycle;
13, auto-bicycle; 14,
auto-train, and 108, automobiles
alone. In the purely automobile
accident field there was a con
siderable drop, from an average
of 20H"per cent' to nine per
month, Clark reported. ' j
Twenty one persons were in
jured in falls from bicycles, three
in falls from motorcycles; 49 cases
of sudden illness included appen
dicitis, heat prostration and sim
ilar ailments; 71 seizures, that lis
faints, fits and strokes from which
the victims were left unconscious,
were largely those suffered In
public places; 21 heart attacks
were survived; 20 persons were
dead on arrival, including one
drowning and two suicides; 35
persons were- treated for burns;
14 for dog bites1; 29 for concus
sion; 109 for bruises, sprains or
strains; 27 for mashed hand, foot
or fingers; eight for dislocations;
91 fractures were reported, while
in 67 cases fractures were be
lieved possible before complete
diagnosis by physicians.
Six persons on the list were
unconscious from smoke or gas;
splinters or other foreign objects
were removed in 14 cases; four
attempted suicides were ' treated
and two accidental poisonings.
Forty two persons were cut by
axes and 12' susUmedjwringer
accidents.
Falls caused a total of 175 Of
the injuries; 193 cases were
"walk-ins, that Is they went or
were taken to the east Salem fire
station for care.
First aiders were called to oth
er fire stations 15 times to ren
der aid, to the city police station
20 times. Twenty one of the chil
dren on the list were lrdvred at
schools.
The city first aid , car -traveled
a total of 3561 miles during the
year, burned a total of approx
imately 855 gallons of gasoline.;
Proud Mother
A prend American mother is Mrs.
Ella B. Garner ef Oregon City.
Her hasband was kQIad ia an
ante-tram crash two years age
and two of her 14 children have
died. Bat here's the roster of
' the - remaining f-Gamerst Earl,
Jim, Tommy, Mel vln, Jesse and
Chester are in the navy; Dean
Is In the army and Kenneth In
: the army"; air J tereesOTlnaels
abeat to enter the navy eni ef
high ' school and a daughter
works , at the Boeing aircraft
plant la Seattle; another daugh
ter is married. UN Choto. i i, ,
I
Uncle Sam, for he's Henry Alrey of
Waring broadcast. Comm. Albert
persons received first aid from the
Boeing Assured
California Aid
In Pay Protest
! SEATTLE, Jan. l-aVLeader
of the AFL union at the Boeing
Aircraft plant said Friday night
they had received assurance mat
"the California AFL unions will
be solidly with us" in a protest
to , the war labor board against
the Boeing pay Increase schedule
recommended by its special air-
crait representative. , i
The increase recommended by
Paul R. Porter, the board's sta
bilization representative for the
aircraft industry,, was 2 cents
an hour, for beginners and 7 cents
an hour for the 'base- pay level
after 16 weeks of work. The re
commended increases would put
the hiring-in, or training, scale
at 65 cents an hour and the base
pay after 16 weeks at -65 cents.
The Aeronautical Mechanics'
union (AFL) has been insisting
on a 95-cent scale for both hiring-in
and for the 16-week base.;
Harold J. Gibson, union busi
ness agent, said he would leave
for . Washington immediately to
join Union President Gary Cot
ton in pressing the case before
the labor board. . ;
Gibson declared that the un
ion's first interest is In produc
tion, but the pay scale , at the
Boeing plant, far below the 95
cent hiring-in scale of shipyards
here, is resulitng In an inefficient
turnover of labor.
.The Boeing company has re
commended wage Increases tc put
It in a better position in compete
with shipyards for labor.
Mrs. Hanzen Plans
To Practice Law j
Hannah Martin Hanzen will
take up the- practice of law In
Portland with the firm of Allison,
Hanzen and Hanzen, as the first
of the year marked the end of
her two year tenure as city re
corder. She was engaged In the
practice of law for 16 years in
Salem before becoming a city of
ficial. She also served as a rep
resentative of Marion county in
the state legislature for four ses
sions. :irw J
i - i i r . i -
Her husband, Henry M. Hanzen,
has been associated with the Port
land firm for some time. It was
named Pipe, Allison and Hanzen
prior to the death of the' former.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanzen will live in
Portland ; but will spend their
weekends at their home south of
Salem. 4 i-j-iW;
Police Seek Stolen
Automobile Theirs ,
'LA CRANDE, Orel. Jan. MP)
-La GranrV police stUl were look-,
flag for their patrol ear Friday,!
sore than 26 hears after tt was
i stolen. ,
jThe aLmshed . driver walked
back to the police station Thurs
day night and "reported he had
dashed, into a dance' hall to in
vestigate noise, leaving the key
In the automobile.'
