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Staff Writer, The Statesman
Salem's city jail isn't like home
but it's kept as clean as some
homes. .
The city 'ecmld use a new jail,
alright i The present ji pokey,
housed in the gloomy recesses of
the old rock-heavy City Hall, isn't
exactly conducive to thoughts of
' rehabilitation .sweetness and
. light , :!:
r- -But, it: is as sanitary f and as
clean well, almost anyway as
. police, and the prisoners, can
make it Police jailers ; say it
ould be cleaner if inmates would
: cooperate more, and that is prob
ably right I
i This reporter and Statesman
Photographer John Erickson
. barged . in practically j unan
nounced one day recently on
Police Chief .Clyde Warren and
asked if we could tour; the jaiL
No one there had time j to pull
any special or preparation clean
up because no one knew we were
coming. - - - .
There had been some com
-s plaints about the jail's operation.
Chief Warren, a neat man him
self, said sure, go ahead. He said
lie bet we'd find one of the clean
est jails in this area. He said it
wasnt fancy but.it was as neat
- as it was possible to keep it
Bemodeled Recently !
If you've ever seen Chief War
ren meticulously work a cigaret
into that long holder he uses, you
t et the feeling; he wouldn't stand
.for much dirtanyplace, s
You enter the celt area
through a barred door directly
through the rear of the; police
station. The entire jail was re
modeled several years ago.
When you first step iato the
I loweilinged corridor from the
fresh, sunshiney outside, you get
a feeling of gloom, oppression
- and uncomfortable warmth. It
1 was a hot day outside, I
After you've been inside for a
while, though, you realize fit's all
a- matter of dim lighting, low
ceilings, gray-dark walls and the
f humidity. There are no outside
; windows and all the light is
i artificial i
The lights are not as bright as
they should be because they are
." recessed into the ceiling and
covered with heavy grating. Po
lice did this after prisoners de
liberately smashed the lunpro-
tected bulbs several timet
Warm in Summer f
The air, especially in summer.
is warm but you notice it doesn't
carry any odors. That's because a
system ! of vents in cells and
wards sucks out the stale air anc
acts as a continuous air-conditioning
j system. The system is
powered by large outside suction
fans.-- f t
During these summer days t
electric fans, big ones, are spin
ning in the corridor outside the
men's? ward--And the women'
ward. - I 1 -The
big men's ward downstairs
contains nine iron double-decker
bunks. There is plenty of livin
space between the two rows ana
at the far end of the room. In a
corner is a wash basin and a
1 toilet Not very private, to be
sure, but then nearly all jails and
prisons work this way.
Daily Scrubbing
.The cement. floor still showed
streaks of dampness from the
morning scrubbing, which it gets
every day. No trash around. The
brick and cement walls are dark
gray and dont add much to the
dim light situation. The toilet and
washbowl are not fancy, as the
chief had said, but clean.
All in all the ward had that
barrack-like atmosphere of me
chanical cleanliness. You see it
wherever a group of men live
together. You saw it in the
service.
We noticed only one major
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These are pictures ef the inside
who, with a reporter, were taken on an impromptu tour oi ue cuy nau iockud. upper pneio snows
lines of banks in large upstairs Marion County men's ward. Picture at left in middle section shows
open toilet and sink used in downstairs men's ward. Dark spot on floor is dampness left over from
morning mopping. At right (in mid-panel) Acting Sgt Michael Elkins, police jailer, works on lock
tin wooden rack in "drunk tank." At lower left Conrad Prange, Statesman staff writer, looks ever
large stack of clean surplus blankets available for prisoner us. In lower right is shown section ef
bare gray-walled juvenile ward in upstairs section of jaiL . i .
fault The mattresses on most of
the bunks were dirty. Some were
covered with mattress covers,
and some, not Chief Warren ad
mitted a nroblem here.
"We try to keep the bunks and
mattresses clean. But it's an up
hill struggle. Many of the prison
ers don't co-operate. They donT
take their shoes off when they he
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of Salem's city jail taken by Statesman photographer John Erkksen
down. The mattresses get tossed
on ' the floor. . We have clean
covers and blankets on hand at
all times and do the best we can.'
Toilet Was Broken
Across the hall from the men's
ward is the "drunk tank. Not
a pretty place, with its wooden
rack and gray walls, tt too, had
been hosed down and was spot
less. The toilet in the tank was
broken and out of order.
'This makes the third time
they-(prisoners) have broken this
thing," said Chief Warren. "Now
we have on order a special-type
steel stool which we hope will
last longer.
Next was the small kitchen",
occupied by two trustees. They
showed us stacks of clean plates,
cups and silverware. Plenty of
everything. Their cell to the
rear1 was neat and clean. .Their
only trouble was trying tor beat
tne monotony of doing time.
JJpstairs were three two-bed
ceils,xthe juvenile ward and a
large men's ward where Marion
County keeps some of its short
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Acting Sgt Michael Elkins
showed us where, not long ago,
he and another officer removed
from the ventilating air system
duct a stack of wadded piper,
towels.
"Why they did it I don't know,"
said Elkins. "If they wreck this
air conditioning system they just
make it tougher for themselves.
Once they even stuffed the vent
full of stuff and set fire-to if
The county men's S upstairs
ward, like the men's ward down
stairs, has a ' shower bath in-
stalled in it This in addition
to the inevitable sink and toilet
The ward was clean. But again,
a discordant note was struck by
the soiled mattresses.
Two teen-agers were; in the
clean, but bare and gloomy, juve
nile ward. They objected to be-
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ren backed them tip.-
Women's Cell Neat ' "
Downstairs again we made a
last stop at the women's cell
Here the bunks were .not only
made up but the blankets were
tucked in neatly. A separate cell
housed a sort of bathroom, com
plete with a tub. Almost homey.
