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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1950)
Centralized Accounting System For School Districts Proposed A centralized accounting system for all school districts except class one was proposed Monday by J. F. Remington, auditor of the Salem school district, at a state legislative tax interim committee meeting here. v The proposal would . save money and would reduce time In which financial reports are sent said. Senator Howard Belton, com mittee chairman, said the proposal .would lessen work of school clerks and auditors who do accounting in each district ' Committee members redded to send the proposal to the legislative committee on schools so that both groups can study the project Belton told the committee he felt some time should be devoted to check on such projects that might eliminate waste of state funds. -Personally. I think It is time to stop pouring money into the r a thole," Belton said. "I am tired of hearing of the need for new taxes. If we can save a million dollars that is now being wasted In state expenditures that would ,. be better than trying to find means of raising $1,000,000 by additional taxes." Members of the tax committee also met with, representatives of the county assessors association and discussed various technical questions relating to assessments and tax collections. Gues Dwindle In Continuing C-54 Search WHITEHORSE. Y. T, Feb. 6-'(CP)-Search for a missing United States C-54 transport and its 44 occupants spread today over scat tered sectors from Alaska to the United - States, investigating the few remaining clues which might lead to the ship. .From Vancouver, six planes of the R. C A. F.'s No. 12 group swept north through the trackless Cariboo country on a combined radio and visual search. From Whitehorse, where an ice fog ' made firing conditions poor, 16 planes were in the air soon after ' dawn, sweeping tne snows oi we Yukoiumountains. AM Sate afternoon, they, had Xtoimog to report. Crews of the planes from Van couver hoped to intercept more of the SOS signals picked up in the United States during the week end. The signals were believed to have come from interior British Columbia; Flying in pattern. 10 miles apart, they, hoped two planes might in terpret the same transmission, ob tain separate bearings and deter mine the position of the transmit ter. More United States planes were standing by to intensify the sweep if the weather cleared. At Snag Weather - station, 200 miles northwest of here, to which the missing plane last reported, it was 60 below today, and a reading of. 70 below was forecast for to night greatly reducing the chan ces of survival of the plane's oc cupants if they were down in that area. In the British Columbia search area, on the other hand, the wea ther moderated. Readings gener al! were well above freezing. Rodents Find Free Meals at Airport LONDON -(ENS)- An unfore seen menace to the huge London airport has been caused by rats and mice taking a meal off rubber-covered cables'leading to run way lights. So concerned were officials over this threat to the airport's electrical system that they had experts from the ministry of agri culture and fisheries study the problems and advise on a plan for large-scale extermination. It was discovered that most damage was done "to the lighting cables on the taxi circuit sur rounding the runways. The rodents were able to eat away the rubber insulation with out being electrocuted because the cables- are laid in insulated earthenware ducts. Rat experts explained that the ducts make fine breeding places lor rats and, coupled with an ex ceptionally fine summer, the air port's rat population increased by Jeeps and bounds. It is thought 'that one reason the rats find the airport cables -so attractive is because they need something on which to file down their ever-growing teeth. BABY HIGH NEW YORK (INS) About 1,700,000 babies were born in the United States in 1949, according to the statisticians of the Metro politan' Life Insurance company. It was the third year in succession in which the number of births ex ceeded 3 millions, which is un precedented in the country's his tory. The 1949 figure is vjrtuai.y the same as for 1949, and odlyafive per cent below the all-time peak reached in 1947. to other state agencies. Remington Quiz Precedes Dental Survey (Editor's m(: FaUavrtec Is tba last la a sertas mt qaestia answer articles vabliihe by The Orsaw Statrissaa la eooperiUoa with the Mirloa-Falk-Tunhlll Dem tai aadetr aa th Maria eauty heattk tfepartmest. Briar to a acfcMi dental smrrey la the aaar fatara.) Does the diet have any influ ence en the child's dental health? Yes. During about the first eight years diet influences dental health more than at any other period. An adequate, properly balanced diet during these years of yrowth and development will beoMucive to good dental health. What foods comprise a weTl balanced diet? The so-called protective foods which include milk and milk products, vegetables and fruits, whole grain cereals ,and breads, eggs, lean meats, poultry and fish. Is sugar needed for a balanced diet? Yes, within reasonable limits. However, nutrition specialists as sert that most Americans consume so