The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 13, 1944, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextFoundry Labor Wins Support WMC, WPB SEATTLE, 'Jan. 12 Pa cific northwest foundry workers. anme - of whom walked out last ttc u ulr- POrt . of wage increase demand. won support of the war manpower ' commission .and war production Imanl in ' ttimrlc i1i!vilnnmmt - at " a j regional - war labor board A win to the board from ' 3h seph D. Keenan, vice chairman of th office, of labor production in. Washington, DC, said: - We hereby reaffirm Seattle WPB and WMC I statements an foundry production and manpow er crisis. Aircraft, landing craft, - heavy trucks and : other high, ur gency products ! depend on - in creased production in these foun dries. WMC emphasizes critical . neea ior jouniejioea, ohhucti uu y . . . . . , , l . states higher wages would' make -it possible to retain skilled work ers now '.employed and : recruit needed labor." -i Keenan expressed favor of elim inating the WLB panel recommen dation of premium pay of 10 cents an hour to not more than 25 per - cent of the workers in the foun dries, on the basis ot superior work, contending that it would "result in intra-plant inequities . detrimental to morale and pro duction." " The AIT foundry workers' un ion .spokesman expressed opposi tion to the premium pay propos al and to the panel-proposed in crease of 2 to 5 cents for un skilled workers. He said the union stands -by its demand for an 8 cent ' hourly ay Increase. ? ; Denzil Hafley, representing em ployers, : denied there was any more labor shortage In the foun- . dries than in industry- generally. He contended that the journey man rate of $1.20 was granted to give foundry workers parity with shipyard employes, and that . the rate should stand. The board took the case under advisement. Nelson Shoots Sizzling 69 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 W) Byron Nelson of Toledo, 0 one of, the favorites to capture the $10,000 San Francisco victory op en golf tournament, starting Fri day- fired another sensational" practice round at the Harding park course today. He chalked up a 35-34-9 against the 38-S8r-72 , Nelson's partner, Harold Jug McSpaden of Philadelphia,' winner of the $12,500 Los Angeles open .last Monday, also turned in a sub- par round today, carding 35-33 70. Plan Visit To Minnesota BUENA VISTA Mrs. Roy Wheeler and daughter. Miss Mar tha Ball and baby, left Sunday for Portland enroute to Minneso ta where they will spend several weeks with Mrs. Wheeler's daughter 'and family. ; Mr. and, Mrs. Vera McGowan and family were Sunday guests at Perry Wells home. . Mrs. Dane Purvine is in Salem earing for her father who is 111. Mrs.' Ruth Sullivan resumed her duties in her school room at Winchester bay this week- Willxunette Boat Operators Join PORTLAND, Jan. 12 Or ganization of the Locks Towing finrany.'lncl by six upper Wil- ' lametteriver towboat operators to handle all log movements througn the -Oregon City' locks ; was an nrninced -today. - v Thercompany will have, offices ; at Willamette with. R. KeU as man- s ager" Log rafts: fromv as far up- f '?. river as Corvallis win. be moved , to holding grounds between .kocx Island- and the l locks for move - , t t. , tk. . K - the xneni mrouaMi mc vm. ij company to towboats operating w , . Portiand jand beyond. OSC Stuclenfi Return After Holiday Recess "WOODBURN Miss MiUicent Evenden has returned to Corvallis for the second , term's work after spending the vacation - with her parents,.' Mr. and Mrs, " Fred ' .G. Evenden.- ' . . ". . V: ."'.:.