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Salem DeMolays Plan Conclave
Of 500 Boys to Open Friday
Plans for the annual DeMolay state conclave in Salem next Friday
and Saturday were announced Monday night in a meeting of Cheme
keta chapter, which will be host to more than 500 delegate expected
to attend the sessions. , , . .
Robert Seams ter, senior councilor, is general chairman. Com
mittee heads are Neil McCrary. registration; Beldon Owens and Jim
Darby, housing:
Lou i J Uorenr and
John McConnville. transportation;
David Turnbull. publicity; Bill
Rock and John McConnville. J
printing: and Robert Sharp, Hoy
Stewart and Wilfred Loggan, en
tertainment. Owens announced that housing
has been arranged for only a small
portion of the visitors, ana ap-
pealed to Salem h.ne owners to
volunteer rooms, by editing him at
6954.
The conclave will open in WU-
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meet at the Masonic temple to be
greeted by Mayor Robert L. Df
strom. The Eugene chapter will
give the response.
Addressing the group will be
Edward B. Beaty. Corvallis, mem
ber of the grand council. AT Se
AM; Walter R. Raruom, grand
master of Oregon, and Harry D.
Proudfoot, grand secretary. Group
sessions of councilors, scribes and
advisers will follow.
Friday night at 8 o'clock, the
delegates will be entertained at a
banquet in Salem high school
cafeteria. At 8 p.m. the Silverton
chapter will confer the Initiatory
degree in a ceremony at Willam
ette gym. The DeMolay degree
will be given by the Oregon City
chapter at 9 p.m., ending the day's
activities.
Saturday's activities will open
in the Masonic temple at 0 a.m.
with reports of group conferences.
At 2 p.m. state officers will be
elected and installed.
The delegates will be enter
tained again at a banquet in the
, high school cafeteria at 6 p.m. The
I conclave will close with a grand
1 ball in the Salem high gym from
I 9 to 11:30 pm.
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Guernsey Qub
In Portland
For Conclave
By LilUe L. Madaeo
firm Editor. The Statesman
More than 400 Guernsey cattle
breeders arrived at Portland Sun
day to take part in the 71st an
nual meeting of the American
Guernsey Cattle club, its first
on ,the Pacific coast.
Mbnday was devoted to visit
ing Guernsey farms in the Wil
Lamette valley. Tuesday will be
devoted to a day-long panel dis
cussion on the marketing of cattle
and milk. Ail phases of marketing
animals and milk will be covered
by the panel, directed by Modera
a tor John Strohm. associate
editor of Country Gentleman.
Harry A. Stromeyer, jr., widely
known livestock photographer.
White Plains, N. Y., will discuss
photographing of animals. Ben F.
Ftiedrichs, Western Glow Farms,
Inc., Bow, Wash., will bring the
breeder attitude to the panel
Els worth W. Bunce, supervisor of
the American Guernsey Cattle
club promotion division, will dis
cuss breed and milk promotion
Milk marketing policy will be ex
plained by W. W. Fitzpatrick,
manager of Quail Roose farms.
Raugemoot, N. C. and quality
control by J. Frank Johnson, su
pervisor of Golden Guernseys,
Inc., Washington. D. C.
L. B. Wescott. Mulhocaway
farms. Clinton. N. J-, will explain
state sales organization, and Gavin
W. McKerrow, Golden Guernsey
Dairy cooperative, manager. Mil
waukee, Wis., will stress coopers
tive procedure.
The business meeting will be
Wednesday. The western Guern
sey sale, featuring the auctioning
of 60 blooded animals, will be
Thursday at the International
Livestock exposition building. The
Multnomah hotel Is headquarters
for the panel discussion and bust
ness session.. Friday and Saturday
will be spent in western Washing
ton and Victoria, B. C, before the
breeders go on to California, to
remain until June 1.
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Legion Invites"
Truman Visit
Capital post 9, American Degion,
meeting in its new quarters at the
former Normandy Manor for the
first time Monday night, voted to
invito President Harry Truman to
visit the post during his trip to
the Portland Rose festival in June.
