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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1949)
- t Tho Statesman, Solera, Oroaqau Wdn dar April 27, 1949 Total Salem . School Budget Tops$2MUion ; 1 (Story also oo pace l- r A Saem district school budget CJHin for a vote on $717,475 out a'd the 6 per cent tax Increase limitation places the estimate of total school district expenditures rext year at f2.085.127, all of It In the general fund except about $55,000 in bond retirement. Commenting or the increase of some $300,000 Ir. Ve amount to be voted on this yes-. Superintendent Frank B. Bennett said much of it renresents an accumulation of school plant needs which have been put off during the late de pression and wartime er!o. As n example he pointed out that gome plaster in the 11-year-old high school building has never ben painted an't parts rf the building are unfinished to this day. Of the increase, $141,891 comes tinder "capital outlay," including $.ffl 000 in building alterations $21,000 in equipment for new buildings, $13.2000 to4iard-st!rface play areas at 11 schools and $20, 000 for new school sites. Permit Supervisor Other big increases include $28. 000 in maintenance and repairs and $25,000 in plant operation (in cluding new oil heating costs and added janitors for new schools). A school lunch Increase of $4,000 would permit hiring a full-time supervisor. Textbooks required by state will cost $10,000 more this year and state retirement act changes by the legislature this year will add $13,000 to the district's bill. For $7,480 the district would place half-day office assistants In several larger grade schools where no such clerical help has been pro vided. Relation of general fund items for building and equipment to the $1,500,000 school bond issue of last year brought questions from citi aen members of the budget com mittee. The bond issue is financing BASEBALL Opening Night April 29th Salem Senalors vs. Vancouver 8:15 P. M. Entire Grand Stand Reserved Seats now on sale at HOWARD MAPLE'S SPORTING GOODS STORE (No Phone Reservations) GatesJOpen at 6:45 P. M. O Best Food O Reasonable Prices DINNERS LUNCHES SANDWICHES TRY THE i Gold Arrow Restaurant 1594 Falrrronnds Rd. Open 11 A. M. to 1 P. M. eompettV Me eompetey 'rwetfs OLDSIWOBILE'8 HIGII-COMPRESSIOfJ 'EfJGIfJE GIVES YOU TOMORROW'S PERFORMANCE ON TODAY'S FUELS Si YOITVI GOT TO DRIVf IT TO SEUEVI m You've driven ears with good response. You probably know of engine tbat are smooth ... quiet ... economical. But you can't know bow t'uturvunie in perform ance an engine can be until you drive a "Rocket? Engine Oldarao bile! It's an entirely new kind of motoring experience- because the "Rocket" is an entirely new kind of engine! HIGH-COMPRESSION IS ONLY HALF THI STORYI It's true tbat the "Rocket has a high compression ratio ... Hi to I, in fact. But that's not all. To eliminate noise and vibration, Oldamobile engineers designed a completely nrw engine! hat gives you this bigb-compreioo dividend of spectacular action ... with evfn greater unooihnm and fuirtnett than before. i FIRST OF THE ENGINES OF THE FUTURE I The Oldamobile "Rocket begin a new era of Futuramic power. It take the fullest advan tage of present-day fuels. It squeezes more performance from erry drop of gasoline. It establishes a lead tbat other engines will follow in the future. jl TRY "THE NEW THRIU'1 Your best teat of the "Rocket" will come when you feel that smooth, gathering surge of power younelf. We urge you to see your dealer toon 4. . to try thin "air-borne senation" in either the luxurious Oldsmobne "98," or the spectacular new Olds mobile "08" the Lu-t-pncd "Rocket" Engine cart Final VdtesKill Stay ton School Consolidation The proposal jj to consolidate Stayton union hijh school district 4 J with the Marion county rural school district lost by a narrow margin, it was revealed Tuesday. A final tally of jjvotes cast April 18 showed 1,110 votes against the measure and 1,069 favoring. Ear lier partial returns had favored the consolidation.)! Approved by ajjwide margin on the same date flwas the rural school district budget of $1,120, 671. The official canvass finished Tuesday by the office of County Superintendent Agnes C. Booth af firmed the budget by a count of 1281 to 917.1 I The consolidation rejection vote will be canvassed Triday night at a meeting of the district boundary board. Votea cast last Friday on the consolidation of Evens Valley and Briar Knob districts In east ern Marion : county also will be canvassed at that time. Un official returns indicated a favor able vote from each district. an expansion off school plant to meet rising population. Phillips Question William L. Phillips of the com mittee questioned whether equip ment expenses for new schools like