-r- '. Miss Vlrgirik.Wmiams and Hiss Jean Royce, students at OSC spent a week with their parents, Mrs. W. J. Williams and Mr. , and Mrs. SL E. Royse, and have returned to the collest for the winter term. ': Tuclier Nsmed Chief ; Of FixDepsrtnient SILVERTON L. F. Tucker was elected fire chief at the an nual meeti helJ Monday nl;ht at the Crenen's roorb In the city hail. . v;" :""; - "":X.:-y- WHHam Elock was made assist ant wiCi Lewis Yates and Arthur Dahl as additions! assLstants. Lloyd Larsta was electa I secrery treasurer tsi Hr. Tat?s custil2n f the fe hill. VRA Characdwith Concealing Tula - 1 New charges that the war relocation Jaoanese interneea as tha Tale with prosecution far Illegal llqaor operations. Federal authorities are haldinsr as possible evidence a cooper still and samnles ef lOOt rations .ef sakl which. assertedly flowed freely at the camp be fore the army took ever last November. The Hqsar was stored m bottles, kegs and barrels. Photo hiu tiu hu imhtuM i ffJml mil fcirv i Isdietment lmnends. It i was Indicated at Redding. Calif. (Intarnailenal) $30,850,000 Program Planned To Improve Orego PORTLAND, Jan. 12-(JP-A $30,850,000 program which would do away; with twisting roads and decrepit bridges and network in Oregon with a modern highway system was drafted today by the state highway commission. The program- still tentative later meeting was discussed following acceptance of an $1$,- 261,000 budget for 1944. R. H. Baldock, state highway resent the commission at congres sional -committee hearings on a bill which would furnish Oregon with funds needed for proposed highway projects. Hearings on the bin, which earmark Oregon for $15,000,000 annually for three years out of a total $3,000,000,000 aDDroDiiation. ooen February 15 at Washington. '" Meanwhile, the commission will submit many of the road projects to the public roads administration, and begin drafting plans for an $4,565,000 from federal i co additional $20,000,000 of construe- Uoerative funds plus miscel- tion. Commissioners termed comple tion of the Pacific highway through and beyond Eugene "the first thing on ; our postwar program. Improvement of the Columbia riv er highway was estimated at $4,- 302,000.- - " . --a LtU'avfaMotirsi Tr-iyst til ff avOtr 1 Ar1 Atn 4m' AAmnlsittntf tit sTftr in highway 07 between Modoc finish the Warm Springs cutoff from -ML Hood to Madras; $75,- 000 to complete the north unit of Marshfield-Coquille connections. Other projects fart ot . nearly two dozen suggestions for the pri-ner 0f the office of price admin mary highway system included J istration (OPA) in i Los Angeles, construction of a' coastal highway between Spencer creek and New- port; straightening ; of the Tilla- mook-Pleasant Valley stretch of hiahwav 101: : Madras-Juniper creek -Crooked river highway con- nections; l improvement- on The Dalles-California highway, on the Santiam pass, ', and on the John Day highway. ; : . f : In the approved 1944 budget, Oregon counties were- slated to receive a 15.7 per cent slice of the 12th Changes Head 1 1 ; r L XUtlrement ef Vice Ado. John W. Greenslade. CeUevme. CLla, as eemmander ef the western sea frontier and 12th naval Ostriet. wI2 prompt a aeries ef eom- mas J eJauires effeeUve Febr 1 tary L Tiear Afim.-CaTll; 17. rler, Ealelxb." NC. (to?) be 'eemes western sea frontier com niaader and Rear Adm. CaiUtan H. V.V.iLt (below), Crestwood. Eyw teccaes lZih strict eom rr.zr.l:t from sea Caty. (AP wire; Lata) st isji-AjiP3agiv'yfi authority (WRA) attempted te Like. Calir. serrenuon center, eame as internees were ii n iivqys f i ' and slated to come up again at a J ;M' . ; ! engineer, was authorized to rep total revenue, totaling $213,000. Cities win receive $737,000, and the state police, $425,000. ' The commission apportioned $3,603,000 for capital i investment this year, $6,037,000 for mainten ance, and $387,000 for; operation. Budget revenue was ; based on an estimated $3000,000 from mo tor . vehicle 1 licenses j $6,000,000 from gasoUne ? taxes,: $1,600,000 from motor transportation fees. laneous ? revenue and 1943's left over balance. - - - V'i i "N!., Claims for $101,530 damages I most in the central Oregon area used during .. army- maneuvers wiU be-- presented to the public roads administration, the commis sion said. . ',:.,,-:. PaSIlffer I lTCS tlarCler tO irCt 1 PORTLAND. Jan. 12-i5VPas Isenger tires are going to be Just I M hard to get as ever, Leo T. tient .aid today. 