A large crowd at the session also
balloted to change a by - laws
amendment which limits the post's
membership to 1,051 members and
will set another figure in a later
meeting.
The post decided to endorse a
member B. E. (Kelly) Owens,
present department vice-commander,
as a candidate for department
commander of Oregon in the an
nual election in September.
Commander Larry Osterman
presided at the session.
Dallas Driver
Killed Sunday
In Car Plunge
Victor Henry Neufeld. 25, of
Dallas, was killed instantly early
Sunday morning when his car
plunged over an embankment at
Eola, a few miles west of Salem.
The young salesman apparent
ly fell asleep at the wheel while
traveling toward Salem on the
Salem - Dallas highway, accord
ing to Polk County Coroner J.
Paul Bollman. The accident oc
curred about 5:15 a. m. There
were no witnesses.
His auto diyed over a steep bank
on the south edge of the road, ac
cording to state police who in
vestigated. Neufeld Is survived by his wife,
the former Dolores Patricia Cru
son, and a young son. Gerald Lee.
Funeral services will bo held
Wednesday at 2 p. m. In Grace
Mennonito church at Dallas. In
terment will bo in the IOOF ce
metery there under the direction
of Dallas Veterans of Foreign
Wars post.
Other survivors are his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Nicklio J. Neu
feld, and three sisters, Phyllis and
Dorothy of Dallas, and Viola Reis
wig of Newport.
Neufeld was born Aug. 6, 1022.
at Rickreall. A member of the old
Dallas national guard, company L,
ho served with the army In the
South Pacific area. Hoaavas mar
ried In Dallas Aug. 12, 194S. He
was a member of Grace Mennon
ito church. Knights of Pythias,
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion.
Webfeet Even
Beaver Series
CORVALLIS, Ore.. May M-iJF)
Oregon pushed in three runs In
the first inning today to defeat
Oregon State. S to 2, and oven
their northern division. Coast con
ference series at one game each.
Both teams wound up scoring In
the opening Inning.
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Lokan and Burgher: Slri. Bedford
(1) and Itoelandt.
Local Pigeon
Races Commence
The first old bird homing pigeon
race of the 1948 season was flown
Sunday by the Cherry City Rac
ing club of Salem. Twenty-eight
birds were liberated in the rain
at Eugene and the first four birds
flew the 62 miles in one hour and
37 minutes. First place was won
by "VI,- owned by Doug Cham
bers, 1337 Court st with a speed
of about 40 miles per hour.
Ai Brown, 87 Abrams ivt., took
second, Harry Evans and son, Dick.
1144 Madison, had birds finish in
a dead heat for third and fourth.
The next race will be from Cot
tage Grove (75 miles) Sunday
morning. May 24.
'Cat Finale Cancelled
The laai tilt of' the Willamette
Beareato baseball campaign a
makeaa raise at Linfleld yes
terday went the way of a lot of
others aa It was cancelled be
cause of wet groan da.
FRETPEKS WIN
MT. ANGEL, May 17-(Spocial)
Although they didn't get a hit
ana ma to score on wuu, nir j
batsmen and fielders' choices, Mt.
Angel's Preps Sunday took a 2-0
victory over Central Catholic here.
Rain stopped the game after five
innings.
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Council aeeks
Rail Clearance
In West Salem
WEST SALEM, May 17 Be
cause rail access to six or seven
ctty blocks in West Salem indus
trial area may be dependent upon
the action of U. S. Alderman,
owner of property adjacent to the
Southern Pacific railway, West
Salem city council tonight direct
ed that City Recorder R. E. Pat
tiaon write a letter to F. C. Nel
son, Southern Pacific freight ag
ent at Portland, asking that the
railroad company consider the
matter and what the outcome
might be to possible users of its
services here.
The problem as outlined by
councilmen involves access to a
spur track 'connecting with .the
S.P. railway.
Properties which might be de
pendent upon the outcome of the
project include John Friesen's dry
kiln. Taggert, Staats, the Otto
Johnson estate and the Carl Ger-
linger property, Mayor Walter
Musgrave said.