Capitola or additions like those contemplated for , Englewood and McKinley school! should not be covered by the bond issue for ex pansion instead of by new items in general fund equipment accounts. Superintendent Bennett explain ed that the bone) issue money is not stretching far enough to equip as well as build the intended new school structures, and it already has been necessary to eliminate from the building: program a sche duled vocational! shop at Salem high school. I Amendments Made- At Phillips' instigation two amendments were made to the budget as prepared by school of ficials on advice from the school board. One shifted from "new buildings" to enfiergency fund a $40,000 item which is expected in federal aid if congress passes a law now before it. School officials said budgeting this uncertain item would permit its! use this year if the law is passed!. The other amendment changed a $55,000 item in name only, strik ing it from the same general "new building" account to designation as "post war construction." The $55,000 is a residue from a war time bond issue for post war con struction. Phillips said carrying a "new buildings"!: item in general fund would appear to voters sup erfluous on top of the recent $1, 500,000 bond issue for new con struction, fj; Citizen budget committeemen, besides Phillips, fare J. H. Willett, chairman, George Grabenhorst, William J. Entriss and E. J. Scel lars. Other members are the school board members, Donald A. Young, Harry Scott Mes. David Wright, Edward Majekf and Gardner Knapp. : $54.00 Makes It possible ft Motorize your present lawn mower LE Jay UNIT, fits! all lawn mow ers; write for Folder. P. O. Box 332. Salem. f " 1 . Sll EYOUR NIARIST OlDSMOIILI DIALER Mother Keeps Son in Room for 10 Years to Escape Army Draft NEW YORK, Wednesday, April 27-;P-A 33-year-old man, bearded and tattered after living 10 years in a room little larger than a cubicle, was brought into the outside world early today by police who smashed a sealed door to reach him. Shoeless and with near rags for clothing, Paul Makushak stood before questioning officers in Brooklyn and in a well spoken voice said: "I don't care about the outside world. I'd rather be back there." The man was taken from a third floor room in a house in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn by police who said he had been kept a prisoner there for the past dec ade by his mother to prevent him from being drafted into the armed services. The strange story of the man came to police attention after the mother, 58-year-old Anna Maku shak, had entered a hospital for treatment of an illness and had asked a neighbor to go and care for her son. Police found the man in a room whose only door had been sealed with plaster and bricks. He was fed through an opening in the ceiling which led to the roof of the three-story residence. Inside the room they found him in a cubicle about four feet square which was separated from the rest of the room by a fiber board parti tion. The only facility for sleeping in the room was a floor mat. There was a small radio, equip ped with earphones, a small lamp and table "and innumerable books." There were no toilet facilities in the room. Empty cans and bottles were strewn about the floor. The man's father, 62-year-old Peter Makushak, told police he had not seen his son for 10 or 11 yars. The father, who operates a tail or shop and dry goods store on the first floor of the building, said the son disappeared about 1939 after fixing a light socket for him in the store. To his questions about the son's whereabouts, the father said, his wife replied that the son had gone to Canada. Police Class fMurder' Case Nears Close Moot Judge Joseph Felton ad journed court at 4 p. m. Tuesday without a decision in the case of Arthur J. Hayes, alias FBI Agent Oliver Mansfield, on trial for the antique shop slaying of John Payne. Felton closed the final chapter on classwork in homicide for the regional police school held in Sa lem during the past three weeks. Officer-students put their findings to a test in the three-hour moot court but will apparently never know if collected evidence would assure conviction of the balding defendant. Final class in the 1949 school will be held May 17 beginning at 9 a. m. in the city council cham bers. Special Agent E. L. Barton of the FBI will conduct the session on traffic accident investigation. Following the all-day class, of ficers attending the school and city officials from the area represented will attend a banquet at the Am erican Legion club. Capt. Stan Friese, Sgt. Ersel Mundinger and Officer Glen Bowman, all of the Salem police department are ar ranging the banquet. Certificates will be awarded to officers attend ing at least five of the six class sessions. g EDS 4 Men Indicted On Charge of Taking Safe DALLAS. Aril 28 -(Special) Four -rnen charged with stealing a safe containing $600 from 'he Y cafe between Salem and Dallas April 13 were indicted on burg lary charges by a grand jury here today. The mer were arrested by FBI agents in Sacramento, Calif., last week, and returned here today by Polk County Deputy Sheriff Tony Neufeldt and State Police Sgt. A. F. Mayfield. , Charged with burglary, not in a dwelling, are Otis Langley, 21, Douglas Samuel Boyington. 