1 production has not increased as originally estimated, he told the OPA office here, making it impos- ble to lower eligibility .require- j ments below the current; level of 601 miles a month. t M i L :t Centner termed the ;west coast gasoline situation "serious," but did not give any indication ot tne amount or date of an oft - rum ored gas ration cut.' . ; HPA r.,w All Tile For lliis John Doe PORTLAND, Jan. hlMJP)--Fertlaader. who eattmlalaed to the- office ef price administra tion (OPA) that tris! dental plates didn't fit, wasat dis eevraged when toMP artificial teeth , are set smder price een- ' trel. ; - ' -i I ' ; Heiretarned next day with another eemplamt. A ewly purchased flashlight wouldn't work.- - 4 -t y- Today -the third da rawing he was back agaiu He wenld like the OPA te help him find . a. lost wallet, he said, j t ! l: . ' Calf Hurled by Car if-. .i f ; Injures Farm Youth,. : MARSHFIZLD, Jani lj-WV-An- drew B. Nicholas; 10, was leading a calf along, the highway enroute home irom a paswre. ! ; -. i-- Two automobiles came down the road. The calf jumped Into the path of one of the cars. The car hurled the : calf egainst Andrew. Andrews's leg ; was 't fractured and his face lacerated from be ing driven into gravel on the road side. ,J-' rt ? ; The calf was tmhijured. ; Feed Supply Outloo!, Critter in Oregon ' POnTLATt, Jan. 11 -TV- Ore gon farmers face a brighter feed outlook. Secretary Leon S. Jack son of the Oregon Feed and Ceed Dealers reported tiis week. The state will have at least 2203 tons of soybean meal and additional mill feed will be avail able because the turkey crc? has been marketed, he si Obtain License PORTLAND, Jan. 12-iTVCal-vin O. Stout, Canby, and Harriet L. Colvin, Aurora, obtained a mar xizz license here t37. : Laho, Still "cover br" Qlegal actlviti: by May Take Oyer Rayonier SEATTLE, Jan. 12 -Cff- A re gional war labor - board executive warned leaders of cuspuung iiu and 1 AFL unions today that he would recommend that the army take' over the, picket-closed Ray onier, Inc.. pulp -and paper plant at Hoqulam unless work Is r sumed immediately. , The warning, came - from Vice Chairman Clark Kerr at the con clusion of a four-hour hearing. It followed the assertion of Harry I. Tucker, field worker for the CIO's International Woodworkers of America," that the union's mem- Den aon t intend to go nacx to work ' until all issues . have been resolved.? " He said his union claimed mem bership of 450 of the 640 produc tion workers in the plant, which has been closed for five weeks. Abe Kennedy Dies At Silverton SILVERTON A b eKenendy, 73, who came to Silverton 24 years ago from his native state of Iowa, died .here Wednesday morning. Survivors include thewidow, Mrs Goldie Kennedy," and two' sons, Arthur and Lloyd - Kennedy, all of Suverton. , 4' fY-r'S; -- 1 Funeral services are to be held at 2 p. m. Friday from the mem orial chapel of the Ekman Funer al service. Rev. Russell Myers of the First Church of ' Christ offi ciating. ; Interment is to be in Silverton cemetery. Pneuftioiiia Cases ' " Reacji High in State PORTLAND, Jan. 12.-iP)-Ore- gon has more pneumonia cases than at any time during the past seven years, the- state health de partment said today as It record ed 100 cases in the past week, i ' Pneumonia, often an -aftermath of influenza, ' Js expected to ebb with the.d eel ine of influenza, however. Health officials said flu eases, now steadily dwindling, to uted 1325 last week. . ! Fails to Get His Goat 7fJ- ranitrlur fiMrn T'tmM.X ttizili ' tSjltA t Set LU gBt ' OCt : f 'CtHeaf x pnsi eve m racl tenc. Thtir fLst S -I ncllx. rxnr.:X tczrlzJ L":r:. C-t tls t":;:il crrztT rr-1 TJontreal Strike Ends MONTREAL, Jan. " 12-WVThe 23-day strike of 2300 municipal white collar . workers; was . called off tonight by strike leaders who broadcast appeals to the men and women to return td their jobs to morrow and submit their wage dispute to arbitration. The workers 'are seeking wage increases up to $500 annually.