The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 23, 1943, Page 18, Image 18

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    Tha CrJICCIJ CTATZCr.LHT. Cdsra. Cre-ca. CcsJoy I'crcl. May 23. IS 13
Wnw Snlvam (Hrp.ws Rialit Guests Arrive
JSS Oklahoma Wliich Capsized
In jap rearr Harbor Dombmg
AMITY Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Whitlow and son Ivan of Delake
were weekend guests at the home
of Mrs. Whitlow's parents, ' Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Brutke east of
town. : ' . - '
"j SgL Jim Burt of Camp Adair,
formerly of Wichita, Kans- and
.' ; PEARL HARBOR, . May 22.-T)-The Battleship Oklahoma,
turned almost upside down during the Japanese attack on Pearl
harbor, has been righted after months of difficult salvage work.
Relating the full extent of operations, the navy 'announced
with, pride today that, of the 19 craft sunk or damaged on Dec.
7, 1941, only three vessels have been written off as lost.- And Mrs. G. B. Hayward were recent
more than 50 percent salvage has been achieved even from these guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
$hips. ' ' 7-' ;f. H ; : , Earl Tallman. Mrs. Tallman is a
Righting of the Oklahoma was a matter of especial pride for cousin of Sgt Burt and Mrs. Hay
Rear Admiral W. R. Furlong, commandant of the Pearl Harbor warrd- ... .
superintendent, Commander F. H. pent i several days here at the
Whiteaker of Beaumont, Tex. nome oi ms orouw-iu-iaw
Ending any remaining secrecy S15xer Mr Bna airs- oeoie
about the Pearl Harbor losses. Ad- ? lrs- issey accompaniea
miral Furlong proudly related the J nim Albany where they , spent
navy's success in reclaiming and few days last week at the home
oi weir sister, juts. Ainanaa cai-
Refund Check
Handed State,
Ferguson Case . rrSS5JT5i! "?
Attorney General L H. 'van
Winkle received Saturday a check
for; $9000 from the Oregon Forest
Fire Association, in settlement of
suit brought by the state to re-
timore..
Mrs. Mary Williams of Amity
is in Portland staying with her i
son. Jay, while Mrs. Jay Williams i
is in a Portland hospital for treat- i
Afterward, the stocky little
' admiral let newsmen onto the
docks! ef the Oklahoma, then
into the captain's cabin.
"She' turned over in seven or I men!
irht niimitM ftr twinr hit mnn I -. t nr v - -
-7l "St, Iw ALV,-Z Z you" me strange sights," turned from a visit of several
Lme it manner on the around Admiral Furlon remarked. The weeks in Roseburg at the Loiie of
urne lis manager, on me grounai rt h n,, nartivhvii i i j j w-mi.
that two payments of $4500 each KZTTl ' 3 1 " rf""w "u U"U11W' w
iatinn hv J w vr,. i"'. v m iwrs. Marry atone.
son, then state forester, were un
authorized by law.
' ' One check, dated in June, 1936,
purportedly was drawn by Fergu
son to place the southwestern Ore
gon local fire association in good
standing " in . the central control
fund.
- a vuuu j vru.
- There were huge, gaping holes
n the heavy steel plates, bat
such fragile things as the light
balb la the socket above the
captain's desk was unbroken.
At the other end of the cabin
Mrs. Elsla Anderson of Twin'
Falls, Idaho, was a guest last week
of Miss Opal Glahn at the R. M.
Glahn home.
T. J. Wedeklnd of Amity ha
sold his 52 acre farm' east of
town to Charles Comptoa, lo
cal berry grower. . -
Mrs. Edna Strout of the Amity I
were the broken remains of a bed.
On it lay a pair of pajamas, their
The state contended that this Durnle, color still evident desoite Uj-k u.-. -...v-m!
was a duphcate. payment as the months of soaking at the bottom teacher In the Carlton high
" f- oi uic nwoor wnije me snm was oi. if WaaV
and was in good standing.
The second check, also for $4,-
500, was issued by Ferguson , to
the Oregon Forest Fire Associa
tion on March 5, 1937, to settle an
alleged claim of the Oregon For
est Fjre Association; against the
state board of forestry on a 1928
contract.
