The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 02, 1952, Page 2, Image 2

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    5 Tho aamman. Sctlem. Oroejont Wednesday. - April' 18S2
Charged With
Stealing Guns
Marion County Sheriffs office
Tuesday reported the arrest of
iVilliam Frank McCarty who is
charted with burglary not in a
welling. He is beini, held in lieu
of $5,000 bail and the case con
tinued today for plea.
McCarty is believed by sheriffs
deputies to be involved in the
burglary of some guns from Col
li et store at Mehama. He was ar
raigned In Stayton Justice court
Tuesday and is to be taken there
today for plea.
Fred Astaire
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"THE BELLE OF
NEW YORK"?
And!
"SHADOW IN
THE SKY
Continuous!
BETWEEN MID
NIGHT DAWN"
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"Boston Buckie's
Chinese Venture"
Doors Opea at 6:45
Te Howl Hit that has
all Salem in Stitches!
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Opening of New
Vogueof Salem
Due Tonight
Formal opening of the new
Vogue of Salem for the public's in
spection is scheduled for this eve
ning between ? and 9 p.m. The
Vogue will be open for business a
9:30 arm. Thursday.
Designing in the new display
area of the improved store, in
the addition one door wesf of the
original location, : was made possi
ble by creative designs of the
owners and personnel. The site of
the addition is the area originally
housing Western Union.
A carpetted circular stairway in
the new addition leads to a mezza
nine display level and a luxurious
woman's lounge for tha.convenl
ence of their customers.
The fixtures in the entire Vogue
store were all built by Beaver
craft manufacturers. Contractor
for the improvement was the H
G. Carl Construction Company.
Some five or six persons will
be hired to maintain the addition.
Management will remain the same
under Miss Eva Taylor, general
manager and merchandiser.
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HOW SHOWING!
Open :4S - Start 7:15
Danny Kaye
Gene Tierney
"On The Riviera"
In Technicolor
e
Jean Peters
"ANNE OF
THE INDIES"
In Technicolor
'Salaaa'a aaly boma-cwacS Taaatra
Ends Today Open 6:43
BEND OF THE RIVER"
"YOU NEVER CAN TELL"
Starts Tomorrow
Flos Another Top Feature
"CLOSE TO MY HEART"
-Ray MTTland. Gene Tierney
Salem Building
Permits Grow
Salem city construction permits
during March carried a total valu
ation of $664,899, all but $37,914
in new work and most of that in
residential construction.
This was the report Tuesday
from the office of City Engineer
J. H. Davis. The March total was
up from last month's $360,597.
Biggest permit was for $326,000
in construction of a new St Jo
seph's Catholic Church. There
were permits for 29 new homes
during the month.
New construction receiving per
mits since January 1 was valued
on city permits at over $1,000,000,
the office said.
First April permits. Issued Tues
day, went to W. B. KImmel f a
$10,300 house at 219 Alice St. and
to Patricia McCloskey for a $5,000
house at 2283 Sheldon Dr.
Witnesses in
Zone Change
Suit Heard
Witnesses were heard Tuesday
in a property owners' suit in Mar
ion County Circuit Court, seeking
to nullify a recent city tone
change which Would permit a
Richfield service station to he lo
cated at North Capitol and Ship
ping Streets. -
Plaintiffs contended some of the
zoning procedure was faulty, the
change was spot zoning and while
they had not objected to business
use of the property they did not
want a super service .nation mere,
as planned.
Appearing as witnesses for the
plaintiffs were several residents
of the area and property owners.
including Mr. and- Mrs. Grant
Sha finer, C. R. Lindstrom, John
Rademaker, O. H. Duncan, Mrs.
Theodore Woelke, Mrs. C. J. Mag
nuson. Their attorney is Fred
Williams.
Most of the defense was con
ducted by Attorney Harry J. De
Francq of Portland, for Richfield
Oil which was named defendant
in the suit along with various
city officials. Witnesses Included
City Engineer J. H. Davis, Theo
dore Nelson and H. S. Camp.
Judges Charles H. Coombs of
Lakeview, who heard the case
here, gave the plaintiffs three
weeks to file written briefs, after
which defendants will have the
same amount of time for filing
briefs.
West Salem P-TA
Elects Mrs. Elbert
Elections were held Tuesday
night at the West Salem P-TA
meeting for officers to officiate
during 1952-53.
Elected were Mrs. Harold Elbert,
president; Earl Smith, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Gale Merwin, secre
tary, and S. H. Kellicut, treasurer.
The election meeting was held
in the West Salem gymnasium and
refreshments were served. The
outgoing president is Don Watson
LIONS CLUB TO MEET
South Salem Lions Club
scheduled to meet this noon
the Legion Hall for their luncheon
meeting.
When salt water is frozen, there
is no salt in the ice.
Simulated Atom
Blast Planned
At Scout Grcus
Square dancing and a simulated
atomic explosion will be new fea
tures at the annual Cascade Area
'Council Boy Scout Circus slated
for the night of May 10 at George
E. Waters park.
This came out at a planning!
II . M J I . . 1
chairman at scout headquarters
here Tuesday night. Chairman of
the event is Field Executive John
Klapp and co-chairmei are Bruce
VanWyngarden and Wesley Stewart.
The square dancing program
will be presented by Hazel Green
Explorer Post 57. This will mark
the first time girls have ever ap
peared in a scout circus. Part of
the explorer program Is social activities.
