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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1952)
Queen of Canning Week 7 Pf ft Radio Hams t alee Their Hobby Seriously, and in Large Doses - By COXJLAD G. PKAXGE SUH Writer. Tbc SUtesmue One of the few groups of Salem residents not lrinjr awake these nights wondering where its next television set is coming from is the local radio hams. These men (and women) breathe and live in the heady atmo sphere of talking over great distances via radio waves. They thrive in :aiem and have contributed greatly to the city's hobby and social life. According to Duane Hewitt, secretary-treasurer of the Salem Indiana UltV JLiOSeS Amateur Radio Club, there are - . J Whistle Timepiece Nancy Leaper, Lewi and Clark CoIIer senior, will reign as fcaaraiy queen of Oregon Commercial Canning Week Oct. 25 to 3L Miss Leaner Is shown holding the II hJUlonth can produced for Oregon food prodnets slnco the state's canning industry started In 186S. The container will be mounted on a plaa.no commemorating the growth of canning into a $20 million a year basin eu In. Oregon and pre sented to Gov. Douglas McKay at a luncheon Oct.' St. Newsmen Offer Predictions West U.S. Said Moving Aivay From Xditore notei Tbla la the aeeea4 of a eerlea of ne stories the poUUcai ootlook at newspaper editors and political writers see It, V 4s of now, U, ail 48 states . S By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL NEW YORK (AVEditors and political correspondents In the Mountain-West Coast region believe gains fey Gov. Adlal E. Stevenson in five of 11 states have tightened the presidential race in the last six weeks. GenrDwight D. Eisenhower, listed early in September as leading In 10 of the 11 states, now is conquered ahead in eight of the 11. The, cobined view of newsmen wrVirt rkilr nart In m corAn ml1. October survey of political pros pects for the Associated Press is that Democratic nominee Steven son nowTnlght get Utah and Wash ington by a hairline margin if the election were held at this time. ma. a. Mi a. a. switches to turn up in the survey. The two states were regarded as leaning slightly toward Republi- Sncandidate Eisenhower around bor Day. Small Margins - - y In Utah and Washington, as in many other states, margins favor ing one candidiate or the other are so wispy as to leave the outcome on Nov. 4 very much in doubt. Silent voters people who have taken no position or who prefer not to discuss their stand could be the decisive factor in the elec tion, i ' Other, elements are at worktoo, In the political cross currents sweeping through the West: For the most part, editors say the rocking, socking campaign President Truman has carried to the whistle stops has backfired against Stevenson. A few think the President-got In telling blows .on Eisenhower. : Aided by Nixon . ' Most newsmen 'say Elsenhower ?:ot a boost from the airing of the inancial affairs of his' vice pres idential running mate. Sen. Rich ard M. Nixon of California. Only couple called the affair a "fias co or anything of that sort. bievenson is regarded as scor ing with his own campaigning, particularly with attempts to per suade the people that Eisenhower has surrendered the GOP rains to Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Edi ' tors in Oreeon. New Mpxfm. rnlA- ! jauu, t asiiuiguLHi ana iaano men ; tion the Eisenhower-Taft tie a " nurting the general .a a a. .... nana oui peace, prospeniy, time for a change, and all of them lump- oa togetner witn corruption, com' munism and Korea. The way newsmen see things In the West, California, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and Oregon probably would go Repub lican if this were election - dar. Those six states have 54 of the 79 electoral votes for the whole area. Oregon is believed safe for the GOP regardless of the formal en dorsement given Stevenson by the state's independent Republican senator, Wayne Morse. Morse's action was no surmise and there fore lacked the impact it otherwise-might have had. As things ed, both Stevenson and Eisen er stock have risen as more Oregon voters made up their minds, but Eisenhower's rose more. New Mexico. Idaho Classed as doubtful but with some advantage for" Eisenhower are New Mexico and Idaho with lour electoral votes each. . Arizona and her four votes re main probably Democratic, while the 13 votes of Washington and Utah are regarded as inclined at , the moment toward Stevenson. -The up and down, roller coast er tendency in the, West seems to have brought the region - a little - closer to its traditional voting pat tern. Down the years, for two de cades, these states have stood by , the Democratic Party in presiden- tial elections almost as firmly as the South. , ; All have gone consistently Dem ocratic from 1932 on, except Ore gon in 1948. Colorado in 1940, and Colorado and Wyoming in 1944. On the, other