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HOUSTON, Tex, Oct 2J -OP)-The civics textbook Amcrican
Government,'' Dannea oj toe ziousxon cnoot uuuu ruun ui
objectionable paragraph about communism, has been a standard text
In Oregon schools for 30 years, according to word from that tate'
education department in Salem. j ! i " - 1
Spokesmen there said the current edition of the book does no
contain the reference to commun
ism found in the 1947 edition used
here. The text was written by Dr.
Frank Magruder, Corvalli, Ore,
retired Oregon State college his
tory professor.
The Oregon board quoted this
contrasting paragraph from the
1948 edition:
-The United States is called a
capitalistic country, but it does
not have pure capitalism. It has
capitalism subject to increasing
governmental control as our man
ner of living becomes more com
plex. The country is capitalistic,
modified by . certain socialistic
trends. Among them may be men
tioned the postal system, public
power projects, progressive In
come taxes, old age pensions, and
free public education. Some of
these are so old and so well es
tablished that we seldom think of
them as socialistic.
J: O. Webb, assistant superin
tendent of Houston's senior high
schools, told reporters Magruder's
book actually condemns coram un
" ism and socialism. The paragraph
referred to by the (Houston)
board could show the dangers of
.nn Mln ant cists t a 1 Sam Th
cuiiiiiiuiiuiu siiiu evwiauajiiii
way he (Magruder) expressed it.
though, is most unfortunate.
Webb said.
In Boston. Charles Bacon, sen
lor partner of the publishing firm.
said:
"The statement about capital
Lm in the 1949 edition is entirely
different from; that in the 194S
edition. If they'd had the 1949 ed
ition I think they would have
been satisfied with the treatment
of that particular Item.
. The official 194S edition, the
one most, students have, contains
this comment as a fine print foot
note at the bottom of page 38:
"The government of the United
States has some socialism and
bit of communism. The postal
system, power projects and pro
gressive taxes are socialistic.
Public free education is commun
iatie . . .w
The 1947 revised edition has
the comments in the book's text
' on nave ii. ini scnooi ooara
mm l . i i
wa offended by this paragraph:
The United States is called a
cspitalistic country, but it does
not have pure capitalism. It has
capitalism subject to increasing
' governmental control as our man
ner of living becomes more com
plex. The country is capitalistic
' with strong socialistic and even
communistic trends. The postal
system, power projects, and pro
gressive taxes as bits of socialism;
and public free education and old
age assistance are examples of
. communism . . . to each accord
lng to his need."
Baron said the work is a "best
seller" in its field and is revised
" annually to keep up with the
changes in government. He said
it is used in both army and navy
service schools.
"Two hundred and fifty pages
will be changed this year," he
asserted. 'Tour hundred were
changed last year."
Mrs. Olon Rogers was the only
. board member voting against the
bah.
She said her action did not
mean approval of the paragraph
but that she thought the board
should at least read the remaind
, er of the chapter before taking
action to throw the book out
Mrs. Magruder told the Chron
icle her husband is in Portland,
Ore., conferring with an artist
for illustrations for the 1950 edi
tion, of the book.
"He is definitely not a com
munist," Mrs. Magruder said.
"The whole thing is very amazing.
It's a big Joke but in a way it
. is pathetic that it happened. It
looks like somebody is on a witch
hunt."
She said her 67-year-old hus
band retired from active teach
ing two years ago and spends his
time now working on new books
and revising old editions. '
Rep. Norblad to Reopen
Offices in Salem, Astoria
ASTORIA, Oct. 25 -Jpy- Con
gressman Walter Norblad will
open offices in Salem and Astoria
a soon as he returns from the
nation's capital with his family.
His father, A. W. Norblad. said
the representative is expected hi
five or six days.
Mrs. . Dorothy Woodring, his
secretary, will be in charge of
the Salem office, and Miss Han
nah Sceborg will direct the As
toria office.
Secretary Pearson's
Wife Granted Divorce
OREGON CITY, Oct 23 -V
F.lizabeth C. Pearson was granted
a divorce from State Treasurer
Walter J. Pearson by Circuit Judge
E. C. Latourette in Clackamas
county circuit court today.
Property settlement , calls for
sale of property in Portland with
the first $10,000 from the sale
being awarded to Mrs. Pearson.
She will also receive $280 a month
until January,; 1953.,.
TR AIN "WRECK KILLS 11
AVIGNON. France. Oct. 25
-Eleven persons were killed and
41 were injured in a train wreck
today. A broken axle was blamed.
All the victims who have been
identified were French residents.