22. and Jasper Boyington, 19, all of California, and Charles Gepner, 21, Salem. The foursome was lodged in the Polk county jail late Tuesday under $5,000 bail, and will ap pear in the West Salem justice court tomorrow morning for pre liminary examination. Witnesses testifying before the grand jury Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Ervin York, owners of the Y cafe. The true bills charging burglary were handed over to Cir cuit Judge Arlie G. Walker. The men are charged with tak ing a heavy safe from the res taurant the night of April 13, blowing it open, and dumping it from a bridge into the Luckiia- mute river south of Independence. Woodworkers Idle as Salem Plants Close About 100 members of the AFL Millmen's local 1411 were idled Tuesday following a shutdown by four Salem plants, all members of the Woodwork Employers associa tion. There was no Indication Tuesday night that Keith Brown building supply, Salem-Willamette Supply, Oregon Sash and Door and Rein hold t and Lewis would resume work today. Only those divisions of the companies employing mem bers of the Millmens union were idle, others continued business as usual. Spokesman for the employers union said the shutdown stemmed from strike action against the Cas sady Fixture Works in Portland. About 1,000 employes in 40 Oregon plants were affected by the stop page. The union has been negotiating for a contract calling for a 12V cents an hour increase to replace the one which expired March 1. Top scale in the union is $1.771 an hour. J. M. Scudder, attorney for the Woodwork Employers, said the scale here was 10 cents an hour higher than at Seattle and Tacotna and local firms were losing busi ness to the Washington plants. 1 -.e .. ?':??.,, s:x;yi:vy. iT?-' 1 , ' '"' ' ' i 1 'J V e' ' : J ';j'S4 fj a A';7 m Open House at Bush Tonight i Open house at Bush school to night will be a special occasion, for in addition to the achievement displays by students, six new classrooms recently completed will be shown to the public. The pro gram will begin at 7:30 p. m. Achievements by Bush students will be shown in several displays including work by social studies and science classes, hobbies, cer amics and other class projects. The 'Bush Mothers' club will sponsor; a hot dog and coffee sale, proceeds from which will be used in a fund to buy a new piano for the school. Court Fight Over Pelton Dam Looms PORTLAND, April 26-C-The state fish commission intends to carry the fight against the pro posed Pelton dam to court, if ne cessary. The commission said it would seek to prevent construction of the $12,000,000 dam on the Des chutes ( river under the right of eminent domain. The commission explained it had a fish hatchery upstream from the Pelton site. Into it has gone $70,000. The federal government intends to spend another $200,000. The darn would make the hatchery worthless, said the commission. This would form the basis for an eminent domain suit, a spokesman said, j The ! hydroelectric commission, which beld a hearing on the pro posed dam yesterday, said it would be a month before it would an nounce a decision on whether to authorize the dam. Burglars Loot Apartment of Dead Woman City! detectives were Investigat ing what was apparently an at tempted burglary Tuesday of the second-floor apartment of the late Myrta Tyrell at 193 N. Commer cial st, Detectives' reports said that an entry into the apartment had been made by removing a plywood board in the window on the Com mercial street side of the apart ment. : Apparently some of the furnishings had been ransacked but it Was not determined whether anything was missing, the report said. Mrs.; Tyrell was found dead on the floor of the apartment April 21. The apartment has been closed awaiting final disposition of the dead woman's property. Referendum on City Tax Promised PORTLAND, April 26 -fJP) A referendum attack against the pro posed city income tax was prom ised here today. The ;Oreion tax council, a Port land organization, will circulate petitions against the tax, Philip V. Sunseri of the council said. The petitions also would be aimed against proposed one per cent tax on business profits. The; petitions need 16,000 sig natures to put the measures on the next: ballot here. D L Fund-Raising For Salem High Musicians Set