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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1949)
ltliVStatomaiiSaK Lerfon's Schedule of Parades, Business Sessions Elifl Today Four thousand Legionnaires and auxiliary women face a heavy business agenda today,! but to the general public of host city Salem, this Friday is the big parade nay of the American Legion convention : Legion juniors will parade at 1:30, p.m., and the grand parade units are scheduled to march through downtown Salem at 7 p.m. LAn othe - .public event will be the precision air show of the U. S. navy's Blue Angels" at 3 p.nu Ana the Convention Cavalcade" will pre sent an all-star revue at the state fairgrounds tonight at 8:30. On the business side of the Le gion's 31st annual Oregon conven tion; several constitutional changes affecting Legion officers and dele gates' were prepared Thursday for presentation to the convention delegates. , Eliminate QfHce The amendments wduM, If pas sed, alter the naming of conven . tion delegates, eliminate the of fice of area commander, change the election procedure of "national executive committeemen, allow the youth acuities committee to han- dl2 the Legion junior baseball pro- - erarn. ana create a cuiuiniinrc w aeti'Je vu uiauvcii-iuy uuaa vear for legion ncstsy The executive commmee suo- j mittd a budget for the next f-i. at 'the opening session by Owens, cal year which np.TC I ! JAmong the gufests was 'Thorn In expenses of $44 5 ,0 and budget Martmt a Nevda national Le expcr,d:tures totaling S5fl.8.z, j Rton committeemen who had help leaving an operating deficit of $8 ( ej organize the American Legion 302. This budget was referred ; aler WorU War; L Later i in the to the budget committee. . day a fprmer national chaplain Uccommenaauons comainea - in in he annual renort of B. E. (Kelly) Owens, American Legion depart ment commander, Thursday, in cluded: A state-wide conference should be held early each year for newly-elected post officers. This would quickly indoctrinate each. . oficer In -the aims and procedure of the ... jleiion. new Contract ,4 Renew the Lesion's contract with the Oregon Legionnaire and Mat Daily from 1 P.M. NOWI THRILLING! I uriv t I A Action Co-HitI 1 -TVVr- X Valley; IQKOI l 1ST SCOOP! SEE EDDIE DEAN ON OUR? STAGE IN PERSON TONIGHT -9 P. M l Opens C:45 P3I. NOW SHOWING I Jon Wilty TIG LEAF FOR EVE" ADULTS ONLY I IUI.HHrVrl Now! Opens :45 P3L 'MM WW LalabeUe Scetty v . "Swing Yo Partnf KAKTOON KAENTVAL ' Tomorrow At 1ZJ with Kef. 8 how lf Tanlte A Thru Sat j jT rlj Free Shetland Pony I, H HI "" ' ill (in I aies tuning tjaiij 11 i II A P M' 1 If I II Gregory Peck If Ann Baxter f ' Am ' Richard Wldmark L. HI "YELLOW SKY" I III Kirk Douglas I 111. Marilyn Maxwell If . ; -CHAMPION" II 11CIUI J"1 aaiNoi i X. - m e'v, Pi . Co-Hit ! . I August '31943 urge - the publicity committee to control its editorial policy, i I Continue the rehabilitation pro gram fit such an extent that the Legion j may receive additional state funds from the next legisla ture. If J , Invest in goveniment bonds the money remaining fin the Vjanport Disaster Relief fund for ties in future, 'diaster relief. j i Some" 1,200 men and women crowded the Elsinore theatre Thursday morning for memorial services and formal opening! of the state Legion convention, j j Wreaths were laid at the' mem- orja, t0 deceased Legionnaires y t , rhmmandpr ft E. Owenji arM auxiliary president, Mrs. Mitchell Thorn : I The roster 'of the distinguished nn1 craker Wa introduced B,,mrise visitor. He was the Rev. William E. Patrick of Oxnard, Califs rho served as chaplain of the Legion in 1925 2& and who served in both World wars. ; f In the day's distribution of special convention duties,! chair manship of the important constitu tion And by-laws committee was given to District Judge Joseph B. Feltori of Salem post 138. 