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PAGE TOO Ths OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, March 13, 1946 2 Salem Men Tell of Oyster Transaction PORTLAND. Ore.. March 12 f-Fv-Two Salem men charged with mail, fraud in ale of Coo Bay oyster beds testified in fed eral court here today as the suit involving 11 indictment against four men entered it third week. Edgar Robert Errion and Glenn R Munkers. both Salem, were on the stand for the first time today. Both Errion and Munkers testi fied that handling of the oyster enterprise by the Coos Bay Farm er cooperative during the period Ausr 1. 142 until after the 1944 harvest was inefficient. Errion told the court purchase of seed oyters at $1.50 a string was a personal contract he made and nt a cooperative purchase. He said the factual cost was $ 1.0ft- a string. Earlier testimony le vealed he was refunded several thousand dollars on the seed pur chase. Munker? told the court that truxst of the buyers of the tide water oyster beds to whom he sold did-"not need sale talk." He said "they'd inspect the Coos bay operations and then come in and take them away from you." He said his real estate firm of Wil lamette Valley Land-company was merely the celling agent for the Associated Coos Bay Land Owner. band ourselves together in such a manner that it will not be neces sary to resort to arms to settle these points of. difference. He called for a JayCee represen tative at the UNO to help develop good will between the businessmen of the world. I 694 Register AtVillamette Era-aliment at Willamette uni versity Mood at 694 Tuesday, after two days of registration of stl denp for the spring semester, fit wa announced by the university. Of the 634 regular student en rolled. 319 were men and 315 women, Sixty other registered as spcal students. Last semester only 190 men enrolled. Willamette official released the following breakdown of the cur rent enrollment by schools lib eral arts 572. music 34,' law 28. School Board Grants Tenure Changes, Resignations, Leaves Salem's school board Tuesday night approved numerous tenure changes, resignations and leaves of absences for local teachers, de cided to participate in a school needs survey of Salem and surround ing districts and set the opening date for the 1948-47 school year as September 18. 1948. J Si Among resignations accepted was that of Mrs. Alia Rieck, public school library supervisor since 1929. Other resignations were those of Leslie Carson, Carolone Butler, Mrs. Alvin Mullican, Esther Has sell, Julia Noble, Cecile Marshall, Dorothy Stafford, Mary Bany and Marie Klages. Leaves Granted Leaves for the purpose of ad vanced study were granted to Irene deVrie, Constance Weinman and Helen K. Bristow. A leave necessitated by illness was extend ed for Sadie Grant. . Sixteen teachers were admitted to tenure, effective upon com pletion of their third year of pro bation at the end of this school year. They are Muriel Bentson, Lucille Chapman, Nola Clark, Wanda Clarke, Dena Davis, Irene Duncan, Edna Fery, Ellen Foster, Isabel Goodnough, Irene Hollen beck, Eleanor Roberts, Forrest D. Smith, Helen Stanbrough, Olga Wikberg, Beaulah Wilson and Eva Wolfe. Admitted to Probation Six substitute teachers who have replaced teachers here in the past year were admitted to first year probation: Barbara Belton, Pearl Cleaver, Lorena Cline, Maxine Kent, Doreen Shogren, Thelma Tallent and Gerald Newton. The board also advanced nine teachers to third year probation and 41 to second year probation, raised substitute teacher pay from $7.50 to $8 per day, decided to rent four more rooms of the pub lic school administration building to the federal reclamation bureau and authorized the Oregon Chris. lan Endeavor Union to use the high school cafeteria for a ban quet April 8. SUPPER CLUB HAVE A WONDERFl'L TIME LEONARD'S it Fine Food Floor Show) Dancing! " V,tvn JSTte1. I nt tnn' a I I 11 v Lawyer Talks To JayCees on World Conflict