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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1944)
ILdDtoll FfeYS DBPUCeffS Laclute 7i I Expense Bills Centennial Luncheon, !f4ay ' The 100th anniversary . of the JVMCA founding will be celebra ted with a noon luncheon in the Yi gym at noon. Dean U. G. Du bach of Oregon State college is . the principal speaker. f Participat ing in the commemoration will be members of the Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions club, and Junior cham ber of commerce who will dis pense with their individual lun cheon meetings this week.- For those who with to make up at- . tendance,5; however, -the Rotary will hold a "round table lunch- eon. Lions m embers win be "wined and dined by their wives at a Thursday night picnic at Par ' adise island. Attractive summer dresses, bun ftreds arriving daily. - The Smart hop. Parse Blisslng The purse Salem, was either -lott or stolen! AwiVA " It Didn't Happen Here After All E. H. Showalter, SP&S BR su perintendent, has discovered , that the dumping, of gravel on a rail road crossing did not happen in Marion county after all. On May 1. he wrote Judge Grant Murphy that a railroad employee discov ered the gravel, allegedly dumped b-r a county trader in - Marion county, lust in time to save him self and the train from a serious accident. Judge Murphy had thorough investigation conducted and reported he was unable to de termine where the incident had taken place. Whereupon Showal- ter's reply came in Monday stat ing that the incident had not hap pened here. Shoo Woodrow's for new unpaint ed book and wall shelves - and chests of drawers. Also Willard batteries, Kelly tires, Nason paints and enamel, auto glass and Kem Tone wall finish. 325-345 Center street Phone 5558, Woodrow's. Ler-Haalin Permits Th county court issued nine permits for the movement of logs over county and market roads as fol lows: Willard Benson, Star route, Silverton; Albert DeSantis, star route, Silverton; H. A. Dyer, box 13. Silverton: C I. Gale, 1178 Sunday afternoon while she was visiting at the home of Mrs. W. Y. Richardson, 315 North 20th. The bag contained 1450 in currency, a gold hunting case watch received as a gift in 1902, and ration books. Mrs. Richardson brought the mat ter to attention of the dty police. Mrs. Gilbert though f the bag might have been stolen if she left it in her car, or that she might have dropped it after she left the car. - Clearance Sale broken lines of all spring vcoats," suits and dresses, Smart Shop. -" ;'--V.; . : ; . -,, ... .; Priests on Retreat Rev. T. J. Bernards, pastor - of. St Joseph's, Rev. Robert E. Neugebauer, pas tor of St Vincent de Paul, and the assistants. Rev. Bernard T. McDonald' and. BeV. Louis Rada- kowski, and j the Catholic chap lain for the state institutions, Rev. Daniel K. O'ConneQ, left Monday night for the annual priests' re treat. Rev. Lawrence Saalfeld of Mt. Angel, who was ordained in Portland, will be in Salem this week while the local pastors are attending the retreat at Portland university. " "-; ' - For home loans see Salem Fed eral, 130 Soutb Liberty. - Last minute expense statements of candidates and committees re ceived i here Monday, in connec tion with the recent primary elec tion campaign, aggregated 3845. 71, but made no change in the amounts of money spent by can didates for major offices. . - - The, time for; filing these ex pense accounts expired Saturday but election officials accepted those placed in the mails prior to midnight A number of belated statements arrived here Monday. Revised figures indicated total primary election campaign expen ditures of approximately $124,000, instead of in excess of $125,000 as previously reported. For the four republican candidates for United States senator the estimated ex penditures still stand at $27,420.