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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1949)
New Mexico Mayor Accused of Offering to Have SJieriff Veiled LOVTNGTON, N. M., Aug. 27-WVOranid Jurors Friday indicated the Hobb's N. M., mayof, accusing him, among other things, of offer ing $1,000 to have the Lea county sheriff killed. I . - The special grand Jury also reported indictments charging the . Hobbs police chief, police commissioner, city clerk and two triers wtui criminal offenses, and asked the removal of the mayor and; two others from office, Mayor J. Paul Heard of Hobbs was accused of offering the $1,000 t have Sheriff ..Horace Owens kil led. The indictments also charged Heard failed, neglected and refus ed to discharge the duties of office and asserted ht was guilty of gross incompetence, neglect, immorality and corruption in the discharge of his duties. EKYnaf Deasserst Heard, in his mid-thirties, de clared after his July1 30 arrest on a bribe charge that he was in nocent, claiming it was the out growth of "more damn politics." He is a former young democrats regional director and state presid ent; the state organization has been split by dissension. The Hobbs mayor declined com ment 'on today's indictments, re ferring newsmen to his attorney for any statement. The attorney aLso refused comment. N anted In Indictments Others1 named in indictments de livered to Dist. Judge C. Roy An derson were: Jack Roberts, Hobbs police com missioner and grpcer, charge with incompetence in office and con spiring to protect gamblers, prosti tutes and procurers from being ar rested. , Hobbs Police Chief W. Kerley, accused of perjury. A.W. Rah. Hobbs city clerk, charged with falsifying a public record. -r Lester Hughes Hobbs ice cream merchant, accused of threatening iajury to a person and of con spiring to commit a felony. Jefferson City Library Reports JEFFERSON A ttal of 2,339 books and magazines were loaned during the past year by the city library , here, according to the annual report of Addis Libby, city librarian. i Books in the library have in creased to 3.123 with 29 added by purchase and 99 byt gift during the past year. Receipts amounted to $337. Expenditures came to $263. j j! . Income to operate ;the library, estimated at 55 cents; per capita, comes from rentals, j; gifts, local clubs and a $100 "contribution made by the city each year. INDEPENDENCE BIRTHS INDEPENDENCE -t Mr, and Mrs. Harlan Smith of Independ ence are the parents of a baby boy born Tuesday, August 23, at the Salem General hospital. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lamb be came the parents, of :a baby girl August, 21 at the Salem General hospital. The 6 pound 2 ounce daughter has been njtmed Chris tine. i " t A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson of Valsetz August! 21 at the Salem General hospital !l , A. E, Strokes, who leased the former Hobbs army air field from the city, charged with perjury. No Need for PtimpPriming,' Sawyer Says WASHINGTON. Aug. 27-(;p-A top administration official ad vised the White House that: (1) There is no public demand now for major pump priming by the government but (2) practically all businessmen want the govern ment to cut spending and reduce taxes. c Secretary of Commerce Sawyer passed that word up the line af ter criss-crossing the eastern half of the country for a month on a personal survey of business and employment conditions. His trip had been geared in with President Truman's program for concentrating federal buying and public works activities in areas A-Ooard Probe Said 'Closed' Washington, Aug. ri-VPh Chairman McMahon (D-Conn) announced last night that he con sidered, the joint senate house atomic committee's investigation of the atomic energy commission "to-be closed." But Senator Hickenlooper (R Iowa).' whose charges of "incred ible mis-management' last May 22 brought about the lengthy in vestigation, said he did not con sider the announcement "commit tee action." "t certainly hope the hearings are; not closed, because there are a number of areas yet to be taken up in executive session," be told a reporter. Finnish Reds Renew.Strikes HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 27.- (JP)- Finnish communist strike leaders began to thrown fresh forces Friday, into a labor battle' designed the government charges to' wreck Finland's economy. Metal industry workers, pro ducers of most of the Finnish reparations goods, walked out at one center and others nearby threatened .to stop work Monday. The first tie up was the Bjoerk boda lock works near Turku where two hundred walked out Not far away. 700 in the iron rolling mill of Salsbruk were tak ing a strike vote over a wage dispute, and communists are in the majority there. Offer Scorned By Dixieerats grains. Hoy King; fruits and nuts, Henry Hansen; vegetables, Rich ard Krenz; textiles, Mrs. Byron McElhaney; canning, Mrs. Henry Peters; baked goods, Mrs. Marion Miller; candy, Lucille Jaquet; flowers, Mrs. J. C Krenz; hobbies, Mrs. Geneve Hubbard; antiques, Mrs. W. F. Krenz; youth, Mrs. Floyd Fox; program, Verny Scott, Howard Rogers and Arthur Mul-key. AT LaFOLLETTE MISSION ORCHARDS How At FoVc Per Bushel Bring Your Own Container Drive north on River Road 1H mile! past Keizer School. Turn left and follow Mission Bottom road signs to LaFOLLETTE's. Phone Salem 3-1445 WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-(P)-The split between administration and southern states rights dem ocrats over civil rights appeared as wide as ever today despite a peace bid from President Truman. The president Wednesday invit ed i the southern bolters to come back into what he called a demo cratic "national party. But he said they must be ready to go along with the 1948 platform