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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1944)
Th OREGON STATESMAN, Satan. , Orjon, WadnMaaj Morning April It, 1S44 PAGE FTVE loastmasters Simons UnNon Voters; civu eiigiDie to vote wno lau to exercise the privilege of cast ing their ballots on election day experienced ear-burning Sensa tions Tuesday night, Salem Toast masters believe. For Toastmasters aired their respective views on the subject, "Why I Intend to Vote at the Primary Election.' wl ,. " m ne discussion was carried : on under the leadership of Lee Oh- mart - ' f' -. . r .-, bcneauied : speakers were, pre sented by Walter Lamkin. Robert 1 MM - M juunrison spoKe on : ine oeu ojt- tem," outlining the growth of America's telephone system from Its beginning to its present high . state of efficiency. Lewis Arena gave a score of reasons why Sa lem citizens should affiliate them selves with the chamber of com merce. Dr. Henry Morris talked on postwar planning with special reference to rehabilitation of physicaly disabled war veterans, Harry LaDou, a former mem ber of the club and one of its regional speaking contest winners was a guest at last night's meet- - Ing. In honor of the occasion, La Dou was assigned the affirmative side of the . subject "Shall , the Postwar Worlcf be Policed and By Whom?" Rex Kimmell upheld the negative. ' Speech evaluation and general criticism was carried on under the leadership of ' Toastmasters District Gov. Charles B. McEl hinny. " ' -; ' : - Ten or 12 members of the . Sa lem club plan to accompany A. J, Crose and William Deeney, their representatives ' in the district speech contest at Eugene next Tuesday night to the university City; KC Initiate Large Qass STAYTON, AprU 18 Thirty- five new members were added to the Knights of Columbus for the Oregon jurisdiction in the Baker diocese at the conferring of the third . degree of the order on a class of candidates at Klamath Falls last Sunday, according to Edward J. Belt past state deputy. Salem Cooties Make Second Visit to Veterans Hospital : faying their second visit to tht US Veterans hospital In Port land on Sunday afternoon, 15 members of Carry On puptent No. 6, Military Order of the Cootie, oispensed candy, cigarettes and good cheer to more than 400 servicemen hospitalized there. Cor dial greetings, in return, were presented to the' visitors by Lt. Cot; L R. Carter, hospital superintendent, and I his staff, who posed for a picture with the Sa lem men.'' . -. r '- v. , ; Before the group -separated into squads to serve the wards, Department Cmdr. George W. Watts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars made a brief address to the patients over the hospital address system and the visitors were wirml y ' greeted v throughout Cmdr. Watts is scheduled to ad dress the patients on the program of rehabilitation and welfare out lined by the "VFW, organization for-veterans of all wars later in the month. The visit was made under the sponsorship of the grand puptent under the leader ship of Grand Chairman Harry M. Windus of Portland. Those at tending from Carry On No. 6 of Salem were Grand Cmdr. Frank L., Prince; Seam Squirrel Arwin Strayer; Hospital Chairman D. F. Furlough; KCDB Virgil G. . Bol ton; Hungry Cootie George Mal strom; Hide Gimlet Charles Hunt; PUL Pusher Leon L. Hansen; Sky Pilot Joe Horneffer; Jimmy Legs C W. Prickett; Provost Marshal Frank Bates; Past SS Drew Lam- brech; Tightwads William Noyes, George Feller and John Coleman and Lester B.' Davis. Following the hospital visita tion a third degree business grand scratch was held at the Veterans building, presided ever by Grand Cmdr. Prince, where it was de cided to hold a grand scratch at 10 o'clock Saturday night June 17, in connection with the Veter ans of Foreign Wars encampment June . 15 to 18, inclusive, for which full arrangements for en tertainment and refreshments were made. It was decided to ap portion the expense of hospital visitation between the Portland and Roseburg hospitals to be borne by the grand puptent com mittee, funds for which are made up by contributions from the lo cal cootie units of the state4. : ;- Grand Inspector Ira Canfield of Roseburg announced the ap pointment of Cliff Shinn of Port land and Floyd C. Crosslin of Candidates were initiated for Ashjand as deputy inspectors, and Mt McLaughlin council of Klam ath Falls, Father Luke Sheehan council of Bend, and Lake County council of Lakeview. r " The first two 'degrees of the order were conferred by officers of the Klamath Falls council, com mencing at 1 o'clock, and followed by the exemplification of the ma Jor degree . by ' Past State Deupty Bell, assisted by S. J. Merten of St Paul, under the direction of State Deputy Otto L. Smith of Klamath Falls and Walter Hansen of Bend, district deputy. , C The new members and mem bers of the Klamath Falls council and visitors received corporate communion at 8 o'clock mass.- Fol lowing the conferring of the de grees, supper was served 'in :the dining room of the Knights pf Co-, lumbus club by members of the ' host council. Medford council, also : in this district, plans the initiation of a class of new members within the next few weeks, Sunday, May 21, at 2 pjn. was selected as the next date and time for visiting the . Portland Veterans hospital. Past Seam Squirrel E. L. Birchard of Wicki up Puptent No. 8 of Bend, was elected grand Junior vice com mander, and Seam Squirrel Wil liam Sairman of No 8 Bend, was appointed , grand shirt reader.