- 47 for f Wayne L. Morse, $18,170. 15 for Rufus C. Holman, $24,420. 47 for Guy Cordon and $17,250 for Charlei A.! Sprague. Morse and Holman were can didates for nomination for the six year senatorial term and Cordon and Sprague for the four year term, i. Expense accounts involving more than $100 reported Monday: Mrs.yGeorge T, Gerlinger, Port land, for republican national com mitteewoman, $147.20. Richard Wilmot, Sutherlin, for delegate to the republican nation al convention, fourth district $111.68. j ; Mrs. Krueger Appointed Dea coness hospital management an nounced Monday that Mrs. Stan ley Krueger, widely - known in this area for 'her volunteer war work and American Legion auxil iary services, has agreed to take the hospital's desk in fifth war Irian hMHnnarfnt tr Th Vir pital is sponsoring activities de-In (lloVCrdalc signed to sell siza.ooo wortn I war bonds for purchase of a hos pital plane. Pius Avvears At St. Peters CIRCUIT COURT . - , A. W. Brown vs. Mariorie A. I ROME, June S -JP Pope Pius Brown; order of default entered XTJ gave thanks to God before an I for plaintiff. enormous y crowd including eol-l f John N. Petersen vs. Eleanor diers of the victorious allied Fifth Petersen; deposition of plaintiff army in the square before St filed. ., - .. Peter's tonight that Rome was Credit Bureaus, Inc. vs. Carl A. spared the ravages of war. h Jackson; complaint seeking judg- The pontiff also expressed I ments against defendant for var- thanVff to "both belligerent part-1 ious small sums and interest there- ies" for saving the city. His I on. j words, delivered with his hands J W. C Gabriel vs. Evans Lum- outstretched. ' brought prolonged I ber Co.; amendment to accounting applause from the multitude.: filed in response to request made Tt w nrhrm the ereateat open court, changing amount crowd -gathered there sinceihis asked ry plamtuT from $8234.40 to coronation. The assemblage tMW-M' estimated at botween 250,000 and If Hope Bassettivs. Raymond H. 500.000 persons.' j Bassett full, final release rendered v.i- i , .ftnn r A acn , wau, ana sausiacuon oi .1 t- Judgment Signed by plaintiff. w. v ,,T" a Quentini Rowland vs. Sarah J. pope Would Ro1orddef4ente v f Harold O. Jacobson vs. Milton pm. Half ; an hour before thatU wi-jt time a great crowd was gathered Unlnin Alnint frnm tnakin an there and long lines of people Ifa distribution of claims of stul were maiong tneir way u on creditors of Oregon War Wood foot to tne oasuica. - distribution to other creditort; plaintiff sets up aimUar case of facts to those filed by Harold Ja- cobson vs. the defendant, -noted above. ' H-ly-r. Herbert L. Stiff doing business as H. L. Stiff Furniture Co. vs. Earl Miller; complaint for Judg ment of $145 and Interest, amount accruing from rental of hospital mattress. C A. Williams Vs. Florence D. Williams; - property - agreement Davfenpprts Visit Special meeting Pacific -Lodge No. 50, AT & AM, Tuesday, June 8, 2:30 p. m. rurieral Brother Theodore Wick- - A CLOVERDALE Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schifferer visited with rela tives in Portland Thursday. Senate Votes Subsidy Ban j WASHINGTON, June- 5-(jP) Sweeping aside some administra tion opposition, the senate voted 50 to 22 today to ban food subsidy payments after June 30, 1945 un less congress authorizes their con tinuance through- direct priations. 