The CrJIGCn STATIC! I7JI. Cclea. Oregon. Thursday I 'erring. July 1. IS 13
Fire' Dhmaecs Film Colony Ilishi Chi.
Penney Employes Open July War Bond Drive
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Old Timers Picnic
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Employes of. the 'J. C. Penney company store- In- Salem are pictured
. which plans: for. another "successful July war bond and stamp sales
-. wfclch 'appears hv the center background, more .than- ten million doUarst' worth of bonds' d-stamp
- have been sold In the past year. The campaign; with S2 8 ,000 sales-far; the' month as it coal, opens
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J. C Penney War Bond Sciles
Drive to Be Launched Today:
For employes of the J. C. Penney company, July 1 means more
than the starting date for "pay as you go", income' taxation. It
marks the opening of a nationwide war bond and stamp sales
- tlrive'in the company's 1610 department stores. In a similar cam-
paign last July total sales amount
ed to $8,422,553.85 and Fenney em
.ployes are determined to make it
at leasi iu,uuu,uuu uus iuijt. ,
n In the Salem store" of the J. C.
'Penney company, as" in all. others
. throughout t the. land, war? bonds
are being promoted'.as "July's best
buy." Last "July the Penney store
i employes here sold $150,000 worth
of bonds and stamps and are . de
termined this July to exceed $200,-
000." 1 American-. Legion auxiliary
members will.be in charge of , the
war bond booth in the foyer "of
"the ' store "each"., business day
throughout the.. month. This is the
booth in which more tnan ",
000,000 worth of bonds and stamps
. I v rin' th nnct war.
navej wen -
Bruce Cooper' of the Penney
staff ihere, a "national and district
prize winner hv. the July.:. iz,
contest, is out 16 repeat He won
two $50 bonds in last year's cam
paign. Aain, this year, stores and
individual employes will compete
for state and national awards.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, who accorded ; the
J. C Penney company congratula
tions' upon its showing in the 1942
drive, has 'prepared a message of
' appreciation" and good .wishes in
advance of the new campaign. -"-
i "I am advised," Secretary Mor
genthau said, ?that the J. C Pen
JiAtMnOMW on) Ail , am
Eleven Oregon
Men Listed
as
WASHINGTON"; June 30
Names of 39 - Pacific northweit
men were Included today in a war
department 'list of 789 soldiers
held, as prisoners of war by "Japan.
The northwest "men: - ;
I -.Oregon: 'j ':- '' --"""
, Benson, 1st Lt',"- Gordon S.t
father, ; Steve : Benson, 507 Ala
meda,' Klamath Falls. . . ',
! ; Chamberlain, 1st Lt.: George E.
mother, Mrs. Charles T. Chamber
lain, co J.i Boatner Chamberlain,
1501 Yeon Bldfin. PorUand."
j Floyd, Capfc Lloyd -I,- father
E. PL Floyd," En terprise. " .
Keasey, 1st Lt Richard A.,
mother, Mrs. Florence A. Keasey,
$31 Southeast 32nd ave., Portland.
Kircher, Ma. Albert J. mother,
Mrs. A. J. Kireher, J 95 8 South
east 25th. ave- Portland. , ,t
Kirk, Capt Weldon : wife;
Mrs. "Frances B. Kork, route 8,
box 802, Portland.
Norris,. Pfc James P.," mother,
Mrs. ,Estella V. - Narris, .
Stage rbute, Eugene.
Crown I
O'Brien, Pvt Bernard J., fath
err Bernard J. J unen, route 1,
dox xvogue xuver.' .
Paul,! Capt Sidney F wife,
at a victory- breakfast meeting at
drive were outlined. .At the booth
Joiise Stands;
Against Crop
Insurance
- WASHINGTON, June 30
The house stood 'firm, late Wed
nesday in its demand for sharp
curtailment and': eventual - aboli
tion of -the administration's - four-year-old
crop insurance, program,
and shuttled the $875,000,000 . ag
riculture ' appropriations, bill back
to the senate. I - ' '
By T roll call' vote of 223 td-135.
the ' house refused- to boost tne
l funds for ? crop j insurance from
$3,500,000 to the senate figure! of
$7,818,748 .and stooai pat on us
language- calling Jot liquidation of
the program.
Tne" action, came after Rep. Tar
ver D-jGa)i' in charge, of the bill
"told the house after a conference.
committee?, attempted : ;unsuccess-:
rfullyio iroh1 out the dispute '; that
, he had . reason to' believe tne sen
ate will recede"- in the argument
The house, -however", accepted
' by Cvoice ; vote . a . conefrence com-!
mitteeV CQmmendation elimin
ating a flat house prohibition
against using any of a $400,000,000
conservation' allocation for 'so-
called incentive payments.
, It agreed to accept a qualified
restriction against incentive pay
ments which would permit the ag
riculture ' department -i to - use -the
funds to - meet commitments to
farmers made last December b a
drive to stimulate production.
Terracing, soil t conservation
Dractices ; throueh rotation of
crops, juid otoer. purposesi some
of which the - house ; opposed as
"incentive' and 1 "subsidy" pur
poses, would be permitted.
-ir (By WILLIAM R."FR YE )
ASHlNGTpN.'June 30.
ine , colonel cnies from Missouri
and laboratory: tests left him skep-
tical -he had to" see'-It to "believe
it : ' - " -
i So LtA CSoIVUKamr Randolph,
LioveJac' apdr.urgeoft . and - ai4
iorces expert on - lugn- -altitude
equipment," made a parachute
jump, frrmr. 40,000 feet the high
est .oa-record in this- country to
convince- himself and - everybody
else, that " the. emergency" oxygen,
equipment furnished to 'army air-'
men - is, all that laboratory tests
indicate: , . 1 . :
.... -lit was- his first jump," and he
said today, at a press conference
that it, would be his .last for .
while,- although, his only .Injury
was the freezing of his left hand.
