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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1951)
1 Tho Stelwntm. Solera. Ora?on. Wednesday. Tuly ,25,, 151 Saupsf HammersN$h Alone Among: Noises p Covered by City Law Br Kbcrt C. Gsartrmr " i 1 .y v I Otr Editor, Tne Statesman: : .. I r Who says you can't pound or saw around the bouse after t p. m.? That was a question on many lips in Salem Tuesday after tne cJtr council Mondar beard from a man whose neighbor complained of bis pounding by night and asked police to remind him of the o cloc deadline on tne statute dooks. ? . : j Well it's the city law that says it, and says clearly that noisy Portland Man PORTLAND, July 2C4IV-Me1 A in Ray tin bo, z, was in jau nere today under $10,000 bond, charged with arson. Detective Sgt Bard Pur cell said Gilbo admitted in a signed state-m-nt that be had set at least 14 fires here recently. Damage from the fires was estimated by Fire Marshall Miles Woodworth at $41,000. The detective quoted Gilbo as eying he had a "good feeling when he helped put out the fires be had set. Giibo was arrested today out Bide the Rose hotel , where three early morning fires had been set While being quesioned he was held Of i charges of being drunk and Improperly wearing -' a marina corps uniform. Police said Gilbo was a former Puyallup, Wash, fireman. School Orders or Football Games Wooden bleachers to seat Salem hih school student fans at Waters field football fames this fall were ordered Tuesday . night ; by the a, Slem district school board. School directors accepted a low bid of $3,080 from Northern School Supply Co. of Portland, provided the firm will guarantee delivery and installation by the opening home game this falL The removable bleachers, 8 feet high, will seat 1,000 nearer the playing field than the field's permanent stands permit. In personnel matters, the board adopted a more liberal sick leave program and heard a report from Superintendent Frank B. Bennett that the 1951-52 teaching staff is complete at present. The sick leave schedule meets the new state law requiring 10 d-iys' annual sick leave. The board alo approved accumulation of si :k leave up to 30 days, plus 12 days in which the substitute teach er' f pay is deducted from that of the ill teacher. The present sick leave schedule has been t days annually, an accumulation of 24 and 12 days of partial pay. Boundaries Set ; Boundaries were set for the new Baker school at Le telle and Sag- xiiaw airceu, serving uia nrsi three grades only. The area lies west of the Willamette river be tween Mission and Rural streets. The eastern border streets, listed generally south from Mission street are Commercial, Owens, High, Superior, East Nob Hill, Oxford, Commercial and Rural. The board heard an appeal from Hedda Swart, local historian, for ail in locating some additional relics from the old East school grounds at the present site of a new Safeway store near Center and 12th streets. Miss Swart also suggested the possibility of a achool museum for such items as salvaged ornamental parts from that torn-down school. French school children's gifts from the Merci train and other items. To Investigate The board decided to investigate the possibility of digging in the former school block, at Miss Swart'a suggestion, for glass jars buried by early school classes in connection with Arbor day tree plantings. The Jars contained lists f students. .' ; Architect James I Payne was commissioned to design rest rooms for construction at the Baker street playground.- - In bidding for school projects considered at the board raeeting in the school office building Tuesday night, the following action was taken: Given Contract Woodry Furniture Co. awarded contract for $5,148 worth of as phalt tile for Pringle, Baker, lib erty and West Salem schools and linoleum for Parrish. Woodry was law amonf three bidders, with k. uixtrom co. bidding $5,703 and Artcraft Linoleum 17.130. : Capitol Lumber Co. was granted contract for 200 cords of fire wood at $5 per cord. Only other bidder was Stanton & Bugge Wood Co, at - , Lone bid on a Salem high school windbreak, . - . Batterman's $1,349 offer, was referred to school architects. - , Varying bids on a half -ton steel panel truck and half ton pickup were received irom vauey Motor Co, McKay Chevrolet and Truck Sales it Service and were referred to the transportation committee for analysis. .' ---- ;,T'"' Warren Northwest was awarded contract for asphamc concrete paving at two schools, on low bid of $5,738 for 2,7 3 square yards, plus the cost of catch basins and drain tile. Bush school oil storage tank of ju.uuu gauon canacitr drew no bids on a second bidding, so the Doara cectaea tne district would bur and install the tank. Bids were ordered called on re moval cf the former Theodore K Rainwater house a !S83 S. Church at. in the block