1 i Senator Taft (R-Ohio), author of the limitation,' said it would give congress control over future subsidy policy through the "pow er of the purse strings. The bah was attached to the bill to extend the Drice and wage stabilization Snell, who attended the recent annn1 4wte fafaniia a e?TQ 4A ffnimr, . a vr a - - s sT 1 " - -xmxa streex, yyesi oio, nori at Hershey, Pa., win return Minden Lumber Co. 2990 North k v- i a. Schif f erer's . sister. Marie, who has been in poor health for a long act for 18 months to Dec. 81, 1945. time, is much better. Still to be considered was a Mr ind :Mn. Rmrm Daven- hiehly controversial amendment tort of -: TWImIa and Mn. Barton bT senator Bankhead (D-Ala) to I . . : ttt -nr Snell Retmrning-Gov. Earl sledge of Scio visited Ust week force OPA to revise cotton.textfle taS 7Zt man. workers, Inc.; plaintiff alleges the Oregon War Woodworkers, Inc. located in Portland for purpose of manufacturing i products from wood, executed to defendant an assignment of all its assets in ex cess or $4000 on Feb. 4, 1943, that its indebtedness outstanding was of approximately the same amount that plaintiff is a creditor and Stockholder in the company, with claim of $2718.03, now unpaid that defendant paid different cre ditors at different times different appro- amounts, thus lacking uniformity that check for $271.80, designated as 10 per cent of full claim then payable, was issued to plaintiff on June 24, 1943, i but payment on check was stopped by defendant who refuses to mike any account ing, and that continuation ot prac tices will result in' Irreparable damage to plaintiff. f David Harvey vs. Milton C. Bristol; complaint seeks Judgment of balance due him as creditor and Cherry avenue, Salem (two per mits issued); Claude S. Moomaw, Hubbard; William Shepherd, Mill City; and Ray J. Walter of Stay ton. - ' : ' "Cyn" Cronlse Photographs and Frames. 1st NatT Bank Bldg. here today, the executive depart ment announced Monday. En route home Snell spent two days in Washington, DC, with US Sena tor Guy Cordon. While there he conferred with federal agencies in an effort to obtain an increase in the forest fire protective appro priation for Oregon this year. at the home of their daughter, ceilings wun a view io uiung u Mrs. Betty Drager and family, market price oi raw coiwn .wu Mr. and Mrs. Davenport return- cent a pound, to parity levels. ed to- Toledo the same- nicht with friends from Scio, after spending Canadian AgaillSt several davs here in the vallevi v5 . with their children and families.; jRetllTn of JapS $3267 M, and a complete account ing; alleges defendant mailed him a check for $362.79, representing 10 per cent of his claim, and men Stopped payment refusing to pay plaintiff, yet continuing to make filed. Gertrude Molly Cathcart vs. Thomas Vincent Cathcart; divorce decree awarded plaintiff, together with custody of minor child, with right of visitation to defendant who is to pay, $7.50 per; week to ward the support of the child, and $100 court costs plus $50 in con sideration of plaintiff I releases certain property. 1; Nellie Lauinxer vs. Lawrence Lauinger; divorce decree awarded plaintiff, restoring her former name of Nellie Flood Jane Harwood, ! a minor, by Grace M. Harwood, guardian ad litem, vs. James E. Overfield; rej ply by plaintiff to ! answer of de fandent denies each and every al legation except as alleged and set forth in plaintiffs complaint Reva Martha Moberg vs. Car Russell Moberg; ' divorce decree awarded plaintiff by default; cus tody and control of three minor children awarded r to defendant with risht of visitation to plain tiff: defendant not permitted to take children out of the state with out ! order from court permitting such action, plaintiff at an times to he keot informed of where- abouts of children; property agreement made by couple Cld with court. . George F. Daily ys. Thelma Se- lina Daily; order entering default of defendant Tmi Banner vs. Harold Bon ner: divorce decree awarded jto Dlaintiff. J. N. Carroll vs. Robert S. Far rell, jr, secretary j of state; cir cuit and county court cost in the amount of $23.80 filed by plain tiff; amended complaint in. inter vention filed by vmenne m. car rolL intervenor. j " i Alton L. Tato vs. rol N. Tate; order of default entered for plain tiff. Delores L. Morton vs. Vernon A. Morton; order of default entered for plaintiff.