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i ay Sounds JCeynotefor Hospital Drive ; (Story also on "part 1)' T know of nothing more im 4prjfnt to the city of Salem than the proposed Salem Hospital De- ;. velopment program. !; With thlj keynote sounded by j Douglas McKay, Oregon's new governor who as a Salem bust nessman has , long been active in ; civiie affairs here, the campaign Ffor $1,100,000 to expand the fa . h cilities of both Salem Memorial ! and Salem General hospitals. was i off to a start Tuesday night. "SThe launching program for the hospital development campaign Ij'was" opened by Mayor Robert L. jl$irom in the Marion hotel who b- predicted -that this program will f xccetve the wholehearted support of the city of Salem and the en . tire Willamette valley as welL 'For-the program -the Rev. Lloyd LT. Anderson gave the invocation "nd- Father T. J, Bernards the benediction.' ? ;, ' rT elnta Emphasised ..v, Citing needs for hospital ex- pans ion Here, speakers brougnt i -out, these points: ? -' Dr. M. K. Crothers: Hospital V bed occupancy exceeding. 80 per f Cent is considered to mean an overcrowded hospital, for lack of i proper segregation and other rea sons, but Salem hospitals now average 90 per cent occupancy and often must place patients on cots in hallways. C. A. Sprague: Detroit dam .construction and Polk county r growth are among outside influ . ences increasing burden on local hospitals and creating demand for Salem as medical center for en ; tire area. New .hospital space . needed to make room for the "in '. visible needs of the present for i hospital care of less-than-critical : eases of those with chronic ail ; ments, mental trouble not requir- lng state commitment, aged in ' firm, isolation and the many state industrial accident cases which IF ITS AT THE ELSLNOKE, ITS Tiff Tr . ft IIEY7 TODAY! ft MP- rni.,..n;6 aw c . DELIGHTFUL STOrXY... i-, 7 y xlr r ,4" ic f ifsamX I f Mr t m 2ND BIG HIT! Ynr Adventare. Favorite! Tin In "GUII SMUGGLERS" With Richard Martin - Martha Hjer - Gary Gray , ADDED TREATS - POPEYE CARTOON'- BREVITY - NEWS Hereafter until Will open week days at 2:30 P. ML Foods served after 5:00 P. M. Sundays Foods served after 1:00 B. M. Closed Every t now must be referred to Port land. ' . Birth Kate Xawreaeel . Frank B. Bennett: Birth rate rose 300 per cent from 1937 to 1947; Salem grew by 23 per cent in past eight years; a 100.000 population already exists within 20 mile radius fox Salem. Plan of the hospital campaign was outlined by . T. Franklin, campaign director who has of fices at 335 N. High it (telephone 2-3851). He described as the "heart of a successful program a plan for memorials encouraged from persons and companies giv ing between $500 land several thousand dollars. a Solicitation of these givers by a committee oft 40 under General Chairman Ford Watkins will stress the memorial! plan under which the cost of designated units to be added to either hospital plant may be underwritten. Brochure Published A brochure outlining the local hospital program lists the pro posed improvements, separating them into the various units which may serve as donated memorials, ranging from a $500 -bassinette or $1,000 admitting room to a o,dou Dhvsio-theraoy department. 4U, 000 X-ray department or $75,000 oublie lobbr and elevators. The memorial plan . campaign will be accompanied with a gen eral education campaign in con nection with the proposed hos pital development. By summer it is expected the 'campaign will en ter a eitywide phase for other donations from the; public at large. 