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First States. March-Zt, 131 ;i
THE STATESMAN JPUBLISHINC COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUZ. Editor arid Publisher
f the toiclited Presi
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la entitled excIniTelr to the
eaUea of all the laeaj sews misted far this mwimm
AT
if far repabB
as well as ail
1
Folk Heroes in the Comics
Eugetio Paper
Praises Salem
Arterial Plans
I ! I f?
Eugene Register-Guard
In EugerieJ we are accustomed
to saying ($mugly) that In Salem
"their- grandpappies were a lot
smarter than; ours; they, save Sa
lem a mess pi wide streets." As a
matter of fact, Salem has coasted
too Ions on what "grandpappy
did," and they have some traffic
management i problems which are
far worse than ours. Their busi
ness district is completely hem-
- Crime doesn't pay except for publishers of 'comic' maga med in by railroads on four sides!
tunes and they are out to protect thei profits at all Cost. The cru- If anybody ; can find a way to get
sade against the lurid adventure books is gaining nationwide real arterial highway through
rnomenturd and evidently has the mdustry biting nails. Some of aXiSSeSugKrn
the cartoonists and editors have embarked on a counter-cam- lot 0f things from Salem and
paign to' convince the public that comics are good wholesome the manner In which they are at-
entertainment. tacking their problems. They dug
They pooh-pooh, all the evidence piled up in juvenile courts Jto JnJ?"J? 7
... . . , , ., , . , ,r x , i , .. .....I ana put up; $60,000 cash to finance
that comics (while they may not warp minds) dqmake it diffif some planning engineering. We
cult for dull minds to judge right from, wrong and do teach have a hard time coaxing county,
criminal methods to abnormal children. To contexact the deprei city schools and Water Board in
ciatory statements of judges, psychologists, miners and teach. SaSSS
ers, the, publishers- have hired psychiatrists who 11 say comics ate public jfunds.
are fine fare for kids. , , j f s
A recent issue of "Marvel" comics even carries letter to Heard Planning Report
youngsters assuring them that there is nothing in the comics Af few years ago a few Eugen-
that would -teach impressionable readers "things that are not eans wnt down to Salem and wit
good for you. things like Violence, cruelty, immorality, etc." .JjffdSs?
' in uiai same issue are iwo sequences leaiurmg in numan head to, hear a report on their Our hospitality daring Mimau'i visit was appreciated. Flgnewtoii
Torch." One is the case of the mad. sculptor who turns people I Planning Engineer C. A. McClure ...here's a thank tod' note from Father. - .
Into statues after spraying them with liquid granite. After con ?n wj ougnt tope done lor sa
aiderable violence and cruelty justice triumphs when the Torch VtaKsK
prays the criminal with liquid granite. i ) parties to attend a City Planning
Some heroes ofmewspaper stripslike The Statesman's Dick meeting or; a City Council meeting
Tracy and Rip rdrhy and Buz Sawyer usually get involved in important problems of the
snore or less life-like' dilemmas which require use of their own of f" re beinS dU"
brains and .ability. But most comic book protagonists are super- in some ways we are years ahead
human. They always have the upper hand because their wea- of Salem. Without formal organ!
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Truman Denies
Red Protection
In (overftment
pons ability to fly, imperviousness to bullets, etc. are sorcery zation, f'.3 some -folks put it
before which mortals are helpless. They always win. but before wgJ a prt?y godriaPld
- -f v. "'" ""- 1 oui across JMisene iwiin tne Deni- I Tffictmrrirriw - x n
plex and exquisite tortures, awful language and diabolical sche- ficent help of state and federal President Truman struck at both
me. ' 1 ! ai?dJn5t Innl ,rom ?u" congressional critics and at his
Apologists for the comics excuse this by citing; bloodshed and .t, ;if republican opponent. Gov. Thom-
violence in the old fairy (tales. They classify Superman as folk marked oyt with "setbacks" for . e7, today on com
He also differed with Dewey
on the long-controverted St.
