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i -n s Religious Education Decision " Prompts Conjecture over State The U.S. supreme court ruling Monday that religious inxtructiooo b banned in pubite schools prompted conjecture among educator of Salem and other Oregon communities ill which school practices may be affected. Oregon schools will comply with the decision but not until a copy of the opinion has been received here for analysis. Rex Putnam, state superintendent of pubuc in duction, told the Rev. Gilbert Christian, Oregen council of churches, Tuesday. Putnam said it might be neces sary to refer the high court de cision 4o the attorney general here to determine -hew the Oregon schools fit into the picture. He said a substantial number of Ore gon schools apparently have re ligious instruction but in virtually all cases such instruction is ham died -outside of -regular school hours and is promoted by reli gious groups rather than by school officials." No Imsaediate Change No change is expected in the weekday religious instruction pro - - a. i a . gram in Salem school district un til it is learned whether Oregon's Situation is similar to that in Illi nois where the case originated), said Superintendent Frank B. Bennett. Wiihm ;Alm th nrocram is financed through the Salem Min- , midnight sun" were shown by istenal association, which pays the I Peggy Coplerud. Susan Faherty, teachers. Attendance, for one hour j executive secretary of Marion weekly in regular study hours, is : county chapter. American Red not compulsory. Cross, discussed the current fund In Silverton where 400 attend campaign and work of the ARC. daily bible classes supervised by a i Location of the next meeting was ministerial association. Superin- left up to the executive commif tendent cf Schools A. B. Anderson I tee. UH . laes will continue for the present, but meanwhile the school board will discuss the situation at a meeting tonight. Cathelie Communities It was considered likely that th mtirt mlin when f till y in terpreted, might affect present op- erating policies of schools in Mt. Aneel and St. Paul, predominant- ly Catholic communities of Mar ion county. St. Paul and Mt. Angel district schools are now renting space m buiioings owned by the respective Catholic parishes. St. Paul district 45. is building a new school which v ui be occupied next iau. cigm grades are now taught in the rent ed fjace in the parochial school, while al! but the third and fourth giaues are taught by Sitters of the Holy Names in the same building. Tiutbt hf Sisters Mt. Angel district 91 teaches all of the upper grades in rooms rent- ed from St. Mary's parish. First three graces are taught by Bene d j'nie sisters from the Mt. Angel acaiiemy. The building is direct ly acrs'the street from St. Mary's cburth arid is the community cen ter with a large auditorium on the first floor and large kitchen and dining rrrntu in the basement. From Portland, school officials told Associated Presa they would allow b.ble classes to continue un- til the iity schools attorney stu- dies the supreme court ruling. The classes, held neia lor iuuui iu.uou iu- dents, usually are conducted away from schools. Church officials said they believed the supreme court ruling would not affect such classes. School Planning Meet at Monmouth To Start Tuesday All Marion county district school board members and ad visory building committeemen are urged by Mrs. Agnes Booth, Marten county sennet superinten dent, to attend a school building planning and improvement con- ; ferente at Monmouth on March ! 16 and 17. j The conference will open at j 9 30 a m. Tuesday at Oregon Col- lege of Education which is spon- soring the meeting together with ; the ttate education department. Mis Booth said. State and national school build ing consultants will discuss class room lighting and colors, proper school construction, and will set up a model classroom. School board members and other educa tion leaders from Marion and neighboring counties will attend the crnference, Mrs Booth de clared. Numerals Burned In Sehool Lawn The numerals "44." about 10 feet high, were burned in the front lawn at Salem high school Tuesday evening, presumably by over-enthusiastic seniors or envi ous underclassmen. The flames leaped as high as six or seven feet from oil-soaked kindling on the ground, according to city po lice who spotted the blaze Just before 10 JO o'clock. The fire was quickly put out by city firemen. Smoking Pan Calk Out Local Fire Department A lot of smoke, but not much fire, called out Salem fire equip ment about 6;30 pm. Tuesday to 1 39S N. Winter st. There a grease filled pan on a hot stove had filled the house with smoke but the roast had already been re moved. Starrtnc Grant lis Oertort 'ALSO "zlocx nzADsr with Staa Las-ret . Oliver Hariy Opens p-am. lira ttdom, Oroyon. VMUmAcj. 