- Jay cees View Another South American Film V:,-, M Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce viewed a 5 film re lease from the office of the co ordinator of Inter-American af fairs entitled, ."The Bridge", at the regular Tuesday noon lunch eon at the Golden Pheasant ' . The film concerned how greatly the future of South America is dependent on air traffic how the airplanef will transport raw materials of Chile, Bolivia, Para guay, Brazfl, JPeru, etcj to neigh boring sections of South America, Inaccessible to rail, water or boat travel because of high mountains and impenetrable jungle. "As a result", it is .stated, "people who have lived and worked as did their forbearers hundreds of years before will have a new way of life opened up to them. f President Pat I Crossland an nounced that May 2 had been set as date for election of board of directors. Nominating committee includes: Herb Carter,! chairman; Jim Beard and Merrill Falken hagen. ' ' ;- I . J .. Approximately a dozen Jaycees have ' Indicated they will ' attend the state convention iof junior chambers in Eugene next Sunday and Monday. j :3 Fir. Boards Price Rises WASHINGTON, April t.-Fh The office of price administration today Issued new 90-day sched ule of prices on Douglas fir boards and dimension lumber,, boosting price ceilings in order to stimulate production to meet army demands for crating and construction of cantonments and hospitals. ' ? y The changes, "covering lumber cut In thicknesses up to two Inch es, provide for increases ranging from $4.50 to $6.50 per 1000 board feet for select merchant lumber.; At the . same time, ceilings -on arger planks and timbers were reduced, In order to decrease the amount of the larger sizes produ ced. I . OPA said it was hoped that the Douglas fir Industry would be cut ting at least 50 per cent. of its to tal production Into -boards, com pared with a normal prewar cut of ten per cent and, a present cut of about 30 per cent . McNaryFiind Drive Starts V . i .; i - - - . Contributions to obtain $3500. to obtain a portrait of the late Sen. Charles L.-McNary are now being accepted by Oregon chambers of commerce and State Sen Freder ick S. Lamport, Salem, if was an nounced here Tuesday.! i I The portrait will be hung in the capitol building at Washington, DC. Sen. Rufus C. Holman will introduce a bill in congress; au thorizing acceptance of the jpor- trait Mrs. McNary, on her recent visit to Salem, approved the pro posal, f 1 The portrait will be painted by some artist of national reputa tion. Lamport recently was ap pointed custodian of the fund by Gov. Earl SnelL Astoria Halibut Boats Remain Tied at Dock ASTORIA, April 18 -UP)- The halibut fishing deadlock went in to its fourth day today as fisher men again refused to go out until the office! of price administration raises the ceiling price. Some fishermen predicted the OPA would relent in - time for commercial operations. YWCA Organizes New Boys' Qub : In the multitude of YMCA en deavors something new .has been added si club designed for boys whose fathers art serving in the armed forces. First meeting of the group -is slated . for the Y next Saturday noon,' April 22, featur ing a free chili feed -and program. All boys, Y members or other wise, are Invited; but are urged to call the Y by f Friday night if they Intend to be present Among activities of the club will be bicycle hikes, treasure hunts, paper ; chases, overnight outings, camp fire programs, dinner meet ings, ; movies, swims and other lines of athletic diversion. Weekly meetings will be held. ering Saturday, Popoff lost the crown of oranges which made him a figure of comment around. this city for the past week. . Asked If he had anything to say after his conviction this afternoon, Popoff, replied, T would like the police to make me a new crown and not be so rough next time. i Popoff refused to take the oath In court saying he would rather kiss Magistrate William Brown than the Bible. However, he of fered to take the oath on three oranges he carried. o Heaven iTsar Pays $5 Fine ! NELSON, BC, I April" 18-(CP) Bearded Louis Popoff,- member of the Sons of Freedom ..radical Doukhobor sect and self-styled "Tsar of Heaven, went home to the nearby settlement of Krestova tonight after he was fined $5 for obstructing traffic at a Doukhobor demonstration here Saturday. Twelve . others Doukhobors wfll appear in court tomorrow charged with nudity in connection with the demonstration. , 1 ' ; T When police broke up the gath- A7 8 -tv vV 1 pootono rrs mwnpuS sGvimKl audits ( ouMfTy and j vjy32W,M' v YOU HAD A ,W, Cormrtioa Quick Wheat cooks up firm, flaky, fine-flaporeJhot breakfast in 4 minutes! 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Regard-1 lng plans for rebuilding, he said he was uncertain, but thought the Philips family' which includes five children, the youngest six years old, would be able to live in one of the other nearby houses. The house which was burned was the one formerly occupied by the James Yada family, Japanese who left in the spring of 1942. It was understood that the Yada family had some property stored on the place. Th house was attached to a rreenhouse which was not dam aged by the fire. .The - nearby buildings included a hot house and prune dryer, and the Philips' new car. ' II , . r-rr . . - ..' v. , ' - j '. : i - i . ' 'i " I callihe ; . . : : ; I When friends i come Visits National. Meet - : - .- . . LEBANON Dr. N. E. 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