The harsh cement floor and gray
walls took the frills out of it
though. . ,
; Few inmates were around. Most
were out working. They "serve
time twice as fast when they
work,' the chief explained. The
number of prisoners on the jail
roster averages from about 10 to
13. Most stay only a few days.
We asked one inmate what he
thought of this jaiL He shrugged.
"I've seen better," he said. "And
I've seen worse. It's pretty clean
here, though."
In addition to daily 'scrub
bings and frequent general clean
ups, jailors take special precau
tions against vermin, "bugs" and
what not The jail is thoroughly
Japanese Opera Company
Beginning Its U. S. Tour
By FRED SATTO
TOKYO VP) A Japanese classical opera company at last has
ended its 20-year money-losing streak. . '
Its 25 members will become the first Japanese musicians in
history to make money on western opera performances. The Fuji
wara Opera Company is barnstorming the United States (August
through December) presenting Puccini's "Madam Butterfly" at al
most 30 cities. All recitals nave
been guaranteed by American
promoters. ' ,
. Seventeen pretty girls and sev
en men of the company left Ja
pan for the United States. The
prima donna, Mrs. Michiko Suna
hara, left Paris to join them at
Los Angeles at the Greek theater
Aug. 4.
Glamorous Star
Mrs. Sunahara, 30-year-old mo
ther of a daughter, made a series
of smash hit performances astXo
Cio San at the Opera Co mi que,
Paris, last year. She is perhaps
the most glamorous Japanese
singer ever on the stage.;
Classical opera performances
never have been self-supporting
in Japan.' Western music was im
ported some. 100 years ago. Prima
donnas, and opera chorus mem
bers in Japan never have expect
ed pay. Usually they footed all
expenses and -debts from the per
formances. The Fujiwara group gambled
last December by singing in New
York with the New York City
opera. The members dutifully
footed most expenses. Unsettled
debts from the venture have to
talled six million yen ($18,600).
Gamble Fays Off
But the samble paid off. Yosh-
ie Fujiwara, 55, founder and man
ager of the company, has receiv
ed scores' of guarantee offers not
only, from the United States but
from Italy, Spain, Brazil and Ar
gentina.
"I believe our trip this time
will enable us to settle at least
one half of last year's debts,'
Fujiwara said. "The rest will be
settled next year from our trips
to Europe and South America."
The Japanese audience does not
mind paying $10 for m title box
ing match or $5 for a jazz con
cert but does mind paying even
a dollar for an opera recital.
The Fujiwara Opera Company
has' survived 20 years of contin
uous losses simply because its
members were mostly sons and
daughters of well-off families.
In a country where the cheap-
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Filled With Breaks
CUTHBEKT, Ga. WVWhen the
weekly Cuthbert Times appeared
late recently, Hal Herrin, the edi
tor and publisher, printed this
front page notice:
"We're a few hours late with
the paper this week.
"The linotype broke .down Fri
day, the press broke down Tues
day, and we broke down Wed
nesday.
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Menu Adequate - i-
Fcod is prepared at a local
nearby commercial restaurant and
is brought to the jail in a steam
cart fresh and hot Yesterday's
breakfast Included eggs, pota
toes, bread, jam and coffee. Fri
day night's supper , was Span
ish, rice, mashed potatoes and
gravy, buttered beets, coffee and
bread. i
Marion County Sheriff Denver
Young, who keeps an eye on the
jail because he boards prison
ers there, said the local Bastille
is one of the cleanest and best
operated, for its age, in this
area. , . .
City Manager J. L. Franzen,
who once in a while Inspects the
cells below his city hall office,
declared he was satisfied the
lockup was being-; operated as
well as could be expected.
Nope the jail isn't exactly like
home. But then, maybe jails are
not supposed to be.
est piano costs a year's salary of
an average worker, only rich fam
ilies can afford music lessons for
their children. Members of the
company mostly are graduates of
the National Conservatory at Tok
yo or private music academies.
The only exceptions are a bari
tone who majored in art in col
lege and the manager who did
not complete high school.
Career Musician
Born of a British diplomat and
his now "estranged Japanese wife,
Fujiwara had a miserable child
hood. He built up his career
strictly by himself as the pioneer
of western operas in Japan.
He is oneof few Japanese sing
ers who canXprofit from individ
ual recitals and offset opera los
ses to the extent that he doesn't
also have to teach at a music
academy or instruct pupils at
home.
The government rewarded him
last year with a prize for his
tireless efforts and contributions
to western music in Japan.
"I've sung as Pinkerton (the
American officer in 'Madame But
terfly') for 20 years without pay
ment," Fujiwara said.
"But from now on 111 be a
non-singing manager, entirely sat
isfied. Foreign talent will sing
the role."
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Straw Hat Slakes
Strong Comeback
! PHILADELPHIA (INS) The
once-vanishing "men'i straw hat ii
staging a remarkable; comeback. .
I Officers of the Join B. Stetson
hat company announced that
straw hat sales for 953 were up
more than 13 per cent over last
year's figures. 4
Credit for the upfiirge in what
ony a few years agoijwas a badly
worried industry, is piven to new
styles which have attracted
younger wearers.
Being a Pest Said
Road to Success
BRISTOL, England WVlf you
want to be a success! make your
self a nuisance. That was the ad
vice given by Sir Hugh Casson,
designer Of London's coronation
decorations, to stulents at the
Royal West of England School of
Architecture here. I
"It's the poets, arfsts, lunatics,
maniacs and crankl who . really
get things done," h$ said. i. -
You can cultivate the art of
making yourself sudh a nuisance
that you will get what you want
from people, who frill say, "all
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First there we jo plenty of tuna;
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the war curtailed commercial
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on the catch increased and during
the 1848-1950 peak period, (5,500,-
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