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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1949)
Doctors Pledge 20 Per Cent of Hospital Fund Salem doctori have pledged 20 per cent of the amount raised date toward Salem Hospital De velopment program's $1,100,000 construction fund. Ford Watkins. general chairman nf th fund rimruim. called at tention Wednesday to the ' doc tors' committee solicitation whicn already has brought in $71,720. Total funds so far were counted at $358,260. The campaign office continues to operate at 335 N. High sU un der the direction of Mabel Grie- benowt Pledges are still coming In to her office from the public campaign phase which had raised some $50,000 in Its concentrated solicitation which ended last week. Leaders for fund raising within the' lal medical orofession have been Drs. Charles D. Wood, M. K. Crothers. James L. Sears, F. Howf ard Kurtz and Carl W. Emmons. o 1 n n HIGH SPEED PLANTER J. G. Fstral. associate arroiMmJs at Gcorfl Experiment Station, operates tke plaster developed by him and Associate rroressor K. U. Alien. ueorria leca. ! which wttl enable farmers te Increase their pUnting speed from three to 15 miles aa boar. VA Reminds of Benefits Open To Kin of Vets Reminder that social security benefits may be available for widows, children and dependent parents of World War II veterans who died within three years afjer .honorable discharge was issued yesterday by the Oregon veterans affairs department. Most claims are believed to have been made, but the department said survivors of some men dis charged within the past three years might not know of the bene fits. Under the act, veterans are con sidered to have died fully insured, with a monthly wage of not less than $180. At least 90 days of continuous service is required. Payments are not made where survivors are receiving compensa tion for the veterans administra "tion because of service-connected deaths. Application may be made through social security offices, county veterans' service officers or the veterans' affairs offices. Large Military Exhibit Slated For Showing at Oregon Fair The largest peacetime military exhibit ever assembled on the Pa cific coast will be shown at the Oregon state fair, September 5-11, Gov. Douglas McKay revealed Wednesday. Plans for the exhibit, to cover 30,000 square feet, were discussed Wednesday night; at a meeting of about 40 members of Salem's mili tary manpower committee and representatives of various military un its. Craving to Eat Paint Fatal j For Little Girl HYATTSVILLE, Md., Aug. 17 A committee, chosen at Wednes day's meeting, will leave Salem Friday to confer with ranking army, navy and coast guard rep resentatives in Seattle about co ordinating display of each military unit. The committee includes Col. P. W. Allison of Salem, Lt CoL Hen ry Russell who is coordinator for the armed forces exhibit. T. Srt. (JP- A strange hunger for painted ! P. F. Weimer of the Salem army Shades of Tieless Tyler; Beard Hides Bet Slips BOSTON, Aug. 17 -OP)- Police St. John- J. O'Connell arrested Harry Ziedman. 72. and chareed him with setting up and promot ing a lottery. O'Connell said Ziedman had In his possession some 300 slips on which bets were listed. The slips, O'Connell said, were Churchill Asks Admitting West Germany Held STRASBOURG, France, Aug. 17 -VP-Winston Churchill urged the European consultative assembly to day to delay consideration of the admission of the west German re public until a German delegation is ready to take its seats. The former British prime .min ister's action was a surprise. He had been expected to move for prompt admission of the German republic. Churchill, however, asked that the ministerial committee, upper house of the council of Europe, call an extraordinary session of the as sembly in December or January to take up the admission of Germany. He added: "It is my hope that we should find ourselves already joined by a German delegation, similar to those of other member states. But if this cannot be done, then will be the time for us to debate the issue in full freedom." Harold MacMillan, a leader of the British conservative party, ex plained that Churchill had been persuaded that it is physically im possible for a west German gov ernment to organize itself and name delegates to the assembly during the current session. "Newspaper Requested To Correct Old Error EUGENE, Aug. 17--A little old lady walked into the news paper office here today with a re quest that almost not quite stopped the city editor in his tracks. "You had my father's name wrong in your paper's edition of May 19, 1883," she said. "I want it corrected." After a moment of respectful silence, the man at the desk said yes, he'd put a note on the page in the dusty files which. said the 75-year-old lady's father's name was Samuel F. and not J. B. Kerns. tucked in Ziedman's chest-length white beard. - Road Vacation Action Assured Assurance of straightening out the problem of extra road right-of-way at Monitor, if that school district will initiate action, was given Wednesday by Marion county court. When market road 74 from.Sil verton to Monitor was laid out in 1926 an old road, parallel, and ad jacent to the new one was va cated, a surveyor found. Part of the new Monitor school site is on the old right-of-way. The court said it would approve a resolution to keep a 10-foot strip to add to the present road" and vacate the remainder, to benefit the district and other property owners. The Start man, Salem, Oregon, ThPTsday. Aocjnst 18. 