much sugar that our national diet is' far overbalanced on the sweet side. A reduction in con sumption of sugar in all Its forms would result not only in a better balanced diet but in improved dental health since sugar Is con sidered one of the chief causes of tooth decay. Should candy be Included 1st a child's diet? In a candy-conscious natfon nv ours it is exceedingly difficult to wiwnoia canay from children. But there is unquestionable evidence that their dental health would be improved if popcorn, nuts and fruits could be substituted for candy. A properly balanced diet contains sufficient amounts of car bohydrates without addition nf th. concentrated forms found in can dies, jams and Jellies.. Does calcium taken in tablet : form benefit the teeth? Nutritionists tell us that almost all children can obtain th they need from a wpII haiani diet If that diet contains enough 1111111 a quart a aay for children, a pint a day for adults together with adeauate amounts nf th nth- er basic foods, the body will re ceive ail the calcium and phos phorus needed for normal nutri tion. Birth Lists Omit Addresses of Parents; Law Cited PORTLAND. Feb. fakTWt- land birth lists made nnhlif tn day carried no addresses of par ents. " Deane Huxtable, Oregon regis trar of vital statistics, said the addresses, which were carried in the past, were not included today because of a state law that U7Anf into effect last July. That law specifies that such no tices carry only name, date and place of births, lax interpretation of the law permitted addresses to be carried in the period since the j law was passed, Huxtable said. S ' ' He is to confer tomorrow with Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, on tho question. Lake Erie Falls 2 Feet in 2 Years CLEVELAND -fINSU If an army engineer amears on a radio quia program, the $64 question 10 asx; mm might be: Why has the level of Lake Eri fallen nearly two feet in the last two years? There has been a lot of anov ulation and theories advanced," aia . x. erry, engineer in charge of the Great Lakes divi sion, corps of engineers, "but no one has yet found an acceptable answer. There are those who rlin - tn the earth-tilting theory: As the earth tilts one way and then another, the lake outlets are raised and lowered, allowing wa ter to run out and then flow back in, thus changing the level. Or, there's the unusual expla nation given by an engineer that the lake is fed by an underground passage from the polar regions. Ice caps melted and thus raised the lake levels, he claimed. But all the engineers' corps would say is that Lake Erie is exactly 1.73 feet lower at present than it was in Sept. 1947. rV Likes Salem f- - .r '- f I I j Robert H. Bolanos, new manager of the B. F. Goodrich store, 19S S. Commercial at. New Manager For Goodrich Store drives A new iSalem manager for B. T. Goodrich' stores arrived Monday and within three hours found himself "right at home" and prais ing the "friendly welcome" he found here. The manager is Rob ert H. Bolanos, recently of Port land. The store at 198 S. Commercial st. is Bolanos' first managership. He has been with the firm for two years, in Los Angeles and Port land. He said no changes are an ticipated in either policy or per sonnel. Jack Kennedy, manager here for the past two years, has moved to Portland with a promotion in the firm to bo announced. Bolanos, his wife and 1 5-month -old daughter are residing at 162S N.Capitol st. Mercy Killing Try Backfires In Virginia RICHMOND, Va Feb. 6 -&)- An apparent "mercy killing" attempt here, police said, resulted in the death of a Richmond jewel er, but the intended victim his bedridden invalid wife still clings to a slender thread of life. Mrs. Rose Appich Stolor, 80, was in critical condition in a Richmond hospital with two bullet wounds, in tho lower part of her chest. Her 60-year-old husband, Charles S. Stoler, was dead of a self inflicted head wound, police said. The woman told police her hus band, a small pistol in his hand, came to her bedside today and told her ho was going "to put you out of your troubles." "I begged with him not to shoot me but ho said I had suffered enough," she told officers. "He put the gun by my heart and shot me twice." Stoler then shot himself la the head and died instantly beside his wife's bed, police said. Mrs. Stoler was able to dial the tele phone operator after the shooting and call for aid. Mrs. Stoler's brother, Charles W. Appich, arrived at the home a few minutes after the shooting. He told police his sister suffered a stroke in June, 1948. He said she had been bedridden since that time, but he said he believed the couple, had been in the best of spirits despite Mrs. Stoler's illness. YOU Soattlo Spolcano Twin Cities Chicago Rid it one and you'll nam the new Olympian Hiawatha your favorite train. You'll enjoy ita spaciousness and luxury whether you travel in private-room sleepers with Skytop Lounge, in thrifty Touralux sleepers or in reclining chair Luxurest coaches. You're welcome in the attractive diner and in the Tip Top Grill car with snack section and cocktail room. No delays from fog or storms, no worries about icy highways when you go on th Olympian Hiawatha. Side Silver Shirts' Leader to End PrisonTerm WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-P)-The prison gates will swing open next week for William Dudley Pelley, whose sedition conviction at In dianapolis was a sensation of the early days of World War II. The U. S. parole board said to day he will be released on parole next Tuesday, February 14, end ing a long and bitter battle over the continued detention of the founder and leader of the Silver Shirts of America. However, North Carolina offi cials said they will attempt to im prison Pelley. Still hanging over him. is a two-to-three year prison sentence in North Carolina. A su- Krior court judgment held that Hey violated terms of a sus pended sentence given him in Asheville, N. C, in 1935. Ho was convicted of violating state laws governing securities dealings. The judgment was affirmed in 1942 by the North Carolina supreme court, but the state made no effort to invoke the sentence because Pelley was under indictment in Indiana. Solicitor William McLean, of Asheville, said today he would appeal through the state attorney general's office for Pelleys return. Pelley, now 60, was convicted in August, 1942 of 11 counts of criminal sedition, and given 15 years. He was accused of trying to in cite mutiny in the armed forces and obstruct recruiting by spread ing false propaganda to the effect that: this country was devoid of defenses, doomed to defeat, bank rupt and led by prejudiced and incompetent men. Sent to the federal penitentiary at Terre Haute, Ind., he became eligible for parole in August, 1947 when he had completed a third of his term. High Court Rules Phonograph Discs Under Obscene Mail Ban WASHINGTON, Feb. -(ff)-The supreme court ruled today that phonograph records are covered by a federal law which bars ship ment of obscene matter across state lines: By a 5-3 vote, the court upheld tho conviction of a California man who had been fined $200 for shipping "dirty records" by express. In doing so, it overturned a decision by the U. S. circuit court at San Francisco that the law did not apply to records. Justice Minton ' delivered the majority opinion. Justice Black wrote a dissent, in which Frank furter and Jackson joined. Justice Douglas, still recuperat ing from injuries he received in a riding accident last fail, took no part in today's actions. The right of congress to restrict the amount of refined sugar which Puerto Rico may ship to the U. S. mainland was upheld by the court. To Kerala to Refining Justice Frankfurter, speaking for the court, said congress had the power to regulate the refining of sugar even if the legislation brought slight hardship to indivi dual sugar companies. "This court Is not a tribunal for relief from the crudities and in equities of complicated experi mental economic legislation. The issue was thrashed out in con gress; congress is the place for its reconsideration," Frankfurter said. Complying With Order ' In another case, the court ruled that tho Morton Salt company and the International Salt Co. had to submit reports to show they were complying with commission orders Issued years previously. The court upheld the commission 7-0, with out passing upon the exact nature of the reports it may require. The original order,' under the anti-trust laws, dates back to 1941. In 1947 tho commission call ed for special reports on compli ance within 30 days. The reports were not made. Jackson said for the court that law enforcement agencies "have a legitimate right to satisfy them selves that corporate behavior la consistent with the law and the public interest." Several new phosphorous com pounds are deadly to mites, aphids and other insect pests. OLYMPIAN with, us. For full information, as Deceased "X 3 -" - ' . John Albert (Jack) Wright, aa employe at the Salem postofflee nearly St years, died unexpect edly San day afternoon at his home at 1361 N. Church st J. A. Wright Services Set Wednesday Funeral services for John Al bert (Jack) Wright, long-time Sa lem resident who died here Sun day, will bo held Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. at the W. T. Rigdon chapeL Wright"; had Just returned from the local postoffice, where he worked nearly 30 years, when he collapsed and died of a heart at tack. He was one of the oldest postal employes in point of service and would have retired next Sep tember. Sammons Denies Banking Monopoly Exists in Oregon SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6-- A banking rival of the trans-America corporation testified today that there was no banking monop oly in Oregon. The corporation Is on trial in a federal reserve board hearing, ac cused of showing a monopolistic tendency. E. C. Sammons, president of tho U. S. National bank of Port land, a rival of trans-America's, said no monopoly could be achiev ed in Oregon without his bank. which he said had 40 per cent of the deposits in tho state. He said, "I know of no way by which anyone could get a monop oly. Our bank is not for sale to anyone. AUTOMATIC HEAT MINNEAPOLIS ( INS) Auto matic heat-control Is almost as automatic a specification for to day's new house as the bathtub, according to a nation-wide sur vey of prospective home builders. The only dwellings being built without thermostats and tempera ture controls, said Thomas Mc