Members of the Salem High School Band and Orchestra Par ents club were joined by band and orchestra members Tuesday night to plan an all-out effort to raise funds to send the high school mu sicians to the state contest at Klamath Falls. Both band and orchestra quali fied to compete at recent district contests but no funds are availa ble In the school administration to finance the trip. About $1,300 is needed for the trip. Two committees were appointed at' Tuesday's meeting to ; promote the fund raising campaign. U. F. Wolfer was named chairman of the committee to approach Sa lem clubs and Mrs. Esther Little was appointed to head a commit tee of high school students on pro motion and publicity. The committee under Wolfer In eludes. August Manke, Mrs. Keith Dyer, E. J. Whittlesey, H.;A. Shute and O. N. Engdehl. The promotion and publicity committee Includes Phil Sitner, Lioya tiamiin, Lea Holgate, Eli nor Sikorra, Malcolm Peeler. Mar Ilyn Foley, Loren Bartlett, Bob McConville, Alice Lehman. Dar lene Engdehl. Gloria White, Phil Ringle and Merlyn Schultze. Both groups will meet tonlg ht In the band room at Salem high school. Kenneth Potts Nominated for Legion Chief Kenneth Potts was nominated for the position of commander of Salem American Legion j post 136 at a business meeting of the or ganization Monday night. Other officers named by the nominating committee were Wayne Purdue, 1st vice comman der; Capt. Bert Walker, ?2nd Vice commander; Peery Buren, service offficer; Charles Jens, judge ad vocate; William Letterman, fi nane officer; Don Cost illo,' quarter master; Richard Irwin, sergeant-at-arms and O. L. Donaldson, jr., membership officer. Nominated for the executi--committee were Frank Cross, Car leton Greider, Boyd Babbitt, Ralph Atwood, Glen Harbaugh, Clinton Standish, Eari; Ahlers. Bob Green, Cliff Mudd. George Spauer, Joe De Phillippi; Charles Creighton, Sgt. Lester Lent, How ard Kaffun, Elwood Townsend and Joe Matujec. i Further nominations and elec tion of officers for the coming year is scheduled for the next meeting of the post. Following the business meeting the post held its second annual Spring frolic with about 400 mem bers and guests in attendance. Scout Chairman Earl Ahlers in troduced Frank Vitaris, j assistant scoutmaster of the post's sponsor ed troop 19, who in turn introdu ced members of the troop and ex plained the annual scout: circus. Starts Today Open 64:5 0W lUii-wimTImi Second Feature "GUN SMUGGLERS" Tim Holt, Richard Martin the nesrs msr exaiwe ADvamw TODAY! n n V Starrin) ANII BLYTH HOWARD DUFf GEORGE BRENT Extra! r - . Color Cartoon, Warner News State Sanitary Board Warns Cities, Firms PORTLAND. ADrll 2--The state sanitary authority tonight warned six Oregon cities ana three industries that It would use "whatever measures! are neces sary" to stop stream pollution. The authority threatened court action 10 ootain compliance with its clean-up requests, members voted to allow the cities Albany, Corvallis, Sheridan, Toledo, Os wego and Springfield 60 days in which to submit specific time schedules for constructing and nnancing their sewage treatment systems. The three industrial concerns warned were the Oreson Piiln g Paper Co., the Publishers Paper Co., and the Crown Zellerbach corp., ail of Oregon City. Detroit Offers Minstrel Show DETROIT, April 26-Two solo ists, a quartet and a large chorus will be featured in the minstrel show to be presented by Detroit in the Parent-Teachers association program at the old grade school The Fun Riot STARTS TODAY! LARAINElkST kirk Douglas keenan"Wynn HELENVVAL' auer mm nana mm mm mmu IIWIMSMIIMMWMmfcMirlMCWW Plus This 2nd Big UUf Daffy Daek Cartoon Warner News EDGAR BUCHANAN JAXE fJUWIU tad Hlt! Roa RandalL Jane Vlncenl In "Lone Wolf and His Lady" KER e -m. 'nW JmCT Thursday and Friday nights at f o'clock. Soloists will be Joan Cauble and Ben Todd. The quartet Includes Todd. Russell Hoyt, Eldon White and Tenny Moore. Frank Wilson; and White will play several horfl duets. J I T Jean Bray and Shiriey Hammer will I give a tap dance number while Mr. and Mrs. Ben; Todd and. S. T. Moore will present novelty dance numbers. End I men in the minstrel production will be WiU son Hoyt, White and,' Moore. ! Tonlrht A Thursday Opens 1 P.MJ SUrU At Peak f 1 -Randolph Scott Noah Beery,! Jr. -GUNG-nO" Robert Stack EAGLE SQUADRON" Color Cartoon Late News j Mat. Dally from 1 P. M. NOWI ADVENTURE! Rockies TBrllls Color Cartoon News! Opens f : T. ML Newt A Fair of Fun Packed Re-Issues! 5 New! Opens 1:45 F. M. T f f I E lOfiDTMUIllJ - 1 1 - Ann Cerlo I 'SULTAN'S DAUGHTER" STHHMrf I DUNNlI me&m I "1 P SPECIAL! ' MIDNTTE SHOWS ' FRIDAY AT. . BURLESQUE (On The Screen) fm m hr 1 J tesnejeejaj f?i Ar JiNNi ) M HILLARY ( . 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