Lawrence power and navigation
human heroes giants in the image of the folk that created them I 7''r 1 , IU1IV project. Both questions were dis-
or who represented what the mortals might wish to be. Amer- pTplan 10 and aJrid1enl, StS di
Ica already has a roster of true folk, heroes: Paul Bunyan and if you knaw anything about Sa- rect aSJStion! Knunced as
Tony Beaver, John Henry, Kemp Morgan, Peios Bill, Davy Jem this lift will mean something. "just a Me out ot me wh0le
Crockett and Casey Jones and Mike Fink. Though the tales 01 1 ZJ WiUC" m I cloth- a charge that he has pro-
FairrnrH XL I tected communists or disloyal
State Stfeet for is entire length. T' u .
11C 5A1U UC 11CIU UCVC1 JJl UbCVlCU
literature, insisting he is just a modern expression of a people s future widening (about .which
alter eco. as were Herculei and Siegfried. nowever, e have done nothing).
Nonesense! It is true that every age had legends of super-1 j e r .
s giants in the image of the folk that created them r.LySf r"7
their mighty deeds are exaggerated, they were constructive and
contained a certain robust honesty and humor thai the assembly-
line heroes of the comics lack.
South Commercial (one of the
The comic ; book publisher, rnight well take some lesson, from SPataErtSSi the prin
tierica's authentic folk tales which are as imaginative and ex- cipal: residential areas).
America';
-tig as anything a hack cartoonist can dream up. Until then,
they do protest their innocence too much.
J
Beck Ousts Hunt
North Commercial -FrontStreet.
Mission t and South 12th (the
cutoff highjway route).
We'll vdnture a guess that Sa-
1 ... .
iems program win nave a com-
a communist or disloyal person
in his life. He then went on to
say that Germans and Japanese
were the real spies here during
the war, and Russia our allies,
but he had never heard of any
search for the agents of enemy
countries.
Th holism un-American activi
ties committee in a report last I
ihliratfnn f tho teamsters' union, last I rnunity-wide backing for the sim
v ' n t j ii j: t I pie reason that so manv of th
monmwan 1 piece Bung uavt ue uown . wiuimi, u of Salem, rich and noor Sunday accused the White House
Wiin Kilt m firm imdor himsolf. At the last rnnvpn- I tT;. .-Clli J ' rlc , P?0' I , n
-- j 1 ' mvc bcuLcu, personal interest in vi ""u w .... ,
tion of the powerful International Beck was made senior vice- the problem. Salem will -hock Its national security" and of ham-
president, with approval of old Dan Tobin, longtime president Iurtf' P get an arterial system, pering its investigation of "com-
of the Iteamsters. Hunt, a -former Washington rtaU newspaper L W,. n ji Snff "rerusing'to
.man. evidenuy didn't lilce tne prospect ox uecic s incrung rowara 1 - , 1 pr. information.
-mm- . J- . m TJI 1:- TI7.u:- I . " - ; ' mMWK
won omce is Demg movea xrom ihuuumhwuj wj nuuuijwu. plan, f or ;new bridges across the I TVT TT
The occasion for Hunt's, slapping of Beck's wrist came after Willamette river, and on plans for W cVHC Xianna
Beck, known to be a political friend of Governor Earl Warren, sam Fit rfal arterial high-
made noises as though he might support the republican ticket. SbViKs) probably result jy . Tl
Hunt, who did theeditorial writing for The Teamsters, came out wf are) so " lucky In what has VV "AJV
with a blunt statement that not Beck but the official board de- been accomplished for Eugene so T
termined union policy and the board wasn't going to meet for r wp ought to be very hum- JJl VLlIlCr V
awnue. ' I ahead of 1 in fiitiir nUnnln
The board met in Indianapolis this week and one thing it I m pubUc .'understanding of what Wayne Hanna, 41, supervisor at
aa ma-vat- Hunt fmm tVia rvr r11 Hunt a'ssprts that htsM Duuinlnff is all shout Th-wVm the Reid Murdock Canning com-
ourter show.th.t Beck is taking command of the international I u"f hard way. W.-y. had I well valre-
Gty to Open
Airport Bids
Bids on the contract for Im
provements at the Salem airport
will be opened at the city hall Sep
tember 10 at 1:30 p. m.. City Man
ager J. I Franzen announced
Thursday,
Bids on the project were called
this week. The improvement pro
gram, to cost about $80,000, has
already been approved by the civ
il aeronautics authority and will
be financed with $40,000 of federal-funds
along with $35,000 in
matching- money from the city.
