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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1952)
Frank Bennett Testimonial Dinner Sept. 11 A testimonial dinner Sept 11 will honor Frank B. Bennett who Is leaving the post of superinten dent of Salem schools after 13 years to become president of East ern Oregon College of Education at La Grande. Salem public schools system's staff of teachers and administra tors is sponsoring the banquet which is to be open to the public Tickets are being handled at Par rish Junior High School by Carl Aschenbrenner. . Mrs. Caroline Blake, president of Salem Teachers Association, will preside at the 6:30 pjn. banquet fet-togther in the Marion Hotel. Harry B. Johnson, assistant su perintendent. Is general chairman. Among the speakers will be Gardner Knapp, president of the school board; Alfred W. Loucks, mayor of Salem; Robert W. Fenix, president of Salem rhnmKpr n Commerce, and Mrs. David Wright, Bcnooi Doara member. SHARKS ABE HUNTED PORT SUDAN iff)-An all-out campaign against sharks in Mo hamed Gul area of the Red Sea is underway, but hot for safety pur poses. The drive is designed to produce revenue through the sale of fish meal and valuable shark oil. Recently a fisheries officer caught nine sharks in 40 minutes, including one that weighed 600 pounds, in these waters. FRANCE OVERRULED THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (AVThe - International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that France cannot maintain import re strictions in French Morocco on American goods under a 1948 law as long as these restrictions do not apply equally to French goods. Oregon Turkey Crop Forecast At 2,134,000 PORTLAND (JP) - Oregon will produce 2,134,000 turkeys this year, the U. S. Department of Agriculture stated, in its August survey report. " This would be 4 per cent below the 1931 production of 2,223,000 birds, but above 1949 and 1950, and 7 per cent above the. 1943-48 The department found that a larger percentage of the crop will move to market by the end of Oc tober than a year ago. About 52 per cent of the crop will have been moved by this date, compared with 38 per cent at the same time id 1951. License Number Lands Alan in Jail PORTLAND (JP) As a man slipped out of a grocery store Tuesday night and drove away, a man sitting in a car across the street jotted down the license num ber.- . . That -landed Daniel L. Gable house, 24,' a bus driver, in jail, accused of holding up a clerk in Shipley's Grocery store. Police took him as he arrived home four hours later. He denied the charge. The witness was able to pick Gablehouse out of a police line up. OLDSTER MAKES 1ST FLIGHT CENTRALIA, UL VP) - Thomas Osborne, oldest Marissa, III; citi zen at 94. balked at flvinf to km hift Minneapolis daughter. Vnt when told it would take only four noun, ne entered his first plane. Took his cane alonr heraus. h said, ne wanted to look his age. Knowland Says Ike Can't Afford To Lose Senate SEATTLE -California's Sen. William F. Kownland said here Wednesday the imrjortanre nf Pp. publicans winning control of the aenaie explains General Eisen hower nrnnncnt nmnnrt Sui - r r - wwv. w. b.ii Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin if he is renominated. "It would be a terrific handicap for the general if he were elected Without Senate control an A In this year's close race the party can't afford to lose a seat in Wiscon sin." the senator ILaM at 'a newo conference.' TOWNSEND RESIGNS WASHINGTON UPWTh FmWal Reserve Board announced Wednes day the resignation, of Its assistant solicitor. J. Leonard Tnwnumri who will loin th Pan Arnwinn Sulphur Cos with headquarters at juauas, iex. me resignation is ef- iecuve Aug. ai. Freight Firms Cut Services On Saturdays A group of Salem's largest freight haulers informed local merchants Wednesday that the haulers will no longer pick up or deliver freight on Saturdays. In a notice to all shippers, made public, Jl local number firms of the Oregon Motor Freight Carriers said thev are included in a tnt- wide labor contract signed recent ly with the Teamster's Union. The contract Drovides for a 40-hnnr week, with overtime pay provided. The contract provides "for a 40-hour week for local nlrhm and i deliverv driven, with time pay provided for Saturdays. For this reason the firms listed below will no longer be able to Th Statesman, Salem, Oregon, pick up or deliver freight on Sat urdays.' Advance planning," continues the notice, "of incoming and out going deliveries will help to pre vent undue hardships." The notice is signed by Consoli dated Freightways, Inc, West Coast Fast Freight, Inc., Salem Navigation So, Willamette Valley Transfer Co., Salem Tillamook Auto Freight, Salem-Portland Mo tor Freight, Wright Truck Lir , Silver Wheel Motor Freight, Lar mer Transfer & Storage, Lester DeLapp and Pierce Freight Lines, Inc. Moving of household goods is not affected by the new contract, but most other freight is included. The freight offices will be open on Saturdays, however, to take freight. TAX FINANCES STUDIES CORVALLIS (P) - A tax on tlm- Der nas iinanced studies in 50 major projects, the Oregon Forest Products Laboratory said in its report lor isoi. Thursday. August 23, IS52 IT Boy, 9, Wins Klamath Fair Champion ship KLAMATH FALLS CflVSmoke Pritchett, only 9 years old. came out of the 17th annual'Junior LJva- stock show here with the grand championship. The youngster won the show manship award before taking th top ribbon. The show closed Tues day night. ' He won the grand championship) with a Hereford steer. It hronvh him $1,452 at auction. This was $150 a pound. Bill Serruys, who bought the animal, immediately Dut it on the block far the Portland Shrine Hospital for Crippled Chil dren, ims uroe it brought $877. Lawrence Hrton also auctioned steer for S513 and cav th mm