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t 'The Statesman; Salem, OrA
Pudding River Clearance Plan
Opposed by Landowner Group
Any attempt to project a program for clearing the Pudding river oi
debris will be opposed by a group of landowners along the river, a
delegation informed the Marion county court Tuesday.
The federal government has appropriated $110,000 for clearing the
river. A proposal to form a Pudding river water control district was
soundly defeated last spring.
Army Engineer Col. O. E. Walsh
told Marion County Judge Grant
Murphy recently the appropriation
would dissolve in five years if not
used. Judge Murphy transferred
this information to Manton Carl
of Hubbard route 1, leader of the
group which opposed the forma
tion of the district Sast February.
The delegation of : land owners,
led by Carl, said clearing of the
river would do more harm than
good, that the river is gradually
clewing itself of drifts, and that
If t' ? river Is cleared the swifter
moving water would wash away
farm lands.
It was also feared that after the
stream is cleared the next move
would be to "begin dredging the
channel."
1 To use the federal appropriation
residents along the river would
have to form a district and give
the government right-of-way ease
ments to the river.
The congressional appropriation
followed surveys and engineer
recommendations prompted by pe
titions to the late Senator Charles
McNary from the Pudding river
area residents in 1941.
Appearing with Carl Tuesday
were Albert J. Kowash, Paul Cole
man, Charles J. Dean, P. J. Gilles
and Werner" R. Hemrhorn, all
Woodburn rural route residents.
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SEATTLE. Dec. 21 Seattle
Waterfront operations were closed
down today by AFX. checkers and
foremen who said they "will not
return to work until they receive
definite assurance that they will
not be harmed by goons on or
pff the job."
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Wednesday, December 22, 1943
Portland Bandit
Shoots Man in
Night of Crime
PORTLAND, Dec. 21 -- A
young bandit critically wounded
a tavern patron lost night in a
hold-up and then held a family
at bay until breakfast this morn
ing before disappearing.
Ralph Thompson. 22. shot twice
last night when he attempted to
overpower the bandit, was in
critical condition today.
The gunman spent the night in
the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs.
George Baker, talking incessantly,
sobbing, and munching cheese.
"I'll shoot myself if cornered."
he told the Bakers, when he dash
ed into their back door for sanc
tuary just after the shooting.
Threatening the Bakers with a
pistol, he forced them to stay
with him in the kitchen until 8
this morning. Then he asked how
to get to the state of Washington on
a bus. and vanished down the
street.
The gunman, previously that
evening had robbed a service sta
tion, forced the attendant to drive
him to an east side cafe, held up
the cafe, during the course of
which he shot Thompson in the
stomach and again in the head.
Reserve Units
Close Training
Until New Year
The 369th engineer boat and
shore regiment and the QM head
quarters 409th engineering brigade
held their last staff training con
ference of 1948 Monday night at
Salem armory reserve quarters.
Staff training was conducted by
Lt. Col. George Harbor and Capt.
Donald Gardner and Lt. Alan Berg
presented lectures and training
films.
The first meeting of the units in
1949 will be on January 3. Lt. Ray
mond Carl and Sgt. Carl Arnert
will present the problem "field
sanitation."
Capt. Robert Mayre announced
that the 1949 training schedule
would involve advanced staff work
to be applied when the units par
ticipate in summer field maneu
vers. Rain is formed by the further
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Mrs. Bartlett
Dies Tuesday
At Silverton
: SILVERTON, Dec. 1 Mrs.
Sarah Bartlett, 36, died at Sil
verton hospital today after a short
Illness.
, Funeral services are set for Fri
day at 2 p. m. in the memorial
chapel of Ekman Funeral home,
with concluding services at Bel
crest memorial park in Salem.
She was born in Sunderland,
England, and came to this country
as a girl with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Lynch, now of Sil
verton. ALso Surviving are the wi
dower, Noah Bartlett; two child
ren, Sharon and Clifford: five
brothers, Tom, Michael, Albert,
David and Jack Lynch, all of Sil
verton; three sisters, Mrs. Ann
Reed, Silverton, Mrs. Margaret
Guminski of West Frankfort. Ill .
and Mrs. Jane Cotter of Portland.
Tojo Completes
Will; Execution
Time Said Set
TOKYO, Wednesday. Dec. 22-ffl)-Hideki
Tojo, waiting to die on
the gallows with six associates in
war and aggression, has completed
his "last testament to the world,"
a Japanese priest reported today.
General MaeArthur's headquar
ters is believed to have set the
hour for the executions, but there
was no indication when they would
take place. MacArthur was noti
fied officially yesterday that the
U. S. Supreme court will not in
tervene. Bodies of Nine
Valley Vets
On Army Ship
Bodies of nine Willamette valley
Soldiers who lost their lives fight
ing in Europe in World War II
are being returned aboard an army
transport for final burial in their
home cities.
They are among 32 Oregon men
whose bodies are being brought
home at the request of relatives
living in this state.