300 Men Fight Ochoco iFire! I n r i i By The Associated Prew Three hundred men I battled yesterday to control a fire that has covered ntore )than i 1.000 acres'; in 'the Ochoco .national for- ! est in eastern fOregon as hot weather kept the Tire danger hish.i i j The blaze, started by lightning Monday, swept rfuickly overs a flat area of grass, sagebrush and scat tered I timber climated at! 1,000 acres. j ! RIGHT HOW! : MZM's At6H7TECHNICOLOA CADI nUPk . ..wimuuiri uiaiiirjntakaiir W 2nd Hit! w "HENRY THE i RAINMAKER" mm Now S ho wine Opes i:IS afiai ffinffi- .u- i Second Bis Feature -STREET WITH NO NAME" with Mark 8tevens NEW f TODAY VAYKE -RUSSELL M tDUA0 FRANZ - SMWt WITHEW MUWYOAWEU NUtra JtfFCOat A REPUBLIC FICTUKI noautuuu) tsurs toot l I THAT SIIO ' Vf a mm i IV earn i SUN VALLEY FUN Latest Warner New i A - i r urn I : eJui I 616 YODNfil easO Albany, Hillsboro, Ashland Parade Winners 'A i. -l" - f " i Tnlprade aniU of the 41 et f ( parade of the state American Lo i rton eonTentloa her are pte i tared above. Judges gave best I marehinr anlt award to tho Tar ' kjh harem aggregation from ; HUlsboro (top photo), fea tar ing veiled a axillary women and yagears impressively armed with swords. The Ashland Kil ty band got the jndges' nod as best musical unit. It Is pictared ' passing the Marlon county eoart i house. DM pi pes blaring. At left Is the stunt winner; Albany volture's self-opelled locom otive and boxcar of the 40 et g type. Two additional Legion parades are scheduled for Fri day, the Leglokana Junior par ade at 1:30 p.m-, and the grand parade at 7 p.m.. both throurh Salem. (Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) State JReturns Property to Flax Growers ,Re-transfer three flax grow ers associations of 'certain lands formerly transferred by the grow ers to Oregon was approved by the state board of contr6l Thursday. The attorney general prepared deeds Involved in th transfer which was authorized by the 1949 legislature. . Involved in the transfer were the Clackamas Flax Growers, the Ore gon Fibre Flax Growers associa tion and the Mi. Angel Flax Growers association. The board also approved re quest from the flax Industry to make first payments to growers of 1949 "flax on the basis of $30 a ton for No. 1 flax. $24 for No. 2 and $14 for No) 3. Th payment represents about 50 per cent of the anticipated fl nal price to growers, but it was indicated any possible market de cline would not- affect th stat financially. 2 SMASH HITS! 1 AYA GAftUuut J0H1I H0D1AK, TBE I'--1' MTtfH r m '' m- fit; i Mir rh vtir St r 'S .7 Centralia Man Finds Alligator In Yard, Again CENTRALIA, Wash- Aug. 4 -JP)- S. J. Arneson reported today h had founda 15-inch baby al ligator1 in his yard, just north of Centralia th third such in 17 years. When he found the first In 1932. he concluded it had escaped from a carnival that had stopped near by. When the second appeared in 1939, Arnoson began thinking a tourist 'who had bought one at a southern resort might hav aban doned it in his yard. When the third alert and scrappy was found, Arneson be came somewhat alarmed. He took it into town to a linotyper from th south. Yep, it is an alligator, all right, th southerner confirm ed. Arneson thought of th old river bod, wet and brushy, near his horn. . MIt just isn't possible, but what if I'v got a good-sized papa and mama of this thing around my place?" he asked. At last report Arneson, warily, was scouting the old riverb ed. FOLIO CASE REPORTED PORTLAND, Aug. 4 -(Jf)- The city health bureau reported an other -case of polio today, the 12th this year. m Theatre WOODBURY ORE. TODAY & SAT. "Return Of The Bad Man' & "Dick Tracy Mts Grusom" HELD OVER! Don Strahl at SHATTUC'S CHATEAU For the Dine Of Your Life it An Kalian Dinner At SALEA SUPPER CLUB Club Privileges Jast West Of Salem ' On The Dallas Highway , "'tfe&r-: fA---ry Vf , '""Til nr hi lii "? . '. !..' 'i . ! -, i tm-,,. z v : -i v 3 sbWsss1.-s- -f -mi-m--' S-?