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2 The Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Thursday. Nov. 20. 1947 Planners Ask Parking Problem Get Attention of Varied Groups Salem's parking and traffic congestion problems are matters . which must be faced cooperatively by property owners, businessmen, city "government and the transit system, it was agreed at Tuesday night's session of the local long range planning commission, which Uo debated a proposed recreation survey, which was tossed back to the Salem Recreation association. Carl W. Hogg, chairman of the group's off-street parking com mittee, who presided, discussed Ideas cleaned from a recent na -tional chamber of commerce con ference on the subject, i i Otherf members urged a study of the use and adequacy of the local transit system, suggested that more employes should leave their cars at home to save parking area for shoppers and noted other ci ties' plans of requiring new build in gt to famish off-street parking or of taxing land occupancy to raise funds for parking areas. 'Hogg said preliminary steps of a survey are already underway to determine downtown retail vol ume, valuations and classification of firms as "progressively active, active wrj inactive" all with" re gard to the added business vitality J3 MAT. DAILY FKOM 1 TJA. NOW SHOWINGr l MUTEST j Ce-Hlt! "Tmn on the Farm!" AIRMAIL FOX NEWS! Selected Vf rrnna CONT. FROM 1P.M. NOW SHOWING! probable by increasing parking fa cilities. In connection with a hearing next Monday on declaring a 50 foot setback line on Commercial street south of Hoyt street, agree ment was reached that the meas ure should be extended to include the highway as far north as Miller street and eventually to Mission street. A conference, with no date set, will be held among city officials, the long range commission and state highway officials concern ing recent city proposals that rail road right-of-way along South ern Pacific tracks through the city be secured as a north-south ar tery. An estimate of $2,500-13,000 for a recreational survey of Salem by the National Recreation associa tion received the opinion that no justification for such spending ex isted unless the city were prepared to make more outlays to provide recreation. The commission will prepare more copies of Engineer C. A. McClure s preliminary sur vey and turn the matter back over to the Salem Recreation associa tion, which had requested com mission aid. Assurance was received from the city government that no per manent improvements in Bush's pasture" park are proposed until an over-all development plan can be approved. Told that movements were pos sible to -secure land in the Bush park for construction of a munici pal auditorium and a sports arena, the commission went on record op posing any such projects which would result in depletion of park area. City Manager J. L. Franzen was elected to the commission, additional member. f Mat - if " Mrs.Weddle Wins Trip to Mrs. Carmallte L Weddle, Mar lon eoonty rural school super visor and promlnaat 4-H club leader, who baa beest selected te attend the national 4-H dab congress In Chicago from Ne ember 30 to December 4. as an IpFOREVEirC THEVOUAII!PjP 1 FOREVER J AUBERIf 1 O MM Chairmen of Rat Eradication Drive Selected Representatives of civic, service and educational groups met at the city hall Wednesday night and elected committee chairmen to lead a campaign to eradicate Sa lem's increasing rat population. Chairmen selected were Dave Hoss, publicity; William Hamil ton, club programs: Roger Middle ton, school programs: and J. L. Franzen, finance. With City Councilman Howard Maple presiding, the representa tives discussed rat eradication pro grams being conducted in other cities, finance matters and co-ordination of the program within schools throughout the city. All the representatives agreed that the drive must be spontaneous and concerted and designed to bring the problem forcefully to the pub lie's attention. Chairmen elected at the meeting indicated they would meet several times before next Wednesday when they will confer again in Franzen's offiee to submit plans lor a