The holds of the Oklahoi
still were water-filled. A strong
tench came ; from them, and
signs .warned workmen not to
descend without gas masks. Be
low decks, the admiral said,
there are-the bodies of 381 of
ficers and men.
The scene was similar on the Ar
izona, but she lay on the bottom,
much lower in" the water. Inside
Miss Irmalee IJndraff, vale
dictorian of the gradoatlbg class
of Amity high school for ' 1943, ,
is employed in Portland for the
summer. Miss Lindraff received
a scholarship to Oregon State
college.
y V f , wr i mucn lower in uie water, insiae
nUOlimity IvnigiltS the Arizona the navy expects to
, find 1,071 bodies. Within the in-
Choose Delesates
SUBLIMITY
100 members attended the regular
Knights of Columbus smoker held
at Sublimity Tuesday. Visitors
were present - from ML Angel
council Grand Knight Ed Jacoby
and Past Grand Knight Chris
E. Neitling, were elected delegates
to represent Sublimity council at
the 35th annual convention of the
state which will convene in Salem
this weekend. Past Grand Knights
Gus Kirsch and Gus Minden were
elected alternates.
Plans were discussed for anoth
verted Utah are 57 more bodies.
The Oklahoma was almost up-
Approximately I side down 151 degrees when
they began working on her in
Febrouary. Workmen clambered
over the 27-year-old vessel for
days, fastening cables to her hull.
Cables were tied to her frame-
work, and the other ends were
fixed : to winches set ap In a
row ashore. The winches sup
plied the pulL After 69 hoars,
the steady tag of the cables
righted the great batUewagon.
Admiral Furlong was asked if;
the salvaging of the Oklahoma was
Child Disease
Cases Shown
Childhood and social diseases
led others among new cases com
muni cable sickness reported the
state board of health from Marion
county for the week ending May
15.
Two new cases of measles, one
of whooping cough and three of
mumps were listed, with 54 per
cent of the county's physicians
reporting.
Three new cases of syphilis and
two of gonnorrhea were in the
week's record.
Two cases of trachoma, eye in
fection : common to the Indian
race were reported from Chema-
9 harder inJ-i than ihat rt t Via Vnr,
er class initiation, the fourth dur- mandie, the French liner which wa? and on new .cs? f t"11
ing the past 12 months, to be held burned and overturned at a New 10813 was "5teu W1U1 U1C c""" lJf
during the middle of the month of York City pier. 7 I ZT
June, which would give the coun- "There's no way to compare the I rawfnrn r 11 Til IS
jobs," the admiral answered. The I . . . -
Normandie has no bomb or torpe- KeCClVC UiplOHiaS
do hit, and i nvw nnlv 0(1 H- I " a.
cil sufficient members for the cov
eled "Century Club" award.
Club to Display
luilt for Sale
do hits, and is over only 90 de
grees.-it lies m swiiuy running TURNER. ROUTE ONE The
water. We work in still water. The Crawford school will hold its
: TURNER The Turner Sun
shine club met Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs! Bernice
Johnson. Plans were -made for
displaying the newly completed
club "Victory" quilt, at the Chap
man store lor sale.
Jllllt IOr Sale The work has taken weeks.
I MAMU. ! I i. nr.
have used all kinds of person
net There are about 50 divers.
some of them highly expert me
chanlcs who work far below the
surface.
The divers, wearing their hea
vy suits and steel-toed shoes, have th immMimont xrpL
In two weeks Mrs. Florence to feeI tneir way in the dark and Retwl'miWA Mis Rarhol T?irh
Parr will entertain the group for oay water which fills the ships, is a member of the I graduating
an all day meeting, when the Red 11 8 aangerous, Admiral r ur- ciass
Cross sewing will be completed. ,on sa,cl But so far w haven't
One new member, Mrs. Violet
Johnson joined the club at this
meeting. Members present were
Mrs. Lettie Spencer, Mrs. Ruby
Mertle and Gordon, Mrs. Florence
Parr, Mrs. Annie Windom. Mrs.