Matter of a petition for rezon
ing was referred to the 'planning
commission. Joe Quinn presented
a petition with more than 50 sign
ers asking rezoning to permit a
grocery store.
City Attorney Elmer Cook was
directed to prepare amendment to
an ordinance which regulates
street parking. It would do away
with what councilmen consider
excessive use of the city streets
instead of garages. It would bo
brought under the ordinance pro
hibiting all night parking. The
ordinance will bo brought up at
the Juno council meeting which
would make it at least 00 days
before such action could become
effective. Cook said after objec
tion had been made to toi hasty
action in the overnight -king
problem, which many haa pro
tested.
Hop Worker
Dies After
Altercation
Baron Walker, 31, died early
Sunday as the result of stab
wounds sustained in an alterca
tion at Camp 2 of the Horst hop
yards near Independence. Milsord
Miller was in; a Salem hospital
for treatment of minor wounds at
the same time.
In connection with the incident,
Albert Lotson, 57. surrendered to
Polk county officers early Sunday
and Is held in jail In lieu of S5.
000 bond, charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon before
W. A. Wiest, Independence jus
tico of the peace.
The three men had ' come re
cently to the Horst ranch from
Vancouver, Wash. It was the se
cond death following arguments
among hopyard workers in the
last few weeks. Wallace H. Novak,
48, was killed April 4 n a fight.
Raymond Harvell was bound over
to the Polk county grand Jury
which returned a not true bill
last week.
Police Find
Maimed Bodies
LOS ANGELES. May 17 -(JPy-The
headless and handlesj bodies
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dirksen
were found in a lonely desert area
near Mojava today, the sheriffs
office reported.
Sheriffs deputies said Robert
Hansen, 24, who has been booked
on suspicion of murder, was hy
sterical and near collopso after ho
led them to the bodies about 150
feet off a dirt road.
From an examination of the
Heads, found in an incinerator at
the real of Dirksen's shop, county
Autopsy Surgeon Frederick New
Barr reported earlier the couple
had been shot to death.
Two pairs of hands also were
found in the incinerator.
Brown said Hansen, who lived
with the Dirksens, had given sev
eral versions of the deaths of his
employers.
RETL'RN FLANAGAN BODY
BERLIN, May 17-vP)-A B-2
flying fortress was en route to
the United States today from
Frankfurt with the body of Msgr.
E. J. Flanagan, founder of th
internationally known Boys Town,
Nebraska. A solemn funeral mass
waa held in Berlin this morning.
VANDENEYNDE CHOSEN
EUGENE, May 17 (JP) Reese
Dooley, Albany, was elected presi
dent of the Oregon Retail Distrib
utors at a conference hero today.
Other officers include Gene Van
deneynde, Salem, second vice
president. S MISSING IN BLAST
KEARNY, N. J, May 17 -CP-
Several small tanks containing
creosote and tar products explod
ed tonight at the Kopper com
pany's tar and chemical division
and at least throe men wore mis
sing a night superintendent said.
BASEBALL
TOUIGHT
Salem Senaiors
a.
SalenrCAP Unit
Hears of Plans
For State Work
Staff officers of the Salem ci
vil air patrol squadron who at
tended a two-day meeting of the
Oregon wing in Portland over the
week end reported on the sessions
in a squadron meeting at Salem
high school Monday night.
Officers attending the Portland
meet were Capt James E. Cannon,
Salem commander; Lt. Wade H.
Dickinson, adjutant; Carl R. Lind
strom. communications officer,
and Elden L. Mcintosh, training
officer.
CoL Robert L. Scott, author of
"God Is My Co-Pilof and com
mander of the "Flying Tigers" in
China, was guest speaker at a
Saturday banquet.
The officers attended a staff
meeting Sunday when plans were
made for the coming year of CAP
activities and the annual summer
cadet encampment at McChord
Field, Wash.
Youth Hostel
Group Begins
Forming Here
Preliminary plans for organiz
ing a Salem Youth Hostel unit
were made in an organization
meeting at the YMCA Monday
night with Don Dour is, youth di
rector of First Presbyterian
church, presiding.