The jerk of his opening Jchute
flipped off his heavy glove in 50
below weather. i
j Otherwise,- Lovelace - reported;
he suffered- nd - discomforts the
heavy regulation clothing, includ
ing oxygen mask, goggles and hel
met,' protected even, his face from
the cold. i- - - -
Lovelace jumped from an army
bomber- near Ephrata,rWashJ,; last.
Thursday. The parachute - opened
automatically;- and - the - shock.
"blacked: out" the colonel. He re-
tgained: consciousness at about 30,-'
000 feet," and by the time he got
down :ib 8,000: feet rwas fullyj re-
cmered.v.;4 - l - Jvi jJz-ksr 'A J 1
-Tie landedin a wheat field; and
-was picked, up -.immediately, 'and
taken to Ephxata airbase hospital
for-treatment "of his frozen hand.
"It's, going to, be all right," he
said. ; ' K"; t.Srr'i rrv ;
Jt'took him 23 minutes- and" 51
seconds to i float "down; 'he said,'
adding with. a grin that this time
"was -almost exactly what "labor-,
atory calculations said :it- would
be."
Gene
Convicted on
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30
f-Jive drummer Gene" "Krupa "was
convicted ml superior .court Wed
nesday of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor through the
transportation of narcotics.' . r
j- The jury f nine men and three
women- deliberated a little more
Krupa
Don
Charg
'. .S ILVX.R T O N : HILLS "Old
Timers" . picnic , of -the Sii verton
Hills district has been-set for Jury
1 1, a tthe immunity hall; An all
day meeting will Jjei heldwith a
basket " dinner Served at hooh and
an afternoon program;, ; ".
Mrs. Lora DuVal is secretary for
the group, and the. conunlttees. for
the-; day. are -Mrs.--J, IL: Maulding
rana Alri.r Q, Margin, . historians;
Airs; Koa-jparrisn, .lrs. Ira . Lor-
ojv kitchen ; . George Benson, J: It
Maulding, day .Porter and Mrs.
Sidney, Cummin g s, hall; Mrs.
t Tank. .Porter.: .Mrs-. Fred Hadley
and "Mrs. John Rinehart, program
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Survey Siays
' WASHINGTON, June 30 -PV-
Jtxcept for -. severe long-standing
drought conditions in . the far
southwest " where ' some ' livestock
is reported to have 'perished for
lack of ' feed i and water; weather
of the past week 'encouraged fav
orable development of the na
tion's food and -.livestock feed
crops." :'-V .''
Improvement in" prospects was
reported by the wather -bureau -in
a - weekly -r crop' summary which
stated that growth, - especially t f
warm weather crops, had been
very rapids The -week was said to
have, been "generally favorable-for
cotton; corn, wheat, truck f and
miscellaneous" cropsl ' " ' m . ',
, Nevertheless, warfood admin-!
ismuun , puiciais t xpressea t uie
opinion that 'insufficient, improve
ment had been made the - recover
the fulr setback eaused by the. un
usually "cool, wet 'spring; weather
ana iiooas. , . . ,
.The" darkest spots ori the weath
er ' and Trop 'map 'came from per-,
sisteiifdry. 'weapier finTwesterri
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and
southern Utah; ; shortage of moi
strue in sections of the east and
frost" damaged' vegetable crops in
the far west .
Artie & MrBle8seL .
a HOLLYWpXJ5, - June .
A seven-pound boy was -' born
Sakirday. to Mrs.' Betty - Shaw,
wife of; band ..leader Artie Shaw
and", daughter, of composer Jer-
Unfayorablei
Ciro's, popolar Hollywood film colony nlfht dub, w badly damaged
after patrons had left Only maintenance man and s ehef were
out They escaped without injury. Loss was estlmited at $5M.
blase under eontroL Associated Press Telemat
Appeal
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Still in Air :
7 No -decision had .been reached
Wednesday' by ..the state tax" com
mission, as to possible' appeal to
the state supreme court .r or r tne
Multnomah circuit ' court " ruling
that the : pinball- and box",
iaxi'could not be I xoHeclea t of; the
period, from . June' 9, when 1 .the
aw . went into effect, r to 'July
which opens a new fiscal -yean
T.Thfere were "reports ' here '. Wed-I
nesday J.. indicating v that : another
suit ; may ; be .filed attacking - the
entire. ct on: the grpuncl.that a
provision authorizing confiscation
of the devices is unconstitutional.
iuanning -Attends s .!
Laymen's Retreat"- t .;
. ST. LOUIS Alex " Manning
returned to hisl home .Sunday af
ter " making the annual . laymen's
retreat which was held at the Mt
Angel college. . - ',.'".--..-..', s .
. It started Friday "night and 'end
ed Sunday afternoon at, .o'clock.
Becauseof the workmen.1 it Was
made shorter. , ' ' v' ,"..'
There .were ' 117. men. from,. all
parts of ' Oregon attending. , ;' .
Aliied Handshake in Seattle
Slsnlfylnt allied cooperation Is this handshaking scene la Seattle' -
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: Associated Shipyards where two iter vessels, for the Tritlsh navy
were launched recently. (Left to right) Ltevtenant ' CSommander
' ' Harold Shaw of his majesty's royal navy. Captain Mark' Core&iasky '
- of the soviet iOgli seas fleet and Captain TFUIlam Malene Vf tie
- United States nary. All three had jmst observed the lanncLisg of
. : the brace of boats for the British fleet UN photo.
oy lire wiiica u..c-
on the place when the f.re tree
Firemen are shown trlnri-z t!
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