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. ' Th'etittate deoarttaant fui rc
Reived ' many - mqutries recently
sasxm sot tax -explanation of the
1 1943 legislative ; session law pro
viding an excise tax od the uueof
combustible liquids and gasses to
propel motor vehicle on the Ore-
Several! penoaf4' inaJk!ng'iiH
;.uyappxently,rare tunder the
impression- thatTthe law was de-
feigned . to Increase .the gasoline
saies tax. .Oflieials said this was
' - The tax merelyrapplies to diesel
,vu jju Rna nm;aunge us ex
isting rate or-tax. It makes the
user responsible for reporting and
.payins toe tax on diesel. oil, bu-
tane ;er propane fuel. which is
: used la jnotor vehicles on hlgh-
. ways of the state.' lv2 v ...
f No refunds will be made under
; the Jaw, since the tax will not he
; iuumni vu suca xueis uruess xney
iere used m vehicles operating on
s Tne ingnways. ;; ; ; -; ; ' -;
" The Jaw becomes operative' July
i ana penalties are provided.
History . Am. Angel
"UiiiFiineratSet "
- , oiiiiuuwh-niHni um.
Ices. for Carrd. XJma. who died
Tftnrsdax nicht St the Sil.m
. . GeneraLiiespital, hare been set
as j pja, sarulay la-the Memor-
. ar cbapel . of Quean Fan
., era! noaae. Interment will be in
- we tssntr cemetery.
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Plan Vacations
-- SWEGIJS - " Xfin yM
buis. Intermediate teacher in the
owegie scnoov; win spend the
iiraif weeK of vacation ' visiting
- friends at Bandon. mv t,,,.-ti
- will be aUier home, in Salem most
Himmer and Miss Herr'a
: fuuu are mdennite.
By HERMAN, MILLER
-j AP Feature Writer ' .
"WASHINGTON On the after
noon of May - IS. 1918 lust 23
years ago Lt. Georce L. Boyle.
US army,: gave his wood-and-fab-
ric biplane the run and headed
for Philadelphia, from Washing
ton, with two sacks of letters and
packages.
President Wilson and other dig
nitaries were on hand to witness
the start' of the first regularly-
scheduled airmail flight in history.
Hardly ever the horizon. 25 miles
away in Maryland. Boyle became
lost. He landed, breaking his pro
peller. The mail - eventually was
brought back here and another
plane took it to Philadelphia the
next day; thence to New. York.
The first experimental airmail
rente covered seme 218 miles
and was flewn each war dally
except Saaday. The post office
department leek ever opera-
uob. with Its own eanlnment
and pUets, Aorost 12, 1918. The
great expansion to a 62,828-mile
foreign (and domestic airmail
system was ander way.'
On September SY 1820. coast-to-
coast-service New York to San
Francisco, was established. The
first Mthough, flight, which made
a Hero of pilot Jack Knisrht. came
on the following February 22-23.
luugnt took, over the nlane at
North Platte, Nebr, at J0:00 p. m.
February "22. He arrived at Oma
ha at 1:10 am. and took off again
despite reports of snow between
there and Chicago.' He was forced
oown nearly to - earth level over
Iowa and came ta Inwa Cit-r with
only 10 minutes' gas left evTSi
ground crew had gone home.
thinking the weather must have
cancelled the flight, but a night
Wings of Peace Note Anniversary
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MT. ANGEL Over 40 priests,
including Most Rev. Archbishop
Edward D. Howard of Portland
Think of aviation today and yon think of warplanes. Bat transport and
air mau xiyiag eonnnnes ana May is marked tbe 25th anniversary
of ah mail In the Unltef States. Air mail on the Pacific coast Is net
ontte that old,' bat these plctares Indicate Its progress. Above,, the
single-ensined, open eeekpit plane which Inaagarated coastwise
air mall In 1928; below; the United Air Lines matnllner which now
carries tne mau. ,;-, ,
watcnman heard the plane,. lit a
flare, helped Knight refuel. Knight
reached Chicago at 8:40 a. m.
So lnmressed was coneresa with
this first transcontinental Cieht
and Knieht'a first nieht mail flisht
-rtha it appropriated $1,250,000
to expand the service and light
the airways. (The airmail annro-
priation for the 1942 fiscal year
was 822,894,422.)
Private airline contractors took
over mail service in 1923, and In
the fall of 1935 trans-Pacific air
mail was launched. May 20. 1939.
the first airmail plane took off for
Europe.
