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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1949)
't-Th Statesman, Salem,' Oregon, Sarurday, January 23. 1949 Board insiders Setting Policy For Sale of State's Used Gars Tightening up the procedure involving the purchase of new auto mobiles bv the state, sale of second-hand cars, and identification of vehicles driven by state employes, of the state board of control Friday. , State Budget Director George Aiken reported to the board that under existing conditions there was no centralized policy of ceiling used v cars by state departments with The result mat some, veiucies of the same manufacture, model nd mileage, were being sold at widely different prices. It was suggested that these cars be sold on bids received by the state purchasing department or soma other agency. .Larger Autos Used Other officials indicated that some departments were using larger automobiles than necessary with unwarranted operation costs. In a few cases, officials added, large cars were required. This was considered true of the state high way division and the state board of higher education. All members of the control ..j.. ... . board agreed tha 4he state seal should be placed on an .state owned automobiles operated in public service with the exception of those used in undercover law enforcement activities. Board members said they " had received complaints that some cars occa- innallv were being usea lor pn vate missions which would not be tolerated. Found Complaints Unfounded Secretary of State Earl T. New bry said he had investigated sev eral of these complaints and in most instances had found inem unfounded. Gov. Douglas McKay predicted there would be considerable change in the used car market within a year and the state might not be able to obtain as good prices for its used cars as in the past. Newbry said prices received lor used cars sold by his depart ment had been quite satisfactory. At the present time many state departments are selling their used ears independent of any other state agency. '. -''Salem Obituaries SICK June w. Hie. Uto resident or Wilbur it . at a local hospital January t8. t the ace of S4. Survived by ion, James B. Rice of 845 S. 15th. An nouncement of ervlces later by Howell-Edwards chape L Dance Tonight 8. 12th and Lelie St Over Henry's Market More Fun - Mora Floor Space RAY WODNER'S ORCHESTRA Modern and Old Tim Musis 60c fuel, tax ID) ANCLE To Joe- Lane and his Oregon Playboys 100 Union TOIHGHT WBCH OF DIMES" BENEFIT Sloper Hall Independence 9 P. M. tm 1 A. M. SPONSORED American Legion Post No. 33 Dane Every SaL Nile Hooted Dane Halt Old Time 'DAIICE Every Saturday High! Over Western Arto 259 Court St. Join the Crowd and Have a Good Time MUSIC BY Ben's Orchestra Public Dance A dm. Ctc Inc. Tax Benefii Ilarch c! Dines Toniie VFUHall DA GE was proposed at; a special meeting MiU Workers Of Unemployed Laid-off loggers and lumber mill employes account for nearly one-third of Marion and Polk county unemployed, receiving state unemployment compensation ben efits, it was reported Friday. -A total of 3,189 unemployed civilians received benefit checks last week a recprri week since the war. Of this amount 1,031 were lumber and, log industry employes, 1,157 .were' jobless food processors and 301 job-seeking construction workers. This does not include the nearly 1,000 veterans drawing benefits. The 1,426 benefit claimants last year at this time included only 133 log and lumber men. 897 food processors and 76 construction workers. The state average shows that 41 per cent of benefit recipients are unemployed loggers and lum ber employes. This figure, how ever, jumped to 77 per cent in Lebanon, a large lumber area. A record cold spell which has halted nearly all activity in the woods and at lumber plants was blamed for the large number of unemployed mill ; workers this season. ObitnnHeo Mrs. L D. Worden SILVERTON Mrs. I. D. Wor den died at her home, 215 Coolidg st, January 28. ; Announcement of services later by the Ekman Fun eral home. Earle H. Williams SILVERTON Earle H. Wil liams, 35. died at Reedsport Janu ary 28. Williams was born May 11, 1913 at Albany.: He is survived by his parents. Mr, and Mrs. Henry Williams, Silverton: brothers, Kenneth Williams, Stayton, Wes ley Williams, McMinnville, and Donald Williams, Boise, Ida.; sis ters, Imogene Dumler, Bend; and grandmother, Mrs. 