-' .. The action of the strike lead ers came less than' 24 hours after a mass meetingat which the mu nici pal workers voted against ac cepting an arbitration proposal submitted by the provincial gov ernment-and the Quebec munici pal commission. - f . " : The strike leaders earlier i to night had announced plans for an other mass meeting to urge the workers to return to their jobs, but later it was decided not to hold the meeting. Despite last night's refusal of the arbitration offer by the work- the strike leaders ' expressed confidence most of ... the strikers would return to their jobs tomor row. ; Plasma Is Offered Child i DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 12-(A) Mrs. Charles Meers, mother of handsome, four-year-old B 1 1 y Meers whose life depends on blood plasma, aaid today she had received letters from every state In. the union offering blood oi blood plasma for her child. 1 Baylor hospital ; blood bank Of ficials, meanwhne. iaid they would accept forf Billy, in addi tion to plasma, blood collected by hospitals or other responsible in stitutions provided It was packed in ice and gotten to Dallas within 24 hours after It was given. ,- Only plasma is, given the child who is ; a victim j of ' chronic ne phritis, a kidney f ailment consid ered incurable. Doctors s say : he probably will ' live Indefinitely with plasma and is doomed with' out it. I '- : - ;; - : A steady stream of , donors marched Into the hospital today, helping' to pay off a 100 pints of blood debt which the youngster had incurred since September. Until the. debt Is paid off the blood bank will! not llow Billy further allowances of plasma. Anderson Rites To Be Thursday LEBANON I Final rites will bei read at the Howe .? Funeral home Thursday at 2 o'clock lor Peter Anderson who died here Sunday January 9. Burial will be In the IOOF cemetery. Mr. Anderson, who was born in Sweden in 1872 is survived by one niece and two nephews in California and by his friend, George Hanson of Lebanon, with whom he made his home for many years. ; State Banks Fees Cut 25 per Cent Fees paid by state banks to the state banking department we?e ordered reduced - 25 per cent by the banking board Wednesday on recommendation .of A. A. Rogers, banking superintendent.' It was explained- that the. department's costs have declined substantially, chiefly for the reason that it is no longer necessary ... to employ imiit bank examiners as for merly." I he-afTered to .rravlls -tie' 2.Lr;.xl '." ' 1 (itave) CSLTH Vira tls r- : tix" 7 c:r. TIa r:--i r- ) Trem3xid6ii3-lrecc3a Lcclied Into Kaker Iibsi-SHp3r:;T" " SEATTLE, Jan. 12-(P-A United States maritime commission inspector, testifying at a Truman "committee hearing: into the cracking up of a reported 14 liberty ships at sea, charged today that both his superiors and the Oregon ShipbuUding . corpora tion' ignored his warnings of "tremendous stresses' locked into the ships, and that a senior inspector once told him to'f orget it." . Robert P. Dayt who presented testimony, said he was an inspec- j tor at the Henry J. Kaiser-ope r-1 aiea snipyara at rxnruana jor if i months.; H , ' i ? His principal testimony was read j from an affidavit which he ex- i plained was prepared long be- j fore the disclosures ot the mishaps I to the ships at sea.- ' . I Day read from his affidavit that J on July 15. 