which included the civil rights plank that brought about the Dixie revolt. This was no peace bid at all, some states' lighters said today. Civil rights, they said, still must be dealt h with on a state basis. Alcohol Board Club Formed ! NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Aug. 27- (yPV-Repreaentatives from 13 states and the District of Columbia n day took preliminary steps toward the formation of a national organ ization of alcohol commission ex ecutives. Approval of the proposed organ ization to be known as The Con ference of State Agencies on Prop lems of Alcohol" was voted at the conclusion of the three day state sponsored conference here. Delegates from New York, Ver mont, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vir ginia. New Jersey, Alabama. Ore gon, New Hampshire, Maine and Utah took part in the final deci sions. The committee for nominations for permanent, officers include Walter L. "Sampson, director of research of the educational advis ory committee to the Oregon liq- i uor control commission. Cuts Smoking rr ! 3 I .'Vt-, - . ' -J t e - Th Slrrt man, SaUm. Ofoon, San day. Auauat 28. 19H t "Gotta cigarette?" a moot her child has another virtue, asks. "Sorry," replies Lea therm n. "This case doesn't open again un til exactly 8:19 p. m." Former Portland Chef Operate The Hub ALBANY D. A. Dick, chef at Hilaire's restaurant in Portland for the past seven years, has bought the Hub restaurant in Albany from Irwin Kampher and assumed man agement Tuesday morning. The Hub was started here in-1948 by Irwin Kampher and his brother, the late Arnold Kampher. Dick, who has been in the rest aurant business for some 20 years, stated he would eventually take over the kitchen work, while Mrs. Dick would have charge of the front part. Otherwise he contem plated no major changes or re decoration. The building is owned by the Pfeiffer estate. Bali Family Holds a. iiiii cat. i uiuLi . TURNER A family picnic was held at the home of Mrs. Mary Ball Sunday. All were present ex cept a sister, Mrs. Belle Kelly of San Francisco. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Lydon, Sherry and Terry of Coalinga, Calif., Mrs. Lee Birm ingham of Oildale, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyle and grandson, Mike Collins, Mrs. Paul Mont gomery, Lyle and Douglas, all of Seattle, A. E. Birmingham of Boise, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eyestone of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weishaar, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wipper. Wall and Don, Mr. and Mrs. Eldton Ball and Gregory and Robert Ball. Spinach was grown in southwest Asia before Christian times. to r Will pwer cadget aad Ha dest awr, W. D. Leatberasaa. You Smoke Too Much , Try This Gadget AP Nwsfetuf BARBERTON, Ohio Ward D. Leatherman. an ingenious Barber ton crane operator, currently is en gaged in bolstering the will power of cigarette smokers who want to cut down. The Leatherman system, now in search of a manufacturer, is simple: Reach for a cigarette ahead of time and you don't get one. They are locked up in your "watchdog"' case that rations smOkes with impartial sternness. The case is really a miniature bank vault with a device that ltx ks it until a selected time up to six hours. It works like this: Suppose you want to smoke no oftener than 30 minutes apart. By setting a small dial on the timing mechanism, the owner of the case locks it until exactly 30 minutes later. "I found I was smoking far too much," said Leatherman. "So I began concentrating back in 1945 on a way to break myself of the smoking -habit. Like most con firmed smokers, I lacked the 'will power to voluntarily cut down my cigarette consumption. But, now, with my case I have cut down to less than one pack a day." Leatherman said a mail order house would market the gadget after he signs with a manufac turer. 1 The' designer says his brain- Army Offers Wide Choice To Enlistees Choice of service in the armored cavalry, the field artillery, the corps of engineers, the coast artil lery; and the infantry is now being offered to men between 17 and 34 years old who enlist in the U.S. army, according to the re cruiting office in Salem postoffice. Opening of these forces for direct assignment to men without prior military service follow the ttne already established by the peacetime regular army, which advocates the greatest possible measure of choice to its new en listees. In addition to the above direct assignment opportunities, first time enlistees may indicate fheir preference for duty with the army's Far East command. Hearing Aid Center Zenith Aurophone Superphonic Bottria far all make ol hearina aids ... cords for most Inatrumenta. iM us know your nssdsl Mail Orders Filled Promptly! Ilorris Optical Co. i 444 State M. Phene 3-5511 Salem, Oregan Li JACK & JILL'S HOW OPEN AT 357 COURT ST. Watch Foe The Grand Opening Sooo CHILD REN 1 STORM 157 n COURT ST. I Union Hill Grange i Plans Annual Fair i i i UNION HILL Julius Krene. , ' master ol Union Mill grange, re ! ports that plans are progressing i for the annual community fair to 1 be held this fall at a date to be announced later, sponsored by the grange. Committee heads have been ' named and include seeds and A New Service To Bring Yon Iloro Beautiful AT 110 ESTM COST Special Offer Asphalt Hit nw Brt A. Lucas Company offers a nw jwrvicw to homlovrs of th SaUm area. Foaturfng latost selections in patterns and colors or Artloom Carpets along with a complete sam ple lino of decorators Cotton Carpet wo are able to give you mo re -attractive floors at low cost. Professional service in laying if you wish. Drop out and visit our new; store, just 310 mile north of Four Corners. 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