Junior Red Cross Backers
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These two Salem boys once were recipients of rift boxes prepared by
the Junior Red Cross. Polish-born Andre Akulow and Latvia-native
Georre Karklins (rixht) view scrapbooks sent from youngsters in
Austria and Japan. (Statesman Photo.)
2 Salem Boys Recall First
Contact With U.S. Through
Jr. Red Cross Gift Boxes
Two small boys In Salem still remember vividly the thrill of their
first contact with America: gift boxes packed by American school
children. Andre Akulow and George Karklins, both 11-year-old fifth grad
ers at Richmond School, never tire of telling their classmates how
delighted they were to open the parcels containing such wonderful
and precious items as crayons ana
paper, toothpaste and soap.
Polish-born Andre, son oi ir.
and Mrs. Zachar Akulow, 425 S.
25th, received his Junior Red
Cross gift box in Bremerhaven,
Germany, where his family was
awaiting embarcation to the Unit
ed States.
George was given his package
In Riga, Latvia, his birthplace, in
1946. He lives with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Vladimar Karklins,
at 2460 Helm St.
Urre Participation
So enthusiastic are the young
one - time displaced - persons that
they have "both done much to en
courage their classmates to parti
cipate in the Junior Red Cross
program. Miss Mathilda times,
Richmond School principal, said.
Miss Hazel Sewell and Miss Alyce
Wada are JRC teache r- sponsors
there.
At Richmond School, as in other
Salem and Marion County schools,
packing gift boxes as a gesture of
friendship toward children over
seas is only one project of the
Junior Red Cross.
But it Is an important project
and one which the children enjoy
greatly, Mrs. Frank Parcher, chair
man of the county JRC program,
said. Salem schools have packed
hundreds (over 100 were filled by
St. Vincent's School alone) of such
boxes to add to the millions from
all over America already sent to
children abroad.
Lists Givers
The boxes, containing health
items, educational material, cloth
ing and small toys, are labelled
for either boys and girls, and each
encloses a card listing those who
helped make up the box and a
self-addressed blank upon which
the recipient may write a thank
you note.
These return notes, Mrs. Parch
er added, are cherished by the
schools which receive them, but do
not lead to correspondence be
tween individuals. Instead, mem
bers of the Junior Red Cross en
joy group correspondence by
means of albums assembled by
school units and exchanged with
JRC group in 48 foreign countries.
The albums, entirely handmade
by the children themselves, are
Intended to promote better inter
national understanding by giving
first - hand information about
American life. They are made up
of letters, compositions, drawings
of schools and homes and games
and clothes, samples of handi
crafts, stamps, tongs and snap
shots. Prepare Albums
Students at Leslie Junior High
School now are preparing albums
for Norway and for Texas for
Texas because the albums are a
part of the JRC national program
as well as the international. In this
way, JRC members learn how
children live in other states and
it's a lot more fun than plain old
geography or history or civics, Mrs.
Parcher suspects!
Rather than exchange of infor
mation the Junior Red Cross local
program emphasizes service, Mrs.
Parcher said. A typical and timely
project of the moment is the con
struction at Bush School of 115
tray favors on a Valentine's Day
theme for patients at the Memo
rial Hospital.
Last Christmas, Salem and coun
ty JRC groups made tray favors,
tree ornaments, bed ornaments and
table centerpieces for local hospi
tals, state institutions and veter
ans hospitals. They made boxes of
cookies and candies and collected
baskets of fruit for- convalescent
homes in the area.
Junior Red Cross members at
Keizer School made 114 stuffed
animal toys for the children at
Fairview Home as well as favors
for bed patients.
Parrish and Leslie Junior High
i JRC groups are organizing talent
shows to entertain patients at the
State Hospital and other hospitals
and nursing homes.
Children from the Bush School
JRC contributed 38 garments to
clothe a family of 10 children at
another Salem school.
A brand new 40 - page guide
book is now available to Junior
Red Cross teacher-sponsors at the
nearly 50 Salem and county schools
enrolled in the program, and Mrs.
Parcher hopes that with its aid,
with the continuing cooperation of
school officials and Interest of the
children, and with the generous
support of the public, future JRC
achievements will better all pre
vious records.
RENAME ROAD
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya (JP)-
A section of Rifle Range Road in
Kuala Lumpur is being renamed
Gurney Road in tribute to the
late commissioner Sir Henry
Gurney.
Sir Henry was slain In a ter
rorist ambush north of here Oc
tober 6.
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Four Important practice
p4onrd by State Farm Mutual
mv members millions off dollars
over ordinary Insuronce coats I
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tba com of a local ageac'l aalc commiaion oalj ooos. After that
iw pay oolr for insurance; a veal a-rias every time.
Careful driven are the oott State Farm aJaas to inure...
fewer accidents keep com dowa.
State Farm's aaiqae ncmi-anrnl ttthod of prepexiaf
premiaai notice enable State Farm to (ear rates to at tat
ben recent drtrine records. Ia the laec feat rears, aetee
hmrm beea reduced amor than 118,000.000.
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People's 'Veto' on
Taxes May Result
In Special Session
Br PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
Associated Press Writer
A special session of the Oregon Legislature next fall looks like a
food possibility.
Gov. Douglas McKay, a staunch foe of special sessions, admits it
might be needed.
It's too early to estimate the size of the state's budget deficit for
the 1953-53 biennium, but the legislature's tax experts think it will be
round 40 million dollars.
Deputy State Treasurer Fred H.
Paulus, who for many years has
been one of the state's top financial
brains, brought up the special
session idea Monday before the
legislative interim tax committee.
Committee members agree that
the Paulus proposal has a lot of
merit.