194Z, he -reported l stress. on huU 561 and was told by I his senior inspector, To hell .with 1 it, and ' that likewise he reported J stress in hull 562 and was told by 1 hiar senior inspector," We don't I care about that forget It He said he was ordered by his superiors to cease, criticism of the company's fitting and welding me- thods and not to talk to the work ers. Day's affidavit, in the third per-1 son, continued: - . - , u I Day told his superiors he could not accent as - satisfactory . the workrnanship as it was being done Wm -V a jkMSMMHMaf aaml 4ka( TKa- earM14 I Wj uit vwiygiy wui uv wvuiu i only accept it as satisfactory ac- cording to their (me responsible I neaas , or- me uatJi. mspecror-s i ; jeffERSON Fast Jefferson office) atandards; I lam Xrt-mteA , Sda hih school "That although these ships were supposeory being - ouut to com- piy wim oureau oi ma v-B-. non ana navigauon ana w Am- erican bureau of shipping stand-j vu h 4aiicu, w imuuciea vj turn kdiw uoticcuH mrA tK hrlnrimt lnnM4Ar Tint in mention any deficiencies tors of the BNIN or ABS and to stay out of their offices and to tell them nothing; let them find out for themselves. : TV Tl ' 1ah ttrlth USMC staff inspectors, was pro- hiblted from reporting any matter. rjertoining to the work to a high- er authority than a senior inspec- tor; that USMC inspector's office further sought to make ii impos- sible for staff inspectors to reprt deficiencies, bad practices and var- iations of specilicauons to anyone; at Washington, DC, by issuing a supplemental ; written order to the effect that no inspector could write Ao ' anyone in Washington regarding anything , whatsoever; and that this order was reiterated by the regional director at a meet ing of the USMC inspectors of Ore-' eon Shipbuilding ': corporation , at Portland, wno declared u.to De the policy of the US maritime com - mission nd the order of Adm. Vickery of the commission; :; . -Tnat Day vtried, at the risk of his own job and at the risk of his civil service standing, to bring the above matters to the attention of the ' chief USMC inspector of the Pacific coast and USMC Com missioner Rear Adm. Vickery, as well as his own senior inspectors no principal mspector, none of wnom were mierestea m ine mai- ter, ana au or wnom aecunea to aiscuss tne matter wim nun." Dav said he finauv soueht an interview with Edgar Kaiser, a m ai f - a a, presKieni ox me corporauon, lasi April, stated the purpose of his interview, but was denied an au dience, Day charged that the company failed to use "any planned proce dure and , sequence of . welding whatsoever despite his repeated warnings that tremendous resid- ual stresses were being locked in worse people than the defendant, the hulls, "which weakened and the Judge intoned; "me court im would probably cause them to Poses a. fine of $50, which is re crack operv" particularly where fitted upon payment ch .(- at- . . a . a sle " l am4 As4t "w -, water temneratures micht be low. IhnvV of : the sub-assemblies were so badly twisted and , dis - torted from locked-up stresses, ne charged, that Extreme, and on- workmanhJce metnoos were tan - ployed in fitting them toto final nuu assemtuy." He testified that yard crews re - sorted J to ?' "rjushlng, x ; pulUing, pounding, twisting and using 100- pound jacxs ana aorens i buckles on a smgie smau secnoni to force It lnto'Ctting position." Day 1'read Into the record that he had seen -me oonom sneu -ox numerour Liberty ships Improp- rlv welded with locked-up stress- m .M m es so great that keel plates lifted off the keel blocks as high as two feet,-and then were forced down to the keel block with 10 to 30 ton blocks -of concrete, wnicn re - distributed distortion, leaving keel plates .' and bottom . shell badly buckled, - f - -r " "This condition was aggravated also from poor fitting, of bottom shell plates." he continued, "some seams being open as much as one Inch. Ctoenings were poured fun with weld material and left" : Sen. WaHgren (D-Wash). Tru man committee member who con - ducted: the hearing, said be was leaving immediately for "Washing- ton to lay tile testimony before tha ccssaitteer lie said the hear- in wniti y rniTTMl lata In Feb ruary, wiS. testimony to be taken t rre, at ; rortlana and at Ban Hep. Warrta O. - Mas-uscal (D-f-h). lisied tie 4 slips t. LIch La said were known to have crzzhzl -1 declared: "r.ssulU cl rr.y rrc::r.:r.ry .