Extension Official to Leave for Mid-East
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, These twe fellows admit it's "not easy to break up this companionship for the next two years.
Charles Thompson, who has been with the New Jersey Extension Service for the past 35 years, and
' will leave June 7 fox Tel-Aviv in Israel, on a two-year assignment, is visiting at the home of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Hoggins in their new home, 1365 Heather Lane.
-While here Stuart Hoggins, 2, and his grandfather have become great pals. (Statesman Farm
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Salem Visitor En Route to
Israel as Farming Expert
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
"Basically you have to have a
good agriculture to have a good
nation. Truly, sp called 'times'
are no better-than is the agricul
- ture or farming of the country,
Charles Thompson said as we sat
chatting in the : attractive new
home of his son-in-law and daugh
ter, the George Huggins's, at 1365
Heather Lane. Mr. Thompson is
here for a few days visit.
Mr. Thompson, (who has been
, with the extension service in New
Jersey for the past 35 years,
knows agriculture. That is why
he has been chosen to leave his
work as state leader or extension
agents in New Jersey and go to
Israel for, a two year contract.
Tough Time'
"The Israelites, who have been
having a (very tough time of it,
have come to' realize that until
the agriculture 'of their land is
improvedj no other conditions
will be unproved for long," Mr.
Thompson elaborated his theory.
"I have! never, been to .Israel,"
the national agriculturist went on,
"But since Mrs. Thompson and I
learned of the appointment and
decided to accept it in January,
we have been studying the new
country a country so new with
a people so old. . Food supplies
are very short there. The climate.
we find is much like Miami or
; Southern i California. Citrus fruit
is one of j the . big crops. There is
some- poaltry and some: grain
What we hope to do is help start
growing j'two i blades of grass
where one grew before .
Accomplish Much'
Mr. Thompson philosophized a
bit: "I have a feeling that if we
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Contract of
IdaHo Truck
Union Ends
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SALT LAKE CITY tf) A con
tract between teamsters and Utah
Idaho freight truck "lines ran out
Sunday midnight, with a strike ap
parently put off for at least afew
more hours.
The contract ran out as a union
official accused the companies of
a lock-out. Company spokesmen, in
turn, said the union had delivered
a strike ultimatum, i
Fullmer 1H. Latter, secretary
treasurer of the AFL Teamsters
' Joint Council 67 and spokesman
for locals aavolved in Utah and
Idaho, said:
- "Although the members of the
respective teamsters local unions,
by secret ballot, have authorized
a strike, we are not on strike."
He said operators were attempting
a lock-out by posting bulletins ad
vising 'unio? members not to re
port to work "until further notifica
tion, j
But he said union officials ad
vised their membership to report
for their regular shifts Monday
morning."
The teamsters are seeking. Lat
ter said earlier," wage increases of i
20 to 30 cents an hour, plus fringe
could bring some of our Ameri
can know-how in producing the
necessities, we would accomplish
much. While we are interested in
improving cows and fruits and
chickens, it is the people we are
most interested in . . . Cows and
chickens never fought a war or
wrote a peace. But if an under-:
standing can be reached with the
peoples through agriculture, per
haps eventually another peace
will be written."
Staff of 20
; There will be a staff of 20
technical specialists, Mr. Thomp
son said. Headquarters .will be in
"the very modern city of Tel-
Aviv." The work will be done
through the - natives of Israel
who have already begun the study
of. scientific agriculture and who
have asked . for - this assistance.
The project is between Israel,
and our own government, who
have a contract with the Univer
sity of the State of New. York
Research Foundation.
Mr. Thompson, a graduate of
Cornell University, has been con
nected with Rutgers College in
New Jersey. He will fly out to the
new work on June 7. Mrs. Thomp
son will follow by boat, bringing
with her a few of the things
"we'll need, including our refrig
erator," Mr. Thompson said.
Farming Compared
' As we were leaving the Hug-
gins home, we drifted into a bit
of conversation on the agriculture
of New Jersey and the Willam
ette Valley. -
"People don't think of New
Jersey, I find, as an agriculture
state, yet it is," Mr. Thompson
said. He pointed out the Jacob
Tanis Guernsey herd. This, with
its 2,000 head, - is the largest
Guernsey herd in the world, he
said. And the poultry industry of
Hew Jersey is big, he went on
some $135,000 being realized from
this annually in the little state.
"And that's one thing I think
wil- go well in Israel Israelites
are natural poultry raisers. Yes,
well find .the . work out in the
new)ld country a real challenge,
and I'm eager to get going," he
concluded.
Bookkeeper
Found Dead
In California
LOS ANGELES Ml A Swedish
blonde bookkeeper, daughter of a
Stockholm building contractor, was
found dead in her apartment Sat
urday. Police said after an autop
sy Sunday that death was due to
an air embolism apparently caused
by an attempted abortion.
The victim was Miss Birgit
Johansson, 25. Last Dec. 12. the
Stockholm newspaper Aftonbladet
said Miss Johansson would marry
Mai Whitfield, U. S. track star.