The state's financial problem
is complicated enormously by the
fact that the legislature can't pass
a tax bill with an emergency
clause on it.
Can't Be Referred
Bills with emergency clauses
go into effect immediately, and
thus can't be referred to the peo
ple. But tax bills always are sub
ject to referendum, and there's
the rub.
Suppose the 1953 legislature
voted 40 millions in new taxes
to balance the budget. Then, after
the end of the 1953 session, refer
endum petitions would be signed,
delaying the tax until the general
election in November, 1954.
During 1953 and 1954, this tax
couldn't be collected, and the state
would go broke. Oregon would
have to issue warrants like It did
in 1933. Its credit, not very good
now because of the state's rapidly
increasing debt, would be worth
less. But Paulus' idea of a special ses
sion would get around that. It
would let the 1953 legislature
know exactly where it would
stand.
Known by September
The legislative interim tax com
mittee would draft a tax bill, and
it would be submitted to the spe
cial session. By September, the
amount needed would be known.
This tax bill would be passed
at the special session, and then be
submitted to the people at a spe
cial election in November or De
cember. If the people approved the new
tax, then the 1953 legislature
could , continue spending on the
present scale.
But if the people defeated It,
then the lawmakers would whack
the state budget down by 40 mil
lions, or whatever is needed.
It's true that the legislature
could make up any deficit by hav
ing a state property tax for the
first time in 20 years. But the
legislators think that property al
ready is soaked enough by local
taxes. Also, the people probably
will pass a bill next November
to limit any state property tax to
only 6 mills.
Where could the budget be cut?
From the way legislators are
talking. It looks like the schools
would suffer from any big budget
cut.
School Total High
Of the state's total budget, edu
cation gets 50.8 per cent. This in
cludes 35.3 per cent for public
schools, and 15.5 per cent for the
state university and colleges.
Public welfare gets 17.8 per
cent, and state institutions 11.3 per
cent. All other state appropriations
total only 20.4 per cent of the
budget.
The legislative tax authorities
feel that the only place where any
big reduction can be made is in
that 35.3 per cent for public
schools, which is the state's basic
school aid to local districts.
High Property Tax
If that school help is reduced
or eliminated, it would put the
burden of paying school costs back
on the local districts, which would
mean higher local property taxes.
However, there are a few rays
of hope, such as the fact that in
come tax collections are higher,
and that the people might vote the
cigaret tax of 2 cents a package
in November.
But there are other gloomy
signs, too. Increased federal in
come tax rates probably will re
duce this year's stale income tax
collections, because federal taxes
are deducted from Oregon tax re
turns. Another gloomy sign" is in
flation, which keeps state govern
ment costs mounting rapidly.
As far as getting a new tax is
concerned, the legislatuors think
that only a sales tax would bring
in the large amount of money that
is needed.
Sales tax proposals, fought bit
terly by labor and farm groups,
have been swamped several times
by the people.
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ITHACA, N. Y. (INS) Almost
very aspect of housing, including
the kitchen sink, is being studied
ing Research Center cars that 12
projects on housing are going on
now at the university. I
Crop Failures
Bring Crisis
DACCA, East Pakistan (JP)-Crop
failures two years straight have
endangered 800,000 people in the
famine-stricken Khulna district of
East Pakistan.
Once known as a "rice bowl" for
East Pakistan, Khulna is now the
scene of starvation deaths. The
region adjoins the Sunderbans, a
forest reserve frequented by the
royal bengal tiger.
Floods in 1950 and drought in
1951 have been listed as causes for
the food crisis, together with vir
tual cessation of trade in forest
produce with adjoining Indian
areas.
LOS ANGELES In a Community Chest-supported project of enter
tainment for soldiers, these Hollywood entertainers are pictured as
they left by plane for an entertainment tour of military bases over
seas. Exchang-in- farewells with E. A. Roberts, president of United
Defense Fund, are Mala Powers, Piper Laurie and Ray Milland.
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New Horsepower new Brake Power and new Power Steering
blossom on Buick's ROAD MASTER for 19J52
MAYBB youVe heard horsepower has hit a new
high on the ROADM ASTER.
Brake power has done the same.
But today, we'd like to concentrate on the third
member of the power trio Buick's own version of
Power Steering, available on ROADM ASTBRS at a
moderate extra cost.
What is this Power Steering like? It's something like
helping hand, something like a "hydraulic slave"
that relieves you of all steering strain, but lets you
keep command.
What we mean is this:
Power Steering is handled by a special hydraulic
unit and engineers can design this unit to take over
any amount of steering effort even to a point
where the wheel seems to float in your hand.
But in that case, you'd surrender all control to that hy
draulic unit get no steering "feel" from the wheel.
Now suppose you're telling two agile tons of auto
mobile what to do in traffic. We think you'd like to
have it know that you're in command.
And out on the straightaway we believe that a part
of the joy you get from owning a Buick is the sensa
tion of having 'something alive and eagerly willing
beneath your hands.
So we're glad to announce that Buick engineers didn't
spoil this thrill. They've kept the fun of driving, and
imply eased the effort.
When you're rolling along smooth and straight, it
takes almost no effort to keep any Buick on course.
It almost steers itself, as every Buick owner knowsi
But when you want to get away from a curb back
into a parking spot make a turn Buick's Power
Steering comes into action, saves four-fifths of tht
effort required with ordinary steering. Power Steer
ing does the extra work.
And in case you wonder what happens if Power
Steering gets out of kilter, the answer is nothing. Your
Buick steers just as it always has.
That's why we've been saying, "This is Power
Steering as it ought to be." :
Come in. Try it out. We think you'll agree.
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