Cpl. Roy F. Andrews, brother
of James O. Andrews of Lebanon
was killed in Germany April 30,
1945. He was 23 years old at the
time of his death. He was born at
Fry Station, Ore , Aug. 26, 1921.
: Other survivors are three sis
ters, Mrs. Earl Pollock. Mrs.
George Pollock of Albany and
Mrs. lone Anwine of Quincy
Wash.
Pic. John N. Petersen, son of
Mrs. Kathleen Petersen of Turner,
was also killed in action in Ger
many April 6. 1945. Other sur
vivors are four brothers, Her
SChel. Del mar and Donald P(.tr.
sen, all of Turner, and Kenneth
Petersen of Jefferson; and four
sisters. Hazel Miller and Mary
Boehmer, and Ella and Ruby Pet
ersen, all of Turner.
Others are Pvt. Robert L. Cal
kins, next of kin, Henry B. Cal
kins of Sweet Home; Lt. Joe Flood,
next of kin, Mrs. Ozella Campbell,
415 Larson ave., Salem: Lt. Rich
ard N- Hiday, next of kin, Harry
t: Hiday, 1210 N. 16th st., Salem;
Pfc. Otis E. Howe, next of kin,
Mattie A. Howe of Silverton; Pfc.
Arthur B. Miller, next of kin, Wil
liam r Miller, Woodburn; Lt.
Lloyd P. Sokolik, next of kin,
Frank Sokolik, Seio: and Pvt.
Merle D. Wolgemuth, next of kin,
John C. Wolgemuth, Newberg.
SWAN ISLAND WORK SET
PORTLAND. Dec. 21-0P)-Work
on converting Swan Island dorm
itories into apartments for Van
port flood evacuees is scheduled
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Marion County
Payrolls Near
$75,000,000
Record payrolls this year In ,
Marion county probably will ap
proach the $75,000 000 mark, it
was revealed here Tuesday.
The state unemployment com
pensation commission estimated
that 1948 wages paid to covered
workers alone in the county will
reach an all time high , of about
$39,000,000.
Because of the large number
of state, federal and county em
ployes here and farm workers (all
of whom are not included in the
unemployment program) a com
mission spokesman estimated the
covered payroll is about half the
total amount of wages paid out in
Marion county to all 'workers.
Payrolls covered by unemploy
ment compensation here during
the first half of 1948 came to
$18,083,470. This is an increase of
10 per cent over comparable fig
ures during the first six months
of -1947, the commission reported.
Based on previous years' payrolls
the commission expects covered
wages paid during the last six
months of this year to reach about
$21,000,000.
The covered payroll here for
the first half of this year is
nearly twice that of the entire
year of 1940. In that year Mult
nomah county led the rest follow
ed by Klamath, Lane and Marion
counties. This year Lane county's
covered payroll is second to Mult
nomah with Marion third and
Klamath down in eighth place.
Lane county, rival to Marion
in industry and population, paid
its covered workers a record S3a.- ;
000,000 during the first half of i
this year. This is an increase of
nearly 26 per cent over last year,
the commission reported.
N. Dakota ns
Arraigned on
Two Charges
Two North Dakota men were
arraigned in Marion county dis
trict court Tuesday on charges in
volving three juvenile Salem girls.
I They are Walter Nelson, 23,
j Copperstown, N. D., charged with
, rape, and Donald H. Posey, 18,
I Sutton, N. D., charged with con
i tributing to the delinquency of a
I minor.
j Nelson was arrested by city po
I lice last Thursday in a parked car
f in the 2300 block of Fairgrounds
road. A 17-year-old girl was in i
the vehicle with him at the time,
police said. A short time later of- '
ficers said they arrested Posey as I
he emerged from a nearby cafe, t
Nelson was first held on an in- !
toxication charge and Posey for
vagrancy.
Nelson was arraigned on the
rape charge after the mother of
a 15-year-old girl signed the com
plaint. Police said the mother of a
16-year-old girl signed the com
plaint against Posey.
Both men are being held in the
Marion county jail under $3,500
bail each and will enter pleas in
district court today.
Raboin Joins
j 25-Year Club
! Emery A. Raboin, 2010 N. 18th
j St., Tuesday was installed as a
tnaner member of the new 25
year service club of the Reming-
iun-nana company,
j Raboin is a typewriter mainten-
ance man who has been located in
j Salem since 1932 except for 18
momns spent in Boise, Idaho, sev
eral years ago.
J J. Strainger, Portland sales
manager for the business machines
company, made the presentation
in Salem. Raboin's award includes
a new wrist watch and an addi
tional week's vacation with pay
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I ington-Rand for 26 years.
j Navy Air Reserve Holds
I Organization Session
Salem's new navy air reserve
unit met in an organization ses
sion Tuesday night at the chamber
of commerce with Lt. Ernest Eld
ridge, unit commander, presiding.