Only a few days before a con
tractor had begun a pick-up serv
ice. Tiny, single-motored planes
swooped down at small-town
landing fields, dropned a contain
er of mail and picked un anthw
off an arrangement of light ropes
and poles. Pick-up service has
been extended to more than 100
cities.
The war dealt airmail a fearful
I i ... .a - nwiuu 1 1 i .- fc uavB i uvu nei v fin ill aa- miiu in muH. an mwA0A a ' . vn . .
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and BL Bev. Abbot Thomas Meier
of ML Angel, attended the funer
al services of Rev, Valentine Mof
fenbeier's" mother. Mrs. Teekla
Moffenbeier. at St. Mary's church
here rriday morning.
Rev.-Moffenbeier was celebrant
at the solemn requiem mass; Rev.
Luke Eberle. a neohew of the de.
cased was deacon and Bey. Hilde-
brand Melcbior was subdeacon.
Bev. Vincent; Koppert acted as
I master of ceremonies.' The final
absolution was given by the arch
bishop.
In addition to the 11 Driest in
the sanctuary, J25 secular clergy
were In attendance In the body of
the church and : another group,
under, the leadership of Rev. Fr.
Tobin, formed the choir. Bev.
John Cummisky gave the occa
sional sermon.
Pallbearers were Wendel
Hauth. Joseph Hauth. J. A. Kai
ser, Jack Bauman, Jacob Bartnik
and Joseph Rosno.
Interment was In Calvarv eem.
etery witn unger mortuary in
charge.
Teckla t Eberle was born in
Odessa, Russia,. February 11,
1864. and was united in marriaee
to Joseph' Moffenbeier November
20, 1886. They came to the United
States In 1892. settling first in
Aberdeen, SO, and coming to ML
blow when the armed services
took over nearly 200 commercial
planes, but airmail dispatched
from 169 representative cities in
February totaled 6,133,243 pounds,
an Increase of 74.89 per cent over
February, 1942.
Angel In 19C3. Mr. Moffenbeier
died In 1941. .
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Mrs.. Moffenbeier , is survived
by six children: Mrs. Philio'Lutz.
Mt Angel; Mrs. Andrew Nickolas,
Aberdeen. SD: Joseph Moffen
beier, Portland; Mrs. John Dres-
cner, Monitor; Clarence Moffen
beier. Salem: and Rev. Valentine
Moffenbeier, Woodburn.
Also: surviving are SI grand-
Children and 22 ereat grandchil
dren, a sister. Mrs. Geore Graol
and a brother, Jake Eberle, both
of Portland. : :':-'--.v--
She was a member of the SL
Ann's society and heed -of the
Poor Souls "Union for many years.
Labor Survey
Being Started
SILVERTON Survey of avail
able harvest labor amonff th
men of SOverton will start at once
py me civilian defense block lead
ers unaer the direction of Mm.
Wendell Heath. "Mrs. Mabel MarV
of the Oregon State college exten
sion service was : here Friday af
ternoon to speak to the block lead
ers on the plan to be- followed.
and Miss Frances Clinton, county
aemonstrauon agent Joined .Mrs.
Mack here for a night meeting.
The blanks will be filled out
and the registration kept at the
local defense office.
Mrs. Mack explained that 'these
surveys were being made only in
Places where there was an actual
need for assistance. Five such .sur
vey 'centers have been aet -un fn
Marion county: Silverton, Salem,
woodburn, stayton and Mt, An
geL At Silverton the chief harvest
interest are centered around ber
ries, hops and cannery, work. It
is also being stressed, Mrs. Mack
and Miss Clinton said, that un
less the women really . Intend to
respond for work when thm ratlt
come, they should not sizn the
forms.
Garldn Rites
In Medford
Services . were held j Wednesday
mlMedford for; ;Mx. Ada L. Cor
km, .83, who died ' last Sunday
after an illness of 15 months' dur
ation. - survivors include a . son,
John H. Carkin of Salem, with
whom she had lived during part
of each of the past nine years.
.Mrs. Carkin was bom In Wln-
terport. Me- on. April 15, 1853,
In 1882 she married Eben W. L.
Carkin, who died in January, 1935,
over two yeanT after; they had
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary on September 20,
1S32. The family came to lledford
in 1911, and Mrs. Carkin resided
there until her death. ; ;
Blah Rescued
From Co 03 Bay
Rodney Creiger and George
Smith, Coos county defense coun
cil police reserves, recently ; res
cued a man from the waters of
Coos Bay, , Jerrold Owen, state
civilian defense coordinator, was
advised Saturday.
The man was taken to a hos
pital where he recovered.
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