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6 The Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Sunday, April 22. 1951 State Forestry Funds Ready For Camp Use .' Cost of the proposed state forest camps can be paid out of state for estry funds, Attorney General George Neuner ruled -Saturday- at the request of Portland ?ity At torney Alexander Brown. - .; It previously was. argued' by joint ways and means committee members that funds for the project would have to come out of the gen eral fund. :' ,v ' The camps, if approved . by the legislature, would be established in the Tillamook burn where screened . penitentiary prisoners Wfuld be employed in seeding and other forest operations. Prisoners assigned to the camps would re ceive a maximum of $1 a day for their work. Screening of men sent to the camps would be under the direc tion of penitentiary officials, the state forestry department and the state board of parole; and proba tion. The bill still Is before the ways and means' committee. The bill was writen by Brown and has received approval of sev eral Oregon labor organizations. It cViginally was sponsored by Sen. Phil Brady of Multnomah county. Brown indicated- he would ask the ways and means committee to report "out the bin early this week. Forest department officials said the seeding operations in the TQ latnook burn would continue for several years .and that passage of the bill establishing . the camps would solve the manpower, prob lem. Prisoners in. the camps would receive part of their earnings' upon being released from the peniten tiary and the remainder in month ly installments. Cost of establishing the camps has not been determined definitely. Conferees to Rule In Tax Fund Case A conference committee to com promise senate-house differences in a bill to transfer income tax surpluses to the general fund was appointed Saturday in the legisla ture. . Use of these surpluses, estimated at as high as $40,000,000, will al most balance the state budget. The committee includes the two tax committee chairmen, Sen. Dean - Walker, - Independence, and Rep. Rudy Wllhelm. Jr Portland, plus Sen. Eugene Marsh, McMinnville, and Rep. Giles French, Moro. ANNUAL PLANT SALE , STAYTON The annual plant sale of the Stayton. Garden club wilt be held May 4. and S at the Id bank building. All choice and itemed varieties- of bu lbs and plants are to be sold- tn connection with a white elephant sale, Mrs. George Bell, chairman, reports. Mrs. Robert Corey will be hos tess to the recent graduates of AAUW Tuesday night at her home, 1590 North 20th street. Miss Bar bara Causey will ; be co-hostess. The program will be on the latest methods of freezing foods. Tri Y Mothers at a meeting Thursday at the YWCA at 1:30 will hear Miss: Mary Pepper of the Oregon state, employment ser vice talk on teejj age employment. Pratum - Mrs. John Hain will entertain the-? Pratum-Macleay Home Extension ;unit at her home on Tuesday, at-1 o'clock. The les son topic is f arruly business and the law. Election, of officer will b held. BRAND NEW Call 3-9191 now . 7k Penalty Hiked for Day Shift Burglars Oregon burglars who plan to rob houses during the daytime, instead of it night, had better think twice ia the future. In the past penalties" have been stiffer for nighttime robberies. Bat legislative action was completed Saturday on a bill which makes them the same 5 - to 15 years in j prison, day , or. night. .'.-,!, -. Courthouse Bid Opening Set Thursday- Bids for construction of the pro posed new Marion county court house will be opened Thursday at 2:30 p.m.. with five firms expected to seek the contract. Whether the job will be awarded depends upon the cost, since the county has ac cumulated about $1,500,000 tn spe cial tax levies. i. The five companies which have filed pre-qualifi cation- forms as to financial standing are Viesko and Post of Salem; Ross B. Hammond, C M. Corkum company and L. R. Hoffman of Portland; J. G. Watts Construction company of Seattle. Representatives of wrecking companies involved, in sub-contract bidding for razing the pres ent structure have been around the courthouse during the past week. One said he i had been told it. wouldn't be., much of a lob, but after viewing the heavy masonry and the strong beams which have stood for 75 years he agreed that it should be more like 30 days for the task. The county court said Saturday that the statute of Justice, atop the tower, will be preserved. If the contract is awarded as a result of bids to be opened Thurs day, it was expected that all offices could be transferred to the public school office building, where the county has leased space, by June 1. Bill to Settle Bridge Dispute Legislative action was completed Saturday in the house on a bill to exempt from taxation publicly owned interstate bridges of other states, if similar exemptions are granted to Oregon bridges. The bill will exempt the Washington-owned Longview bridge and may help settle a three-year tax dispute over the structure.