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Leap Year 1 heme in . Valentine's Spotlight By CONRAD G. PRANGE Staff Writer, The Statesman The Leap Year motii is running rampant on this year's Valen tines. Today is V-day for thousands of lovers who will more or less slyly pass each other cards, expressing, in sacchrine stanzas, the lan guage of love Not only that but there are greeting cards out now designed for just about every member of the I familv. from baby to grandpa without the Leap Year motif, of course. The traditional "Roses are red, violets are blue," or the simple "Will you be my Valentine?" themes are as dead as last year's roses. The new Leap Year verses go like this: "Happy Leap Year s here again, just like I've hoped and hoped So watch your step or else you'll find I've really got you roped." And there are others Just as fraught with pitfalls for the unwary male. Four years ago the Valentine experts found that as many men expressed their romantic senti ments during Leap Year as wom en. So for them, this year, the trade has come up with other gimmicks like little gift items of lockets and pins. In Roman Days Most scholars agree that St. Valentine's Day was named for a young man who was beheaded, j for his faith in Christianity, on j Feb. 14. 270 A.D. Tokens of friendship were exchanged on his ; day for more than 1,000 years i later. 1 It was during the Revolution ary War days that the first flurry of Valentines broke out in America. Records show, how- ; ever, that sweethearts had been exchanging Valentines for over 300 years by then. It teok a Frenchman to get the ball rolling. According to the British Museum, where it is now on display, the oldest Sweetheart Valentine existing was designed by the Duke of Orleans in 1415. He designed it while imprisoned In the Tower of London. Others copied the act. Sooj? Valentines reached a peak in ele gance in France unequaled since. Dan Cupid appeased for the first time and jewels, ribbons and ex pensive Venetian lace were used. Meant Marriage And in England Valentines were often judged the equivalent of a proposal of marriage. So there, of course, suitors were mighty careful of their gifts and verses. . In America Colonial lovebirds Improvised and made their simple pen-and-ink Valentines as best they could. This continued until 1840 when Esther Howland designed and printed a batch of English-style fancy Valentines for classmates at Mt. Holyoke Col lege for Women. It was Leap Year then too. And one thing led to another un til an entire industry in Valentine card making -was established. So the Valentine custom which be gan in Rome almost 1,700 years ago is credited with being the oldest greeting-exchange cus tom of its kind. C. of C. Studies Industrial Promotion Industrial promotion programs of three Western cities were studied Wednesday by the Salem Chamber of Commerce industries committee. The committee, just starting plans for a comprehensive pro gram to bring new industries and assist present industries in Salem, heard reports on similar projects at Phoenix, Tacoma and Salt Lake City. Carl Hogg fs chairman of the in dustries committee. 8M9JWMJiWJUJJMUJUiaiWMWJUUBWM ffmdabfef Northbound Moinlinor, l.ov. & 9:10 A. M.; 2:35 P.M. owl 7:45 P. M. PORTLAND. . . 30 ml. 1 i MATUI l4hrs. Southbound Mainline ltv at 9:25 A.M.; 4:45 P. M. and&OO P.M. MCDFORO . . . hrs. SAN FRANCISCO 4', hrs. IOSANGIUS . . 7 hrs. UNITED AIR LINES Airport TmninoL Coll 2-245J r on tfcor iwd ov og.nt. 11 te your pocket Man Handed to Grand Jury in eBuckle Case Gordon Albert Baxter, 31, of Lebanon Route 2 accused as a "belt buckle thief," was arraigned in Marion County district court Wednesday. Baxter, accused of stealing some 5,000 belt buckles from Ben F. Brandon of Jefferson, waived pre liminary hearing and was bound over for the grand jury. He is be ing held in lieu of $2,000 bail. 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The New Jersey airport was closed after the third recent air liner crash in the adjoining city of Elizabeth. Oregon's aeronautics board, meeting in Salem yesterday, in structed Aeronautics Director W. M. (Jack) Bartlett to remind all cities of the state law which per mits zoning of any airport to in sure safety of approach zones. The board also approved filing of an objection with the . U. S. Weather Bureau against the pro posed elimination of a Stevenson, Wash., weather reporting station, on grounds that it is necessary for the safety of air travel over the Columbia Gorge. Reports were received that the city of Wallowa will turn over property for a new flight strip to the state board, for development in conjunction with the State 1B salesmen are j Open Evenings 'Til 9 P. JVL (EXCEPT SATURDAY) F o)F U - Dallas Highway in West Salem Board of Forestry. It will be ifsfed for civil aviation and for state spruce budworm - control opera tions. The board approved the aero nautics director's recent objec tion, filed with Civil Aeronautics Board, to an examiner's unfavor able report on proposed extension of Empire Airlines' route from Pendleton to Portland via The Dalles. Rotary Hears Member of Parole Board Eighty per cent of this state's wrongdoers learn their lesson but the public generally hears only of the other 20 per cent, Salem Ro tarians were told Wednesday noon at the Marion Hotel by Rob ert E. Jones of the State Board of Parole and Probation. Jones explained the state's work with parolees and probationers from state institutions. He was one of five men on a panel on law enforcement. The others were District Judge Val Sloper, Circuit Judge Joseph B. Felton, Sheriff Denver Young and County Clerk Henry Mattson. Chairman was District Attorney E. O. Stadter Jr. TWO FLOORS OF THE LATEST IN Household Furnishings Picas com out and shop M. K. N. Youtl enjoy our (no pressure) atmosphere! 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