Succumbs to Burns .
MARSHFIELD, Ore, Jan. 1-(jP)
Mrs. Mathew D. Coy, about 45,
wife : of Marshlield's chief of po
lice, died Friday of burns suffered
Thursday as she attempted to light
a fire. Her dressing gown blazed
up, as she stepped away from, the
fireplace.
Two Mbnllio ":
Rain Half
YearVTotal
. - ' ---,. if--"
. jWhfre the rainfall during No
vember and December, 1942, con
sisted of more than! had fallen In
the ; ten months preceding. : the
year's total, 45.26 inches, in Salem
was. approximately : 22 per cent
above the mean average precipi
tation of Just "over 37. Inches a
year. - j . i .
November's totaL? 13.36 Inches,
was the runnerup to the all time
record for that . month. ;, Decem
ber rainfall, amounting to- 11.7
inches in 1942, was almost double
the average December total of 5.86
inches. Precipitation for. 1942 was
927 , inches under the record of
543 inches In 1896,, T I
Rainfall last January was 4.79;
February, 3.10; March, L27; AprfL
1.74; May, 48; June, 1.69; July.
Ml August, .04; September, .01;
October 2.04; November, 138;
and December, 11.70. '
The year's rainfall was much
greater than the 1941 total of 34.14
and slightly above the 1940 aggre
gate of 423. ' j f
Seven imes since records have
been taken in Salem, rainfall dur
ing, the month of December has
reached above 10 inches Highest
mark was 14.03 inches in 1917.
Lowest was 1.93 in 1903. - The
total in December, 1941; was 8.43
and in 1940 was 5.03. -
Justice Body j
To Talk Pay j
The legislative committee of the
State Justice of the Peace asso
ciation, headed by Joseph Felton
of Salem, will meet at .the Marion
hotel in Salem on Sunday at 2
p. m. in response to a request by
Judge Alf O. Nelson, Silverton,
who Is president of the associa
tion. j
Judge Nelson favors fee system
ef payment for justices, but the
committee has drawn up a but
providing for the placement of all
justices . and constables upon a
salary basis. This bill will receive
attention during Sunday's con
ference. '
Other commtitee members are
Judge Walter Bell, Stayton; Judge
C. W. Thiessen, Milwaukee; Judge
Torlief Ares tad, Canby; arid Judge
A. W. Havens, Hillsboro. Arestad
is also secretary of the association.
ran ;
on ops
Bonds Goal
PORTLAND, Jmm l-GP)-Ore-gon
went over the top with $500,
000 worth of war bonds during
1942, Ray Conway, administrator
of the state war bond staff, an
nounced Friday.
The successful campaign ful
filled a promise made in May to
President Roosevelt by Governor
Sprague, and placed ; Oregon
among the top three states In per
capita war bond purchases for the
year, Conway said. ;
More than 300,000 industrial
workers signed to turn 10 per
cent or more of their wages into
bonds, he said, accounting for
more than 33,500,000 a month.
The sale was conducted by 5000
workers, he said, of whom all but
nine were volunteers.
Portlanders Asked
To Leave Homes
PORTLAND. Jan.! l-(AVPort-
land residents not connected with
the war effort were asked Friday
to move out of the city to make
room for war workers.
A. D. Newman, manager of the
Portland war housing center, said
less congested Oregon cities would
make surveys of available housing
facilities.
The Portland residents would
lease their homes to the govern
ment, and in turn j would rent
houses in the less congested towns.
Newman urged Portland resi
dents, who are able to leave the
city, to register at the center.