'Imogene Pres ton, Tacoma. Announcement of .services later by the Ekman Fun eral home. NOW PLAYING , VIC DISTAD - and his orchestra CLUB COMBO Fine Food j ! Nightly Except Tuesday Music By Claude Bird And His Orchestra Glenv70od Ballroom t 1? New Low Adm. 85c Top Local List mm MITE DAIICE TOIJIGHT e at CRYSTAL GJMDEIIS Old Time and Modern Mesle y Pop Edwards Ore. Adm. fee (Us ineJoded) Elected -aS"" a " - V- Wallace Carson, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace P. Carson. 370 Leslie st, who was recent ly elected president of the stu dent body at Leslie Junior high school. Machines in Office Slowed By Power Drop (Story also on page 1.) The current electric power short age is working a hardship in a number of county and state offices as office power-driven machinery fails to operate, it was reported Friday. Marion county tax department reported its posting machine which tabulates tax turnover has been operating spasmodically. This has caused a delay in turning over tax money to various school districts. Although it gums up office proced ure, the general public Is not af fected yet, it was said. Both the county tax office and the headquarters office of the state unemployment compensation com mission have been working nights when the power is stronger. Several hundred unemployment benefit checks may be delayed this week due to office machinery slow downs at the UCC office. A special survey, being compiled for the state legislature, also is being de layed for that reason, it was re ported. Conservation Plea Renewed (Story also on page 1). Renewing their plea lor power conservation throughout this re gion, the Northwest Utilities Con ference committee Friday called attention to the following points in a prepared statement released locally through PGE: "Power requirements during the last few 3ays have only been met by operating the northwest power pool at reduced frequency, which has caused electric clocks to run slow throughout the Paciiic north west. "Engineers are projecting" their plans for operation of the power pool on the expectation that the present 'skating on thin ice' pro vision may last through February and possibly March. But the pub lic will be informed frequently as to changing conditions. The committee emphasized that the general public housewives, commercial enterprises and thers must continue to conserve elec tricity in every way they can, around the clock, and to be par ticularly careful during the peak evening hours. Men Sworn Into CB Unit New personnel for Salem's or ganized CB company 13-9 were sworn into the naval reserve at a meeting Friday night. The new men were CM 1c Don ald G. Christenson. Lebanon; MM 3c Lee Ervin. Lebanon; CMM H. L. Fisher, Silverton; CSF John A. Nathman. Salem, and SV 1c Ken neth T. Wechter, Salem. Capt. W. S. Sharton, USNR, spoke to the company on the sev eral features of navy unification and organization. Doors Open 1:00 P. M. For Hollywood Kids Club Program Prises X Cartoons Serial Special Feature THUNDER MOUNTAIN" with Tim Holt. Biehard Martin Benson'e Birthday Cake For Judith Abb Scherrer, Linda Sue Cram. Patsy Massey. Yvonne Meyers, Shirley Debut. Harriet Baker, Joan Melsha, Diana Fre drick. Darrell Farmer, Kay Hanley. Eve. Shew. Coat. After JP.lt ENDS TODAY! "A DATE WITH JUDY" -PAL'S ADVENTUKJE- Starte Tomorrow, Cent. 1:45 nnoui- - - "Pi JS "fm , 4 ' '. ,- ' nun i ii ' r if r : .te-t.j Chest Agencies Plan All-Year Publicity Drive A year-round publicity campaign topped discussion at the monthly meeting of the Council of Com munity Chest agencies Friday Organization of speaker commit tees early enough to cover all in dustrial and business firms and a guided "Come and See" tour pro gram were given favorable con sideration by the group. Possible reorganization of campaign meth ods was also studied. Al Loucks, 1948 Chest chairman, presented a detailed analysis of the 1948 campaign as compared with the 1947 drive. He reported that the Los Angeles Chest was having a re-campai&n to raise its budget, missed in the first drive. Charles Barkley gave a talk on publicity and campaign proced ures and distributed materials and publicity aids. It was announced at the meeting that Ransom Car ver, San Francisco, Pacific coast area representative of the Com munity Chest, will be in Salem February 21, 22 and 23. He rep resents all the area west of Den ver and including Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands. The nert meet ing of