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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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"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
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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.
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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."
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