State Agencies'
Spending to Be
ureg
? Oregon's state governmental agencies, during the next bi
exinium staTting July 1, will be permitted to spend 4133,665,193,
state budget officials declared here Friday. ,
a George Aiken I state budget director while Gov. Charles
A. Sprague is state budget officer.
The amount for the current
biennium was $119,195,483, the In
crease for the next biennium be
ing caused by larger budgets for
public welfare, unemployment
compensation and workmen's com
pensation. ' ! , ,
Approximately 15 J9 per cent, or
$21,256,657, will be taken from
the state's general - fund, , wnicn
consists of "- income, t inheritance
and other tax receipts. " r
The so-called self-sustaining
governmental agencies, including
the highway commission,! indust
rial accident commission.'' unem
ployment i commission and r liquor
control 't commission, will s - have
budsets aggregating 6832628, or
62.6 per cent of the total, officials
said. 'Those units collect their
own funds and are not dependent
upon legislative appropriations. I
The budget shows that the. fed
eral; government will contribute
135 per cent of the total, or 318.
170.889. This Includes $10,000,000
for public welfare, $4,000,000 for
highways, $1,200,000 for forest
protection and $1,000,000 for un
At UevPost
waManaaoaMBtaa-iaaMiovoMMawoaawBl.
Lenaird Orval" Thomas, fireman
first class la the navy, who has
. written his aant and uncle, Mr.
' and Mrs. W. H. Wilson, Salem,
that he has arrived safely at a
. new stetleW.snd Is enjoying his
datles.
Service Men
Where They Ar
What They're Dolno;
McCHORD FIELD, Wash Jan.
1 Pfc Charles E. Fogarty, sta
tioned at' this field, has recently
been f promoted to the grade of
technician fifth grade In the Unit
ed -States army quartermaster
corps. He is the son of Mrs. Jose
phine Fogarty, box 54, KernvIUe,
Ore. I Corporal Fogarty was in
ducted Into the army at Portland
March 6, 1942.
The graduating class of officers'
training school ,at Fort Francis E.
Warren, Wyo, on December 23
included a Salem resident, Lt J.
W. Rollo, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Rollo, 1003 North Winter
street Lt Rollo, who enlisted in
the army during last July, is a
graduate of University of Idaho.
Before entering the armed forces,
he worked for the Utah & Idaho
Power company.
Emil Ronner, radio technician
second class serving with the na
vy in; the San Francisco area, on
Treasure island, is visiting his fa
ther, Emil 'Ronner, sr., of Pratum,
and his sister, Mrs. Hulda Leh
man, 595 South 17th street, Salem.
He operated a Salem grocery store
before entering the navy.
SCIO Lloyd Galfvan of the
Scio Confectionery entered the
army this week and has been sent
to a northern base. ' ,
Harry Wall, brother of Mrs. Leo
Mars,: formerly of Jefferson and
Scio, ; is reported . sent overseas
and seeing action with the armed
forces In the Pacific
. TURNER Pf c Mervin Pearson
left Christmas eve for Fort Ord,
Calif .j following a six-day fur
lough; spent with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M O. Pearson in Tur
ner. He was recently transferred
to Fort Ord from Camp Cara
belle, j Fla., where he was sta
tioned several omnths. ' Private
Pearson is with the engineer am
phibian regiment V
Mrs. Ruth Bones Nieml has
just received word from her hus
band, CpL Francis W. Neiml, that
he has been released from the
air base hospital at Sioux City,
Iowa, from a seige of pneumonia.
Corporal Neimi was temporarily
located at the Walla Walla, Wash,
air base before being transferred.
His father, Mat Neimi, resides
at Taft on the coast
Cadet Charles "Chuck Steph
enson spent Christmas day in Tur
ner with his grandmother, Mrs.
N. W. Hutchens. He has just com
pleted his primary training at the
Bend Naval air base, and will
leave January 7 for St Mary's
college Calif, for pre-flight in
struction, i ,
Donald Wickman, seaman sec
ond class, who has been stationed
at the Bremerton, Wash, navy
yard, spent the week end in Sa
lem with his parents at 141 North
14th street
Bienniiim
$133,665,193
employment j compensation. "
Contributions of counties will
total" 5.3 per cent or $7,15258,
of which $646,181 wfll be for
public .welfare.; ; v v - -
Approximately 20.7 per cent of
the total cost of the state govern
ment during the 1943-45 biennium
will be spent for public welfare.