John Regier, Mrs. Vina Moore,
Mrs. Henry Bower, Mrs. Violet
Johnson and children, Mrs. Edith
Mellis and Jamie, Mrs. Vernon
Van Osdol, and Mrs. Bernice
Johnson and sons.
eighth grade graduation exercises
Friday j afternoon at the school.
County Superintendent Agnes
Booth gave diplomas to Robert
Foster, f Donald Versteeg, Helen
Kelly, Arlene Reece. School will
close May 28,
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Riches will
go to Portland Sunday to attend
at
They're care- t - o . i
ful about their air lines. ( HOWara iUCVrlll reiea
An official-statement by See- On Eiirhth Rirthflav
eember 5. 1942, named the ves
sels hit by the Japanese. Five
battlships, the Arizona, Okla
homa, California, Nevada and
West Virginia, three destroy
ers, the Shaw, Cassln and
Downes; the mine layer Oglala,
the target ship Utah, and a large
floating dry dock, were sunk or
damaged and rendered militar
ily useless at the time.
JEFFERSON Wednesday noon
I at the school,' 31 pupils joined jn
a party honoring the eighth birth
day anniversary of , Howard Mc
Gill. A baseball game and other
games were enjoyed, after which
refreshments were -served by Mrs.
Mervin WcCiill, Mrs. Cora Brown
and Miss Dennison. ; -; t ;
The group joined in the victory
parade with the rest of the high
In addition, the battleships Pen- and grade school students to Main
nyslvania, Maryland and Tennes- street, where band music was pre
see; the cruisers Helena, Hon- sented, besides yells; and other
oluhi and Raleigh; the submarine noises with bells, horns and noise
Mrs. Volh Visits
Husband at Toledo
DALLAS Mrs. ) Kathrine Votb,
a svaa a j a. , sjoz3b veKi nova naan
iedo alter school closes. .oii v-.!TvrL l: ,V I LYONS Miss Betty Jean Bo-
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wotzke CI- I . deker returned home Wednesday
rif.,!1 t' cept the Oklahoma and Arizona SH f
"'". naving spent Bn( larffpt shir TTtoVi BnH k "le weea wiw ner sisier, ivuss
SiS-SSS; CnP.UdUeathe CcU-u, Bed -t MOU ;
l aitaMutmc. Mr.. -A. . m..r. .( Ih. ....... , E. J. Row Kid daughter.
w iiT7 ra wr am -a. a.w i - t mwz w . .
success, I point out that . even
the destroyer Shaw, and the
minelayer Oglala have been re
paired and have sailed.
Wutzke, who teaches at the ele
mentary school.
Farmers Start Spring
Seeding, MIlo Boilom SJ. STS
"The machinery on the Cassin
Miss Imogene Roye, went to Port
land the first of the week ' where
they will visit friends. Mrs. Roye
will return home in a short while.
but Miss Roye expects to be em-
summer.
ifTvvTnw tj -T-r-n c T j ...
wwju rea vi-1 . . : n rr ' '
esko commenced harvesting snin- M"10 iJowries nas been salvaged 50 mm lliroilgll Ugnts
ach for a Wondburn rannBr Per cent. Their gun batteries have WEST SALEM-Rndnr IVM.
. ... I lAntf 3ma k. . , .1 .. ...
m.-iuiieu ana erics: smiin was arrested Friday
u-vw una in use in snip or snore j ror violating a stop signal, post
batteries. ! led and fnrfoitrt 9 hail YfalnK
Even on the Arizona, hardest I Alex Amechn also fnrfoitMt i hn
USA - M ... , .1"
'u v iikjs ox. me main and for the same offense.
secondary battery guns have been
Wednesday with a large crew of
workers
, Shearing of sheep has about
finished here. -
Lafe Townsend has been dust'
In rteachp.
. Faimers are takmg i advantage recove.ped long with a11 the am-
ef the warm weather in seeding T7' " K "ie Bner poruon
mrin Ant and harW Snm im "P
planting potatoes, others are wait
ing until later to plant.
Annual Picnic Set .