-; . pi Josephine June Looney vs. Guy Allen Looney; plaintiffs motion to modify decree set fori hearing tius afternoon at S p. m. before udge George Duncaa 1 f; ' Cora L. Lanham and Thomas E. lanham vs. Rich L. ReUnann; motion for new trial argued on behalf of plaintiff; briefs- to be filed by defendant by June 8. Credit Bureaus vs. G. W. Be- dient; motion to declare automo bile exempt from execution ai- owed; car declared exempt Katherine Fox vs. Mae Ivy; case set for trial July 5 by Judge C M. Page. i,r:;;vv; ; R. Toliver vs. George Cw Peftson; set for trial July 7, before Judge Page. . --r:'W Henry Palmer vs. Laura 21 Pal mer; case set: lor trial June before Judge Duncan. f . ( Traglio vs. ! Lukinbeal; ; set for trial June 15 before Judge Dun can. -'-'.A,- .' ir ';" 1 Changes Commissions Fred Cast, for several years an em ploye of the state unemployment Claims fer 8 h e e p Allowed The county dog license enforce ment board Monday allowed claims for 49 sheep killed by dogs during the month of May as fol lows: John W. Etzel,' Stayton, 8; Herman Amort, route 8, Salem, 3; D. N. Coin, route 5, Salem, 12; rvMu W: Powell. star route, - St. Paul, 2; Claude Boone, Aumsvilie, en appointed chief statistician 24. land actuary of the accident com- Jeffersen Oiling of Streets niisskn. This is a newly created Mayor T. O. Kester of Jefferson - Mn. Williams Patient In Portland Hospital SILVERTON Relatives have received word that Mrs. Alvin Williams is a patient in Good compensation commission here, Samaritan hospital in Portland, has accepted a position as comp- Mrs. Williams was taken ill a trailer of the state industrial ac- few weeks ago but had greatly Cident commission to Succeed J. imnrnvWd. Lact week her randU D.. Berwick. Berwkk, who served became critically ill again. as compvroner since iwt, nas Th exact nature of her illness i not known but a brain tumor was feared, j " l ! . ' - Mrs. Williams formerly made her home at Silverton. Ludvig has asked the county court to oil j Announcing reopening of Andy's Meyer and Miss Althea Meyer, ihrM hlocks on Third street so that two paved roads may be con nected." The county will do the work and be reimbursed from the town's funds. The county court will inspect the site today. Barber; Shop, 182 So. High. On Defens and L sistant west See the picture exhibit by Ralph 1 mand, r.tfford at Henry's. Things Photo- Monda graphic, 469 State. Monda; inspec countie Fine comp Car Looted While her car was parked in front of her residence Sunday night, a manicure et and automobile tools were stolen from it, Mrs. Lloyd Reinwald, 148 West in tne Wilson street, has reportea to my police. : : . , , ;;;t '; ; .' Experienced waitress wanted. Top good shut. Ace com. - astal Trip State Civilian Coordinator-Jack Hayes! Col. C. Y. Bisenius, as- hief of sUff, G-2, north- tor, Western defense com- who came to Salem on from Fort Lewis, left afternoon on a routine ! n trip through coastal both of Silverton, are nephew and niece of Mr. Williams. VANCOUVER. BC, June 5-iP) Pensions Minister Ian Mackenzie said today he would not continue for 24 hours as a member of any government or party which al lows Japanese to return to British Columbia. Japanese residents Of this province were evacuated Iran the coastal areas early ; in 1942. Speaking before the biennial convention of the dominion com mand of the Canadian Legion, the minister said "we want the fruitiands and fisheries of this Pacific coast .... for oar own bat tling, fighting, enduring Canad ian men." PROBATE COURT - 1 1 Clara Crenshaw guardianship; order discharging George Ei Fur ber of estate; husband of ward, James B. Crenshaw, has returned to the state of Oregon, and alLof property of ward