For . state-owned enterprises wfll
be spent 193 per cent highways
14.5 per cent industrial accident
commission 10 per cent, unem
ployment and conservation of nat
ural resources . 5.4 per- cent, hos
pitals and Institutions 3.8 per cent,
world war veterans aid 3.4 per
cent, protection and regulation 3,4
per cent,: general government 2.1
per- cent, health and sanitation
1.1 1 peif cent, and corrections J
per cent '.: ., ,
. The Work of printing the new
state budget was' completed here
Thursday and copies will be mail
ed to the legislators within the
next few days. -
Officials said - the budget was
well within the estimated reve
nues for the next biennial period.
Umpqua River
Moves Houses;
Hit
- REEDSPORT, Ore., Jan. 1 -,T)
The Umpaua river washed five
houses away and flooded lowland
farms and the business section of
Reedsport Friday. " V
It was the most serious flood
since 1927. Boats were used ia
downtown streets, but there was
little damage to stores. The waters
later subsided as the tide turned.
Many, families were evacuated.
however, and a number of homes
and mills remained under water.
Still greater damage Was pre
dicted Saturday and Monday with
higher tides scheduled for those
days.-' . - ( ' .j f.; - ;
One house at Scottsburg was
carried down the river to Reeds
port where it grounded and was,
partially salvaged. All furniture
was lost A trailer house at Scotts
burg was gashed into lower Win
chester bay.
Innumerable slides as well as
flooding : blocked roads through
out the district intermittently.
1" Cattle of several dairy ranches
on river bottom farms were ma
rooned in partially flooded barns,
some being moved into hay lofts.
Some farmers left their farms to
the flood, taking what livestock
they could! manage with them.
Logging operators said that loss
In logs caused by broken booms
on the Umpqua and Smith rivers
would be heavyv ,
Soldier Dies
Of Si
PORTLAND, Jan. The
fatal .stabbing early Friday of a
soldier from Amsterdam, NY,
Louis Mach, 28, was being in
vestigated Friday night by a board
of army officers. U
Detective A. Heckman said
Mach, attached to the port of em
barkation here, was stabbed With
a pocket knife during a fight with
R. C Cox, 25, Portland. Cox,
father of three children, was
jailed, v- 7 I.-,
The . Quarrel developed, Heck
man said, at a bus stop when Cox
objected to language used by the
soldier In the presence of Mrs.
Cox. Mach died en route to a
hospital. Cox was apprehended by
police upon alighting from, a bus
he and his wife boarded after the
fight
R. L. Loughery, soldier com
panion of Mach, was held as a
material witness.
Guesses Made
On Sea Fieht
LONDON, . Jan. 1 -(Speculation
that the big battleship Tirpitz
may have led a strong German
naval force in an attempt to break
out into the north Atlantic re
mained unanswered Friday night
as the admiralty kept silence on
the outcome of a sea fight between
British and German fleet forces.
The Daily Mirror suggested that
the 10,000-ton Print Eugen might
have been the cruiser which the
admiralty said. was damaged and
withdrew from the action .In
northern waters Thursday. A Ger
man destroyer was reported pos
sibly sunk.
There was no announcement of
what ; other ships were involved,
but the admiralty said Thursday
night that the fight was continu
ing.; :.."
Roosevelt Gives
Giraud Assurance
LONDON, Jan. 1 -)- Reuters
reported Friday night that the
Morocco radio had broadcast the
text of a telegram which it said
President Roosevelt had sent to
Gen. Henri Giraud, French high
commissioner for north Africa.
"The government of the United
States Is happy to learn that you
will fight the present war against
the axis in collaboration with the
United Nations. .
. "You have taken on a' great re- ,
sponsibllity and you may be as- i
sured that my government : will
give you every possible assist
ance. ' "We shall receive a common re
ward when France Is restored to '
her true position among the na
tions of the. world." '
Radio Show Sponsored
First Evangelical , church 'is
sponsoring two radio - programs
each Sunday over KSLM, "The
Spiritual Interlude" at 9:15 to
9-20 a. m. and The Back Heme
Hour" each Sunday from 9:30
to 10 p. m. .;'
: For the morning service. Evan
gelicals are studying the book of
Genesis and at the night service
will begin a study of the gospel of
Mark .
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