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