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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1947)
O 13t Th Statesman. Salem, Pray 'DO m S tale t mem Blast Fires Plague Guardian Building; Occupancy Recalled j (Story also on page 1) . ' The Guardian building, dating from the turn of 'the century, Is one of Salem's oldsst office buildings and has a history of mishap. J Monday's $500,000 fire was more ation and professional equipment. lives of two men in '912. Mrs. Paul W. Morse, 1674 Court st,, remembers that blast which occurred several years after her father,. Dr. B. L. Steeves, bought the then three -' story structure. Dr. Steeves took possession of the building in 1909 and for several months his family lived in a makeshift apartment on the sec ond floor. Many available houses In Salem at that time were infest ed with bedbugs and Mrs. Steeves decided the bug - free Guardian tuildine would house her family until a Mfs. M new home could be found, Morse recalls. Lodce to Grocery - ) The third floor was a lodge hall then and the. Steeves family was often awakened by exuberant marching 'upstairs. From the win dows of their apartment the Steeves looked down , upon the crowded backyards of Salem's Chinatown. IJhe first floor of the building housed a grocery store in those early j years.. he said. But at the time of the explosion the ground floor was occupied by the Salem Bank of Commerce. It is believed) the fatal blast occur red in 1912 1 when" the building had just been ' remodeled and someone started a fire ' the new furnace "without filling the boiler with water. The resultant explo sion killed an official of the bank, W. G.JEast, and the son of Bank President, J. H.' Ahlers. The blast was accompanied by a fare. S Rebuilding was- completed the i jfollowing year with the additional two stories, and three years lat ter the foundation was strength ened ''when vaults were built in jthe basement. Two Clinics Grow About the time of the additional construction, medical offices were operated in the Guardian build ing by Drs. W. B. Morse and C H. Robertson ' who had opened their practice there before the explosion and fire. Later other doctors were added to this clinic . itfhich has become the 'present cen ter operated by Drs. Power, Bu ren, Miller, Lancefield and King. In 1914 Dr. Steeves was joined by Dr. M. C. Findley in medical offices in the Guardian building. Eight years later Dr. L. O. Clem Seattle Tacoma aS 5 t 2 O & 5 w -O s- 2 w 5 z o ?; z r Portland ir a z o rcnclxco H - 1) H . ;.'f I ( Q3S3K3(Jfe5 t0' It brings a new 4hriH to T" j yor rmeori listening pi- " f. iLC in high fckrfHy.repro- ft r f. - tTN - daction. Bsnisho Burbank : fei W3&&il gLJ z "LOS Pv" othr distmrbing jgjST ' eZ Ms? Angeles L JC hkiontonsbtuty 'CTSlr - Long f fanuyUyd c f . , - - LI II -1 I X . V I it kin Diego: " i E fay" ' ,,. I OLD O OO Tuesday. November 4. 1947 costly in terms of real estate valu but a boiler explosion took Jhe ent joined in the clinic which, with the addition of three other doctors in the next 2tt years de veloped into one of the largest U. S. clinics specializing solely in eye, ear, nose and throat practice. This is now the clinic of Drs. Findley, Clement, Baum, Thompson and Dunham. Men Slate Chairmen for 1 Unit Projects Carl Greider, a charter mem ber and veterans counselor of the Oregon state employment service, addressed the Y's Men qlub at the YMCA Monday night concerning his seeing-eye dog, Jerry. Douglas Chambers, president of the club, during the business meeting appointed the following permanent committee chairmen and co-chairmen of the club: Boys' work, Cecil' Quesseth and Bob Ewing; young adult, Robert , O. Smith and Lawrence Rich; new member counseling, Carl Greider and Coburn Grabenhorst; world outlook. Everetf Clark and Leon Margosian. Program committee appointed was Ronald Hudkins and Bob Parks. Committee chairman appointed for charter night, November 25, were: arrangements, Bob Smith; invitations, Charles Barclay, and dinner, Everett Clark. To be pres ent for the charter presentation are Stanley Fleetman, district! Y's Men governor, Vancouver, B.C., and James Ellen wood, of the na tional YM ' council, New York City. I ! Chicago Rent Boost Urged CHICAGO, Nov. 3 -flV A 15 per cent rent increase for about 900,000 Chicago area tenants was recommended today the most extensive local boost proposed so far in the nation and the ac tion was promptly criticized by labor and city council leaders and by a rent advisory board mem ber who resigned in protest. The recommendation, . by the Chicago rent advisory board, was made public in Washington by the acting federal housing expediter, who must act on it within 30 days. The housing expediter previous ly had approved 5 per cent rent increases in Louisville, Ky and 10 per cent in Klamath' Falls, Ore. Inquest Set Today In Alaskan Crash KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 3 W)-U. S. Commissioner P. J. Gilmore called an inquest tomor row into the cause of the death of 18 persons killed when a Pan American transport plane crashed into 3,600-foot Mount Tamgas on Annette island. Several sacks of Ketchikan mail, some broken open, were brought in this afternoon. Search ers said the plane apparently ex ploded as it hit the peak. FOREIGN AID TOTALLED WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - -Administration officials working on aid-to-Europe plans received a congressional estimate Friday that the United States- has already poured between $19,000,000,000 and $20,000,000,000 into foreign relief since V- and V-J days. on .Q man icia ( i ... 