-fa-ulry ir.-Icats tl:-3- Lilirty sh!?s should r.:t.be used 'to carry trccps,.;.- - Another , , 'witness, :" '-' He 1 ra e r-- '3. director cf craft-tr-: f. ,i Craitli-Taccrr-a Eh'rL- 1- Z f the hearings most sensational thsf: belief the Kaiser vard's se- quence. of construction was wrong. t W hd lnmrted the Oregon Shipyard process. to de- termine whether their procedure was better than ours, and had concluded that the Oregon pro- cedure locksmhe greatest amount of strain in the most dangerous area.- ! - - . - CapL Charles C- Graham,, mas- ter of the . SS Chief Washakie, which cracked in Alaskan waters, testified to personal: inspection of what he said. was a putty-filled. paint-covered crack vrthat was launched with the huU of this vessel" tfV'i''' i "v. Survivors Of the John P. -Gaines, from which; 10 j men " have ; been missing since it 'broke, in two in Alaskan waters last November 25, also testified. Jef f erSOn Do"fVT18 . .... : 'a. - CIO Hmll IJUint jO ; , 1 t here Wednes- Jefferson B pUyers 1, -victorious over Scio B in a Dreiiniinai game itttm9m (43) (If) 8ele Bruce (14) Andrews (4) Cody McDonald i Tt,rrl)J rx t. I DM'"rrM Cole iCCD Weddle (19) -G (5) Bryan f"? G(9) Van Cleave Substitutes for Jefferson, Fish () and Henderson (1). Referee: Pate. . : - . Booth Kelly Crew Tf - tt j Flection 10 no, "r" f wASHiNGTON. Jan. " 12 -VP) A baiirdii: agency election was Ldered Tuesday by the national (labor relations board for the road construction crew - of the Booth KeUy lumber plant at Wendllng, Ore." ! f . The election, to be held within SfT days, was ordered on motion of tiie CIOL which claims a ma Jortiy . of the workers." The AFL contended the crew was governed by a contract ; covering loggers and miU' employes. ' . . . " i- -f. - -t c f 1 Adm. VlCkeiy to apeaK rp- rl J nK PORTLAND, Jan. 12Py-Rear Adm. Howard I L. Vickery, vice chairman of the maritime com mission, will address the Portland Propeller club here -January 21, club officials announced today. Vickery Wfll be here to see his j daughter christen the second vfc j tory ship from! the Oregon Ship- building corporation i , i M twUUMy OT WO fje KnetC Right Answer 1 T . . TWTN FALLS. Idaho. Jan. 12 (JrWudge C A Bailey asked W. F. Crawford, charged with Issu ing a bad icheck, "Guilty or not guilty "Guilty as heu," shot back toe defendant. "Inasmuch as.' heU is full of I v m 1 Rotaiian Urges Cluh's l - - -jaX," a tM Leadership After War 1 PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 12 -JP) cheyoe, Kelowna, BC, rif district no. 101. Ro- 1 Tnm.,Hnn.i Hriared Tues- I oreaniatioh must J a leader in stimulating private 1 industry after (the war. H uxged the Portland Rotary . fn wfc tor imnrovement In I .-nto-l relations and I waj - sr- r w place emphasis on Ro- u.f international Service phase, I ' 0 i j i j I Program eheclulea At AmitV Church l ux t 1 AMITY A ; fellowship , supperi I and program win be presented I Tuesday - at the Amity Christian 1 church. Ed Dewees of Portland, I ,tate president of the Ninety and i Nine will be the guest speaker. i onflfl Vntrtt'A Xtl erirl UUU lpectett Anentt 7ool Growers f.Ieet 1 -'. - THE DALLES, Jan. I2-ta7-Over J2000 members are expected here- for the annual convention or ine Orejon Wool Growers association Friday and Saturday. Conraittees - 1 will ' meet tomorrow to outline I convention business. - 1 STOCiaiOLM. Wednesday, Jan 1 12-LD-A Gman ship, apparent ly loaded with amsauat rd;J ia Oila fjord ia Norway yc;!;rdayj. kil:lr,3 1 our persons. ltlie Cwedisa ; telesraphie-' . bureau r 1 reported today.' This - was- tne se- eend errTosion of a Oerrain mu tlircr.s s!."p at Oslo wi'.Ma uiree JTTJ Y SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12-CD John M. Olney, Eerkeley buslnesi man, today was named to direct the office of price administration's; rationing-program in six western sAtes.. l - . ' : : Jlis appointment . as . OPA . re gional rationing executive was an- nounced by Leo Ft Genther, OPX regional administrator. He suc ceeds Edgar Sinton, San Francis co attorney,- who resigned because of the pressure of private busi ness after serving as regional re-i tioning chief since April, 1942. Sinton will remain with the agen cy as an active consultant. A. native of Oakland, Olney will be in charge of CPA's rationing program in California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and northern Idaho. Field Lowered : LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 H?P) The ' field of candidates for the presidency of the Pacific coast league was reduced by one today as Edward "Dunk" Farrell, Los Angeles sportsman, announced his withdrawal. FarreU said he would not be able to devote sufficient time to the position vacated by W. Cl Tuftie, whose successor is to be named next Monday at Sacra mento. FarreU was reported to have had the backing of . the Lop Angeles, Portland and Seattle clubs. : Proposed Labor JJralt -J nuuiu vuauzc rcff WASHINGTON. Jan. . 12 . National service legisUtion, as viewed. by Sen. Austin (R-Vt),one of Its sponsors, would force com paratively few persons ;into new lobs. ; : ' - - - .: J - Although most of the population would be subject to such a Uw, the manpower need now. Sen. Austin said after Introducing a new version of his bill, is for particular kinds of workers at a particular place and - particular time to do certain Jobs. :-i-:r ' .... .j .. '-- ,i ?.j ' - Mrs. Doerfler Hostess For McAlpin Stitchers McAlpin Mrs. Florence Doerfler was hostess for the Mc Alpin Stitchers Thursday, wita nine-members present. A conval escent robe was made. Mrs. Al bert Mader has , invited the club to her home in February. Mrs. Orlo Humphreys has been confined ; to her home with the mumps. ...... Townsend Club Plans January Meeting AUMSVILLE The meeting of the Townsend club scheduled for this week, wfll be held in? stead January 27 at the city hall. according to announcement by the club president, F. A Garbe. ' Mrs. J. C Peterson, who has been ill with pneumonia in me Salem Deaconess hospital, is im proving. I 1 . She Was Readjr Despite Doctor - -1 PORTLAND, Jan. 12-(A-Mra Isaac Hasson. who gave birth to a 5-pound 13-ounce boy: Saturday, didn't agree with the doctor's ver dict: that she wasn't ready to go .i borne irom u inbiuw. Last night attendants found her bed empty and a" window open. After a frantic search sne . was found comfortably settled at home. ' - '; "' "'.;: The doctor threw tip his hands and said the baby would be taken to Join Mrs. Hasson shortly. i Grange Holds Social 1 With Games Played . UNION i HILL - High scora prizes, for- "500" went, to , Guy Scott and Virgil Donaldson at the tal nl?ht. Saturday. Lov score went to Richard Krenz ana the traveling' prize to Henry Han sen." - : - ' Clare Jlooth Luce Cancels Appearance 4 . -" PORTLAND, Jan. 12-Wftep Dare Booth Luce (R-Conn), who was -to apeak here Friday, can-ceUed- the engagement today be cause of the death ot her daugh ter in an- automobue . accident la California yesterday.. ; j , ... Cranra Plans Meetinn- For Saturday Night ; MACLEAY The regular I grange social night win be held at the grange hall saruraay msnw Ia 7healbnd Area WHEATLAND Despite fact that a great improvement la apparent In the health conditions in the Wheatland district, tha eb sence of three -or four stuics'J each day' is reported from the school. ' These are because cf taJ cr... j ot liht ca:s cf ir.fluer.ri. Net the "Same .children, but c:..:r.:"S around la different ones In t'--.! tire enrollment cf. absentees, 1 " z s. P. CJ Il2-ner X? t?tc!..r, ta-rorted-I.:cnd;y. . OPA-