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OREGON STATESMAN, Sdaxa. Oregon. Wednttday Morning. March 2t 19S
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Youth Participation Centers
FarmLabor JRecridthigdrt
.Responsibility for all farm labor recruitment programs in
Marion county will center in the coordinating committee on youth
participation in farm labor, organized this week with lay Glatt
as chairman, it was . announced Tuesday. Joe Wilson of the
federal employment service, Sa
lem office, will have charge of the
platoon program. . -
The coordinating committee set
up an executive committee com
posed of the county superinten
dent of schools, the chairman of
county youth ", participation com
' committee in civilian defense, the
chairman of 4he county farm la--bor
committee, the r county agri
culturist and representative of
"the employment services. r "
An Initial step will be revision
"of the course of stndyoffered In
the schools a year ; ago, prepar
ing students for their participa- -tion
In harvest work, Walter
Snyder. : curriculum director in
the Salem schools, will have
charge of final , preparation of
the course of study which will
be delivered to the schools by
April 12. It will be offered in
the fifth and hither grades.
The executive group of the co
ordinating committee met with
Charles Gram who Is representing
the canneries, to discuss trans
portation problems. Cooperation
of service clubs and other organi
sations will be requested.
The platoon system of providing
youthful harvest workers, now
designated as the "Marion county
plan," is to be adopted in other
.counties this year just as the "Ore
gon plan" of community coopera
tion is being adopted in many
other states, it was reported at the
meeting.
Huge Dogs Block
Bridge Traffic
PORTLAND, March 2 3-(JP)
Traffic over the Burnside bridge
went to the dogs for a while
Tuesday. V
Two Great 'Danes, about the
sixe of Shetland ponies, took
oyer the bridge j for a play
ground. Drivers 1 slammed on
their brakes, cars piled up and
everything stopped except the
dogs cavorting and the motor
ists' cursing.
Finally all was back to nor
mal after the arrival of a police
patrol car- into which the dogs
were lured by de luxe ham
burgers. i?W
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Marsha Hont, Frances Drake and Richard Carlson become slightly In
volved In this merry-mad scene from "Affairs of jMarthaV now
showing at the Hollywood theatre
technicolor.
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A shamrock In his hoart . . . and dynamite fat his flsU . . . krm
Hthh and Alexis Smith In "Gentleman Jim." bow showing at the
State theatre, co-featured with "Meet the Stewarts- with Wllllaas
ait Parade of IKS stars Jalus arraU: Susan Hayward, Gall Pat
iv iir.vtin fenii.archmtrm. Cosmt Basla land orchestra,
Golden Gate quartet and a host
opening today. Co-feature Is "Xhe
Seborah Eerr. ?
Bids
To Be
Bids for state highway depart
ment projects aggregating an ex
penditure estimated at $175,000
will be considered by! the state
highway commission at ; a meet
ing in Portland Onj April '7 "R.
H. Baldock, '"state highway engi
neer, announced Tuesday 'f
The projects?; f j ' ;" . -
I Furnishing .10,600 j cibic . yards
crushed rock in stock piles on the
Alsea mountain rock . tproduction
project in -Benton county. S
Furnishing 7000 cubic yards
crushed rock or crushed gravel in
stock piles on the central Oregon
highway in Harney i and Malheur
counties. i ; !
Furnishing 10,000 f cUbic yards
crushed rock or crushed gravel on
the Dalles-California highway in
Klamath county. :j j
Grading and paying .25 mile
of the Vanport sejetibn of the
Swift secondary highway in Mult
nomah county. U i
Furnishing 16,500 clibic yards
crushed rock in stock piles on
the Sherman highway in Sherman
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CIO Plans IVIember
Drive, Shipyards
PORTLAND, March -(-The
CIO Marine and Shipbuilding
Workers of America . announced
Tuesday it will start a union mem
bership drive in Henry J. Kaiser's
three Portland-Vancouver area
shipyards. , j
The announcement vyas made by
Irwin L. De Shelter, former
Cleveland area CIO director, who
arrived Monday night to set up a
staff here. I ' .'
The drive will be started in an
ticipation that the national labor
relations board will; decide in fa
vor of the CIO after concluding
its hearing into CIO charges that
the Kaiser yards (signed illegal
closed shop agreements with the
AFX De Shelter saidJ
The NLRB hearing of the Kais
er case, now in recess, is scheduled
to reconvene here Apfil 8.