hand, rll of the states but Montana now have Republican governors. Seek Change But despite Stevenson's appar ent gains, editors who have been feeling political pulses now report deep rooted sentiment for a change in administrations. Newsmen de tected that same feeling in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. , . . If the election could bo run off now, Northwest editors believe this would be the situation in their state - electorial votes in paren- tneses: . m WASHINGTON (I) So close either Stevenson or Ei senhower could take the prize. No papers supporting Stevenson took part in the survey but newsmen feel the Democratic . nominee is ahead by a shade, whereas Eisen hower was rated in front by i thin margin in September. One editor sums up: "Many vot ers go to bed Republicans and arise Democrats. All are disgust ed with corruption and taxes, but we ve never had it so good,' " Newsmen ascribe the slizht shift to Stevenson to effective cam paigning, help from Truman in country witn many federal em ployes, and Eisenhower' ties with Taft, plus the possibility that Gen. Douglas MacArthur, listed on bal lot! as the candidate of the Chris tian Nationalist Party, may draw votes from Eisenhower. In ' counties where Eisenhower is strongest, editors cite his per sonal popularity, a decrease in administration popularity, boom' e ranging Truman attacks on the general, the Nixon incident, and Eisenhowers own campaign swing into the state. : IDAHO (4) Eisenhower has slumped, Stev enson improved, but the state still looks fairly sure for the GOP. Ev en so, voters who are undecided up to now could turn in either way. Farm areas lean heavily toward the general; lumbering, mining, railroad and industrial - districts edged toward Stevenson. Most of the Eisenhower skidding is expected in the State's two larg est counties, where newsmen slashed earlier estimates of GOP strengtn. The, counties still are considered overwhelmingly ' Re publican. - OREGON (C) The only Western state to go Republican four years ago looks like a repeater, in 1952 and by a bigger margin. - Stevenson gains. Including those. tnat may come irom sen. Morse's backing, aren't shaping up as big enough to erase the Eisenhower advantage. But an estimated 15 to 20 per cent of the voters are on the Amateur itaaio ciud, there are about 80 licensed hams or ama teur radio operators In Salem. Of these, he guesses, about 40 are "active." That is they do a lot of work with their sets. "Most of us hams handle traf fic everyday," says Hewitt. Trans lated that means he and other hams are at their sets almost every night receiving and sending messages, local and long-distance, for fun and necessity, by voice and by key. An exciting evening for Duane. for instance, is for him to come home from his job at Western Electric, and get on the 'board and start sending messages. Some times, he says, he eats his meals at his set, which occupies "darn near one whole side of our bedroom." Sets in Cars "We even work our hobby Into our recreation," Hewitt noted. Some of us have sending and receiving sets in our cars. So when we go on picnics, for instance, we have a great time talking from one ear to another. And when a ham goes deer hunting he can always contact his family back home with his car set." Orval Nunn, another ardent radio ham", is president of the Se- lem Amateur Club. The club meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at West Salem Legion HalL Most of the club's current efforts are bent to wards setting up the state ama teur - convention In Salem next summer. " Most club members are closely plugged into the state Civil De fense set'up. That means in the event of any sort of an emer gency, and especially if other lines of. communication were clogged. the radio hams would take to the air. - " Part of Defense "These hams would be an ex a a iremeiy important part of our communication set for ' necessary messages if a disaster struck this area," said Wallace S. Wharton. county defense director. "Local hams are connected with a state-wire network of communi cations," said Wharton. "And the Oregon net is in turn connected with other states, so that, if neces sary, a message could easily be sent from Salem to. say. Jaoan or Jtoigiand.' And that happens occasionally, Hewitt will tell you. One nizht he received a message from Japan for a Salem woman. It was from her husband and had been relayed xrom nam to ham halfway around the world until it finally hit Salem. - "We enjoy receiving and send. ing these messages," said Hewitt "It gives us good practice. Some times people think they're bother ing us but we don't mind. And we can t accept money for these ser vices either. "We're strictly amateur." . ' Pharmacists Aided I A-Bomb Research WASHINGTON (Pj-Major con tributions to the development of atomic energy were made by two pharmacists - working 150 years