A challenge to "raise our sights to the problems of tomorrow" and a declaration that the Junior Chamber of Commerce should have a representative at the UNO meeting., highlighted a talk by Alfred T. Sulmonetti. Portland lawyer, at the weekly meeting of the Salem JayCee Tuesday noon. "Just ask the man on the street what the most important problem I in the United States is today, and or 'control by the OPA'?" Sul- mone pewp'e .to realize the Import ' world wide' problems, and to try to jjndwaj of solving problems i short ofAvarV ' There will always "be conflicts, the lawyer contended, but we must --. 1 k i a S L Returning Vets Number! 7034 At U. S. Ports By the Associated Press Arrival of 7034 returning serv ice personnel aboard nine vessels is scheduled ; today at three U.S. ports. New York is due to receive only one ship carrying ,3399 troopT t:i A : A' rA ! wniie iwo west coasv poinui awau 3635 returnees aboard eight ships. West coast arrivals: San Fran cisco, 1830 men,? seven vessels; San Diego, one ship, 1805 troops Ships .and units arriving: At New! York Gen. Robert L-;Lowze from Le Havre. 3399 troops, including 38th engineer regiment; 927th field ar tillery battalion; 380th field artil lery battalion. ; At San Francisco Miscellaneous Eon following: Bronx from Guam, 1471 navy; J. Harrington from Saipan, 194 navy, four marines; Volans from Fusan, 75 navy, two army; Patap so from Pearl Harbor, 37 navy; Torrance from Pearl Harbor 17 navy, five army; Atlas, 15 navy, five army; Orestes five navy.; At San Dieco ; Apa Hansford from Pacific for ward, areas, 1805 navy and ma rines. I New Cannery Contract Gives 15-Cent Raise The first of a series of union contracts Which" may eventually effect approximately 4000 can nery worker in Salem and vvi cinity was signed Wednesday by the teamsters cannery workers local 670 and Starr Fruit Prod uct Co. Terms of the agreement call for a 15 cents per hour wage in crease in all classifications for the cannery workers, increased night shift differential, overtime, holi day provision and union security, reported E. S. Benjamin, secretary-treasurer of the cannery workers local, who with Henry Hohwiexner, general manager of the Starr Fruit company, signed the contract. In sharp contrast to the eastern strike situation, the ten-day pe riod of collective bargaining pre-J ceding tlfe signing was outstand ing of good-faith bargaining for both cannery and union, Benja min stated. These negotiations are expected to set the pattern in union canneries throughout the state, he added. Deiirieus Dinners Reeved ' From P. M. Hoo Shew - 19 and ' Open 8:45 P, M Maria Monte and Jon Hall In "SUDAN" , In Teehnleolor - Co-Feature Warner Baxter "Crime Dorter's Courage" Eyre Appointed Capital Journal Managing Editor David Eyre, recently returned from military service, has been employed as managing editor of the Capital Journal here, George Putnam, publisher, announced Tuesday. Prior to entering mili tary ? service and ffor sometime after his return Eyre wa em ployed on the Oregon Journal in Portland. : ? He- is a son of David Eyre, Sa lem banker. ine f njsyvumoir ui , r iuicionai and Cultural Organifjrtions, which supported Jose Tamborini in the Feb. 24 Presidential election, to day conceded victory to Col. Juan D. Peron, accused by the U.S. state department pf being pro nazi. i 1 IRAN UNDER DICTATOR TEHERAN, March 12.-yVPre-mier Ahmed Qavam es Saltaneh became virtual dictator of Iran to day as the parliament closed its final session without voting to ex tend its own life. SLEEPING CAMS TO COOS BAY I r Will Run Again Beginning Map 1 5th War-time regulations being further modified, beginning Friday, March 15th, sleeping cars will be restored between Portland and Coo Hay. li : f SCHEDULE OF TRAINS 1 SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND Lv Portland 7:15 Lv Coos Bay j 7:00 PM Lv Salem 9:30 PM Lv North Bend 7:12 PM Lv Albanv 10:35 PM LV Reedsport 8:15 PM Lv Eugene 1:00 AM Lv Gardiner I 8:22 PM Ar Cushman 3:47 AM Lv Cushman 9:22 PM Ar Gardiner 5:05 AM Lv Eugene j 3:30 AM Ar Reedaport 5:20 AM Ar Albany I 4:50 AM Ar Nortli Bend 6:35 AM Ar Salem ! 