- . Oregon levied $188,000 in taxes on the bridge. Washington refused, to pay but will pay $70,000 of those taxes if Oregon exempts the bridge in the future. Oregon has accepted. Gallon Blood Club Reactivated The Gallon club for persons civ ing 8 pints or more to the blood program is being reactivated by Marion county chapter of the American Red Cross, starting May 3, Salem s next blood day. The club was featured during World War II and had a long list Of members. Next blood day in the county Is Monday, the unit to be in opera tion at Union Hill Grange hall be tween 2 and 6 p.m. with Dr. Dean Brooks from Salem as the doctor in charge. The Union Hill com munity is hoping to supply 150 donors. KENMORE TANK-TYPE ALL METAL ; GDcm? COMPLETE WITH ATTACHMENTS Co) o Complete Set of Cleaning Attachments! New, Streamlined Light weight Design! longer. Stronger Flexible Hose! Cleansing Air Filter Inside Tankl 5.00 Down 5.00 Month Sears, Roebuck amd Co. S5t N. Capitol St. i Salem, Oregon : JCTAT4. 550 N. Ccpitc! Phona 3-9191 McKay Backs Reappraisal erfy Gov. Douglas "McKay indicated Saturday he was heartily in favor of the bill increasing the appropri ation of the state tax commission so it can launch a 10-year prop erty. 'reappraisal program, 'v J L' "I am satisfied that a more .equi table property, assessment schedule will save the- taxpayers of Oregon a large amount of money t and at the same time increase returns to the. state," Governor McKay averred. -. " - The task of launching the re appraisal program will be under the direction of Robert Maclean, in charge of the assessment and taxation division of the state tax commission He said .his men would work f in -cooperation with county assessors and the program would involve four counties & m time. " Obtaining competent men for the work will be the most serious trouble under the current man power shortage, Maclean said. The program -will be .launched as soon as the bill is signed. Legis lature action was completed- Sat urday. Senate Favors West Regional Education Pact A bill which would- permit Ore gon to join a western state region al compact for higher education was approved by the senate and sent to the house Saturday. Under the compact, recommend ed by governors of 11 western states, special graduate schools would be open, at resident tuition rates, to students from anywhere in the west. Resident rates are considerably lower than non-resident. The states would contribute money to each other's graduate schools to provide fewer but bet ter graduate courses in such fields as medicine and dentistry. Filipino YM Official Due Here Monday Domingo C. Bascara, general secretary of the Philippine islands YMCA, will tell about this coun try and its development in the an nual world service banquet Mon day at 6:30 p. m. in Salem YMCA. : The meeting, open to the pub lic with dinner reservations asked by noon Monday, will launch the local YM world service campaign to raise $2,075 by May 10. Roy Bartend and Ronald Hudkins are co-chairmen. Bascara, who just arrived in the U. S. is on a speaking tour and is to attend the international YM and Rotary conventions. He is noted as a community leader and was instrumental in organ izing i the Manila Community chest, which he has directed for its first two years. In the north west he is speaking at Seattle, Portland and Salem. Also on the program will be Dr. Stanton Turner, Los Angeles, who. was general secretary in the Philippines for 25 years, to or ganize the YM and turn it over to native leadership. He trained Bascara. C of C to Hear Dr. Dubach An evaluation of America's for eign policy will be made for the Salem Chamber of Commerce by Dr. U. G. Dubach of Lewis and Clark college, Monday noon at the Senator hotel. Dr. Dubach is professor of po litical science at the Portland school. He ; was for many years dean of men and political science professor at Oregon State college. He is widely known over the state as an educator and counselor of youth. Statai at Libarty - OfPftp Investigation of Rainmaking Asked By ; Legislators ; The old saying, "Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it." mar be strictly for the horae-and-burgy days as far as Oregon's legislature is concerned. A resolution was introduced In the house Saturday calling for a two-year, interim committee in , vestixtion f rainmaking'. The committee .Would include three representatives, . 'twe senators : and two -merabers-at-large ap pointed by the governor. ' ' The resolution predicted an Increase in the attempts of bus to control the weather. $41,236Tallied For Red Cross A total of $41,238 for the Amer ican Red Cross fund '"campaign in Marion county wa checked in for the Saturday .auditing. The county goal is $48,985. i :, To date. Salem, has $32304 of its quota of $34,033 in while coun ty divisions nave $8,432 of their $14,890 in. Idanha brought in $180 late In the week. In the. city divisions; general gifts were boosted to $1,187 against a goal of $1,275. Profes sional division is now up to $1,860 out of its goal of $2,100. Women's residential division has turned in $6,325 against its quota of $7,100. All divisions in the campaign were making special effort to wind up solicitation to get reports in by' Monday. Dignitaries at Final Rites for Vandenberg GRAND RAPIDS, Mich- April! 