1 k Committee Members Members of Watklfn's commit tee for the n resent campaim work are: Carle Abrams, Arthur Bates, Breyman Boise, Chandler Brown, Clair Brown, I Mrs; Eleanour Brown, Dr. Frank Brown, Stuart Bush. Leo N. Child. Henry V. Compton, 41ugh Cravens, R. L. Elf stroro, Asel: Eoff. T ink ham Gilbert, A. C. Haag, Roy Harland, Guy N. Hickok, Carl j Hogg, Dave Holtzman, Alfred Loucks, Edward Majek, T. M. Medfdrd, WUliam R. Moore, Robert Needham, Wil liam L. Phillips, RUssel Pratt, Harold Robertson, M. B. Rudd, Phil SchnelL Mrs. B.j O. Schuck ing. Linn C. Smith, Mrs. Bruce Spaulding, Charles A. Sprague, Charles Wagner, James Walton, Paul Wallace. Thomas Windishar. Donald Young, i THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN! that i i See how he takes reaL five people and weave their advert rurea with the static rt world ot cartoon V creations into a f thrilling pattern! J of happincsa I z J and song! $6V IMS s mm to WS OuffiSffiU' sm -nayeoy' mm nAVENoea stue- (omt-osm m4 If I WaMw D WMi Wch tDwtTHir i holt ; : ! i M ! S further notice Monday fPGE Plam New Substation In North Salem . Portland General i Eectrlc ap plied to thm city zoning commis sion Tuesday night lor permission to build a new substation In north Salem. The proposed station along Ore gon Electric tracks near Columbia street (in block 35,; North Salem addition) would require a change of sone from class I residential to class III-X business zone for the special purpose petitioned. The zoning commission gave its preliminary approval and called a public hearing on the proposal for its April lth meeting. After a hearing last night at city hall, the zoners recommended to the city council a zone change from class I residential to class II residential (which permits apartments) for a lot near Bush school on University street. Co burn Grabenhorst seeks to locate a court apartment there. Mine Holiday Adds to PITTSBURGH, March 13 -JP) Railroad layoffs mounted today in the two - day - old coal mine shutdown. A Sunday - like calm hung ov er hard and soft coal mining towns where "report for work Monday" signs still were posted at various pits. UMW President John L. Lewis order for a two - week work stop pace in all eastern mines swelled the number of New York Central employes scheduled for layoffs. By week's end more than 67,000 railroaders are due to be tempor arily Jobless. The New York Central said 3;- 223 more workers in five car lo comotive shops would be idled be cause of the mine closings. In Jersey City, the Central Railroad of Jersey said "in unestimated number would be forced into idleness in the next two weeks. Detroit-Lyons en PORTLAND. March 15 -UPt-C. J. Montag, Portland, submitted the low bid of $637,504 for con struction of the 230 - kilovolt De troit - Lyons transmission line, the Bonneville administration an nounced today. The 21 -mile line is in Oregon's Marion and Linn counties. Isaacson Iron works, Seattle, was awarded a contract for pro viding Z30-kv steel towers for the Grand Coulee - Snohomish transmission line No. 2 on a bid of $398,626. Nona or WTrmoN to improve HANSEN AVENUE FROM LIBEKTT StOAD TO DOl'GHTON STREET Notic hereby is given that the com mon council of the city of Salem. Or egon, deems It necessary and expedi ent and hereby declare Its purpose and Intention to improve Hansen av enue from the west line of Liberty rood to the east line of Doughton street. In the city of Salem. Marion county. Oregon, at the expense of the abutting and adjacent property, ex cept the street intersections the ex pense of which will be assumed by the city of Salem, by bringing said portion of said street to the established grade, constructing cement concrete curbs, and paving said portion of said street with a I'i-tnch asphaltlc concrete pave ment thirty feet wide In accor dance with the plans and specifica tions therefor which were adopted by the eommon council March 14. 194. which are now on file in the office of the city recorder and which by this reference thereto are made a part hereof. The common council hereby declares its purpose and intention to make the above described improvement by and through the street improvement de partment. By Order of the Common Council March 14. 1S4S. ALFRED MLTNDT. City Recorder Date of first publication hereof is ISta day of March. 