Included in the project is con
struction "of a new access road on
the west side of McNary field; an
(Continued from page J)
mistake if he tries to dictate or
ders. And he gets into hot water
if he tries finagling with refer
ence to granting or denying
liquor licenses. The path to the
governor's office is well worn by
the feet of those who want pres
sures applied by the governor
for favors at 'the hands of the
liquor commission.
I hope that McKay, if elected
governor, exercises great care in
his appointments to this com
mission and then is smart
enough to refer the brand sales
men and the disgruntled licensees
and the bevy of attorneys who
represent them to the commis
sion. If he does and has men in
whom he and the public has con
fidence on the commission he
will save himself a lot of grief
and keep the administration on
a high plane of public service.
The current brawling reach
ing a physical scuffle in one In
stance is highly discreditable.
McCUlXOUGH To Mr. and
Mrs. R. C McCullough, 3365 Neef
ave., a son, Thursday, September
2, at Salem General hospital.
CASTTJLLEGA To Mr. and
Mrs. Antonio Castlllega. Indepen
dence, a son, Thursday, Septem
ber 2, at Salem General hospital.
BONENKON To Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Bonenkon, 15 Highway ave..
a daughter, Thursday, September
2, at Salem General hospital.
KERGIL To Mr. and Mrs. Ker-
gfl, Stayton, a son, Thursday, Sep
tember 2, at Salem Memorial hospital.
apron for the city's proposed air
terminal on the west side; one
short runway and a number of
taxiways.
College Hecfil
wwm wimwm .iwmm 1 sssssawaaamssssssi
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Mo
eran church" he" " "has "serVfj
churches In Pelican Rapids. '
Minn San Francisco and Min- -
nee polls. He Is a veteran of ' i
World War I and formerly held
a reserve eommlul on '
fLuckyl3'TeU
Lions How to ;
Sheep
The star Kebert G. ITevlsiid, whe
is new president ef Salem col
lege and academy, located tn
Klngwood Ileighta. He viand
served as superintendent f
schools In Minnesota before en
tering the ministry.
Salem College,
Academy to
Open Spt. 20
Salem; college and academy will
open on September 20 with reg
istration of about 220 expected.
President Robert G. Hovland ajti
nounced! Thursday. The academy
is again I to be the dominant ndr-
tion of th institution, while the
junior college work Is to be dis
continued for this year, and the
seventh ' and eighth grades will
be offered for the first time.
The school is located in King
wood Heights west of West Sa
lem. It is nondenominational and
receives; support from many
Salem churches.
Hovland. who arrived in Salem
this summer ' to; head the school,
graduated from St Olaf college'
in 1920, took graduate work at
Minnesota university in 1921 and
gained a degree In theology at
Lutheran Theological seminary
in 1933.! In the Evangelical Luth-
Brceding, raising and showing
of sheep were explained to, the
Salem Lions club Thursday noon
In the Marion hotel by three mem
bers of Turner's "Lucky 1J-, a
441 sheep club. I
The youths, all officers of the
13-member club and all winners
of several awards for their pres
entation of sheep in the recent 4-II
fall fair here, were jerry Wlpper,
14. Shirley Hennles and Karleen
Drager, both 15. -They were Intro-"
duced by their club leader, Karl
wipper, a Turner sheep rancher.