5:50 AM Af Coos Bay 7:00 AM Ar Portland 7:55 AM CoavealecH stag connections to and from Coauills, Myitis Point i Bandoa. Port Orford. Gold Beacfa cmd Crsscsnt CUj. X ; ' ? Sieepisuj ear reeerraUoM eea be aaa4e a4 My Uose- threh C. A. Lan, Xgeal. er My 8. P. Ageat. . j f. - .-- ' The friendly Southern Pacific 5 s 'I 1 ? '-f ' Legion Post 136 Locates Positions For Disabled Vets American Legion post No. 136 has. through its own disabled veterans emplnyement committee, found six jobs capable of being filled by disabled veterans dur ing the past ten days. Commander Don Goode announced Wednes day. The committee has taken upon itself the task of searching out jobs that can be handled by parti ally disabled veterans. Committee Chairman Keith: Holcomb stated that to date some difficulty has been met with in contacting dis abled veterans. The committee asks that any disabled veteran interested in work of this type contact Hol comb, Don Goode or H. C. Saal feld, Marion county service offi cer. Good and Sailfeld have of fices fn the veterans affairs office in the state library building. Used Car Bond Held Illegal The state supreme court Tues day held unconstitutional a law providing that a person who reg isters an out-of-state used auto mobile with the secretary of state must pay a $5 bond on grounds that the law violates the com merce clause of the federal con stitution. The suit was filed by Frank Bouthillier, owner of the Bouth illier Motor company, against Secretary of State Kobert S. Far- rell, jr. The court upheld Bouth lllier's contention that the law in terferes with interstate commerce. The decision affirmed Circuit Judges E. M. Page and George R. Duncan, Marion county. 'Oldest Member' To Be Buried in St. Paul Cliureb PORTLAND. March 12 (A') Mrs. Marguerite La Fontaine, 94, who claimed she was the old-flt living person to be baptised in the Catholic church at St. Paul, Ore., died here today. i She once said she went for her first ride to the church, to be christened. "My first "communion Was there and there I was con firmed," she said. "I was married there. I hope my last ride will be there, too." ; Funeral services will be held at the St. Paul church Fridaywith burial In the nearby cemetery. Mrs. Fontaine, who was born May 18. 1851, is survived by two daugh ters here and three sons in Or chards, Wash. Continuous from 1 P. M. NOW! AND rrs MAGNLTICOl TERRIFICOI rrroGuizAit COSSTANOS MOORS UCO CAIUULLU tot MYSTERY CO-HIT! HBO -gmtnA . m ."g PLUS! LATEST NEWS! - OrENS 1:45 T. M. - TTfim ACADEMY llUlf: AWAKD STAR! FUN tO-tUt! Iiarel A Hard? "THE BULLFIGHTERS' i OPfcNS :4S r. M. i nOU PLAYTJIG! THRILL CO-HIT! Beb Lirlngstoa "Laramie TraU" Scouts Traiii At Soda Creek Camp fSchooF F'ive boy scout trrKps from Linn county participated- in a scoutmaster-patrol leader training course at Upper Soda creek Fri day and Saturday, the Albany scout office reported Wednesday Troops in attendance were Jef ferson No. 25. Lebanon Nos. 30 and 51, Sweet Home No. 31 and Brownsville No. 35. Training sub jects included fire building, tent pitching, first aid, cooking, camp sanitation, nature study, night stalking and many others. Sam Cairnes, Sweet Home scoutmaster led a night hike. Six first class cooking require ments were passed, 19 patrol lead er certificates were awarded and five camping certificates were presented. Troop camping certifi cates were awarded to Scoutmast ers John Eskelson. and. Clarence Graham of Lebanon, L. A. Weddle of Jefferson, Sam Cairnes of Sweet Home and William Moffatt f Brownsville. Assistant Scout Executive Har ry Michel.snn of Albany was ad visor to the event, assisted by Vernon Merrick of Salem. Next Friday and Saturday similar ses sions will be held at Silverton and Mehama. FIRM PAYS OPA FINE PORTLAND, March 12 (P The district OPA announced