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McNary Seeks
Use of Lands
WASHINGTON, March 23-i!P)
Sen. McNary (R-Ore) Tuesday in
troduced a bill (S 904) which
would permit certain lands in Ore
gon to be used for mining if not
necessary to the nation as agricul
tural or timber lands. "1 1
The bill states that any of the
revised Oregon and California
railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay
Wagon road grant lands In Oregon
"May be classified by the secretary
of the Interior as mineral lands,! if
the secretary finds . . .that suth
lands are more valuable or suit
able for mining purposes than for
use as agricultural or . t i m b e r
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'The bill says that lands so clas
sified "may be restored to the pub
lic domain and may be opened
location .and entry under the min
ing laws of the United States.'
Baker Dies,
McMinnville
PORTLAND, March 23-OP)
Gordon G. Baker, 55,! McMinn
ville insurance company execu
tive and civic leader, died Tues
day in a hospital here where he
had been confined for two weeks.
He was vice president in charge
of agencies for the Oregon Mu
tual Fire Insurance company,
whose home office is in McMinji
ville, and a member of the Co
lumbia Empire Industries board
of directors. j
He formerly had served as Mc
Minnville mayor and president iof
the chamber of commerce thee.
He was active in the Elks and
Masonic lodges. j
East Aids Trail
Centenial Plns
PORTLAND, March ?3-(P)-The
Old Oregon Trail centennial this
year is attracting increasing in
terest in the east, Dr. Howard r.
Driggs, president of the American
Pioneer Trails association, said
Tuesday. j j
Plans for participation in the
celebration are being made by
New York, New Jersey and Con
necticut, Driggs said in a letter! to
Executive Secretary Walter Ma
cham of the Old Oregoii Trail cen
tennial commission. j j
Even the -exclusive. Explorers'
club in New York City is boost
ing the celebration, Driggs said,
with a meeting next Sunday hon
oring Ezra Meeker, William j H.
Jackson and Capt. Edwin W. Dem
ing, noted western pioneers. Ded
ication of an Arlington cemetery
monument to Jackson, painter and
photographer of western scenes,
has been set for April 4. I
Uniform "Wearer Heidi
PORTLAND, March 23-P)
William Albert Clayton Dent, 28,
was under arrest Tuesday on a
charge of wearing a US navy uni
form illegally. He is j accused j of
donning the uniform so he coiild
gain admittance to a Servicemen's
dance. '
Around Oregon
By The Associate Press
AAA officials estimated at Pen
dleton that sub-zero temperatures
last January and a cold wave
early this month killed one-third
of the winter wheat and one-half
of the Austrian peas -in Umatilla
county . . . state liquor control
administrator L. F. Allen repotted
at Portland that liquor sales drop
ped 14 per cent the first dajf of
reduced rationing to) a quart a
week . . . Duchess Charlotte, Who
will arrive at Portland Thursday,
will be greeted by Gov. Earl Snell
and Portland's Mayor! Earl Riley.
Circuit Judge C. L. Sweelt at
Pendleton paroled S. j E. Roberts,
Bend, . convicted of involuntary
manslaughter in the hunting death
of E. W. Kain, Sandy, after Rob
erts paid a $700 fine ... Port
land Postmaster E. IT. Hedlund
asked 35 more women! to take nail
carriers'' jobs ... a j 2090-pound
bull brought $297.82 cents; on
the Portland livestock; marketj the
highest price on record for a sin
gle bull . . . Oregon jshipbufljding,
corporation launched its 154th
Liberty ship, the Albert B. Cum
mins. ... 1 j
Dairies operated in The Dal
les area by J. Y. Gibson and Frank
Ingels will quit business soon! the
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and labor cost. . among pledg
es announced by university of
Oregon sororities and fraternities
wero Maxfn Coleman, Newberg,
Gamma' Phi Beta, and James G.
Try on, Salem, Delta Tan Delta . .
Leas Randall, recruitment di
rector for Henry J. Kaiser at Port
land, said the yards ; there are in
critical:. need .of 30,000 additional
workers and suggested many of
them could come from men 38
years old or over who are eligible
for release; from the army to! take
war jobs J, . Word was received
at Pendleton of the election Of &
R. Thompson, Pendleton roundup
president, as a" vice-president of
the rodeo, association of America,
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Tf yon suffer from hot flash, dlzzi-
eiatrmm or "tmgmmtnun are
mMdlo ogo period In a woman
Uf try LytUa E. plnkham's Ve
t&bl Cotapeuad. IVu helped thou
sands upon thousands of women to
ratteva such aanoymg symptoms.