Rummage Salo
Capital Post 9 American
legion Auxiliary
Oct. 2Sth and 29th
.129 r4 Commercial St
W&nM&ir; OcteW 1
Olymp
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Visit Salem
Salem 'Kiwanis club was host
to more than a score of members
and their wives from! Olympiad
Wash., last night at a "Ladief
Night" dinner in the Marion hotej.
Another group was I scheduled
from Victoria. B.C., but! the coast
wide fog prevented take-off til
their chartered plane. jj
T. Harold Tomlinson of Salera,
lieutenant governor of Kiwanis
division 14, was toastmaster it
the dinner and Introduced the
visitors. Entertainment was pro
vided by a troupe from Willam
ette university. I
Guests from Olympia included
Harold Van Eaton (representing
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie), director
of Washington's department tf
public instruction: Fred Beskwith.
lieutenant governor of Kiwanis
division 3, and Mrs. ; Beckwith;
Charles Bowen, president of the
Olympia club; G. I. Griffith, part
division governor; Mrj and Mrs.
Tony Christiansen; Mr. and Mps.
Tom Hedges. Mr. and Mrs. WjS-
lard Matters; Mr. and Mrs. "Doc"
Stansfield; Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Scott; Mr. and Mrs. Arley Mills;
Harry Derrick, Leon Jensen.
Frank Keister and K. Y. Knight
Mills, the Olympia club's inter
club chairman, said Salem afford
ed the visitors "a mighty fine re
ception" and that he hoped fiir
ther visits could be arranged.!
The guests were to return to
Olvmpla via chartered bus eaijly
today. I
Robert Gark,
Former IOOF
Sexton, Dies
Robert Earl Clark, former sfx
ton at the IOOF cemetery and lat
er at the Lee Mission cemetery,
died Tuesday at his home at 1993
S. Commercial st He was 67.
Born in Iowa Oct 17, 1882. Clark
worked at the Spaulding logging
company for a short time before
beginning his work as a sextonj 111
health forced his retirement in; re
cent years. jj
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Mildred L. Clark, and a brother,
Ray Clark, both of Salem. His Wife
died about three years ago. jj '
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday at the Virgil T. Golden
mortuary with interment in City
View cemetery. jj
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Package License Vetoed
For Drive-In Market
Application of the 10-11 drive-
in grocery store on South Com
mercial street to make curb ser
vice sales of packaged beer ''was
rejected Tuesday by the Oregon
Liquor Control commission.
Commissioners doubted the Wis
dom of making intoxicating bev
erages so readily available to mo
torists, i
They also thumbed down sky
writing as a medium of advertis
ing liquor and beer. f
Dr. Gregg to Speak
At Portland Church
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Dr.1 Robert D. Gregg, dean of
the liberal arts school at Willa
mette university will speak to
night at the Fremont Methodist
church in Portland. i!
He will discuss. "The United
States and RussiaTwo Worlds,
Can They Be One?" ! !
C. L. Starr, vice-presidept of
the Methodist board of trustees, is
sponsoring the program.
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CONTESTS! O CARTOONS!
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State Poultry
Man Explains
Egg Grading
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Egg grading regulations in Ore
gon were explained to j about 35
local producers Tuesday! by Noel
Bennion. poultry specialist from
Oregon State college. !
Bennion spoke at Mayflower hall
in the Hollywood district at
meeting conducted by Ben Newell,
county extension agent)
i He prefaced bis main theme with
a general discussion of poultry and
egg production and pointed out
that Oregon is consuming 25 to 35
per cent more eggs than; are being
produced in the state, i
This factor has made Oregon an
"importing state regarding poultry
products," -Bennion said j
This is due to tremendous
population increase
years, he added.
in
recent
Bennion then explained the six
basic egg-grading regulations.
: Neither a state permit nor grad
ing Is required of producers sell
ing 'K through wholesalers or
selling eggs, produced and sold at
their own farm. I ,
Grading and labeling but no per
mit is required of producers sell
ing eggs produced on the farm but
distributed to restaurants or pri
vate consumers away from the
farm. j
Producers selling eggs hot hatch
ed on their own farm both must
obtain a permit and grade and
label the product
1 Newell said eggs are graded by
weight in six classifications: extra
large, large, medium, small, tm
dersize and jumbo.
Post-War Draftees
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May (Jet Discharge
On Year's Service
MONTGOMERY, AlaL Oct 25-W)-The
army plans to offer dis
charges beginning Dec) 1 to in
ductees with at least a year's serv
ice under the peacetime draft act
Secretary of the Army Gordon
Gray announced the new policy
today in an address before the
annual conference of the National
Guard association. j
Some 24,000 inductees and 6.000
volunteers, he said, will be offer
ed these options: j
1. Immediated separation from
the army after completing 12
months of service, with the reserve
component obligations provided by
the law. j j
2. Completion of 21 j months of
service, with the same reserve
component obligation, j
3. Completion of a total of 33
months of service, which would
wipe out 1 the obligation to enter
a reserve component after separa
tion. ! j
4. Enlistment in the regular army
for a normal tour of three or more
yearsJ which also would remove
any reserve component obligation.