being purchased for a new high school sits. Faces Multiple Arson-Oiargc ni 1 e Dieacners i I work is protuoued between B pjm. and 7 a. m. And the ban appears ina modern., fxeduentlr used City ordinance the one which figures in periodic police campaigns against noisy car and truck muff lers, for example. . ordinance 3403. enacted in 1938 wnen W. W. Chadwick was mayor represented a cornDilation and updating of several earlier "noise laws"; at a time when WPA em ployes were revising the city's ordinances; This law declared certain noises a' "nuisance' and set forth in its openina section: it snail be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation j to create, assist in creating, permit. continue, or permit the conunu ance of any unreasonably topd, aistummg or unnecessary noise in me nry oi saienv Teeth la Law i The ordinance; has teeth In it. to the extent of a fine ud to S100 imprisonment up to 30 days or Doxn, ior violations. But it's still la nuisance la and, as such, is! enforced for the most part only when the noise in question has been considered by someone as a nuisance. , The neighbor's' gripe that brought a warning-to John R. Mer ritt, 765 S.. liberty at, the other day (and subsequently led to the city council discussion) was but one oi many j reaching the city auuioriues irom noise-bothered citizens. f - j 1 Not long ago ai bakerr truck use of bell and truck horn for alerting resiuenu was naiud bv dtv of ficers. And it took a citation to do it, under the section of Ordinance 3408 prohibiting" loud noises from a street to advertise wares. i One of the most frequent com plaints, says City Attorney Chris Kowitz, is that about barking dogs. vvnen me 1 noise complained about is essentially a neighborhood matter, like deg- barking, the fcity encourages the complaining party to take up the matter directly with his neighbor, according to Kowitz, wno saia, mis saves a lot of liti gation and prevents neighborhood feuds from getting started i in court" i .-j But not all noise complaints are settled across the backyard fence. Sometimes a neighbor sign a complaint and the noisemaker is notified to show cause why he shouldn't stop i that particular noise. If this strategy fails, an actual summons is issued and the case goes to court Of course not all neighbors, and no au neignoornooas consider a certain noise offensive and that tends to make enforcement a rel ative matter, the city attorney said. Appropriate comment in this line came from City Manager J L. Franzen who remarked Tuesday, There's a fellow building his own house out in my neighborhood. Works to 10 or 11 at nieht. some times and we can hear him but it doesnt bother us." I In the Merritt abearance ba- fore the council Monday, the local druggist said he'd been doing work arouna ms nouse lor years wfth-; out hearing' neighbors complain. ana au oi a sudden while he's building a cupboard for his wife, in! walk two policemen. I Mare Calls ; y J- City officials ihad someooiore calls Tuesday, from neighbors who recollected that! Merritt's home work had included! a garage and apartment construction as well as the cupboard, i : j The noise ordinance singles lout many noises, but construction noises are the only, ones specify ing the 6 pjn.to!7 a-m. quiet period. (Merritt 'and , some of the aldermen thought 9 pan. would be a more reasonable i hour and j an amendment to that effect prob ably will be drafted.) i- The, construction section of the law says it's unlawful if the nuis ance noise has to do with tthe erection, including excavating, demolition, alteration, or repair, of any building other j than between the hours of 7 a.nt. and 6 pjn, except in case of urgent necessity in ine interest ox public safety:" n-' ' i . ; 1 t Suggestion for rtatioh Council; Made! Organization of an enterprise council of Transportation Associ ation of America Was proposed Tuesday at a luncheon meeting in the Senator hotel The meeting, sponsored bv the Chamber of Commerce, was ad dressed by W. H. BeanchairtD. western states vice president i of TAA. -: Aims of the assodatioa era to combat sodalizatioa of the trans portation industry and to develop the best possible transportation service at the lowest cost f Clair Brown, bead of Salem Navigation Co., was appointed to head a committee preliminary to organization of the council. Brown requested that Interested persons leave their names with the cham- ; Beauchamp told the group that transportation is tne basis of eco nomic and social life, and most problems are caused by an out moded system of federal regula tkm. A new regulator act is one of, the tamediatt 'objectives ! of TAA, be said.1 ; , - ! -; AXZSXCAX IX&OX DIN!N3ROO4 j: New Maaageaest ex TXT Pest ALL members, and ; ALL aaxUlarlea wleam Cabs Parties la2rUaais Transpb Damage Brop As RBsassipp Flood Advances CAPS CIHAIIDEAU. Uo' July 24-OPV-Th