1949-! Elkhorn-Gates Road Work to Get Underway Grading and graveling of the Elkhorn-Gates road will begin next Wednesday, County Commisioner Roy Rice said yesterday. Improvement of the fod as a secondary outlet from the Elkhorn country was originally set to be gin on September 1. Importance of the road was pointed up several"" months ago when Lurnkers bridge over the Little North fork of the Santiam river, between Elkhorn and Me hama, collapsed and marooned the residents. Use of the road for school traf fic was included in request from the area to the county court. A meeting of Elkhorn district has been called for Monday night to discuss school arrangements for children of residents. Some 50,000 Indians live New Mexico reservations. on Police Help Friends To Visit in County Jail CAMDEN, N. J., Aug. 17 -(JF) John O'Briend. 46, wanted to spend a few minutes visiting his pal in the Camden county jail. Camden Police Judge John R DiMona obliged today by giving O'Brien 10 days for the visi instead. Undersheriff Wynn Clark tes tified O'Brien became unruly yes terday when he was refused per mission to tee his mend. Burt Malloy, who is serving three month term.; Charged with being drunk and disorderly, O'Brien re ceived a 10-day sentence. The first U. S. patent for an ice refrigerator was issued In 1803. UliVjtJ tst r fnsvtl Siitlaiijr titfieti Jitt li Tin fir Tiif 1 Siaair lint falitlif New Low Prices! OUTSIDE WHITE 345 3' CASCADE Mercantilo Co. North Church at Fairgrounds Road "Your War Surplus Store" Blanriina Kenny, Resident of Area Since 1937, Dies Mrs. Blandina Kenny, a JSalem resident tor about 12' years, died Wednesday at her home, 240 N. 13th st. She was 83. A" nephew, F. A. Moisan, 2295 Maple st., was with Mrs. Kenny when she collapsed. He called first aid but she died before the car arrived. Believed born in St. Louis, Ore., Mrs. Kenny lived many years in Portland where her husband died about 23 years ago. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church. ' Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Blandina Davis, Albany; s son, Harry Kenny, Long Beach, Calif.; v and two grandchildren. Announcement of funeral ser vices will be made later by the W. T. Rigdon chapel. wood today was blamed for the death of a four-year-old girl who, her parents said, had been chew ing up furniture for the past year. The county medical examiner, Dr. John T. Maloney, issued a certificate saying the death re sulted from lead poisoning. The little girl, Claudette Car ver, died last Saturday 24 hours after being taken to Prince George county general hospital. Her three-year-old sister also was treated at children's hospital for the same ailment but was re leased later. ' j The parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Claude Carver, told a reporter that despite all their efforts the children persisted in their gnaw ing which ranged from the kit chen table to the stairs. Mrs. Carver said Claudette ignored all punishments, to chew on the painted objects "just like a little beaver." f Her husband added that they had taken the child to a doctor previously to check on the rea sons for the unusual hunger. He said they were told it was due to some deficiency? in their sys tems.: s4 ' The Carvers have two other children, one eight years old and a 19-months-old son. Neither of these they said ever showed any such tendencies. e ; recruiting station and Dave Hoss. The military exhibit will include equipment displays from nearly every branch of the armed forces. In addition, music is expected to be furnished by the Scottish Kilt band of the second infantry, the marine corps hand of San Francis co, the Ft. Wbrden, Wash., engi neers band and the Madigan Gen eral hospital band from Ft. Lewis, Wash. Preliminary plans for the ex hibit were drawn up by Gov. Douglas McKay, Robert L. Board man and Lt Col. Mark Hillary of the military manpower committee, Louis E. Starr of the Sixth army advisory committee, Leo Spitz bart, state fair director, and top generals and admirals on the west coast. 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