Tollcm tebd dmetlons. Itnlrham'a
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THESE HEELS WON'T CLICK ACAIN These Nazis were killed la aetlea
Russian front, says the caption f this picture fraaa March af Time's "On Day of War,
Missouri (Would
Let Convicts Fight
JEFFERSON GITY, Mo., March
23-(-A bill to release Missouri's
model young convicts to war duty
as fighters, farmers or Indus
trial workers was approved for
passage Tuesday i night by a house
committee.
"I have an idea," said Rep. O K.
Armstrong (4) 1 "that if these
young fellows who have been pri
soners are put in tanks they can
shoot as good as anybody else.
And they're rarin' to go to fight
or farm or help make bombs."
The bill provides that state in
mates 18 years or older could be
come eligible immediately for war
paroles on their good behavior.
Extra Jury List
Drawn at Albany
ALBANY, MaTch 23-()-Unn
county officials, preparing for the
Robert . Lee Folkes trial on a
first degree murder charge here
April 7, drew the names of 13
more prospective; jurors Monday.
They said they: felt the present
list might be exhausted in the se
lection of the jury. Folkes, for
mer negro dining car cook, is ac
cused of knifing Mrs. Martha Vir
ginia James to death in her train
berth last January 23.
Baker to Entertain
State Legion Meet ?
BAKER, Ore., ; March 23 - (JP)
Baker Legionnaires said Tuesday
the annual Oregon American Le
gion convention would be held
here August 19, 20 and 21.
They said the city's bid for the
convention was accepted at a
meeting of state officials.
TIODAT, our country is at war en
Igaged ia a desperate struggle to de
termine whether the freedom we hare
created and cherished shall surma or
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Beside the ajtemiracing immensity
f that issue, the Diamond Annrferssrf
which Metropolitan celebrates this
month is of saCsll importance.
Yet today, on our 7Sth birthday, ft Is
perhaps proper that this company, rep
resenting nearly thirty million policy
holders, should here yoke its-faith in
the future, and fts dctcrnunation to help
nuke that forare brighter than any pe
riod in the;
TTe have Just reason for oat faith.
Ours Is a business that has been built
n faUhfaith la the cootinned and
growing greatnesa ef sr country, faith
ia the integrity ex ear people.
Ia the 75 years since Metropolitan
was founded, on March 24 1863, we
have sees America face crisis after cii-'.
aistrsrs, panics, depressions, disasters ,
fimany kinds.. ,tnl front each such
crisis we hare seen tins country emerge
stronger than ever. .Ve confidently be
Xieve that America' wi3 do jost that
sgsln that the best years of ear his
tory lie before us. j ;
we hsT every reason, tee, for car-
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TID-BIT FOR PICEO NAlthMgh It leeks as'tf J. HrJ
risoa is ready te bite into his neck, this pigeon Is really feeding
from Harrison's mouth. He' feeds the pigeons daily ia City Hall
Park. New York City. -
Portland Officer
Missing in Africa
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! WASHINGTON, March 23-(JP)
The war department Tuesday
niade public the names of 256
United States soldiers missing in
action in the European, north
African and Pacific areas and
missing at -sea in the north At
lantic. The list included, for Oregon:
; North African area:,
! Second Lt. Alan S. Thomas;
mother, Mrs. J. M. Thomas, Port
land. Navy Seeks Lawyers
And Investigators
PORTLAND, March 22-JP)
Lawyers and men with investi
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determination to help make that future
brighter. N business, perhaps, touches
the lires and aspirations of millions of
people more closely than ours. It is our
plain duty to help those people fulfill
their dreams of an education for their
children, of security for their families,
of finfliyM independence in their own
eld age. '
In the past, we have tried to perform
that duty through the wise investment
of more than she bulion dollars which
we hold tor the benefit of our poBcy -holders,
we have tried te de it through
coixsdentioas,econonucalmansgemcn
so that insurance costs would be held
to a minimum, we hero tried to de it
through the prompt payment ef all ben
efitswhich, in the 75 years ef ear ex
istence, hare totalled aver alne and a
half hilSosi dollars. And through our
orgaaaxed health actirttaea. sstaMiahed
in 1909, we hare tried te make every
possible eoatribotion te healthier,
longer lives for ear policy aeJders-five;
whkhtatca from birth, now average
ever twenty years longer than they did
inioa. . '
Ia doing these things, we have alas
tried to be a good ckisea. For wo are,
part of America. Her future Is" oars.