1949. M.16.17JB.19J0J2J3J4J5JST All the I World Loves - a Lever Like I v Don Joan! J EXTKA! Color Cartoon Warner News Jobles Line Bids Op M II II I M1 111; . ROBERT mm TZ A VTNCSKI SHfPVAl- JfRftlf ?M V Y Wmwumdii iiiiki win m imTl I . with 1 1 i-K I J man mery i Tamara Geva I Papers Start Publication PORTLAND, Ore, March 15-Cn Portland's newspapers were back on the street today after a 25-daV labor-dispute shutdown. Publication started today after publishers and the printers and mailers reached agreement short ly before midnight last nirhr Thm printer-mailer settlement calls for a wage nuce or S3.Z3 a week and a third week's paid vacation. The printers calling the shut down a lockout had asked for lost-time pay but this was not included in the settlement. Their new scale for a 36 Vt -hour week is $93.23 for day and $98.23 for night work. Pay for mailers on both shifts is $88. Cripps Reports Britain Along Recovery Road LONDON, March 15 -fi) Sir Stafford Cripps reported today Britain is well on the road to re covery. The chancellor of the excheq uer said one major problem re mains: How to seU enough Brit ish goods in the American market to pay for all the things Britain has to buy with dollars. Through a 30,000-word "Eco nomic Survey for 1949" published today as a white paper, Cripps played on the theme that Britain can and must be earning those dollars by the time American aid under the European recovery pro gram ends in 1932. Britain has completed "a year of great and steady progress," his survey said. 'Output increased in every Important industry." This was attributed to two main factors Britain put forth Ma steady national effort" on produc tion and "we received generous and timely assistance from the United States." A program of harder work and continued high taxes was laid down for the British people. The report promised . increased food rations, although there will be four pounds less meat per per son this year. Selling High in Metals, Rails NEW YORK. March 13 Metals, rails and some steels were selling targets in a sagging stock market today. Losses of fractions to more than a point hit a long list of leading issues. The average decline, sharpest since Feb. 24, wiped out a good portion of last week's gains. Dealings were at a fairly slow pace with transactions of 730,000 shares, well below Monday's 800,000. Among the 967 issues traded, declines outnumbered ad vances by 529 to 209, while 25 stocks touched new lows for the year. For the day, the Associated Press average of 60 stocks were off .5 of a point at 63.3. Indus trials dropped .6, rails .5 and utilities J2. Horse Killed By Automobile A horse owned by Vernal Mc Mullen, Salem route 9. was struck and killed by an automo bile just south of the 12th street junction Tuesday night, state po lice reported. Police said the horse had thrown Barbara McMullen, 13. and, was running away at the time of the accident. Miss Mc Mullen escaped injury. Driver of the car was listed as Leroy Morris Blomberg. Port land. State police reported Blom berg was driving south on high way 99E when the car struck the animal. Only minor damage was done to the car. MEETING PLACE CHANGED E. T. Eldridge, commander of the new Salem navy air reserve volunteer training unit, called at tention yesterday to change of meeting place for his unit to the newly completed navy - marine armory on Airport road. The navy air unit meets at 8 o'clock to night. Starts Today Open 6:45 38.- V m sat viw tjUWayiH UllUW Second Feature "INDIAN AGENT" Tim Holt. Naa Leslie DAIICE TOIIIGHT Ray Weidner'a Modern A Old Time Orchestra ee lacL tax HEimY'S HALL S. 12th and Leslie Street Over Henry's Market Tiignian Backs' School District Consolidation MONMOUTH, March 15 Pro posed school consolidation in this area was given an endorsement by William M. Tugman, managing editor -. of the Eugene Register Guard, in a talk before 150 at I OOF hall tonight, -The consolida tion meeting was sponsored by Monmouth Chamber of Commerce and Monmouth Luncheon club. Tugman said the experience in the Eugene area has been that "you get more for your tax dol lar when schools consolidate. Dr. H. M. Gunn, president of Oregon College of Education, presided over the meeting. County to Request Army to Maintain Road Near Detroit Marion County Commissioner Roy Rice said Tuesday he would ask army engineers to take over and maintain