International Relations
Glib to Hear Pospisil
Leopold Pospisil, Czechoslova-
kian student now attending Will
amette university, will speak to
night before the International Re
lations club Wednesday evening,
The meeting will be at the Chresto
Cottage on the southeast corner of
the campus at 7:30. i
The public is invited without
charge, j
Subject of Pospisil's talk is "Be
hind the Iron Curtain.
BOUSE BILL SIGNED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 - fJPj
Legislation providing $2,275,000,
000 of new government authority
to insure or purchase motgagea on
homes was signed by President
Truman today.
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Jimmio Whitmore
- and hit orchestra
filt. Angel
Auditorium
Thuri., Oct. 27
Adm. $1.00 locL tax
Get Ready
For Our Big
Saturday
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Midnight Party I
THEATRE-
SALEM SUPPER
CLUB
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PRESENTS
KENNY ALLEtl
Salem's Own Singing Star
Formerly ef the
Royal Hawaiian
FN., OCT. 2G
WAYN ALLEN
AT THX HAMMOND
ELECTUO OKGAN
. . Aid Badly Needed . . .
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WITH the Salem Community chest still $15,000 short. Chair
man Joseph A. H. Dodd has asked each citizen to re
consider the causes the Red feather drive supports, and to
remember that failure of the chest program involves emergency
relief "agencies as well as vital youth organizations.
D ODD asked that those wishing to give! send their contri
butions, accompanied with this "please" coupon, to the
Community Chest, 241 N. Liberty, Salem.
NAME
ADDRESS ...
Enclosed is my dollar lo
SIGNED . ;
Elusive Stranger Claims
He Piloted Mystery Craft
A talkative but elusive stranger
who claimed he piloted the mys
tery plane that narrowly missed
the Salem airport control tower in
thick fog Sunday night slipped
quietly out of Salem Tuesday
The man, known only as "Mc-
Cann from Oak Harbor, Wash,
and dressed in civilian clothes reg
istered at the YMCA Sunday
night shortly after 8:30 when a
control tower operator reported
sighting a single-engine plane he
believed Was in trouble. The en
tire Pacific coast was "socked in"
by a ceiling-zero fog at the time.
During his three-night stay at
the Y, McCann told employes and
guests he was flying a Cessna
plane which disappeared into the
fog after making a pass at Mc-
Nary field. He said he circled away
from the field, narrowly missing a
hill before landing through an
oening in a Keizer area pasture.
Margaret Lovell, YMCA secre
tary, said the stranger claimed to
McKay Thinks
Morse to Win
On Re-Election
PORTLAND. Oct. 25-P)-Ore-
gon s republican Governor Doug
las McKay said today he believed
Sen. Wayne L. Morse will be re
elected and that the state legis
lature will be re-apportioned.
These views were expressed in
a forum at the Press club of Ore
gon in which radio and newspaper
reporters participated.
McKay said he thought the state
would remain republican and
would continue to have a reason
able republican party. But he
didn't shut out the chances of
the democrats entirely. Ha told
to insure or purchase mortgages on
for a change" whenever the demo
crats offer better candidates than
the republicans.
There's no use in anybody
fooling himself," the governor
added. "Neither the democrats
nor the republicans have any mo
nopoly on brains.
. He defined an Oregon republi
can as a man or woman who "be
lieves in the constitution, in a
reasonable business-like adminis
tration, not a lot of wild ideas.
AIRPORT AID SIGNED
! WASHINGTON, Oct. 2$ -JP-
President Truman today signed
legislation under which the states
stand to get increased federal aid
for airport construction this year.
The allotments by the civil aero
nautics administration for this fis
cal year may be as much as 4728
per cent more than originally
made available for the year.
O PH. 3-3467 O MATINEE DAILY FROM 1 P. M. O
TOMORROW!
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help the Community Chest drive.
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be a regular navy pilot on a
flight from California to the Whid
by Island naval air station, located
a short distance from Oak Harbor
across the Puget Sound from Seat
tle. He did not state whether he was
flying a naval or civilian plane.
Insuiries among Keizer district
residents failed to locate such a
plane.
McCann also told YMCA work
ers he had notified officers at the
Salem naval air facility of his
landing, but Cmdr. Wallace Hug.
station commandant said he had
never beard from such a person.