--- :f-:-.':-h- 'i , aMO -' f " ' a' k. - Khan Robbers Evade Police PARIS, Aug. 4 -OF)- French police admitted with chagrin to day they, hav reached a dead end in seeking four tommy-gunners who stuck up th Aga Khan and his -beyum yesterday for $500,000 in jewelry and $600 cash. But tho hefty Aga Khan was in a jovial mood as Jie stopped over in Paris on a plane trip from the Riviera scene of the holdup. He was en route to visit Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth at Deauville. H said he had no idea whether the prince's movie aueen bride is going to hav a baby. He said he had been mis quoted on that score yesterday by a questioner. Sewer Line Bid Favored A low bid of $216,974 by the Werner and Jeske firm firm of Eu gene for city interceptor sewer in stallation will be recommended for acceptance by the city council Monday night. City Engineer J; H. Davis said Thursday. Davis and City Manager J. L. Franzen approved the Eugene of fer Thursday after studying the three bids received by the city. The other bids were $360,982 by Valley Construction company, and $388, 668 by Mullin Incorporated, both Seattle firms. The proposed interceptor sewer would collect sewage from city sewers which now empty into the Willamette river and empty it at Salem's projected sewage disposal plant. Draft Law May Expire in 1950 WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 -Ph Unless an unforseen emergency develops the peacetime draft of manpower for the armed forces is expected to expire June 25, 1950. A closed door conference on the subject was held today by the senate armed service committee with Secretary of the Army. Gor don Gray and Gen. J. Lawton Col lins, vice chief of stalff for th army. There have been no draft calls by the armed ' forces sine last January because there hav been sufficient Voluntary enlist ments. r ; j WELCOME Legionnaires For Food to Eat It Cant b Beat GOLD ARROW 15tl Falrrreond !eV Capital Bos Stop Deposition in Dr. MiUer?s Gise Taken 1 Deposition of Dr. Kenneth Mc Niece, on the medical staff of the Oregon state hospital here, was taken by the state civil service commission Thursday afternoon, in connection with a hearing asked by Dr. Horace Miller, who was discharged1 recently from the state hospital operating personnel. The hearing is set for August 19. Taking of the desposition of Dr. McNiece, who is leaving soon on a vacation, was approved by Dr. Miller. Dr. Charles E. Bates, hos pital superintendent, who signed the discharge order. Sat in while the deposition was taken and ask ed the' witness a number of ques tions. Dr. McNiece volu steered to testify as a witness for Dr. Bates. Civil service commission offi cials said the deposition would not be released until the formal hearing when it will become a part of the official record. Dr. Miller, long, a state employe, said he was discharged for in subordination. Dr. Bates has re fused to comment; In a statement issued following his, discharge DMiller stressed that) his release jvas due to personal reasons rather than inefficiency. Mrs. Terrault Dies Following Long Illness Mrs. Myrtle Terrault, Salem route 9, box 68, died Thursday following a long illness. She was 50 years old. - With her family she cam here Irom Kocnester, N.x, seven years ago. She was born in th state of New?York July 15, 1899, and married Francis J. Terrault fher in 1917. Surviving besides her husband are four daughters, Joyce and Beverly Ann Terrault, and Mrs. Laura Cassey, all of Salem, and Mrs. Noma Hayden of Independ ence; two sons, Francis and Don ald Terrault, both of Salem; and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Campbell and Mrs. Bertha Waldrus, both of Rochester, N. Y. Services wilt be announced later by th W. Tr Rigdon chapel. f5 Percienter9 Probe Subject Denies Charge WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 -JP)-James V. Hunt, Washington man agement counselor whose business dealings are under scrutiny by senators investigating "fiv per centers," said today he once saved a client $400,000 by getting the army to repossess a million DDT -bombs." , : He said he got $5,000 from th transaction, or about IV4 per cent of the money he claimed he saved his unnamed client. Hunt broke his' silence on the investigation in : an interview, printed and copyrighted by the Washington Evening Star. In it, he declared emphatically that he had pever soldi his