Explorers also will lead a dem
onstration concerning an atomic
bomb explosion, and the resultant
combat and rescue operations.
The Cub- Scout theme will be
Jungle Tales. Cubs will portray
acts and characters In the Jungle
theme.
About 3,000 scouts, cubs and ex
plorers are expected to participate
in the downtown parade at 2 p. m.
Other activities of the night show
will include the usual demonstra
tion of scout skills, such as. bridge
and firebu tiding, camping and
other activities, plus a number of
other acts and programs.
Klapp said Sea Scout units also
would participate.
Woman Pleads
Guilty to Theft
Mrs. R. C. Scoles, La Grande,
Ore., pleaded guilty Tuesday to a
charge of larceny. She is being
held in lieu of $500 bail.
She was charged with stealing
two cans of ham from a grocery
store.
Also at city police Tuesday was
a report of stolen property from
El wood Dunmire, Oregon City,
who reported that his auto had
been pilfered last Saturday near
the Cottage Farm in Salem and
some tools stolen. Two of the items
were a pneumatic wrench, valued
at about $290 and a hydraulic
Jack, valued at about $24.
Woodburn to
Grade, Pave
Arthur Street
Statesman Newi Service
WOODBURN Five thousand
dollars was voted Tuesday night
at the Woodburn city council
meeting to Improve Arthur Street
from 3d to Settlemier Street.
This improvement will entail re
pair of grading, drainage, curbs,
and paying with the assessment
to be made to property benefitting.
Also at this meeting the record
er was authorized to call for bids
on gravel and drainage on the
Bryan Street improvement.
Instructions were given to the
city engineer to inspect grades on
George and Tomlin Streets.
The mayor was authorized to
sign, a State highway department
contract for installation of a traf
fic light at the intersection of Pa
cific Highway and Young Street.
Word of approval from the
State Department of Health was
received at this meeting for the
proposed well site at the city-
owned triangle. This land is
bounded by Settlemier, Hayes, and
Bottle Streets.
As a closing measure, the street
commissioner was authorized to
obtain spray equipment to con
trol the blackberries and weeds
on city property and sloughs.
Gty Candidate
Filings Close 4
The lineup of candidates for city
offices remained unchanged Tues
day as time for filing expired at
Salem City HalL Alfred Loucki
incumbent, and Edward Randle
are running for mayor in the major
contested race.
Election will be May 16 at the
state primary election time. Candi
dates receiving a majority or the
top two candidates in a race are
named again on the November
general election ballot for city
voters.
Douglas May is unopposed for
municipal judge and Paul Ha user
unopposed for city treasurer. Both
are in office now. Candidates for
aldermen:
Ward 1 E. W. Acklin and James
Nicholson; Ward 3 Clayton Jones,
Claud Jorgensen and Kenneth V.
Lottick; Ward 5 Wallace Bone
steele, Kenneth Hutchins and Da
vid O'Hara; Ward 7 Robert F.
White and Alvin Whitlaw.
Reapportion .
Plan Reviewed
At Salem Meet
The 'major fraction method" of
reapportionment was discussed
Tuesday evening at a Joint meet
ing of the League of Women Vot
ers and the Young Republican
and Democrats of Marion County.
This method is a compromise
between the population method
and the area method.
The meeting was called to en
lighten the groups Interested in
the desires of the initiative meas
ure which is to be put on the bal
lot this November, if 5,000 signa
tures can be obtained. Petitions
were Issued at the meeting, at
tended by about 50 persons, and
are to be signed and returned be
fore the May 20 deadline. Peti
tions may be signed at the Red
Cross Drug Store in Sa'em.
Robert Nottson of the Portland
Oregonian addressed the group to
give his viws "as a citizen" on
the problem of reapportionment.
He stated that he felt "the Ore
gon legislature ha. failed to ful
fill the wants o 'he constitution
in regards to reapportionment."
He atJ'ed he thoujM 'the neasure
was historically authenticated."
Flu Dominates
Disease Picture
Influenza continued to dominate
the communicable disease picture
in Marion County last week, ac
cording to physicians' reports to
the county hearth department, an
nounced Tuesday.
Salem had 19 cases of flu, the
rest of the county had 20, and in
stitutions had 7. Other communi
cable diseases for which new cases
were reported were broncho pneu
monia 9, chick en pox 8, ringworm
5, measles and scarlet fever 3
each, lobar pneumonia, rheumatic
fever and tuberculosis 2 each,
amoebic dysentery, infant diar
rheal disease. German measles and
syphilis 1 each.
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Firemen Called
To 3 Blazes
Three emergencies were ans
wered Tuesday afternoon by the
Salem fire department with no
serious damage reported.
A battery burning in an oil
truck was extinguished at Hood
and Commercial Streets with no
apparent damage other than the
battery. A house fire at 3155 Teas
Ave., started while the resident
burned leaves in his back yard,
was reported to have caused no
more serious damage than smok
ing some clothes that were stored
there.
A flooded furnace reported by
Adeline Shutter, 2365 N. Liberty
St., was allowed to clear itself
after city fire department officials
had shut off the flow of oiL The
furnace had been making 'a loud
noise which shook the house.
Phone Strike
Threat Looms
PORTLAND (ifp) - The nation
wide walkout of communications
workers, scheduled next" Monday,
will affect 350 Western Electric
workers in Oregon and Washing
ton. They are installers and repair
men. Their picket lines might
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