Hug launched an investigation in
to McCann's reports Tuesday, but
failed to locate him.
During his stay at the Y, the
young man arose early in the
morning and remained away dur
ing the dayj Miss Lovell said Mc
Cann called the weather bureau
several times Monday and Tuesday
to inquire about flying conditions.
He checked out Tuesday morning.
Salem VFW Committee
Plans '50 Encampment
Executive committeemen for the
VFW state encampment to he held
in Salem next year met at VFW
hall here Tuesday night
General Chairman Joe Hop
kins made committee chairman
appointments for the various
phases of the convention. Com
mittees will be announced at a
meeting November 30.
Attending were Past National
Commander Louis Starr, Past De
partment Commanders Dwight
Alderman and Wilbur Williams
and Department Adjutant John
Schun, all Of Portland.
Worker Sues
SIAGOver
Hand Injuries
A suit to collect compensation
for injuries allegedly sustained
during the; normal course of work
was filed against the, state indus
trial accident commission by Gro
ver L. Jennings in Marion county
circuit court Tuesday.
Jenningsj claims his left hand
and arm were broken while he was
erecting aj ferris wheel at Gates
July 21. tie states his compensa
tion claim was rejected by the
commission September IB and that
no action j has been taken on a
petition for rehearing.
Jennings asks judgment for
such compensation as is commen
surate with injuries he alleges
were incurred.
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Winds DOate
Fog; Travel
Near Normal
By The Associated Press
Light winds off the coast Tues
day night were diluting a layer
of fog that had snarled airline,
highway and maritime shipping
for three days and nights in the
Pacific northwest.
In Salem ''visibility improved
Tuesday. -Barely a trace of fog re
mained at midnight in the down
town district. .
Four-mile visibility was report
ed at McNary field early tills
morning. Three is considered safe
for flying. Commercial flights
landed here during the afternoon
and two private craft were report
ed in action by the CAA control
tower. i
Mostly I cloudy' and slightly
warmer weather was forecast
here for today with morning and
night fog. j
Freighters fog-bound in the Co
lumbia Monday night reached up
river berths by mid-day Tuesday
and almost normal river move
ments continued until late Tues
day night. Puget Sound shipping
continued about normal.
Commercial airline flights from
Portland and-Seattle-Tacoma air
ports were: resumed by late morn
ing hours.; 'The civil aeronautics
administration said the fog bank
was not as dense Tuesday as the
two previous nights. The mist was
settled down again, however,
Tuesday night.
The Portland airport reported
operations might be blanked out
again by early Wednesday morn
ing. There are few night hour ar
rivals or departures there.
In contrast to western Oregon
and Washington moisture - laden
atmosphere was the clear and dry
weather of sectors east of the Cas
cades. Brush fires were burning
in the Deschutes national forest of
Oregon. Careless hunters were
blamed.
STRIKE TALKS STYMIED
SANFRANCISCO, Oct. 25-UP)-Pacific
Greyhound lines said to
night it "is simply unable" to
meet wage demands of the. AFL
Amalgamated A s so ci a t i on of
Street, Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Employes of Ameri
ca. SALEM
FRIDAY NIGHT
OCT. 28th
GUnwoorJ Ballroom j
4 ML N. of Sales M ME
Dancing 9 te 1
SLM phts tax with this adv.
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New Washington School Due
For First Classes Monday
Satan's new Washington elementary school probably, will be
occupied next Monday. . . I
Announcement was made Tuesday night at a regular meeting
of the district school board. Located on Lansing avenue tn the Caprtola
district, the new plant replaces the old, wooden stiucture en Center
and 12th streets from which it takes Its name. .it
Books will be moved to the new
location Thursday, and Friday will
be moving day for teachers. School
buses will take the 240 students
home Friday noon, according to
present plans.
The board authorized its. presi
dent and School Superintendent
Frank B. Bennett to confer with
city authorities regarding possibi
lities of widening two streets ad
jacent to schools. They are Howard
street near Leslie junior high
school and D street at Salem high
school.
Asphalt surfaces have been com
pleted on playground areas at all
schools except Hayesville and Lib
erty schools where the items had
not been budgeted. New sidewalks
at the . Lincoln school at Four
Corners are to be laved today.
No definite action was taken on
a request of the Salem 20-30 dub
for use of the Salem high school
auditorium on Sunday, March 5.
The dub desired use of the hall
for a Drama Guild play it is spon
soring. The board felt a night
other than Sunday would be pref
erable and will ask the dub to
try and secure another date.
Disposal of three trees near the
school administration building will
be discussed with city authorities.
The city engineer declined author-
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Resignation of Janice
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The highest temperature record
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Acixia, Libya, North Africa, on
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