21 (AVThe late U. S. Senator: Arthur H. Vandenberg, who rose from a harness maker's home to: influence the future of his peo- pie, was buried today. The 67 year -old republican statesman went to his last resting place in ceremonies mingling gracefully the pomp and homage due a world figure and the sim ple Congregational burial rites. In the forefront 'were more than 100 dignitaries of state and; local government. In the back ground were more than 5,000 of the home-town folks who saw' his rise from a boy newspaper editor to become one of the architects of the United Nations. And, at the end, was the small; tree-shaded, family "plot in Oak Hill cemetery where his first wife and his parents lie, their simple individual markers jesting beside one plain block of marble which, says only "Vandenberg." Medical Auxiliary To Install Mrs. Baura PORTLAND, April 21iJP)-The house of delegates of the Oregon State Medical society will hold a mid-year meeting here April 28. : Dr. William J. Weese, Ontario, president, said medical aspects of civilian defense would be dis cussed. Mrs. W. W. Baum, Salem, will be installed as president at the auxiliary meeting. She was elected in 1950. G BILL OSKO 1465 N. Capitol Ph. 3-5661 lmT mum Meter Free Parking Yes, it is Inn to be well really well! Why accept "half way' health when you can know the tingling thrill that comes with feeling physically fit? Let yoar Doctor make m thorough minarioai and. a careful diagnosis of yoar spe cial condition. You owe this to yourself, and to your family i . . And if your Doctor gives yon a prescription, bring it to us for careful compounding. "On the Corner" J 1 1 I I ;( mm ssmd Rep. Hcbert to Ride Herd on .. '' .r.' Defense Costs WASHINGTON, April 21 .-WV Rep. Hebert (D-La) was named today to head a house committee that will ride herd, on the multi billion dollar defense spending. His aim, he said, will be to "keep the horse in the stable rather than lock the barn door after the horse has been stolen. Chairman Vinson D-Ga) i - of the house armed services commit tee picked Hebert as chairman of the group. ; A subcommittee under Vinson it will have power to in vestigate all purchases by the army, air farce, navy and marines. 'Hebert has a newspaper back ground. His biography in the con gressional . record recounts that after graduation from Tulane, he was "a newspaperman on the New Orleans' States, which broke the Louisiana scandal on June 0, 1930 and which.: paper was sub sequently ' Awarded the Sigma Delta Chi 'plaque .for courage in Journalism.'' 1 - "In that scandal, newspapers ex posed a mass of corruption under the ; regime, of Huey Long, gov ernor and senator ; who later was assassinated. , Heberf t . pew- assignment , Is somewhat like that President Tru man had when be was a senator. The Truman committee dug far and wide into the handling of World War II spending , and its results helped make him vice president,- ' '. ' ' i Former Salem Wdnian Diesin Mrs. Anna Mumm Griebenow, 79, former long-time Salem resi dent, died Saturday in San Fran cisco, Calif, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. JE. W. Murray. The deceased is the mother of Paul Griebenow and brother to John Mumm, both of Salem., She was born in 1871 in Minnesota. She was married there in 1891 to A. W. Griebenow, who died in Salem in 1945. The Griebenow family came to Salem in 1920 and Mrs. Griebe now resided here until 1945. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Mumm, pioneer farmers who came to the Salem area in the 1880s. Mrs. Griebenow was active here in the Christian and Missional Al liance church. Two of her children are now missionaries in foreign lands. The Rev. M. G. Griebenow, Only tSio -fefeybos HUDSON HORNET! WINS I Proving its superior stamina and power In victory over 71 motor cars, includ ing practically every make, Hudson Hornet wins grueling 160-milo National Championship Stock Car Race at Daytona Beach t a 316 N. Churcn Street in Tibet from 1921 until last year, is now at Jerusalem, Israel. Mrs. Walter Post has been a missionary at Makassar, Indonesia for about the past 20 years. - Other survivors include daugh ters, Mrs. R. S. Haarala of San Diego, Calif.; - sisters, Mrs. Fred Liesinger of Kent, Wasb j and Mrs. Margaret ShcrrHl of Wash ington, and by seven grandchil dren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services' are beirrg ar ranged by , th4t -rirgil-ATv jpolden chapel. ' ? ' :' "'-- . 4-' .v: Eggs Qcrdmbledy; Z Cdbke&in Mishap 1BAKEl"ApTit.21TUvhen the firemen arrived, there were tome 75,000 ; eggs baked, barbecued, smoked and scrambled. t ; - Many had spilled oat of the 210 cases aboard' a truck that caught fire as it was carrying- the eggs from Payette, Idaho, to Portland. The driver. Ken Slaneryi La Grande, told firemen the blaze was going good before he discovered it. He estimated his loss at $3,300. 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