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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1943)
II. pags roun Ti rOISCSOTT CTATEZMAIT. Sabst, Oregon Candor Morning, tlarc3i-tl, -1S43 Harvest Camp Workers Declare Her 'Queen Act Studied Join the )Red Cross! t i Responsibility ' j ) V fl To Be Tried 1 W Girls to Work' Half Day in Silver Creek Herry Fields -, First 48 girls, ages 11 to 18 Inclusive, to sign up for the Salem ' YWGVs first "strawberry camp," will be part of an experiment the nation is watching, according to Mrs. Esther Little, Salem YW secretary. Girls from' Salem and surround ing country may participate in . the activity which is to center at Smith Creek camp in the Silver Creek recreational area. There the 48 girls and 10 advisers are to be encamped from June 18 to 27. Aid of the group In harvesting the Heffner, Siebert and Henry , strawberry crops in the fields which lie near the hill road to Salem has been promised. Members of the expected te earn mora than their two-weeks expenses, although work is to eccepy only the hoars from 7 o'clock to 'noea each weekday. Owners of the fields where the girls work are to take them back to camp for a mid-day dinner and early afternoon siesta, and they are then to engage in recreational activities. Swimming, other out door sports and early evening campfires are planned, while in door activities are also scheduled. Dining room, recreation hall and one office are heated and could be used for daylight as well as evening fun should weather re quire. Four girls will live in each cabin and a choice of cabin mates is to be allowed, while competent leadership, including trained first aid assistance, is assured, Mrs. Little said. . Campers will leave Salem Sun day, June 13, in a McLean school bus. "Strawberry camp" is an ad dition to the YWCA'i regularly scheduled play camp, July 12 to 26, and is to precede the Boy Scout camp at - Smith Creek, ac cording to Mrs. Little. f , r . , , jr r - - Jean Faaten, chosen by popular vote of employes of the Salem Sears Koeback store to reign over their "Queen for 12 Days" sale. The king" who led their annual event in other years has gone to war. Miss FanUn Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fantoa, Jr, llll North 23rd street. She is a member of 'the Sears staff. Jes ten Miller photo. it OPA Director Talks Monday Oregon director of the office of price administration, Richard G. Montgomery, who also is author of "Pechuck" and other famous books, will speak when the Salem chamber of commerce meets for luncheon Monday. Introduction will be made probably by J. N. Chambers, Salem member of the OPA staff in Oregon Montgomery, who graduated from the University of California in 1919 and from the University of Oregon Medical college in 1920, later attended the Harvard uni versity school of business admin istration. Ordinarily his working day is spent as treasurer and man ager of the retail division of the J. K. Gill company in Portland. Now, in addition to his price ad ministration job, he has the task of directing selective service board number one in Multnomah county. ' ' A director of the Portland chamber of commerce, Montgom ery is also a book reviewer who has broadcast his literary analy ses over KEX and KGW. He will speak regarding price administration. IIGiatf5JtnDDD0 DDaites Here is the calendar of the office of price administration for meats, fats, sugar, coffee, canned, dried and frozen foods and gas oline and tires for the! next six weeks. Clip it out for reference. March 29 Rationing of meat, cheese, butter, canned fish and edible oils in effect, Red A stamps, good for 16 points, are valid between March 29 arid April 4. March 29 Housewives, institutions, and industrial users begin surrendering red point stamps for the meats, butter, fats, and other rationed products in this program which they buy. Red "A stamps (18 points) good during first week. March 29 to April 10 Institutional users get point allotments from local war price and rationing boards. Industrial users regis ter with local boards during same period and receive point allot ments. April 11 Retailers, wholesalers, and primary distributors, including processors, begin surrendering points in their purchases of the rationed items. April 25 to May i 1 Allowable inventories of wholesalers and retailers based on sales, in points, during this week. May 1 Retailers and wholesalers take point inventory at close of business on May 1. May S to May 1 4- Retailers and wholesalers register with lo cal