delivered to him. Harriet H." Durkheimer estate; third accounting for period from Jan. 1, 1942, to March 15,41944, by Charles F. Mack, executor, lists receipts of $8530.98 and disburse ments of $2165.98, or a balance of $8385; outstanding claims against estate include Judgment of ; $19,- 000 in favor of Willamette uni versity and accruing interest char' ges; order for sale of personal pro perty to liquidate indebtedness of $23,000. William F. Rogers estate; order approving final account of T. C. Gorman, executor ox estate; heirs at law are Ella Maas, sister, Wash ington, Iowa;! and four nephews and five nieces Clotilda DeGuire guardianship report by Raphael E. DeGuire, guardian, asks court to confirm sale of real propeity to Evelyn B. Halvorsen for $7500 through broker who asks commission o; $373. : - ' . I A ' Altha R. Carson estate; ap praised at $322.50, $200 of which is in real property, by Lester w, Starr, Myrtle-N. Shelley and Ea na Garfield. ship; fifth annual account by Ev erett Jt Morley, guardian, lists total receipts of $6365.07 and ex-. penditures of $6634, ' leaving balance of $83023.. J. F. Hughes estate; ordtr ap pointing Lyle J. Page to act as one of three aDDralsers of estate instead of W. S. Walton; who was prevented from serving because certain conditions had arisen. Stella L Parker' estate; final order discharging adnunistratrix from her charge. MAKXIAGK IJrarja3VvJ:;;tv; Harry S. Stratton, 51, farmer; May Marner, 45, auto mechanic, both Port Orford. f . : . Jerome B. Roshe, 42, farmer, route 7; Lorena Louise Mock, 38, housewife, 590 Locust, both Salem. JCSTICS COURT Robert Edward Robinson; . no operator's license; $1 and costs. Roy Herbert Pingel; no PUC permit; $10 and costs. Walter G. Harden; false swear ing;; waived preliminary hearing and held to answer to grand Jury; bail set at $1500; committed to jail on failure to post. Ernest Maxwell Wflkins; no PUC permit; $10 fine suspended and costs paid. Robert Elvert White; prelimin ary hearing on morals charge set for Friday. June 9: committed to Jail on failure to post $2000 bail. : Julius Pimental Tumbaga; no clearance lamps; $1 and costs. MUNICIPAL COURT - John Joseph Sheehan, 14$ North Commercial street; operat ing motor vehicle while under in fluence of intoxicating liquor; pleaded innocent and posted $250 baiL 1 . :. Beekman Hall, transient vag- m a rancy; SO aays, suspenaea on condition defendant leave city- . Glenn W. Willard, Albany; vio lation of basic speed rule; $5 belli Gerhardt W. Unrein, 853 South Commercial street; violation of basic speed rule; $7.50 bait - Ernest Joseph Zuber, 1810 13th street; reckless driving? $50 ball, i Alfred W. Whitesides, route 9, Salon; reckless driving and op erating motor vehicle while driv er's license revoked; $100 fine on. both charges. Lola Mae Bennett 1231 Franle- lin street West Salem; disorderly Lloyd Albert Morley guardian- ' conduct; $50 and 10 days. . rnnrrn ill TXT IIMPM UTmJ n wages, Move plained The Fred Slug Portland, was fined $5u Multnomah county circuit court liAst week on a charge of failure to brand potatoes. The charge against the company waa pretenjea by the state agricul tural oepartmem. The court re- Albany's; Nursery School to Be Moved ALBA NY Albany's Nursery school which for the past year has been conducted in the social ball of the ' Evangelical church was moved this week to the Central school ' building. Plans are for I conducting the school there dur ing the summer after which it is hoped that some other building more centrally located may be obtained. Mrs. Robert Hocken is i in charge of the school which is for preschool children only. nutted I $40 of the fine on condi tion of kuture compliance with the Strawberries Ready Farm Equipment T h e county court - issued . permits to George T, Rush, route 1, Gervais, for moving