' EVENS VALLEY The annnal
' spring Evens Valley community
' picnic will be held Sunday at
.the Evens Valley school. The
LIcLaeghlin and Evens Valley
schools each held a picnic at
v . 1 9 T
La "hlia going out on Wednes
day an i Evens Vail- on Thurs
day. . ::'; ;V- :U
Admiral Furlong declined to
estimate the value of the sal
vaged ships, but stated that
modem vessels cost S70.OOO.OO0
to $90,800,000 for battleships:
$50,000,000 for cruisers aad
$20,000,000 for destroyers. 1
finips tnat were salvaged at
Gccd News Ca
. Ccssiipalxcn :
FREE BOOK Explains Relation
To Chronic Ailments
The McClearv Clinic. HE517
Elms Blvd., . Excelsior Springs,
Mo- is putting out an uo-to-the-
I minute , 122-page bok on Colon
Pearl Harbor were brought up-to- aml commonly associated chronic
date before they rejoined the fleet I ailments. The book is illustrated
Their armament was increased J with charts, diagrams and Xrray
and modernized. - , I pictures of these ailments.' write
"iTnst f them" ir-i today a postcard will do to th
! long ' declared, "Are better than ,v? ar!S3 andc."U larSf book
when they were new." . . fCnt you FREE and pos
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Turner Relatives
Attend Funeral
Of Mrs. Small '
TURNER Among the Turner
relatives attending the funeral
services on Wednesday afternoon
at Silverton for Mrs. Alice Small,
84, were Mr and Mrs. Fay Webb
and Mrs. L. M. SmalL A niece,
Mrs. Blanche McCormick of Port
land, also accompanied the group,
and" while f in Turner - was the
guest of her aunts, Mrs. Ada Ma-
thias and Mrs. I M. Small. '
Turner, friends were erieved to
learn of the death of John B. Ken
dall in Salem on Thursday fol
lowing a long illness. He former
ly resided at the Cottage Court in
Turner for a number of years.
His.::MV;lWiniued Ken
dall, former teacher in on paint
ings here, and throughout the
state, survives, as do three sons. -Rev
N. Sherman Hawk, for
merly pastor, of .the Turner Meth
odist church for several years, has
purchased home ' at ', 1090 Nor
way street in- Salens 'and moved
there with his daughter Kather
ine, from. Hubbard. Since leav
ing Turner some years, ago,' the
family i had resided there where
Mrs. Hawk passed away several
months ago. Rev, Hawk's brother,
Rev,, Ulysses F, Hawk and wife
from back east have recently
moved to Salem. " V :
Turner Exercises
Set YTecInesday;
Seniors TVike Trip"
, TURNER "The annual eighth
grade graduation'will be held on
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock In
the ; high school- auditorium with
Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school
superintendent, to give the ad
dress. Members of the graduating
class are Geraldine Edwards, Eu
nice Bear, Freda Mae Miller, Max
ine Vigue, Dorothy Collier; Betty
Prior, Pauline Elser, Dorothy Mil
ler, Billy Mitchen and Wallace
Riches. Miss Dessie McClay is the
eighth grade teacher.
. Accompanied by Supt J. O.
Hussel and Mrs. Jlitcl Jensen of
the school, faculty members of
the senior- class of Turner high
school majored to'Suttle Lake for
their annual trip. Three days were
spent in boating and fishing,' and
the group also went to Bend on a
sight-seeing jaunt Mel vin Bakert
senior f was in charge of the food
and cookitig. ' f
The Turner high school stu
dent body, has elected nw officers
for the coming school year as fol
lows: president, Bill Towry; vice
president, Jean Ball; secretary,
Elaine Wood, and treasurer, Floyd
Watson. The retiring officers are
Morris Peterson, Doris Webb,
Bonnie Webb and Edward Hat
field. " . '
f.Irs. Hanncr Allcnil3
Grandson's. Graduation
FRUITLAND Mrs. - Emma
Runner and Mrs. Marcella Mai
hood went to Mapleton to attend
the graduation exercises of Mrs.
Runner's grandson, Robert1 Smith,
who has finished high school.
The school board met recently
at the home of Mrs. Roy Lively to
make-up a budget for the coming
school year. Owing to the new in
come tax law, the actual tax levy
in this district will be less.
John Slocum is building a new
house on his acreage In this
neighborhood. He has been living
in Salem the last few years.
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