ser vices to client on the basis of in side information t or inside con tracts, and said he didn't know anybody in the. government who can be influenced in the slightest degree. Mrs. Goodyear Succumbs to Heart Attack WOODBURN, Aug. 4 (Special) Mrs. Eva Crain Goodyear, 60, died of a. heart attack at her home in the Elliott Prairie district Thurs day. Mrs. Goodyear had lived in El liott' Prairie two years, coming to Oregon from California in Nov ember, 1947. Born in Dixon, Nebr., Oct. 8, 1888, she lived most of her life in Nebraska jand South Dakota. She was a member of the Methodist church and the Royal Neighbors. Surviving are her husband. Bond Goodyear, whom she married Jan. V 1910. in South Dakota: two brothers. George and Ralph Crane. Dixon, Nebr., and three nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Baldwin park home near Los Angeles. Friends may call at the Ringo chapel in Woodburn today. POPE STARTS VACATION. CASTEL -GANDOLFO. Italv Aug. 4 JP) Pope Pius XII began his, summer vacation in the coo Alban hills tonight The white clad 73-year-old pontiff left the Vatican under strong' police es cort and arrived at the papal estate here j in - his big black American automobile a half hour later. WELCOME LEGION to Paradise Island Swim - Dance - Picnic In Beautiful Surroundings Lights and Snack Bar Open Til Mid-Nit 3 mL East Airport Koad TOY ICE SKATHIG 610 N. Capital Ph. 3-6869 Salem Ico ilrcna JLeqiokdnz to IS John Gilman, Retired Salem Farmer, Dies John William Oilman of Salem route 6, a retired farmer, died of a heart attack at his residence Thursday afternoon. He. was 70. Gilman had been ill since Sun day and was placed under a doc tor's care at that time. H was born March 15, 1879, in Seneca, Mo., and was married in that city June 14, , 1803. He lived In Colorado about 20 years before coming to Salem in 1938. Oilman was a member of Cal vary Baptist church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Gilman, Salem; four sons, Albert, Milan and Clyde Gilman, all of Salem, and Harold Gilman, St. Helen's; two daughters, Mrs. Muriel Wiley, Salem, and Mrs. Gertrude Hoeffner, Corvallis. Announcement of funeral ser vices will be made late by the Howell-Edwards chapel. LOAN TO SPAIN DENIED WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 -CP) The senate knocked a proposed $50,000,000 loan to Spain out of the foreign aid bill today and rolled with increasing speed to ward a final vote on the $5,647, 724,000 measure. RUNYAN RESIGNS POST SILVERTON V. V. Runyap. manager of the Oregon Poultry; and Dairy Products company at Silverton, has resigned, effective Snack Shop 17th and Center Streets For that good, home-cooked food. Fountain Lunches Sandwiches Open 'til Dine at Double J Cafe Chines and American Food ,Dora & Jimmy Chan Silverton, Oregon From 11 A. M. to 10 P. M. Saturday 11 A. M. to 12 P. M. Closed Thursday NEB . ' I CAPIT0LA ! 90 Lana Arc. WESTERN SWING i f ! 1 SATURDAY GLE1IW00D BALLBOOII 5 ML N. of Salem a 99E ; i LARRY & HIS V WALTZES FOXTROTS PAUL JONES 8 A ' ' JzZT ' r A 1 I n Kt- e r wisr immediately. Frank Boen will b in charge for the present. Runyan has not stated his future plans, but ipdicated that he Would rehiain in Silverton. i Defense Plan Unity Revealed PARIS. Aug. 4-W-The ; Ameri can chiefs of staff reported today they have reached c p m p 1 e t agreement with European leaders approached thus far on defens lines to be laid by Atlantic pact nations. They hopped over to Paris from London this afternoon. In London they met with army, navy and air force heads of Bri-" tain, Norway and Denmark. . In Paris and at Fountalnebleau they will meet for two irnore days with similar leaders of ! France, Holland, Belgium and Portugal, and Britain's Viscount Marshal, Montgomery. ; A Baseball Tonight Salem Senators vs. ' Vancouver DOUBLEHEADER 7 P. II. WATERS FIELD Box Seat Reservations Phone 3-4(47 Th 12 Midnit iiyjuiMainiii Let's Skate To th Music of Eddy Syring at th Hammond ROLLER RIIIK 1 j"- Talc Capitola Bus CASCADE RIDERS ic SQUARE DANCE SHOTTISCHE i a I . . j -4-J I to 12:30 7