a hay baler on all mar ket and county roads in Marion county. M. H; Robbins, route 1, j qj Tympany's Associated Oil Turner, receiveu ptrawiuir station at Commercial and Cen move tractors, baler end combine street5f reported to city police over MR 35, 2, 32, 40, 41, 67, 88, Monday that a car driven over a Statien Damased Bill Whit- more, attendant at the Chevrolet For Harvesting CLOyERDALE June Norris is planning to commence the j picking! of his strawberries this week, if weather conditions re main favorable. He has a good ' '' '1aayy' ' ' Dennis Keller - - a 1 - - w I - I grTTf fTBT wcucy 85 and 87; and over county roads curbing at the station had struck patch this year and hopes to be 1 2 -year-old son of Mr.- and Mrs. 9Z9, 924, szz .anu m. wiclmaa ' In una dty- Sunday, Juiaa V Jeo dor Wtckman- late resident of 0 North S4th street Survived by hU wife, Mrs. Atiam Wfctanan of Mlani. and a ton. Vtarl,rotr of lnrrwr. Wash. Tuneral services wUl b held TueMiar. Jfuna S. at S pJB-, T. Risdon compaoy chapel, wim con cluding services at Mt. Crest Abbey mausoleum. - ,, SI al seae s T " Charles Sehmerber of Genrais. Mon day, June a, at a If hospital, at the age of years. Survived by htt wife. MT- Joaeshina Schmerber oi St. Loui. Ore.; a san, Loula Schmerber Zl SC Louis. Or.; and two brothers, one betef Julius Schmerber ol AUace Lorraine. Member of the St. .Louis Catholic church, the FairfWld sranfa and the rarmers Union. RowwUl be said at ttoe St. Louia Catholic 4 church Tueaday. JuneS. at S:S0 pjn land requiem maas wifl be aaW at the June Vat 11 ajn. Interment mBei crest Memorial park. Ehrection et the Howall-Edwards Funeral home (Waia-r-HoweU). .-...'.:';- a During. May comrhidln rites fojln door care were held at Mt. Crra Abbey MaiMaieum t Crematorium for the fonowmsJ . Ceorse ,C. March -' Carlton A. Wyman Ella O. MCCooia Cress O. Sheldon ; Nora Ann Winkiey -Z , Harry F. HaMaman; - Graea -Carolina Wilt-'- ""ST 2 Maria lespaclt ' Newton S. Smith Samuel Ti Bruue - Seth L.Whlte John B. Rogrri : Asa r. Dennett. ' CARD OF THANKS ; ' We wish to express .our sincere thanks and appreciation to neigh bors and friends for beautiful floral offerings, sympathy and kindness extended in the death of our son and daughter. MR. AND MRS. ELMER v nUSKTCN: CLAIRE AND and oamaged the wall of a rest room there either Saturday or Sunday night Police also con nected with the erring motorist i narks indicating that someone at tempted to jimmy a gasoline tank at the station. Beer licenses Issaed Lola Lar son and Byron Davis received a license to operate ''retail class A and pkg. store class 'B' " permii lor anu dty.-Cal P. Clemens of fiubbard received a similar per mit for retail "class 'B and pkg. store class B. able throus to get them harvested hi local help, if possible. George !W. Kelley, St, Salem. 1870 N. 19th ; iv; J '1 1 I ' ---'vftJV ijr nn no rrsli TT I MM mm -im lira, GPftSlap Oiisox, 8-6 FORT SHERIDAN, IH., June S UP)- A two-run double in . the eighth inning by tiny Dutch Pal met enabled Fort Sheridan to up set the i Chicago White Sox, 8 to 6, in an exhibition game played! before 3000 soldiers today. The winners were outhit, 10 to 7. Kscuver your naby ne oaajr wis aa mnch aa (First Prise) of the It 8390 asse DC WAR BOXDS effarad for tba bast "Picture Babies" of 1S44. It aaay a bra win the Waakly Priaa a 1 Lafe -Shaa Hamd Painted Oil Portrait. Na abtttattoe , Expenses; Filed Roy J. Rice, I filed with the rnuntv Herk'a. nf- . a A... - . I 7. " - - oiuina oieien oevi.eAsper, fice expense account in con-i 1851 South 12th street, has re ported to city police the theft of 400 feet of red cedar lap siding, taken from; his residence some time between May 30 and June 4. Special hearing aid clinic includ- nection' with his campaign for county. Comimissioner in the recent primary: election. He Indicates ex penditures of $7.90. Wife, Daaghter Here Mrs. Eric A. Allen and six - weeks - old I Ing free audiometric hearing test! daughter arrived in Salem from at Salem's only hearing aid office. June 12th to 16th inclusive. 