Donald, vice president of the Min neapolis Honeywell Regulator company, will be those below th Mason-Dixon line and "marginal houses elsewhere. Water Supply Remains Short In Aberdeen ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 8-(P)-Only partial relief was gained to day from this city's critical water shortage despite hopes that had been raised by warmer tempera tures. Lower area homes were receiv ing a partial supply. Hillside resi dences, however, were still being forced to depend upon water hauled in on tracks or caught in rain barrels, pots, pans, etc little was learned from work men on the ice-clogged pipeline to the Wishkah river, main source of the city's normal water supply, except that it was feared some breaks still remained in tho line. Early today a report said the line was cleared to within one mile of the reservoir and progress was being made, T- The fire danger is still consider ed extreme because of veryftow pressure in the mains. The Schafer Bros, lumber mill resumed operations today, how ever, hauling in the necessary 60, 000 to 75,000 gallons of water on tank trucks. St Joseph's hospital operated on an emergency basis, using wa ter hauled in sterile milk cans. Seven babies were delivered at the hospital this weekend. Rainier, Ore., meanwhile, re ported its reservoir was beginning to fill again today after nearly go ing dry Friday because of loo in the pipelines. Hoagy Carmichael Changes Course of Eastern Rivers PITTSBURGH. (INS)--Where Mother Nature has failed, Hoagy uarmicnaei has done it with a song. The Allegheny, Monongahela and Susquehanna rivers now meet In his song entitled "Three Rivers." Any Pennsylvanian knows the Monongahela and Allegheny do meet to form the Ohio in down town Pittsburgh. But the Susque hanna remains or it did until the popular songwriter did a little handywork with his song V- In central Pennsylvania. Hoagy said recently that he and lyricist Francis Webster hoped "tho song would bring a rise out of somebody in Pennsylvania. He said they had "dashed' off tho song in three days. The composer of "Stardust" ton fossod: "Naturally wo know that all three rivers don't actually meet I considered their headwaters close enough to use tho word moot Carmichael said they used the Allegheny, Monongahela and Sus quehanna because they are per- lecuy wedded" words. At least Hoagy pointed out, they knew now to spell the names. Tho Communicable Disease Center of the U. S. Public Health Service is at Atlanta. Ga. ' J !... 1433-Stafesmon, Salem, Oregon, Springfield PUD, Mountain States Power Co, Dicker SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 6 -&)- Springfield city officials resumed negotiations in Albany today with the Mountains States Power com pany for possible purchase of power facilities here. Members of the city power com mittee, who went to. Albany for the session, have until March IS to reach an agreement to buy. The city has announced it will build its own power system if there is no agreement by that date. Ticket Sale for Policemen's Ball to Start Dont worry when those uni formed city policemen call on you this week, merchants - the po licemen's annual ball la drawing near again and the ticket sale will hit full stride. Wednesday. The ball wiU be Thursday night, February It, at Crystal Gardens dance nan ta downtown Salem. To explain why the event Is hold, members of tho ban commit too released the following state ment Monday: "Through th policemen's an nual ben your polloo diartmant Is able to raise a aunt of money which Is used in a great many ways. "This summer tho eity of Salem and your local police department will be host to the convention of the Oregon association of city po lice officers. We as a department are proud to entertain these offi cers who will be in our midstu "It Is the hope of the depart ment heads to have a pistol team in th near future and compete ffen 00 . forlAe sensational netf 1950 fRIGlDAlRE Mtos! Scstm sow. aj T3 oalcm g;0q:j city open no. TO. I P.M. Water is 770 heavier than Although chemists call water HaO, mnlng two parts hydros! gen and on part oxygen, water exists in sTrsi forms. As s Squid, it is 770 times heavier than sir; yet as vapor, water has) only about 62 of th weight of air. WHY WATII1 ARI DIFFERENT Chloriaadon, iron content seasonal raxiatioas ia hardness, and the pres. ence of different minerals greatly af fect the brewing vain of waters. T fnmlmtmlm (fa COOSUlIt pttHty Sod dtl- icat flavor, th sam fine qualities th year around!, th Olympia Brew ing Company sues only die rare water from its famous subterranean walls at Tiimwater, Washiogtoa "lib Tuesday, February 7, lft50 g with officers from other depart ments in the state. "These and many other activ ities outside the regular duties of your police department require fi nancing. "We, the members of your po lice department ask you, the cit izens of Salem and vicinity, to help us make this year's ball v huge success. Mayor Cancels Resignation OAKRIDGE, Feb. 8 -JP) Still mayor of Oakridge is L. F. Gers pach, the village blacksmith, who took back today- his previously announced intent to resign. Gerspach said at least 100 per sons had appealed to him to stay in office. 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