'March IQUU Thor Lodge Holds Party, Elects Officers Election of officers and a fare well party for a couple planning to revisit the club's native land feat ured Tuesday night's meeting of Thor lodge. Sons of Norway. The session honored Mr. and Mrs. E. F, Arneson, 2135 S. Cottage st who are leaving early in April for i a three-months visit in Norway. TV A users- riai4vtM The Arnesons were presented with movie films, on the condi tion that they picture their trip and show the results upon their return here. Films of her family home in Norway and of "the land of the Re-elected as club ollicers were Theodore G. Nelson, president; Al Moen. vice president; Theodore Jesten. counselor; Paul Ratchford. financial secretary; Ivy Swenvold, treasurer; Ernest and Doris Conn, marshal and assistant; Bernard Benson and Severin Lange, inner and outer guards; Theodore Jes- wn, Derudru dc-iukju mm C. Nelson, auditing committee Newly elected officers were Hel en Ratchford. assistant secretary; Helen Lovald, social director; Gena C. Benson, assistant; Dr. B. L. Trelstad. physician; Orris j Lunda. general director. Appoint ments were Mabel Lindstrom and Carmen Benson on the hospitality committee and Velda Lunda as pianist-Admitted as new members were Mr and Mrs. W. H. Crawford. G. F. Farmen and John Norby. a transfer from Astoria FerHes Run In Washington SEATTLE. March f -() The Puget Sound Navigation company, which suspended service nine riavt im in Hirnt with th gtat Qver raUa ne j gotiatlonJ with other counties rn v A v,.,. ..f, King and Kitsap county ferries went into operation today under charter to the counties. Such charters are not under state juris diction. At the same time, company representatives met today with commissioners of Snohomish, Skagit and San Juan counties in Everett to work out similar con tracts. 'Heat from Earth' Dealer Appointed Patton - Min to Plumbing and Heating has been appointed Polk county dealer for Marvair Heat Pump units by the Marvair Heat Pump Salem distributors of Port- land, it was announced Tuesday. The units, constructed "by the Mucte Gear Works of Muncie, Ind.. and offered for installation after a ten-year period of ex perimentation and development, combine the use of hot air duct systems and "heat from the earth," eliminating all combustion in the house or building. A unit In actual operation will be on public display in the Pat-ton-Mlnto show room, 1122 S. 12th St. Riley 4 Welcomes Grand Jury Probe PORTLAND, March 9 - (JP) - Mayor Earl Riley told the City club today that he welcomed the grand jury investigation ef the club s charges that vice and graft exist in Portland. He admitted that in the past there hare been "crooked po licemen here, but praised the po lice department as a whole. Riley added that the club should not have publicized its charges of vice, but should hare taken them directly to the grand jury. Mai. Dally free 1 aisa. New! n 511 CONTT omt! Teaa Neal mt Baby fitter" UUtds-hrXS :4J Newl svma j cx as: i Ce-Cit! fDAKX DEXXSIO?r. I fc ' A o!r Solons Restore Project Cuts WASHINGTON, March 9(JPy Army engineers asked today that the senate restore all but one of the cutbacks made by the house in its record $513,875,000 waterways bilk The recommendation was made as a senate appropriations sub committee opened hearings on the flood control and rivers and har bors program for the year begin ning next July 1. The engineers' proposal would add $131,000,000, or 25 per cent, to the house total. The house fig ure. If approved by the senate, would be an all-time high. Subcommittee Chairman Gur ney (R-S.D.) told a reporter his group would review with care the army recommendations for each of the 244 projects in the program, checking them against house ac tion. The following amounts, by proj ects, are among those the engi neers requested be. restored. In all cases they bring the total to the original figure proposed by the budget bureau: Flood control (all in one state): Oregon: Detroit reservoir, $500, 000; Dorena reservoir, $500,000; Lookout Point reservoir, $2,000, 000. Flood control project in more than one state : Oregon: Coos Bay, $1,000,000; Columbia river at Bonneville, $300,000. Rivers and harbors project in more than one state: McNary lock and dam, Colum bia river, Oregon and Washington, $10,000,000; Columbia river be tween Vancouver. Wash., and The Dalles, Ore.. $200,000; Columbia and lower Willamette riyers, be low Vancouver. Wash., and Port land, Ore., $154,000. Wrecking of C. H. Robertson Home to Start Wrecking of the former Charles H. Robertson home at 277 N. Capitol st , on the site of a proposed new state office build