805 First Natl Bank Bldg., Ph. 6350. - Bewne at Hospital Clarence S. Bowne, prominent Salem resident I who recently had a stroke, ' was reported in improved condition at Salem, General hospital early Monday night. v KeUU Merchant V. W Tre maine filed, certificate of -assumed business name for Tre maine's, a retail merchandising business in Woodburn. Tremaine's post address is 448 N. Front street, Woodburn. V t'- - - - ; Hospital Patient Mrs. Allyn Nusom of the Eldriedge district, is a patient at Deaconess hospital where .she underwent a. major operation.- - ' " " . . . Bakersf ield, Calif, on Sunday to I Join Allen, new United Press bu1 reau manager here. - .Hemorrlioirlg Piles Fissure Fistula Carraetad WHaaa Hi aa Laaa mt Ttaaa These eondiUons under Bine tjealui and reduce earnings. For years we have been treating rec tal and colon .disorders with axcelleat results. Latest Apavava -, Metaaas-. Qaick BeUeT . Cam far Kxaaaaaatlae ae WrKa fee Ft OascriBO BaafcJet Dr; B. Bernolda Qinie CaJraaractice Paysiciaa - Practalaetst Caraer Caart and Ubertr Straat Saleaa, Oragaa - XaL OOlca sets - ! to war fto- flt atf r. rtu at eYSk f -r- S'.t; i " s : " I i S3 i i c 3 I 3 j Q. t4 I j il'illlfiiS - .....J The tvay jim Blake figures U he' net doing anything worth uniting wp he's no hero. Jim sveilfhu can mround at a big Southern Pacific terminal yard, put ting trains together and taking 'em apart. ' But Jim Blake been railroading more; than 30 years, and he knows a lot of answers. Recently when we've had to train thousands of new railroaders, Jim's experience hasbeen vary valuable to us. We depend a lot on men like him to keep the war trains moving. i Late In 41 Jim Blake was ready to froit work and switch onto bis pension. He and bis wife bad a little farm all paid for. Bat when the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor, Jim talked things over with his wife and they decided en a different plan.. --. '. - i.-.1'- J ', With a lot of the young men off to war, Jim figured he'd better stick on the job for the duration. His railroad - wdhUcotmtiymirhtlwne -- - " " All this explains why Jim Blake Is still a railroader. - Hes doing his part to help1 win this war as soon as pos sible. For "Victory will bring the yoany men borne again m .a and then Jim Blake can get together withj his farm. Sonth. From Chicago, from the Pacific Northwest and the , deep South, Southern Pacific routes converge at Test Coast porta, bringing troops and war supplies for the war against Japan, ,; In addition to this heavy wtibound trafie, we must move to eastern centers vast quantities of foodraw ma terials and industrial prodacU of the Vest and South, ' : "i" ' . v ' ' . America's wnrtim transportation needs are ehaBeng ing the best we railroaders have to give. - - Our people: work today with the same unbeatable spirit that built Southern Pacific's western link of America's first transcontinental railroad. They, along with all other American railroaders, are doing the greatest job in tran. l 'v portation historyand they are doing it in spile of a great :: shortage of manpower. ;f r ' " , Southern Padfie and other railroads urgently need thousands of men . and women to 11 thousands of inter- , estirrg, good-paying, essential war jobe. L - MA ' 1 520 State Street, Salem, Orepn Phont5722 .? Other Blahee Stadtae Fartland MahfictdVajweanra- To Id-timers like Jim Blake the strategic importance of Southern Pacific's 15,000 miles of line is as plain as two plus two makes four. Ve serve the great arc of Vest and Tho friendly Scathcrn Pacific L E TS B U T MO RE WAR BOND 5