today Services for Seldon Gwin Set Wednesday MONMOUTH. March t2. -(Spec ial)- Funeral services will be held in the Christian church here at p. m. Wednesday for Seldon Gwin, 81, lifelong resident of Ore gon, who died Sunday at the fam ily home here. The Rev. Rayf Armstrong will officiate and interment will be at Fir Crest cemetery, with Smith Baun funeral home in charge. The deceased was the last sur viving of seven children of the late James and Mary Boothby Gwin, early Oregon Settlers who established their home In Eola a home that later was the resi dence of former Governor Patter son. The late Mr. Gwin was a farmer and as a younger man had been a carpenter and a logger. He was a member of the Christian church of Monmouth. Surviving are his widow, Ada; two nephews, Harold Gwin of Salem and Earl Gwin of Renton, Wash.; a niece, Mrs. Gladys Schuricht of Los Angeles, Calif., and two stepchildren, Mrs. Maud Meyers of Billings, Mont., and Bud Sumpter of Falls City. Fire Loss Totals Nearly $10,000 The fire which late Monday destroyed a dairy barn, 10 cows, six calves and some dry feed at the state training school for boys near Woodburn, resulted , in a loss of nearly $10,000. Roy Mills, secretary of the state board of control, announced here Tuesday. Officials said the barn would be rebuilt. The loss was protect ed by the state restoration fund which contains approximately $381,000. Snows Hamper i Travel on Road Recent heavy snowl and rains are beginning to endanger traffic on the South ,Santiam highway between milcposts 67 and 72, State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock reported Tuesday. Other road conditions: Government Camp - - Snowing with 9 inches of new snow. Pack ed snow on roadway between milepost 52 on the Mt. Hood high way and ,milepost 19 on the Wap anitia highway. Santlam Junction - - Seven in ches new snow with packed snow and slush on roads throughout district. Seventy-two inches of snow at the junction and 53 in ches at the summit. Astoria - - Lower Columbia highway closed at east city limits of Astoria with detourt through Tongue Point naval base. One way traffic between Mist and Clatskanie. The Dalles - - Light : rain. All roads normal. M e i c h i m Overcast. Some rain and slush on pavement. that Oregon Auto Wrecking. Sa lem had paid $22.50 in settlement for overcharging on an inner tube. Suburban Group j Tops Bed Cross Drive Progress A total of $27,156 18 of the goal of $66,000 was In for the Marian county Red Cross fund campaign at the close of Tuesday. Leading the individual group quotas is the suburban divisions of which Mrs. Nettle Spaulding is chairman. This divisiop has 77 per cent of it quota in. Fine response is coming In from Silverton,. Monitor, and Mt. Angel, report Dr. E. E. Boring, general drive chairman, and his co-chair-Dent Reed. The two visited those areas Tuesday. Frank A. Doerfler, head of the rural divi sion, and Mrs. Olive D. Bynon, chapter executive manager, visit ed Gervais, Keizer, Cieartake, and Buena Crest districts Tuesday and also reported good work in those sections. Workers and sub - chairmen both are being spurred on by drive headquarters to complete their solicitation as quickly , as possible and get reports in. SWEDEN MAY JOIN UNO STOCKHOLM, March 12-iV The Swedish government today aked parliament for its approval to join the United Nations organ ization. In a formal commentary, the cabinet explained to parlia ment that membership "means giv ing up me neuirauiy line woicn Swedish foreign policy has fol lowed for more than a century." Lost Times Today Ben Ames Williams' dra matic best-seller of a pos sessive woman whose sin was the deadliest of all I TTJi -"C mmm if. lyntMBil Co-Hit: "Shadow Returns' Continuous Today From 1 P.M. mi Hi STARTS TODAY! Mi) etfSVS flflMMM kf ssy sss srses sy alftit . , , art !! if tts m unset CHIMIM NCTMES prtists aura JOSLYH ran j KEYES ! CKAPMAH aiMa fssVsss! 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