e Mississippi churned past this community of 20,000 at crest or near-crest tonight and there was feeling that the worst is over. A reading around -noon put the river at 4L8 feet Weather bureau men said that may be the top mark. They don't plan .to make another, reading -until tomorrow. ' Earlier they predicted a mark of 4 1J. The record high here Was 42.4 in 1943. ' No new damage was reported In the Cape Girardeau area as the river surged by in a mighty effort which is expected to sap its de structive strength. Some SO families living in low lying areas already bad moved from their homes and no further evacuations have been ordered. Muddy water stood a foot deep on the first floor of the four-story International Shoe Co. plant which was forced to close several days ago. . The Frisco Railroad passenger station was flooded. Water licked at three sides of the Mirswuri uti lities plant which produces elec tricity for several communities in the area.; - . . - ! Officials .were confident, how- mmr that nrfkif hrrirHM would prevent further flooding of withe plant which continued to op erate. - Army engineers don't expect any serious flooding downstream from Cape Girardeau, which Is more than 100 miles south of St. Louis. Farmers banded together across the river in the McClure, I1L, area to keep seepage waters out of rich bottomland. About 300 acres are covered with the seepage waters but thousands of additional acres behind the levees are believed safe. Upstream, It was still touch and go in Perry county. Mo, across from Chester, 111. Army and air force men continued to reiniorce levees protecting 10,000 acres there. 1 ' Mrs. Battalion Succumbs to Heart Attack Mrs. Minnie Battalion, resident of Salem since ltlO. died here Tuesday following a heart attack. She was 76 years old. Born, in Germany, September y 1875 she came 'to the United States with her parents when she was six years old. The family set tled in Minnesota where she -was married to Michael Battalion. The couple came to Salem in 1910 where she had since resided, j Mrs. Battalion had been in -HI health for the past IS years and only recently had recovered from a leg fracture Incurred in a i fall last January. She was stricken by a heart ailment about two weeks ago. ' . Mrs. Battalion was a member of Christ Lutheran church. h Surviving are three daughters. Rose Battalion, Tena Battalion and Minnie Busch. all of Salem; sons. Chris Battalion and Michael Bat talion, both of Salem; also by four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services win be an nounced later from the W. T. Rig don company chapeL $400 Award Made to Firm In McMinnville Forest O. and Letha ' Garrlgus, owners of the Garrigus Lumber company of McMinnville, were awarded a Judgment of $400 Tues day by a Circuit Court jury which deliberated 4 hours and 20 minutes. Defendants in the action regard ing sale and delivery of goods were C G. Long and Donald Long, who operate a business as C G. Long and sons, a Salem building material firm. The Garrigus Lumber company filed a complaint against the Longs August 21, 1950, alleging that the Salem firm was in pos session of $874J1 worth of build ing materials which belonged to the . Garrigus Lumber company. They asked Judgment of 31.000. The plaintiffs alleged, that the defendants came into possession of the building materials after plain tiffs bad sold the material to one Edward Peter Flink. who they claimed, never paid them for the materials. . ; Subsequently, the complaint de clared, the defendants refused to pay for or return the materials. The cast was heard before Cir cuit Court Judge George R. Duncan. Education, which is reportedly universal and compulsory In Rus sia, begins at the age of seven. : k'wP L. j vjcDr::cnAv ! 'Pep' Zlzr-Zs, I Professor This beardee professor b L. V. i Teas who has just completed a visU to Salem. High Prices Don't Affect Nature-Lover Cost of living high? Bah! If he'd quit eating butter, which he does nt plan to do, Frot I v. voss wouldn't even notice expense. - i The professor (who taught health and diet in a California col lege some years ago) visited Salem this week after a two-year ao- sence, and except for a ; heavy beard bis appearance is unchang ed. - - - r What makes the vegetarian news is the fact that at 72 years of age he still wears as few clothes as the law allows and still says walking is his chief means of transportation. ! : i This time in Salem, however, he had an old car. painted white and red to set forth his health habits and youngish condition. ! The beard? He didn't have time to shave during a 100-mile row ing contest, "and when people told me I looked better in a beard I kept it He also said he always had a "let-down feeling; when he got his hair cut so he doesn have anything to do with barbers these days. In fact, he trades on his hair- pulling cars and trucks with It . ! If you've seen a bronzed figure trotting around Salem's highways and byways recently it was Pro fessor Veas. He said yesterday he was leaving, ; however. And he willed his shore-side bed and his morning dip in the Willamette "to whoever wants to be healthy.