1 mYP P UTT isn Dignitaries at the state funeral Monday Included Got. Earl Warren ot California (third from left in too with Gov. John Hall (right), the abeth, and bis mother, Mrs. Jessie E. HalL Below, Sen. Wayne Morse (left) chats with Chief fore the latter swore In the new bry, with KP- Homer Angell In statesman stair nbotograDher.i Normal Power Return Nears PORTLAND, Nov. 3-JP)-Gen- erating capacity at Grand Coulee will be restored to normal by Thursday when the No. 7 genera tor is again operating, the Bonne ville power administration report ed today. The 120,000-kilowatt unit was halted for adjustments after be ing put into service October 20. A 58,000-kilowatt generator at Bon neville dam, halted when lead wires burned out. is expected to be operating next week. It was due to resume yesterday, but re pairs were delayed. ' The BPA said all steam-powered generating facilities in the northwest pool are operating to handle the seasonal peak loads. Maine Forest Fire Heat Cooked Fish AUGUSTA, Me., Nov. 3 -Brook trout actually were "cooked" in pools of many streams heated by the Maine forest fires in York county and other areas. Evidence was presented today 6-rubo Suporhot radio Varloblo tono eomtol Bass compensation Gloaming Fronch GoM grilio Plays up to 12 records automctkolly r it v erejor picture), who Is shown visiting governor's daughter, Mary Elix Justice George Kossman shortly be secretary of state. Earl T. New the center. (Photos by Don Dill. by Gerry Wade, hatchery super intendent of the state fish and game department, who displayed one of 14 trout taken from one pool over which a woods fire traveled. "9 s c ' ' A. 1 4 1 m ... r. i - t , j Wr : VtW: V 1 ,V ! Wrm inn nmr?L : . . 7?-- v-' t:. '. IeitfM !. J-6ss "- no Get new car performance from your present car WITH OUT a big investment! 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Nylon hosiery scarcities are popping up in various sections of the country, but are principally in fine gauge-low denier stockings, manufacturers said today. They stressed that there are more ny lons being made and shipped than a year ago. There are various reasons for the current shortage of nylons. For one thing, the industry hag in troduced a variety of new shades this year hence milady" has a tendency to have more pairs of hose. t Also women are favoring : the type of hose in which' production is smallest the low denier, line gauge type. One manufacturer said the accent on fine gauge hose means a higher proportion of "ir regulars" in the production. There is more likelihood of snags and other detects occurring in the fin er types of hose. Alaska Says Hogue Outstanding Pilot KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. : VP) - Ketchikan Air Sen icr offi cials said today that Cuff Hogue, pilot of the plahe which crashed in southern Oregon October 28 lulling Governor Snell of Oregon and two other Oregon state efn cials, had an "outstanding rec ord" as a pilot with them. They said he began flying here in January, 1944, and flew 2300 hours in 23 months. They said he bad Tio violations and no acct dents, took the best of care of his plane and was offered Jobs with several other larger airlines." (SodiftJnltopu ! ; QP.'DO' Hurts Minor InWeek-End Auto Mishaps Nelda Hamre, Salem route 7, escaped unhurt when her bicycle collided with a car driven by Gordon Burrell, 1519 Gregson St., at Highland avenue and North 50i street Monday noon, city po lice reported. Roger Bamhart, Portland, re ceived a minor arm injury Sun day-when his car collided with an SP switch engine at Trade and South Commercial streets. - Jack Shulls, 719 Mill it., was engineer f the train. Barnhart was treat ed by a private physician. Other accidents Sunday in volved cars driven by Mrs. Alice Anderson, 1128 N. 4th st, and Peter Schaff, Milwaukie, Oren at Owens and S. Commercial streets; Frank J. Coumont, 1582 Court St., and Roy Patterson, Salem route 2, at Capitol street and Fair grounds road; and Jerome L. Lewis, Portland, and Samuel G. Rundlett, 1595 S. High st, at Meyers and Saginaw street All cars were damaged slightly, out none of the drivers was injured, police said. ' A car driven by Mrs. Jack Gol- dade, 2350 Broadway st; collid ed with parked cars owned by James M. Burkhart 330 Colum bia st, and R. C. Magee, 579 Wil low st, in the 200 block on North High street Sunday, resulting in minor damages to all cars in volved, according to police. 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