ing, will begin today, it was dis closed last night by Robert P. Mobley who yesterday purchased the building for $912 from the state. Mobley. a city fireman now liv ing in the veterans housing col ony, said he would use the ma terials salvaged to build a home for h.mself at 20th and Wilber streets He was high among five bidders whose bids were opened by the state board of control on Tuesday. The state required that the house be torn down or moved within 30 days. The state paid $22,000 for the property when it purchased the site opposite the state capitol grounds. Only house in tnat block still to be acquired is the Bush home adjacent to the Kooertson place. Hi-Y Chapters Draft 'Bills' on Rail Crossings Reflecting a wide interest in public affairs, members of Salem's three Hi-Y chapters are drafting mocK legislative bills on railroad crossing signals, lowering of vot ing age to 18 and abolition of cap ital punishment. These and other bills were dis cussed at the JMCA last night when the Hi-Y groups met togeth er to prepare for their participa tion in the Youth and Government program in which youth organiza tions, will hold a model legisla ture here on April 2 and 3. Sneaker at the meeting was At torney John Steelhammer, a for mer state legislator, who told the boys about legislative procedures. Adviser John Gardner said the Hi-Y groups will have separate meetings at school next week, when the respective chapter com mittees will further the work on several bills they will present at the mock legislature. Ends Today I (Wed.) Tononnon! TWO MEN WITH ONE SOUl EACH IIVINC THE OTHERS' IOVES AND JOYS AND HATES! 'M mm ( C) DOUGLAS X l FAlRBAI."(S.a COtTOtATIOM O Co-Hill Sail Jhe Southern Sexzsl O Rett Cross Lifesaving das Underway A Bad Cross senior lifesaving class Is underway with 24 mem bers, Instructor Al Minn reported last night after the first regular class session In the YMCA swim ming pooL He said new members may join the class at next Tues day night's I o'clock meeting, but not after. A junior lifesaving class will be opened by Minn at 7 p.m. Monday in the YM pooL Pay Increase For Teachers Recommended I (Story also on page 1.) The budget committee of Salem school district has recommended salary increases for 1948-49 that are expected to add about six mills to the tax levy. Superin tendent Frank B. Bennett report ed to the school board Tuesday night. The annual boost over present base salaries would be $480 for teachers and adminis trative staff, $300 for janitors and $240 for secretaries. The board approved contract renewals and regular changes in the tenure system for a Urge group of teachers now within the three-year probationary period. Bennett reported that at some time this year a vote may be taken on consolidating Mountain View district, north of West Sa lem, with Salem district. Kindergarten Undecided When a proposal to include kindergartens in the public school system will be on the ballot re mained undecided. Directors in dicated the impossibility of add ing such a program in buildings already overtaxed by regular school population. In the public discussion of the proposed building program, most of the speakers advised measures similar to that of the citizens' committee, noting the present high cost of building and warn ing against too great an increase in the tax millage. as well as citing the community's other needs, such as sewerage and hos pitals. Ne Half-Day Shifts While Mrs. Lawrence Fitzger ald of the Junior Woman's club reminded that "you can't post pone education" and it was urged that parents assuredly didn't want haJf-day shifts for pupils. Fred Paulu-s. deputy state treas urer, expressed doubt that all the building should be done at pres ent and that all the bonds should be issued immediately. Mayor R L. Elfstrom. however, declared the district "should not settle for any less" than the outlined pro gram. SNOW FALLS OVER CASCADES Snow continued to fall in east ern and central Oregon Monday night, with 101 inches of road side snow at Santiam Junction, State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock reported here Tuesday. Toastmasters To Publicize Freedom Train Members of Salem Toastmasters club will address all Salem serv ice clubs in the near future on subjects related to the appearance here of the freedom train, sched uled April 6. This was decided by the club at its dinner meeting last night in Nohlgren's restaurant when film strips on the Freedom train, w hich exhibits documents and me mentoes of American history, were shown. The club delegated as speakers for the project Wilmer Lamb, Charles Schmitz. Tom Kel ly, Joseph Dodd. Robert Sprague. Ralph Gordon and Cob urn Gra benhorst. Showing of the film strips in connection with the table