detinue campaign. Attending th meeting besides the committeemen were H. B. Johnson. Sa lem public school administrator; John v. Brennan. local exterminator; Mrs. EstUl I Brunk. president of the Sa lem Woman's duo; Mrs. Wilmer Wells and Mrs. Chester: Pickens, Salem Ro tary club auxiliary: W. B. Quinn, city restaurant inspector; Batty Cooper, city sanitary inspector: Lenore Head- ley. Marion county health educator: Robert J. Brady, jr.. Salem Exchange club: Mrs. Marian Wooden, president of the Business and Professional Worn- en's club and Gurnet Flesher, vice principal of Salem high. Salem high student at the meeting was noser Miaaieion. arnsn Junior high was represented by Don Herring, student body president, Pat Filler, sec retary, and Helen Germain, vice-president. Diane Reed, student body pre sident, represented Leslie junior high, and from Sacred Heart academy were Tom Brennan, Rita Lancaster, Mary w m i ana nay (.omsiocs. Slsfnsg - LINDA DARNELL-CORNEL WILDE RICHARD GREENE GEORGE SANDERS Bractoiky redans y 6TT8 MMIXeE! W1UUM PEILEEIS fim wIMBLEEl WINSei ! 20CMTuer-ox OPENS C:45 P.M. Nowl (Adults 35c) Jimmy Caaney "FRISC0 KID" . Thrill Co-Hit! Smiley Bantette fCede of the Prairie" VflL Chapter No. 7 72H James Bides Again" CAKTOON - NEWS! asm ID w 1 are Toastmistress Speeches Vary Table topics which varied from Bring the Wife of An Author" to "How I Trained My Husband to Buy My Hats" featured the Toast mistress meeting Wednesday night at Nohlgrens restaurant. Lois Hamer was in charge of table topic! and Mri. Raymond Walsh was toastmistress of the evening. Speakers were Mrs. James Hartley, "AlUMen Are Brothers'; Mrs. H. Simpson, a maiden speech. and Kathryn McKinnon, Dis eases of Hatred". A. D. Long from Salem Toastmastera was the guest critic. Mrs. David H. Cameron, form er member or saiem Toastmist ress, was a guest. It was an nounced that Mrs. Donald Nelson, the former Grace Bottler, a mem ber and former president of Sa lem Toastmistress, is president of the newly re-activated Port land Toastmistress. The Gibraltar colony of Brit ain has an area of only one and seven-eighths square miles. 4-HC on gress Mrs. Carmallte I. Weddle, Mar lon county rural school supervisor and prominent 4-H club leader for 19 years, has been selected to attend the national 4-H club congress in Chicago from Novem ber 30- to December 4, County Club Agent Anthol Riney an nounced Wednesday. Mrs. Weddle was one of two Oregon delegates chosen from a field of 23 men and women from all parts of the state. The other delegate chosen was Clayton Ny- berg of Tualatin in Washington county. Te Leave Soon The two leaders will accom pany an Oregon delegation of 4-H j dub boys and girls who will leave Portland by the streamliner train for Chicago on Thanksgiving day. Riney made his announcement of the selections after receiving the information from L. J. Allen, state 4-H leader at Oregon State college in Corvallis. The trip is sponsored by the Oregon Bankers association and paid for by the Meier and Frank company of Portland. During 19 year in 4-H work, Mrs. Weddle hat led 110 clubs with a total enrollment of 856 members. She first started her leadership activities in 1927, head ing sewing, livestock and health dubs. Since then she has con tinued to head from on to 12 clubs each year. Second County Woman Honored Mrs. Weddle is the second Mar ion county woman to receive the loader appointment within the past three yean. Theresa Dehler, Mt Angel grade school principal, was appointed a leader for the congress in 1945. Other Oregon 4-H leaders who will attend the congress are John Hansen, Linn county club agent, and Mrs. E. F. Wright, for many years presi dent of the state 4-H leaders as sociation. Hansen's trip will be financed by the Linn County Leaders association, i Huggins Heads 40 et 8 Board Charles H. Huggins was named general chairman of committee in charge of the 1947 Christmas party of the Marion county voiture, 40 and 8, at a meeting of the organ ization held in Legion hall Wed nesday night. The annual celebration this year will be held at Legion hall Satur day, December 13, beginning at 5:30 p.m., and will be attended by 