Whitfield denied it, and after
that Miss Johansson said the re
port was due to a misunderstand
ing. Whitfield's brother-in-law, Hor
ace P. Clark, said the runner left
three days ago for a track meet
in Trinidad. Clark said Miss Jo
hansson and the two-time Olympic
800-meter champion met during the
1952 Olympics in Europe but that
they never dated. - - . .
Police said nothing has been
found in the case to involve Whitfield.
: A large blasl furnace may re
quire, up to 2,150,000 refractory
bricks in its construction and
900,000 more in its auxiliary facilities.
U.S. Agencies
Agree on Water
Control Projects
WASHINGTON tf Secretary
of Interior . McKay Sunday an
nounced approval of a revised
npnWment between the Reclama
tion Bureau and the National Park
Service covering . recreational de
velppment at water control proj
ect. ; . - s - ' .
The. agreement affirms that all
reclamation . reservoir areas. ex
cept those of national recreational
significance or important for fish
ana wildlife purposes, will be made
available for recreational develop
ment by . other federal, state or
locl agencies.
The new memorandum permits
regional directors of the. two Inter
ior j Department agencies to nego
tiate and sign agreements for such
development by state or local au
thorities.
Mrs. Spale pf Mt. Angel Dies
SUtIl
News Service
MT. ANGEL Mrs. Mary
Spale, 77, a native of Czecho
slovakia and resident of ML An
gel for the past 20 years, died
Sunday at a ML Angel nursing
home after a long illness.
She was born 'in Czechoslo
vakia, March 18, 1878, and came
to this country as a young wo
man. She, resided in Chicago for
a number of years prior to com
ing to the Mt Angel area.
Surviving are sons, Frank and
Joe Spale, both of Chicago;
daughters, Mrs. TiHie Jebb, Chi
cago, and Mrs. Cecilia Kastigar,
San Bernardino,. Calif.; a sister,
Mrs. Emily Sebesta, Chicago; 12
grandchildren and 10 ! great
grandchildren. -
Mrs. Spale was a member of
Uia Crtholie Church.
Recitation of the Rosary lor
the St Anne's Altar Society, of
which she was a member, will be
held Monday at! 2 p.m. at the
Unger .funeral home. ; Public
recitation will be at St Mary's
Catholic Chufch at 8 p.m. Mon
day and Requiem Mass is sched
uled for St Mary's Chufch at
8:15 a.m. Tuesday. Interment
will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
Restaurant Found
'Hie Hard Way'
KALAMAZOO.' Mich. UF) James
Bailey was looking for a restau
rant when his car I went out of con
trol and crashed through the plate
glass window of a drugstore. It
came to rest against the lunch
ounter causing $3,000 damage.
' Booked on a ireckless driving
'charge. Bailey, 23; explained.
"I was driving fast because I
was hungry and in a hurry to find
a restaurant"
Statesman, Salem, Oro., Monday, May 2, lM5-(See. l)-3
Fund Drive
SSothingt
ancy
QRD. Neb. (UP) The drive
for funds for the local hospital
wasn't designed to provide a lot
6f luxury. I "
The Weekly Quiz, reporting on
the drive, commented:
"The hospital got its sheets
patched, so.ne old rotten flooring
was ripped out and some walls
painted; it go some towels, and
a good set of diapers are ready
for premature babies.
"And the . patients have enjoy
ed a change of jelly.
UNDERSTANDABLE
MINNEAPOLIS UP) J. B.
Wing. 45. had a ready explanation
for crashing into a car ahead of
him. He said he was distracted by
the presence of a police, car.
Burned Mother
Follows Three o
Children in Death
SEATTLE UH A young mother
who poured kerosene on a stove
fire in their Olympic PeninnjI
logging community heme Friday
joned three of her children in
death Sunday. ' . . ,
She. was Mrs, Lewis Stepp; 24,
of Sappho, who died of ber burns
One child. Patrick, 4, died out
right in the explosion and fire.
Another boy, Roger, 6, died within
a few . hours while- being rushed
here. .
Patricia, Patrick's twin died Sat
urday after, being brought to the
Children's Orthopedic Hospital
here.
The father and two 'other chil
dren survive. -
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Retail Sales
Hike Forecast
NEW YORK ( Sales Man
agement magazine Sunday esti
mated retail ! sales in Ma; would
reach 15 mClkm. dollars, a five
per cent increase over the total
for the like, month m 1954. It will
be the sixth consecutive month in
, which retails sales scored a gain
over tht preceding year of at least '
five, pe cent, the magazine said.
All departments will participate
in the upturn ; but the greatest in
crease during; May is expected to
be automotive outlets a whopping
21 per ont over the -like month
a year igo, the magazins said.
The magazine said prices are
sot rising and that competition re
mains keen in the retail field.
i Cities expected to make a better
showing than the national average
were listed as including Eugene,
and Portland, Ore.
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