- Widow: Leads Congress Race McKEESPORT. Pa- July 24-flP A widowed grandmother, who so lidly supports all President Tru man's policies, snatched an early lead tonight over her young re publican opponent in a special election called to fill a congress ional vacancy created by her hus band's death. Mrs. Vera Buchanan, 48, widow of the late Rep. Frank Buchanan, democratic party whip who died last April, won two of the first three precincts to report unofficial returns from the 33rd Pennsyl vania congressional district : COAT THEFT REPORTED Margaret Studer, Gervais, com plained to city police Tuesday night that a woman's coat was taken from her car parked in-the 200 block of North Commercial street sometime during the even ing. ..- . V-Vi. (Just Befere Tea Get to WI All SE2 VINO LUHCII Choose) From Our Famous Chineso and American Dishes 2355 Fairs rounds Rood t Q7 iai28ica Soddlo Cluba. Poaoosw RUiinq Group. Calf Sopecsu Brona Rldoro. Uzizo Grczris Pc:3s Orcrjcn Jackpot bareback riding, call roping, cdSag. nora coniasL Boy's calf riding (10 to 24 yoarsi, sdako bondlng racosw oaddlo dub drta Hag racosw musical ropo. CzUdi D:rE7.....PcK3 $75X3 EITEAirCZ FES $10X3 Added to Pom Csirtsy-s Dcby Zzzz ..... 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The senate bas yet to vote on the confirmation of Truman's nom inees. ; -. i Harriman Sees In Iran Talks By Rebert B. HeweU i TEHRAN.. IranJuly S4-tffVAm erican Negotiator W: Averell Har riman reported real progress" to night in efforts toward bringing Iran and Britain together for talks toward . settlement of their oU dispute. : " . Iran's terms for reopening oil parleys were sent to London early in the day along with proposals Harriman offered after ten-day consultation with the government In London tonight informed sources said a full British cabinet session would be held Thursday on the new .turn in the Iranian oil situation. While awaiting the British re ply, the government underr mar tial law, broke up a demonstration put on mainly by women in par liament square. The majlis (lower house) was in session. The women carried placards de manding- release of their menfolk who were jailed in the communist led rioting that greeted Harriman on his arrival here July 15. With a standby backing of 120 Sherman tanks and -truckloads j of troops showing - bayonets, police scattered the crowd without vio lence. Twenty or more were killed and; scores injured In the July 15 riots when Harriman came here as President Truman's trouble- shooter diplomat - Harriraan's dealings with Pre mier Mohammed -Mossadegh and others now have brought a hope that production may be resumed full-blast at the British-controlled Anglo-Iranian Oil company' (AI OC) refinery on the Persian gulf. Iran's nationalization law is aimed to remove Britain from oil pro duction in Iran. Falling Board Hits Bridge Worker A bridge worker on the new Marion street span across the Wil lamette river was injured Tuesday when a board dropped and struck him on the head. Treated by Salem first aidmen for a two-Inch gash on the fore head was Orville West 660 Co lumbia st He was taken to Salem General hospital for stitches. West was working under the bridge at Front street removing scaffolding when the two-by-four dropped from the bridge deck. the HeUyweei Stoplights) ,r WUIIERI II AM. to 2 A.M. Saturdays to 3 A. ML Phono 2-659o BCJPSI 1:C3 P. IL Sen., Jdy 23 Real Progress! Red Millionaire Wins Reprieve in New Prison Tlireat NEW YORK, July 24-C7V-Fred- erick Vanderbilt Field, millionaire angel of the left wing, got a 24- hour, reprieve today from a new contempt threat Federal -Judge John F. X. Mc- Gorey put off to tomorrow a de cision as to whether Field must tell a federal - grand jury about ban sources of the civil rights con gress.- : ; 'v;- - Field already Is serving 90 days for refusing to give the same data to the governments However, he can be sentenced over and over as often as he is held in contempt Bath Suspect, Complainant HeldinJaU A rifle reported stolen from a parked car last Friday was recov ered by city police Tuesday and both the complainant and suspect were reported under arrest at Hood River, t ' . , The rifle, a S0-S0 carbine, was reported stolen by Jack Fox, Hood River. Fox was arrested Monday by state police on a charge of stealing tools from a Hood River firm. Arrested Tuesday at Hood River was Charles Goodenough, charged with theft of the rifle. A. Salem apartment nouse man ager told police Goodenough had left the rifle with her when he left for Hood River. 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