a strip of bad road near Detroit. The road is a 2 H -mile stretch connecting the North Santiam highway and Breitenbush Springs road near Detroit. It runs past two schools there. The county court recently re ceived a request from the De troit school board asking that the road be improved. Rice said it Is in bad shape and ordered a county crew to gravel the road and keep it passable until the problem could be worked out. Taylor Held On $2,000 BaU Robert E. Taylor, 22, Salem, was arrested by West Salem police Tuesday afternoon on a Marion county warrant charging him with obtaining property by false pre tenses. He is being held in the county jail in lieu of $2,000 bail. Austin Wesley Rapes, 26, Seat- Paul Urmsirong Believes: That yea will want te give year children all the education possible te help them enjey a fall and hap py life. DO IT NOW! Oar coarse Is planned te give year children self-confidence, rhythm, coordina tion end understandable apprecia tion ef music. This Is dene through the eldest forms ef physical ex pression: Ballet, Tap and Ballroom Dancing. Don't take my word for it . . . come see for yourself . , . Saturday. March 19th, at 1:39, 2:39 or 7:39 p. m. 1990 Mission Si. Phone 2-7523 Tomorrow! . . CELEBRATING THE "SPRING il Smmd A - t:'A COLOR CARTOON - aanuCMCi "TRAP HAPPY" L. tie, 1sWfhV held In the cbtmtyjall for King county, Washington where he is wanted on a charge of grand larceny by embezzlement. Rapes was arrested by state police at Woodburn after King county officials had tipped them off that he was enroute from Albany to Portland. De Gcco Host At Demo Dinner Mike DeClcco, Portland tire distributor, was host to several score democrats at the Hotel Sen ator last night at what was re garded as a kick-off banquet for DeCicco's candidacy for demo cratic state chairman. Sen. Thomas Mahoney and Rep. Phil Brady, both of Portland, in troduced aenatori and representa tive attending. The state chairmanship now Is held by Byron Carney of Milwau kie. DeCicco lost a close race for national committeeman to Mon roe Sweetland at the last election. Modest Gains In Grain Mart CHICAGO. March 13-UP) -Grain futures made modest gains to day, most of which was the re O PHONE 3-3467 O MATINEE DAILY FROM 1 P. M. T0H0RR0W! F0R ?p,In7npgr,N0 O CO-FEATURE! O I THE LITTLE HOUSC OPENING" WITH TWO BIG FIRST-RUN ON THE SAME PROGRAM! :: K s'.t . y . 3 sult of closing short'' covering fh May wheat. Up to the closing rally price changes had been In minor fractions with trading in centives lacking. i At the finish wheat was V to 1 cent higher, corn was unchang ed to 1 cent higher, oats were V to s higher, rye was to iy lower, soybeans were unchanged to Vt lower and - lard was un changed to cent a hundred weight higher, - Carlot receipts of wheat con tinued liberal in the southwest with six points reporting a total of 359 cars compared with 163 cars a year ago. Bowling Green Favored, NIT NEW YORK, March IS -UP) Towering Bowling Green of Ohio, which came Into the meet through a side dooor and upset highly regarded St. Louis, became A New! Opens f :4S Jeaa Arthur A FOKEIGN AFFAIaV Key Rogers Dale Evans DO NT FENCE ME IN 7 RANDOLPH WITH T THE BKS HITS D IIGUA UASSEY ACEIIH EC3TH raSuf T8CZXI tale Hews t J - ik "e .1 asuaisaBassaaausu mmgmwrnmim ""f n t fv.v n, i i i ii if i ii 1 I 1 T- 1 t IIV II . U II V4 , II, the title favorite" today fn the national . Invitation basketball tournament, already stripped bare of its seeded powers. The On loans face San Francisco in the second game of Thursday night's semifinals at Madison Square Garden. The first game, starting at 8 pjn. (EST) will send Loyola of Chicago, surprise vic tor over Kentucky, against Brad ley university. ; The championship will be de cided Saturday night. H Opens 6:39 F. M, I 11 Starts 7:13 F. M. f Bob Hope Jane Russell la Technicolor TOE PALEFACE" Lyaue Roberts SECRET SERVICE INVESTIGATOR- Cartoon News ENDS TODAYI (WED.) Mjiiui Ioy THE RED PONY" ! O Wdlam Bishop x rose of Yuxorr C7Ti:2 mmm Duiiczis " eoo InaiwHW n:2 nnnrrtis! 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