Discussion at the meeting cen
tered on tentative plans tor an
immediate ground flight instruc
tion program. About 50 former na
vy airmen attended the -meeting.
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Leap Year Ends
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Liquid Hydrogen Could Power
Ship to Moon If Ship Existed
COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 21 -JP)- Rocket ships, fired by liquid hydro
gen, could travel to the moon if a ship existed that could make the
trip.
That was the latest word on inter-planet travel today from Dr.
JrL L- Johnston. Ohio State university's rocket expert. He is a chemistry
proiessor.
U.S. Alarmed
At Revolts in
Latin America
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2! -(K)-Al
aimed by revolutions in Latin
America, the United States today
denounced as "deplorable" the
changing of governments by mili
tary force.
The state department said in a
statement that such military coups
are "increasingly a danger to all
the countries of this hemisphere."
The United States went into
consultations with all but two of
the Latin American governments
to get their ideas on "legitimate
and appropriate actions" that
might be taken to "strengthen the
democratic and constitutional
framework" of the hemisphere
governments.
Roger Tubby; department press
office, said Venezuela and El Sal
vador were the only ones not con
sulted. Military regimes have re
cently come into power in Vene
zuela and El Salvador.
Later the state department dis
closed that the specific questions
of recognizing the military junta
in Venezuela, and reaction to re- i
cent fighting in El Salvador, had ,
been discussed by U. S. ambassa
dors with the various foreign of
fices." Tubby told reporters these top
ics "might logically be expected
to be included in discussions with
these countries, except in Argen
tina, Paraguay and Peru, which
already have recognized Venezue
la." Borland May
Stay
Silverton
City Manager
SILVERTON. Dec 21 Indica
tions that Robert E. Borland will
be retained as Silverton city man
ager despite his resignation ear
lier this month were given during
a special city council meeting to
night. The council adopted a resolu
tion hiring Borland temporarily,
pending consideration of applicants
for the job. Although Borland's
resignation was accepted at the
regular December meeting, it has
since developed that he will not
enter private busine.s as he had
intended. The council is obligat
ed by law to wait four weeks be
fore naming a successor.
In other business tonight, the
council introduced a bill which
would permit minors to enter pool
halls where beer or liquor is not
sold. The bill will be up for final
action January 3. At present min
ors are prohibited from all pool
halls.
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Johnston, who says he is the first
man to put liquid hydrogen in
rockets, said the fuel could propel
a ship at a speed of 30,000 miles
miles per hour.
"All we need is a ship to put
the liquid hydrogen in," the sci
entist commented, "and that's
coming."
Prohibitive Cm!
The almost prohibitive cost of
operating a space ship, Johnston
said, is the major reason one hasn't
been built that could stand the
strain of the high - powered fuel.
"One probably could be built
right now if someone wanted to
spend the "money," he explained.
What the ship would look like,
Johnston said was "hypothetical."
"It wouldn't be anything that
could carry people not for a long
time, anyway."
Nor, Johnston said, could it hop
around the universe. Buck Rogers
style. "Anything like that," he
laughed, "is pretty distant."
Liquid oxygen' is used to oxi
dize, or burn, the' hydrogen, John
ston explained.
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"It's practically the best known
oxy zer. just as liquid hydrogen
is certainly the best known rocket
fuel," he said.
To get a ship to the moon, three
tons of the hydrogen - oxygen
mixture would be "safe, Johnston
said.
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St. Helens Milk
Order Case
Heard in Salem
Can the state department of
agriculture correct its own errors
was the question posed in a hear
ing Tuesday in proceedings in
volving a department milk sales
order for the St. Helens area.
Marion County Circuit Judge E.
M. Page took the hearing under
advisement and allowed time for
briefs to be filed.
Safeway Stores. Inc., brought
the suit against E. L. Peterson,
state director of the department
of agriculture. The company seeks
a declaratory judgment to prevent
the state milk control section from
fixing prices on distribution of
milk in fiber containers at St.
Helens.
The stores charge that last July
the director issued an order which
included St. Helens in the Port
land sales area! Later, the com
plaint states, on August 3 the di
rector amended the order by al
tering the boundaries of the Port
land area and eliminating St.
Helens.
H. C. Hardy, Safeway attorney,
argued Tuesday that such an
amending order cannot be made
without further hearing or notices.
Under Oregon law, he said, the
amendment stands as a second
order and cannot be enforced
without proper hearings.
Attorney Samuel Weinstein,
representing the agriculture de-
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The corrected order would pre
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Gift Night at
Saddle Club1
Gifts for all, including the hors
es, are promised for tonight's Sa
lem Saddle club party at the state
fairgrounds stadium. is
Appearance of Santa Claps with
gifts, riding by members id "their
gaudiest uniforms" and a I special
feed are on the program for the
annual Christmas party, 'limited
to members and their families, fi
Committee in charge includes
George Arbuckle, George Ar
buckle, Jr., and Ed Goechner. j
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