Miss Drager Described her Suf
folk sheep i breeding project for
4-H; Miss Hennles gave the ixnpor--.
tant points In care of sneep and h
young wipper, son oz ine aault v
leader, explained details of pre
paring sheep for showing in com
petition. . 1
The "Lucky 13" club won top
herdsmanship honors at the 4-II
fair and the. three members who
spoke at yesterday's luncheon
comprised a winning judging
team for five types of livestock.
Sheep club members also sold
some of their stock In the fat stock
sale sponsored by the Salem Lions
club at the fair last week.
Oregon has more than 29,000.000
acres of forest lands. Including
lake and stream surfaces.
$ $ r IOITEY $ $
FHA
4H Real EsUU
rersoni A Aate Leans
Stale Finance Coi
153 S. High St. Lie. S21S-M222
Orfv a car a tot it 9
SH in an office chair aft day
Vant a suit that won't shine .
Want a suit that resists wrinkle. . e
Want a suit that will wear and yrear a
day at his work.
Funeral services will be held
from the Clough-Barrick chapel
Saturday at 3 p. m. with Dr. Seth
Huntington officiating. Concluding
services will be in tne ML crest
Abbey mausoleum.
Hanna was born in Indepen
dene Mit S. 1897. and was Erad-
I Was Verr much lJrrriH tn I uti from Tndenendenc hlph
The
Safety Valvo
Day
from Uncle Dan.
In the northwest that will occasion little surprise, for Beck
has a habit of taking over things from truck drivers, clerks,
warehouse workers, airplane; mechanics to politics, the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and a seat on the board of regents at the
University. He was foiled once in Oregon when Governor Char
les H. Martin cracked down on the goons who were doing dirty Hopes feel Closing on Sal
work for Beck's outfit down in this state. Beck didn't come into T Editor:
m .1 t. i 1 I was Very
... f . . I I n the paper that the stores I school, and Oregon state college,
niea. 5 i I of Salem"; had decided to remain After graduation from college he
Uncle Dan is revered Dy the memDersnip 01 wus oig union, open wecmesday during the state enlisted in the army and served
but he has held' the job for 41 years so it isn't surprising If a fair- I haW lived in Salem since overseas during World War I.
or my l Keturning to inaepenaence, ne
of 5v-1 ooerated a farm for several years.
lem have! always closed on Wed-1 worked at the Cooperative ware-
nesday which has been desig- house and later was employed as a
nated by the fair board as Salem sales-driver for the Shell and
day.: j Standard Oil companies in Mon-
Since the fair has been open-1 mouth. He came to Salem in 1942
man like Beck aspires to take over command. Hunt got tromped r , a"a . lne .oest of my
, , - ; . I mowieag xno mercnants
on in Beck's march to power.
Good Candidates Chosen
Republican county central committees have done a good job
In' selecting candidates to replace the four men who were lost in j ing on Labor day the attendance and had been with the Reid Mur
mrt almlsfiB NH4an MMnttv ToVin mnnhr rArtiihlirana hav on that day has. to the best of dock company since that time. In
Ztw ii v a i, 7 CV f t,.77, f J my knowledge, been too heavy 1922 he was married to the former
named William McAUister. former member from that county for the plca of tho attSS- Madeleine Kreamer of Indepen-
and speaker of the house in 194S for state senator. Lincoln coun- ing. j With the extra attendance dence. who survives,
ty named Gef aid Wade, a young man active at; Toledo, whose resulting from the stores remain- A prominent figure In the Am-
father held county office for many years, for the house position. Pen (Wednesday the attend- erican Legion, Hanna was past
Mor M McNutt orEu. w th choicLan. bb S??j- mtJgljmZ ET.S"
republicans to replace John Snellstrom on the legislative ticket. and ; city j offices closed also. I the end of World War I.