topics discussion last night produced lively controversy over the possi bility of lowering official voting age to 11. Darel Jones conducted the table topics, Lewis Mayers was toastmaster and Edward Roth, A. D. Ling, Tom Kelly and Carl Jor dan and Ralph Nohlgren were the regular speakers. "HOUSFXTTPERS DAUGHTER" and TUXEDO JUNCTION" OPENS t:4i P. M. l r 1 1 .1 A. K. WET JEN Albert Wetjen, Former State Writer Dies SAN rRANCISCO. March -(yp) -Albert Richard Wetjen, 47. writ er of sea and adventure stories and former Oregon resident, died here last night Wetjen, a native of London, took up writing while working as a farm hand at Harrisburg, Ore. He wrote a number of books, and his short stories frequently appeared in magazines. Wetjen went to sea at 13 and twice was shipwrecked. After British army service in the first world war he went to Canada. From there he went to Oregon in 1921. and in 1923 married Ed y the Eisenbrandt of Albany. Among books written while he was in Oregon were "Way For a Sailor," "Fiddler's Green.' "Cap tains All." and "Youth Walks on a Highway." He considered "Fid dlers Green" his best. Albert Richard . Wetjen. San Francisco writer who died Mon day, was a Salem resident for sev eral years following his European travels of 1924 and 1925. He edited the Oregon Magazine for local publisher Murray Wade for two years. He was a member of Capital post 9, American Le gion. His last visit to Oregon was in July, 1944. when he went into Portland shipyards for atmosphere for his writings. He has been in correspondence with Ethan Grant. Salem writer, who said he had been In poor health in recent months. Morse Backs Tax Reduction WASHINGTON. March - Senator Morse (R-Ore) took a stand today in favor of lower federal income taxes. He said, "I am convinced that the great majority of my con stituents in Oregon and the peo ple of the country want some form of tax relief this year." Morse added that he tavomi tax reforms advocated by Paul G. ' Hoffman, president of the Studebaker corporation. iiiSfllllii n I I Dears Oaesi C:4S ON OUK STAGE Far I Days Miller's "Spring Fashion Bens" No Advance in Prices! CZ3 NEW TOMORROW! Danger mad latrigne at the Adeee. ALAtJ re mm . i E3 VIBOKICA L J I 1 tad Hit! ' .rW5? n .. .rarr. U j 13. 'ML MCKLESS- ijm Cf J s aVM"aaj 1 1 m sw ifltjBPugjibii; todayi pj I o f 5 3 CARMEN GROUCHO CZ3 ' J m MIRANDA MARX r -j YfTD 9 rip iRA i ijCjXy f - znd mil Gloria Jean f : i sTAriwTCn niVEii " i : : Chennanlt Line Plane Attacked By Fighters TSINGTAO. North China, Wed nesday, March !-ir-CapL A. L Burridge, Shantung manager for the Chennault airline, said today the line will continue flights from Mukden despite "a soviet attack" Monday. Two P-39 Tighter planes marked with red stars, the airline had re ported earlier, fired machine guns at a Chennault transport but evi dently were not trying to hit it It was undamaged. "They apparently wanted to scare us away," said Burridge, a former marine flier from Cadillac, Mich. "We are not going to be scared." (Russians occupy Port Arthur and Dairen, Manchuria, near the air route from Mukden to China proper.) It is the first such incident re ported here. The airline, devel oped as a commercial venture by retired MaJ. Gen. Claire L. Chen nault, was engaged in evacuating some 7.000 persons from commu nist-isolated Mukden. Leftist-Hued Finn Board to Discuss Pact HELSINKI, March 9 --Pres ident Juho Paasikivi appointed to day a leftist-hued delegation for the talks in Moscow on a Russo Finnish treaty of friendship and military aid. The seven-man delegation will be headed by Premier Mauno Pek kala, who was given authority to "sign any documents possibly aris ing out of the negotiations." Parliament will have to ratify any pact agreed upon in Moscow. A majority of parties in parlia ment oppose any military alliance with the Russians on the grounds it would put Finland in the soviet eastern bloc. Three members of the delegation represent parties who are against a military pact. The discussions are expected to begin in the soviet capital on or about March 20 - - about three weeks after Prime Minister Stalin made the treaty proposal in a let ter to Paasikivi. 