boards and get allowable point inventories. Beginning April 30 Primary distributors, including proces sors, make compliance report for first reporting period ending on or after April 30, and coverings operations from March 29 to that date. Filing of extra copy of the report serves as registration. March 31 Blue stamps A, B and C in book No. 2 (canned, drier or frozen fruits and vegetables) expire at midnight. SUGAR: f M . May 31 Stamp No. 12, good for five pounds, expires. COFFEE: j March 21 Stamp No. 25, war ration book No. 1, good for 1 pound of coffee, expires at midnight. GASOLINE: March 21 No. 4 stamps, each good for four gallons, expire at midnight. TIRES: March 31 Cars with "A" books must have tires insnected oeiore in is aate. i War Plants Included In Dim-Out Orders Plants operating on war orders, including those financed or under direction of the army, navy or other federal agencies, are sub ject to the identical penalties for violation of the dim-out regula tions in this area as are those op erated by private interests, the Oregon state defense council was advised by the western defense Saturday. Administrative Plans Being Surveyed by Fan-ell's Staff Preliminary nlans for adminis tering the motor vehicle financial responsibility law of the 1943 legislature, already are considered by Secretary of State Robert S FarrelLT Jr. desnite that me doe not become ODerative until June 9. - j .' - " Tha act prarldes thai in case ef a snetor vehicle accident, r. isaltia la death, injury or prop erty dasaage, beta parties In volved shall make a report and the secretary of state later shall suspend their motor vehfel I licenses. The drivers thea have net less than 19 days aer snore than 45 days te file proof ef financial responsibility with the secretary ef state. Reinstatement of the licensee f allows. ; The most Practical Proof of financial responsibility, officials declared, is an insurance policy of from $5000 to $10,000 covering public liability and $1000 covering property damage. I In cases where both parties to the accident are insured it is not .necessary to furnish this proof. Dreamed Ma III; 'Hiked 3000 Miles TACOMA, March 2 -Clif ton J. Cook, 24-year-old Tacoma soldier, is in the Fort Lewis hos pital today after an amazing hitch hike journey over two-thirds of the nation made because of dream. Cook, in a high fever and nearly delirious, was arrested Friday af ternoon at his home as an army deserter by Detectives George Bur geson and Peter McDahL He was posted as a deserter when he failed to return to his post at Fort Law ton within reasonable time after being AWOL. Removed to the city jail, he told a strange story. "I had a dream. he told of ficers, "at Fort Lawton one night about March first. In that dream I saw that all was net well with my mother in Louisiana. I had no business leaving my doty, but I couldn't stand It when my dream told me te ge see my mother. "I left Fort Lawton with only 54 cents so I had to hitch hike. The going was tough as now days cars don't go very far la one Jump. The longest ride I had during my whole trip was from Portland te Tacoma on the re tarn trip. "I ate here and there when people gave me food. I weighed 164 pounds when I left. (Police said Cook weighed 115 pounds when he was arrested.) "I kept plugging along, most of the time having no idea where I was going, but I got to my destination. I saw my mother for only a few minutes. She was sick in a sanitarium. She did n't know me. So I turned around and started back." Shortly after Cook told his story he became delirious and was removed to the Fort Lewis hospi tal. Cook's hitch hike trip to Lou isiana and return, by way of Cal ifornia, about 3000 miles each way, was completed in 19 days. Abbie Losey Dies, 78 WOODBTJRN Abbie Caroline Losey, 73, died Friday, March 19, at the family home at Broadacres where she had resided the past j 17 years. Born in Cresco, la., De- cember 17, 1884, she came to Ore gon 36 years ago. Survivors include the widower, Robert Losey of Broadacres; one son, Glenn Losey ; of Woodburn; three daughters, Mrs. Benita Dehut of Woodburn. Mrs. Violet Sibley of ML Angel and Esther Lo sey, " Broadacres; two sisters, Mrs. Johanna Schaefer of Silver ton and Mary Gartner, Crescon, Minn.; 15 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services are to be held Monday, March 22, at 2 p.m. from the Ringo chapel, with Rev. John C. Meyers of Oregon City offi ciating. Interment is to be in the Hubbard cemetery. 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