And today, fa this critical hour of be .
history, we say again our faith in beg
: future has never been stronger. ' "
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1 MADISON AYXNUX, KtW VOUC.N.Y, .
MetwUtasi'a 75th Anniversary
Eadla rregnm Blue Network
n th
gative experience are needed by
the navy.
Lt. Cmdr. J. F. W. Gray, In
charge of the Portland branch,
office of naval officer procure
ment, said the need is for college
graduates who have had extensive
experience as trial lawyers or in
vestigators. Age limits are from
30 to 40 -years.
Wins FFA Oratory
PORTLAND, 'March 23-flP)
Russell Cary, Roseburg, won the
state Future Farmers of .America
oratorical contest Tuesday and
Will represent Oregon in the re
gional finals- here April 28. Sec
ond place went to Milton Rich
ardson, Junction City, and third
to Jim Rogers, Pendleton. The
speeches were presented before
the Portland Rotary club.
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PORTLAND,' ! March 23-(ff)
Herold FJmeri Dav. 21 -year-old
merchant ship 1 seaman, couldn't
understand why hie was charged
with violating ; the Selective serv
ice act. ?t : ., -. : j :.
neither.' apparently, could Fed
eral Judge Cladde jMcColloch nor
Probation Officer Loren CJ Cochr
ran.' i i''-v . -y-v- '
fThis : is one of the rankest
cases of injustice that I haf e ever
Seen,! Cochran kolc the court and
explained the situation thus: ' V
.-: .Day signed; up l4 the merchant
marine last SeptejEnber aid ob
tained; from jthr secretaryjpf his
draft board ."verbal approval to
ship out. As an; oiler on a ;Liber
ty ship he went to Russia.' On bis
return here ' hei wis arrested n
a secret indietmen chargihg him
niui KKVUp, ki vac vnuauvw.
The judge released Day jon his
own recognizances and Witnout
bond, advised him o see his draft
board and' get. the wholej affair
patched up. ' : '
Day said he ! would and j added
he'd like to ship, out again! If the
draft board says It's okehj
Assault Charged
It PORTLAND, &f a r c h- W)
kunicipal Judge 1 J. J. Ruttlin
Tuesday ordered Robert Clerland
Noonan, 45-year-old ex -convict,
held for, the grahd Juryj on n
charge of assault and robbery
While annedUwith a dangerous
weanon. Noonan lis accused oz
holding up a pharmacy Mrs.
Katherine Livingstone, the pro
prietor, Identified INoonan as the
? ' Yt m m La t
man wno accosted ner ai ner
home two days after the pharma
ty ; was held up.
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Apples Auctioned
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DALLAS, k Tex.. March
The big box bf Ipples that the
Spokane Kiwanis club sent the
Dallas organization will help keep
the axis away. The apples were
auctioned off. bne!by one, for war
bonds totalling $20,550. One ap
ple brought $5500 ' . j
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It's J brand newi. v . irs a
riot' . .1 and, best of all, it's by
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Vavortt 'Autbpr. of Alillions
pA&Umng those amiable terrors of
tlic U. S. Nay, MwM
and Tim EHinnevan (alias Force and
Bnuns. Inc.). in a new
fuimy serial entitled
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War Thermals
Thermostats similar te those that
formerly controlled : tempera
tures of electric irons today de
tect fires In warplanes, meter
trouble in mechanised vehicles
f war. and jsverheating In bat
tleship gun equipment. A West
lnghouse 'worker Is shown spot
welding the I base of a thermo
stat to Its bedy-IlN Photo.
Civilians Invited
To USO Open House
I Civilians come into their own
between 1 and 3 p. m. Sunday at
the USO, when an open house
fjr civilian ridents of the Sa
lm area is planned." Guides, per
haps some of jthem the uniformed
men ; who have - found the first ;
USO . center lin Salem an attrac
tive place to Iread, lounge, dance
and , eat, will show visitors
through the clubhouse at the cor
ner '01 cnemeiceia ana couage
streets, j
Bowdens Move
KEIZER Mr.
and Mrs. Tom
Bowden and
small son will soon
be moving td
Keizer. They have
Ceorfe Casebeer
riroperty. Just east of K e 1 z e r
school, i
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