the group will be held Feb ruary 23 at the Salvation Army while Carver is in the city. George Alexander, Salem presi dent of the Chest, gave a brief talk on responsibility of the cam paign. Attending the meeting also were Gus Moore, YMCA, Mrs. Esther Little, YWCA, Gardner Knapp, Boy Scouts, Lucy MacAfee, Girl Scouts, Edna B agnail,- Campfire Girls, Captain R. B. Lesher, Salva tion Army, Quintin Johnstone, Le gal Aids Clinic, and Mrs. Zoe Mc Clellan, Catholic charities. Plan to Add 4 Precincts to City Broached A plan to add four more voting precincts to Salem's present 38 was broached to Marion county court Friday by Marion County Clerk Harlan Judd and Salem City Re corder Alfred Mundt. Judd had been instructed by the court to work with Mundt figur ing out what to do with 13 of Sa lem's precincts which had muster ed over 500 voters each in the last election. State law requires that a voting precinct have no more than 500. Judd said Friday his plan was not complete but roughly it in volved adding to new precincts in the north end of Salem and two more in the south part. These new precincts would involve a great deal of re - shuffling of existing precinct lines in'order to drain off excessive voters into less populat ed precincts. "I believe this can be done," Judd said, "without disturbing ward boundaries or polling plac es." Salem precincts which showed more than 500 voting last Novem ber include precincts 6, 4, 13, 24, 27. 22, 9. 1, 25, 8. 28, 21 and 7. O PHONE 3-3467 O MATINEE DAILY FROM 1 P. M. O ITCOOG A GC3Q0Q.O DG Ed'ITDOG FEIODjIT PAG0 i ; zzi . 0r Prevne Toniie! (ONE FEATURE) AND Starts Tomorrow! (We predict the Aca demy Award for Miss DeHavilland, and her very fine performance in THE SNAKE PIT . . J O CO-FEATURE! O 1 T Berlin Embassy Employee to Face . Treason Giarge WASHINGTON, Jan. 28--The Justice department said to night that Herbert John Burgman, former employe in the U.S. em bassy in Berlin, is now being flown across the Atlantic to face a trea son charge here. The justice department announ ced early this month that Burg man, who has worked for the state department for 20 years, had been placed under arrest. He is to be charged with taking a job with the German short-wave radio and making broadcasts in English to American armed forces. U.N. Approves U.S. Plan to Liberate Java LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 28 The security 'council overrode Dutch protests and approved to day an American backed plan designed to restore the Indone sian republic. Key ' sections of . the scheme barely squeezed through the coun cil with seven votes required for passage by the 11 - member coun cil. The Netherlands told the coun cil the Dutch would cooperate as far as their responsibilities in In donesia permitted. In its major actions, the coun cil: 1. Called on the Dutch to re lease leaders of the Indonesian re public immediately and help them get their government going again. 2. Turned down a Soviet pro posal demanding immediate with drawal of Dutch soldiers from ter ritory of the Indonesian republic. 3. Created the United Nations Indonesian commission to super vise elections for a United States of Indonesia. 4. Told this commission to re commend withdrawal of Dutch troops from republican soil as it saw fit and to assist in early re storation of the civil administra tion of the republic. 5. Recommended elections for creation of the United States of Indonesia and transfer of sover eignty by the Dutch to tho new regime by July 1, 1950. Verdict Favors Bus Company The $25,000 damage suit of Marie Goin vs. Pacific Greyhound lines, Gerald W. Jones and' the Journal Garage company was de cided in favor of the defendants following jury deliberation Friday night. The circuit court jury returned a verdict denying claims of Marie Goin for injuries incurred in an accident involving a Greyhound bus and the Oregon Journal truck at Midway, south of Salem, Nov. 5, 1947. The Goin suit "was the second to grow out of the accident which claimed the life of the truck driv er and a bus passenger. A third filed in circuit court here has been set for trial in Portland February 24. dhis newspaper does not sell display advertising on Page One. That, quite properly, is reserved for the day's most important events and happenings throughout the world ev Yet, so important in the annals of the screen is "The Snake Pit" that, if we could, we would place this advertisement on the