40 and 8 members from all parts of Marion county. Chet Zumwalt will serve as co chairman of the committees, as sisting Huggins. Other committee chairmen selected were Frank Grimm,' refreshments; Sephus Starr, tickets; Bert Victor, games; Lra Pilcher; entertainment; A. J. Feilen, district guest; Walter Kirk, room reservations; Curly Hofstet er, food; Homer Smith, jr., pub licity, and L N. Bacon, decorations. Too Late to Classify GARAGE for rent. 1327 Court. IPS A SCREAM! v rS'l i"WS r . ,r i coming TSETWft; c t v. Opens 6:45 Cinger ROGERS - Dcrld KIYEN Burgess MEREDITH - wm PEGGY WOOD HORACE McNAUT R08ERT H. BARRAI .. . WIVERSM. fcteaw J Plus "Thunder Mountain" with Tim Holt - Martha Hyer So RED vamped I j I by movit tlrnt! L -X : ' i'--y I p ptjyktyttoneeopt! r f i b 8 RED kits 80 mj differtntvYiytl W OF TH E a -r n4 Hu rk f Mile-a-MlnuU Thrills! I 1 I f "THE DEVIL ON WHEELS" I ' Darryl Hkkman - Nereen Nash ) Contest Aims at Choice oj Design For Easter Seal PORTLAND The best Easter seal design drawn by an Oregon high school student will win state prize of a $73 savings bond and pot him or her in the run ning for one of the six national Michael J. Dowling awards, in a contest sponsored by the National Society for Crippled children and Adults. Contest details were announced today by W. Theron Jones of Portland, state contest chairman for the society's Oregon chapter. The winning design in national competition carries an award of a one year art scholarship valued at S300. The nation's No. 1 drawing will be reduced to stamp size and used as the society's Easter seal. Scio Man to Head Logging Group SEATTLE, Nov. 10 - (Jft - The Pacific Logging conference ended with a banquet here tonight af ter installation of F. L. Thompson, Scio, Ore., as president in today's final business session. Manager of the Roaring River Logging Company, Thompson suc ceeds mmit K. Aston of Omsk. Log transportation problems were discussed during the day. STMTS TODAY! :rrx,Tt ... . n . , rrr.rm 1 1 i .m. rfTtiirurttTt - TOMORROW Ends Teday The GoUt ef Janet Ames" and -Jungle Flight" u AneniMs fos'Ssf' 6LEIIII FORD n JjANIS CARTER I BARRY SULLIVAN Hit New S J . IN GLOUOUS TiCHNI COlOtf t '''' .. tt) Grandmother Due from Bern In December Another traveling grafldmother the second of Salem residents announced this week is expected from Bern, Switzerland, about the first of December. ; Mrs. John Straub, 443 N. Front st, reported Wednesday that her mother, Mrs. Marie Kiublic of Bern, will sail from Southampton, England, on the Queen Mary to day And is expected to dock at New York November 25f Mrs. Straub, who came to the United States in 1929, has; not seen her 75-year-old mother! for 18 years. Her father died in Switzer land in 1938. Although Mrs. Straub Is an only child, she has many relatives living in Europe. Mrs. Kublic will make her home with her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. Straub is a retired! railroad employe, who has never seen his wife's mother. When Mm. StrauD came to America she lived with an aunt in Portland. She was mar ried In Salem in 1933 and re mained here. She received her citizenship papers in i the Marion county courthouse last June. Mr. and Mrs. Straub have an 8-year-old daughter. i POLICE BEATEN IN ITALY ROME, Nov. 19 -V A crowd of 1,000 miners and peasants over powered police at Caltanissetta tn Sicily today, attempted to lynch the chief of police, and wrecked the headquarters of two right wing parties. Xf SWEDISH PILOTg pIE NAPLES, Italy, Nor. 19-OP)-Twenty Swedish fliers were killed and five others, the only survivors, were Injured last night in the crash of a Swedish airliner car rying 21 pilots who hd delivered bombers to Ethiopia. i " Between 1890 and 1949 the num ber of American families in creased ITS per cent but the pop ulation Increased only 110 per cent LAIID CLEMULIG BULLDOZING With D-8 Cat WUlard Sloper Albany, Oregon none 917 XlW.7thSt. Man With Furniture Merchandising Experience Should hive knowledge of buying nd idrer Using. Excellent opportunity for qualified appli cant. Good salary. 28 to 42 years of age. 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