Committeemen to head the
movement are Elizabeth Norley
and Dotue Karns, publicity; and
Gaylord Weeks, Richard Scott,
Joyce Kirby and Walter Jones,
posters. Dour is will act as general
chairman.
Douris said the organization
will seek a farm or a large home
for Salem Youth Hostel quarters.
where travelers by bicycle, canoe
or foot can make stopovers at hos
tel rates. Hostel stops now exist
along the entire Pacific coast from
Seattle to Los Angeles, Douris said.
The groups agreed to meet again
in the YMCA next Monday at 7
p. m. to elect permanent officers.
Phil Williams, Portland member.
will snow color slides of northwest
hostel trips.
Seven Salem members signed up
lor a week-end bicycle trip to New
Era hostel next Saturday and Sun
day.
Wallace 'Hopes'
Letter to Stalin
Will Aid Peace
(Story also on page 1)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17-yP)
Henry A. Wallace, third - party
presidential candidate, was shown
stories of Russian Premier Stalin's
reply to Wallace's open letter and
commented that:
"If I have done anything that
moves the world further forward
toward peace, I feel that my cam
paign will have been a success.'
Declaring that he was "very
much surprised" that Stalin had
replied, he also remarked that per
haps world diplomats should ex
amine his letter to Stalin.
"I have said before that the
number one responsibility of this
government is to catalog the out
standing differences between the
United States and Russia to the
end that the people may know
whether there is any issue which
can't bo settled by peaceful, hope
ful negotiations, Wallace said,
"and whether there is any issue
which justifieo turning the world
into an armed camp."
Sergeant Connell
Funeral Service
Here Wednesday
Funeral services for S. St.
John W. Connell, Jr., former resi
dent of Hillsboro killed in action
at Spiehern, Trance, Feb., 22, 1945,
will bo held at Mt. Crest Abbey
mausoleum Wednesday at 2 p.
m. under the direction of W. T.
Rigdon company.
His body will arrive in Salem
tonight from New York where it
was sent recently aboard an army
transport.
Connell, son of the late John
W. Connell, Washington county
army in that city Aug. 10, 1943,
army in htat city Aug. 10, 1943,
and received his basic training at
Camp Adair. He weut overseas
in December, 1944, and was serv
ing with the 70th infantry division
at the time of his death.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Gelta Mae Hunt of Wood
bum; a son, John Clinton Connell
of Woodburn. and a sister, Mrs.
Kenneth Patterson of Oswego. -
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Hall Pushes
Higher Wages
PORTLAND, May 17-Cir-Gov-crnor
John Hall told a radio aud
ience tonight he favored using any
surplus Oregon income tax moneys
for new state buildings, increas
ing state employes salaries and
improving state institutions.
Ho spoke as a candidate for the
republican gubernatorial nomina
tion. Hall said it was impossible
to provide food, shelter and nec
essities of life at the low salaries
paid state employes under today's
high cost of living. He said the
legislature should revise upward
the wage program. The governor
deplored the conditions in Oregon
institutions.
Plane, Bodies
Found on Hill
KELSO, Wash, May 17-UP-Tbe
wreckage of an Oregon National
Guard bomber and the bodies of
its three crewmen were found east
of here yesterday.
The plane, an A-28 light bomber,
disappeared a month ago on a
flight from McChord field to Port
land. The piano crashed into Baird
mountain, 23 miles east of Castle
Rock. Killed were the pilot. Capt.
Alexander McCorkle, 29; Sgt. Jack
Schaylor, 30, and Pfc Jack T.
Tofte, 18. All were Portlanders.
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house committee which previously
approved an air fore it hopes will
be the world's most powerfal to
day cleared the way for th nary
to build the largest ship ; ever
launched.
The air force bill eventually waa
passed by both houa and senate
and waits only President Truman's
signature. - J. . "
The measure approved unani
mously by the house armed servi
ces subcommittee today -would en
able the navy to get started on
65,000-ton aircraft carrier almost
half again the siza of present ship
of that type. ? 1
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