apart, says tne American Pharma-1 ceuucai Association. Martin H. Klaproth, pioneer pharmacist and scientist, first identified the element uranium in 1789. In 1939 Dr. H. A. B. Dun ning of Baltimore, excited by the possiouiues involved in the de-1 velopment of the theory of uran ium fission by German scientists, underwrote special research, at Johns Hopkins University which hastened development of the atom bomb. Dunning is a life member of the pharmaceutical association. VISIT-CAMPAIGN ST. PAUL (INS) -The Minne sota Mhiing and Manufacturing Company literally is brineuur the i mountain to Mohammed. Top ex ecutives are visiting company salesman in the field as part of a new inter-company public rela tions, sales and educational cam paign. ROCKVILLE. Ind. UPi Folk here have been arriving late to work and for appointments re cently and children have been tar dy at schooL v The Rock port Republican ex plains everybody had depended on a lumber company steam whistle that could be heard all over town at 7:30 and 8 am. daily. The town dock has stopped long ago. But the lumber company install ed a new electric whistle that can't be heard outside its immediate neighborhood. The Gulf Stream Is more than 6,000 miles long from the Gulf of Mexico to the seas north of Nor way. . Th Stcrfssmga, Salarx Onqovu Thxavdaj, October S3. 1SS2 13 in ii ..iiijmii.iiiMiiiiin.nl mi. i ill ii. n ii ill mi i mi hiiiiim iiiiihiiii li iilii iimiiin.i in v --V; ( - :-r "if k .l&xwl -aaf - -" . . ? BEST MODEL Frank A. Taylor (left). V. 8. National Mascara; Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (center), and Karl E. Krvmke, Jr. Wish burton Ship Model Society president. Inspect fricate -Arabella." best m a Washlnston eonteat WEDDING VEIL USE FOUND GREENCASTLE. Ind. (A The Putnam County Graphic reports a housewife here finally found a practical use for bed old wedding veil. She hung it over the baby's crib as a mosquito netting. ELECT CORNELIUS BATESOH REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE LETTS BE FAIR Give the 50,009 Marion Cooaty people wh live oatside Salem at least one Representative. For the rood of Oregon. Bateson suggests that yea vote with 334 X YES. REAPPORTIONMENT. Oar legislature should represent not empty territory, bat our men and women wherever they reside. SEE BATESON'S VIEWS on the proposed liquor law, Saturday. ' . Pd. Adv, Bateson for Rep. Com D. Rand, Secty. QEK & SBMG36 Pay by the Month Villamotto Valley Roof Co. Salem - Phone 3-9694 fence ' and the way they jump could turn the election. Some editors say Stevenson Is on the upgrade because of the Eisenhower-Taft association and the general's endorsement of such con troversial senators as Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin. Some fig ure Eisenhower made headway as a result of the Nixon affair and his own stumping tour in the state. DEEBS Cut end douhl wrapped- Freo deep freexo aerric skin; m - MM fo) 3 U2 r 15 EasSuxa Oriocjoa wHit fcxco Hareiord Bti boug;nt from til ranch and hauled Sa our own trucks. Buy and soro. at packing Louse wholesale prices. U. S. nXEHAlLY GRADED 17 nf Salesst Ileal Co. 1325 S. SSCSi mm mi i i J w r:- m m . .j aT 1 WTtCIWWI 1IM ILL I U!IHAiiii IIUi'Wll Not a day gC3s f that the : TRUCKING inBliSTRY isn't misquoted w - (to put it mildly) ?. about our objectives. HERE ARE THE THINGS WE STAND FOR..; read every word, weigh every word... and then you'll know that tho TRUCKIIIG INDUSTRY EXPECTS TO PAY ITS FULL SHARE OF OREGOII HIGHWAY COST! ; to you m m No t - orturv... .... Ugi,w.jr coirn public, ot InjuM oc lmpl n g ... nf Clrt eon.. progi... - " , . . lndustry must ht D"- w - r-- StconJ: The future pi - - of the mponsiDuuy -will mean a full UST. manner that wUl b. of th. oublic service, w""" . , , . . nd well-being 01 be based on a program mat A.na a ar.t public service. enmott and well-being lnfit in adding to th. q . ,s ' , .i... mmkt th ereawi . l- ana w tmr.fnAn. to www benefit in .very person, sn. ffld ftctorltt, to welfare of Oregon Wwvltal. NOT to tl IMPAItro NEW HIGHWAY effect pri!P now ... m avneTLi aa r - .:k;i;I aiMl to p - . . ... nrobablv W To et or r..--- -- Wfc and ux- . .v.it.bl. which naagea w " - - , . ... ntry, ana wnc , . and M9. pcehenaivee-c-. will be por " latttixa Comi ZTrr i that coat tn tton a - ITl aMMff rUlIT ...w. fl w'" " ' i m .Umioate tax ri"- ... r r- . .n1 ana " . . ...ir tax prui- Wiv"' A.a. irh biennium i " ' ... Xmm iA automobile, no wm indudei uch action . , . ibI ...,..i,toienrplBtlBCl .. -.J-HMtt and e burden 01 " 1 1 Z u U aWe- to truck. traveUng ; AflWftf tbyPi,,yo any 5 t"04" Recogn.t rr.mn, .k. factor of '"r . Uioo for a pUcel mat - - ana thi, ahould b. mM ! U that 01 -" . .-MAI, for i ed 1 month, to d - taxation o theM problems license of not to ec V) . bay COSTS auggeataJ for, iirted. ' ftriUtioebeisinujr:-- '6 igrxu-attKaussor mr1 Marie late. ,"r' I .L aamBaaaj i