Francis Zieeler. Corvallis businessman and active Legionnarie. call this fnoor mortmsruhin ' Surviving besides the widow Is a
was splwtPd as nominee for reoresentative from Benton county. My reelection is that Labor brother, Robert Hanna of Salem,
tviaoa aii mAn nf KiK inai efandinff who will moAciif day a tle fair is a young peo-
"P 1 offic they (are elected, ks .2. SU LtSISthS ' sS
probably all will be. " ? like, me. t like to go to th fair disoose is indiscribable. namely the
on j Wednesday, "Salem day wmkIs and unkempt roses at City
Hnllvwood breaks into news a pa in. This time an actor and whfc is not distinctly a young View cemetery.
two of the luscious movie actresses are caught ih a police raid Efg ShaW chS ijTLS1 ,We cou,d weU Pur towna
. .. , . . . . people nave a chance to meet up place- everyone would want to
of a marijuana smoking party. Sex, communism, and narcotic with people they seldom - see at see. Why not campaign to make
smoking divert the movie world giving it an atmosphere au its any ; otner , time. There is con- the highway (99-E) one of ap-
own. Too much strain, too much indulgence, too much pamper- fidetable sentiment wrapped up pealing beauty from end to end
Ing. But not everyone in Hollywood is perverted morally or poli- n JL? , h Jfajr KI!re jrough the city. Masses of petu-
. .. , c 4, , , JJ7. l something else in life besides nias. or any of a number of an-
? tically. It's not quite a modern Sodom, though the way it is dish- the almighty dollar. Some people nuals. requiring very little care?
ed up it seems to be. ' hav to go to the hospital to find The S. P. grounds seen by thous-
i , i ll I it out An eleventh hour repent- ands. Same -old eye-sore. What
A German de-nazification apepal court found Dr. Hjalmar I lJlf.otJh I I'ri?'
- - - T-a" 4 mmW v. mmWmm I mj lAIUIUl ' W MSV SSf e -f
and GREEN lawn, park benches,
invitery travelers to group off
the train, and wish to return. Don't
tell me the "grounds are S. P. and
nothing can be done." .
And so .many Civic Clubs.
When did it become necessary I. couldn't each take a tnrn. and
tors' bulletin from the Udato S j-2s
said tonight. h and it had gotten to be a tradition, out the summer?
- The three doctors, who earlier No one ever; thinks of any other No, not Salem, cant even keep
reported it was j apparent Bcnes hut a Salm Day always on. Wed- water in the Wodirs pool at Mar
would hot recover, said the day n:J,i, f : fW. ndaUK.tonC'
. ... . . , Something is terribly wrong street will no doubt disappear.
passed -without any signs of un- with this! town. Such a lot of hoi- Why not repair, and retain it
provement. j iering about ruined tourist busi- forever. It is beautiful planted to
The 65-year-old Benes has been ness bedause of - bad publicity flowers, but do repair it! I speak
unconscious since Tuesday morn- (Vanport) but, a city Dad can't of these on the west of Willson
ing. He suffered i a stroke a year see 'a "bdautify Salem" campaign, park facing the courthouse.'
ago and has hardening of the ar- It could be the city beautiful. For a more beautiful Salem,
' John L. Sea ton, Salem, Ore.
By All Means
See These
Remarkable
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Schacht not guilty of charges xA nazi collaboration. Schacht wasIcnLi j' ray for them.
president of the Reichsbank and regarded as Hitler's finance . Eugene T. Prescott,
wizard: but the court president decided he was hot considered a j f JW&4 Oak St.
great politician. Another case where keeping out'of'politics paid woiDU jBEAiniFT SALEM
off. . i I To the" Editor:
Euuard Benes
Slowly Sinking
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept
t - (JP) - Former President Eduard
- Ber s was still unconscious and
virtually paralyzed tonight and
lis bodily strength slowly but
notably was growing less," a doc
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