front page so all could see and know ... CJhxa "The Snakm PtH" inscribes a new chapter in the annals of the screen . . . that it cry born of hate, fear, with the substance of and faith I fety F. loss sfMite tUVU e lAVtlAMJ hi "TK SUUS W" 0 dUmktamkSlmtmtlmStm.wAri tit ! tflwi linn. X Hmi o SsW If ttey hw ; aTB 1 o n 1 1 r'n lino Noorth H m. uuiU uvai vit Diane Area for Young Attacker State police conducted a house-to-house search in the Illahe-Sun-nyside area Friday for a wavy haired youth who assaulted Mrs. Max Alford at her Illahe home Friday morning and robbed her of $12. Mrs. Alford, wife of Captain Alford of the record bureau in state police heaquatters at Salem, said the youth came to the front door of the house about 11 o'clock Friday morning. After knocking on the front door he went around to the rear door. She went to the door and he asked to use the tele phone. When he entered the house, (Mrs. Alford said, he grabbed her. She broke loose and asked him what he wanted. He told her he wanted money. He forced her to go up stairs and get $12. Before leaving he warned her not to call the po lice. He was going to cut the tele phone wires, but she pleaded with him to leave them alone. He left the house and headed to ward the highway, Mrs. Alford said. She called her husband at state police headquarters and an immediate search of the area was begun. The attacker was trailed by state police to highway 99E where his tracks were lost. All highway exits to the area were blockaded by state police. Cars were checked as far south as Eugene in an effort to appre hend the youth. Mrs. Alford, whose throat and eyes were injured in the attack, described the man as being 19 or 20 years old and 5-feet 10-inches talL He was wearing blue denim trousers which were tucked into high-top boots, tan jacket and a cap with the bill turned up, and had wavy bfown hair. County Trades Timber Lands For Old Tract Marion county court Triday gave its official stamp on a trade of county-owned land for 24,629 acres of logged -off land. The county's land consists of 1, 120 timbered acres in the Sardine creek area of the North Santiam river canyon. The larger area is owned by Cascade Operating Co. which intends to sell to Vancou ver Plywood company. The state forestry department would reseed the logged area but leave it in county ownership. The county also will receive back the 1,120 acres after the private com pany has logged it. From timber re-grown on the logged-off land it is estimated that Marion county would receive an annual $300,000 logging industry. The court had already approved the trade several weeks ago but called the public hearing Friday to hear any objections. A number of officials of the state forestry department attend ed but no objections were raisea The state will complete the trans action. ENDS TODAY! (SAT.) Larry Parks "GALLANT BLADE" O Gene Autrr LAST ROUND-UP" answers a despair... love, courage PLUS! AIRMAIL FOX MOVIETONE NEWS! if " Youth Government Planning Session Gonclucted Here : !' i First statewide planning meet ing for the second annual Youth and Government program, set for April 29-30,; was held Friday night at Nohlgren. Hi-Y boyj and girls from over the state will send their representatives to Salem for that week-end session, in the form of a legislative; meeting. Dr. U. GJ Dubach, professor at Lewis and Clark college, conduct ed last night's meeting as state committee chairman. Salem mem bers present were Tinkham Gil bert, Rex Putnam, C. A. Kells, John Gardner and Gus Moore. John Plankington, Dr. Carl Hol- lingsworth, ; Paul Campbell, and Dwight Welch, all of Portland, at tended the session. Four pre-Iegislative sessions were arranged at the meeting. Hi Y members will attend at La Grande, Ashland, Eugene and Portland about six weeks prior to the Salem assembly. Hi-Y clubs will spend at least four weeks on study of government in prepara tion for the meetings, s Peppermint Plant Opens CHEHALIS, Jan. 27-(P)-A new peppermint . rectification unit was placed in operation today by I. P. Callison and Sons. It will go far toward making this area the peppermint oil capital of the world. Oregon and Washington peppermint growers were guests of the company and the general KARTOON KARNTVAL TODAY At 12:3 with Her. Show Last Times Today I Johnny Welssmnller Tarsan and Huntress" Randolph Scott Kidman's Territory" ENDS TODAY! 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