20-30 to Talk Of Delinquency Salem 20-30 club will consider how it can help in a recently developed county program for combatting juvenile delinquency at a meeting next Tuesday night in the Gold Arrow restaurant. It will be Employers' night when members of the young serv ice group bring their employers as dinner guests. On the program will be J. R. Turnidge, Jefferson area farmer who offered a sum mer program for several youth last year; Sidney Lambius, school truant officer, and Circuit Judge George R. Duncan. At the club's dinner meeting last night movies on sports and "The New Oregon Trail were shown flarry - Ea4s Tenlght! DANNY KATE Im "The Secret Life ef Walter MlUy" EZ3 CZ3 I Gas Leak to Delay Reynolds SHANGHAI, Wednesday March 10-0Pr-Tne transport plane of the Milton Reynolds scientific expe dition has developed serious gas oline leak and will be flown back to Los Angeles for repairs under what the millionaire manufactur er said were "highly dangerous' circumstances. - He said his pilot William P. Odom of Boslyn. N.Y.; flight en gineer Carroll Saliee, Dallas, Tex.: a Chinese air force lieutenant and a radioman have volunteered to make the trip. They may take off today. They will stay In the pilot's compartment because anyone rid ing in the main cabin "wouldn't have a chance" in event of an ex plosion, Reynolds related. The leaky gasoline system will delay for at least three weeks his plans for aerial exploration of mountainous western China. Fuel pump trouble first developed at Wake island, en route to China, he explained. GI Bill Adds Requirement For School Aid WASHINGTON. Msrch t -ifp) The government pay envelope is going to be thicker come May 1 for many veterans going to school under the GI bil) of rights, but there's a big "if." They'll be thicker if the vet eran is a full time student that is, if he's attending classes 25 hours a week by the clock, or taking 12 semester hours, as many colleges figure it Those taking less classroom instruction will have to get along with the same monthly check they're getting at present. They're part time students, in the eyes of Uncle Sam, and the theory is that they can earn money for themselves on the side. Full time students, on the oth er hand, are supposed to have their hands full Just going to school. And so: A man with no dependents will get ' $75 a month instead of the present $65. A man with one dependent will get $105 a month atd a man with more than one dependent will get $120 a month. The present payment is $90 a month for a man with one or more dependents. Seattle Elects Mayor Devin SEATTLE, "March -fiP)-Mayor William T. Devin of Seattle appar ently was reelected to his post by a narrow margin tonight in the city's municipal election. With all of the city's 657 pre cincts reporting, he had a lead of 1,594 over his opponent. Allan Pomeroy. former assistant U. S. district attorney. About 2,000 ab sentee ballots remained to be counted. The final unofficial totals: Dev in 66,814. Pomeroy 65,020. C0E1IIIG One Nile Only Thursday, liar. 11 a Tie KING ot ?. WE, TERM Stfe -j Show ft Dues - 8 p. T0B.-12 ra. W . ! 1 Llk i LTV --' .... . , CDYST21L GM1DEIIS SALEM Price i Drop Gives; Inflation New Wallop ; mnCAfZfV March m-lBKSZVKA. ding cqcoooatiAtj prices gave infla tion a new Jong-rangs wallop to- I Wholesale markets registered their second auocessiva avmn daily decline. The retreat int tha. average price of ti major com- mooiues ia ine lowest level In seven monUSs. ' The decline reversed a gradual recovery trend that started after the sharp) commodity market slump of erly February. The Associated Press weighted wholesale Drice index of IS com. modifies dropped nearly a point co 1 bo Js. (This compared with 188.56 a week ago, 188.64 a month ago and 181.54 a year 'ago. It was the lowest inoint since tha (nrf stood at 183.37 on August 1. The previous if 48 low of 188.32 was set on rriday, Febrary 13. Prices in 1926 were 100. The index prices prevailed on most major commodity markets after a sharp drop early in trad ing. j Wheat finished l'4 higher to 2Vs cents lower on the Chicago board of trade. The Mar contract was $2J6V4-4.f This was only JVi 4' 4 cents above the grain cereal's 1948 low. 1 Com was 1 cent higher to 2Vm lower, May $2.13-$2.13 Vi. Oats were V lower to 1 higher, May $1.1-S.' Soybeans plunged the daily 8 cents limit,: March $3.50. -. Board Seeks Bids on East Oregon Project The state board of control Tues day railed for bids on a new em ploye dormitory for the eastern Oregon state tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles and gave tentative approval for erection of a phy sicians' cottage there, provided a satisfactory bid is received. Bids on the dormitory for 48 employes will be opened April 16. Cost is estimated at $265,770, all" but $30,000 of which would coma from the state building fund. The $30,000 was provided in a legisla tive appropriation., Appealing for the new construe- , tion at The Dalies, Dr. J. M. OdelL superintendent of the hospital, told ; the board.' "If we, are to employ .' and retail) competent help we : must have more living accommo- , da lions." i CHILE TO OUTLAW REDS SANTIAGO. Chile, March 9-CJT) The cabinet approved today a de cree removing all communists from government jobs. 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