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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1942)
Twelve West Salem Budget Is Off ered Again Wpst Salem. July 20 The annual school budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1942 and ending June 30 1943, will again be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the taxpayers at a meeting called for 7:80 o'clock Tuesday evening, Juiy zi, in ", pletes his course at the Willa mette university preparatory to entering the seminary at Boston this fall. hllllrilnC. The budget as posted gpecl fied $18,692 as the estimated op eratine costs for the year Through the elimination of ex Mr. and Mrs. Su e co with the M ss Ha.el Pack of KaUs City funding of a kitchen, annual returned Saturday v payment' on property ana otner - minor items a sizeaoie raua has been made In the budget since its rejection several weeKS ago but It Is still posted as in excess of the 6 per cent statutory limitation. Although no information has been released relative to any possible changes, with the resignation of two of the teach ers previously elected the dis trict is now in a position to re duce operating costs, possibly through the adoption of depart mental work or other methods. Ralph Nelson Resigns Ralph Nelson, eighth grade in structor and coach, has resigned from the staff of the local schools to join the faculty of the Forest Grove schools. Nel son will serve as principal of the junior high school at Forest Grove as well as teaching phy sical education and manual training. His leaving will be a real loss to the school, as during the two years he has been on the staff the school has received its first sports recognition and he has been instrumental in in troducing many of the improve ments in the school. Students interested in athletics and the eighth graders who had the privilege of having Nelson as their instructor while in the sixth grade will most keenly re gret to learn of his decision to leave the school. The family plans to move to Forest Grove early in Septem ber. - ' , Rev. Don Huckabee is con ducting services at the Dallas Methodist church during the London Fireman Here Tonight Civilian defense workers from all over Marion county are urged by County Coodinator Bryan H. Conley to be present at the Sa lem high school auditorium to night at 8 o'clock to hear a fire man from the city of London, and note what he has to say about actual air raids in the worst form. The public gener ally Is invited to attend. Speaking will be E. A. Baker, a division officer of London's fire department, showing an art work demonstration. He is one of a group of London fire fight ers now touring the United States. , Another of his group, Rudolph Haybrook, an artist by profes sion, who quit his palette and easel to become an auxiliary fireman when the war started, will speak before the Salem Kl wanis club Tuesday noon. He was severely injured in line of duty in London. Murray Asks For Re-election Helena, Mont., July 20 W) The bid of United States Sena tor James E. Murry (D.) for renorhinatlon i n tomorrow's Montana primary election caught the eyo of political ob serves as nn otherwise listless campaign came to an end to day. ' Murray, a consistent support er of President Roosevelt's pol icies, is opposed by former Rep, Joseph P, Monaghan. Both are of Butte. Monaghan lost a close raco wllh Murray in the 1938 senatorial primary. Three candidates are after the republican senatorial nomina tion, One, Lieut. Col. Charles L. Dawley of Great Falls, Is with the army in Australia. The other two are Wellington D Rankin of Helena, n former Montana attorney general, and Dr. J. Thorkelson of Butte, for mer congressman. One of tho stale's two repre sentatives In congress, James F. O'Connor (D.) of Livingston, has asked tho voters for rcnomlnn tlon. Congresswoman Jcannette Rankin (R.) of Missoula did not file. O'Connor will bo opposed for tho democratic nomination In the second (eastern) district by W. M. McCracken of Great Falls and Robert A, Patterson of Havre. Up to June 1, the United States had shipped 1,500,000 pounds of dehydrated vegetables under lease-lend. i Co-op Bids for Part of Light Service Here In the hands of the city coun cil Monday night will be a let ter from the Salem Electric co operative, signed by Harry B. Read, manager, making a bid for part of Salem's street and alley lighting service. The letter was mailed to Mayor W. W. Chad wick and the council Saturday. The offer is made on terms T J Wm.. Fred Sellars and to the People of the United States Y 'W i nOTPFhuiilirfc 1 LA How can you help? The answer is on this page. I hope every American citizen will read it and act on it. D. M. NE1SON. CHAIRMAN. WAS FIODIIOION BOARD A crisis exists in our war production pro gram which can be solved only , by the patriotic cooperation of the American people. We are faced with a serious shortage of steel scrap, rubber and other vital materials. This shortage must be filled. By "scrap" we mean the ordinary Junk which today is lying in the barnyards and in the gullies of farms; in the base ments, attics and garages of homes and stores throughout the country. The steel industry operates on the basis of half - and - half about SO per cent metal from pig iron and SO per cent remelted scrap metal. Therefore, about 50 per cent of every tank, every ship, every sub marine and every gun is made of scrap iron and steel. The steel industry has been rapidly stepping up its production from 67, 000,000 tons in 1940 to a record-breaking 83,000,000 tons in 1941. Production in 1942 is already ahead of 1941, but we need to get production up to the indus try's full capacity of 90,000,000 tons a total equal to the output of the rest of the world combined. This volume of production cannot be attained or increased unless an additional 6,000,000 tons of scrap iron and steel is obtained promptly. We are faced with the fact that some This message approved by Conservation Division WAR PRODUCTION BOARD This advertisement paid for by the American Industries Salvage Committee (representing and with funds provided by a group of leading industrial concerns). The Ccpital Journal, Salem; Oregon which would, says Bead's letter, "make the total lighting cost the same as if all of the services was taken from them (the Port land General Electric"). For service at City hall Read claims his service would effect a saving of about 11 percent. Reductions that have been made by the PGE, says Read, arc the result of competition offered by the cooperative. He wrote that lines of the cooperative run north and south along the fol lowing alleys: between Water and Court, from Division to Front; between Commercial and Liberty, from Marion to Ferry; between Liberty and High, from Union to Center. Read's letter follows: Before executing a contract for power and street llKhtlng for the City of Salem for another year, we respectfully request that you consider a bid from us for some of this service. As no doubt you know, while our system is Browing, It Is small and can only serve in a few of the streets and alleys; generally In downtown Sa lem. We wish, however, to place a bid in exact accordance with the bid of the Portland company for such service that we can furnish, at the exact rate and conditions as stipulated by tho Portland company, except that while you are pay ing them in the three and two-cent blocks of tho Standard Bonneville Street-Lighting Rate, our rate will be entirely In the one-cent bracket, which would make the total lighting cost the same as If all of the services was taken from them. We especially ask to be permitted to serve you In the locations on the circuits as indicated in your last year's contract. We will furnish you with blackout fa cilities the same as Is being done, with out an Installation cost and without con steel furnaces have been allowed to cool down and that many of them are oper ating from day to day and hand to mouth, due only to the lack of scrap. The rubber situation is also critical. In spite of the recent rubber drive, there is a continuing need for large quantities of scrap rubber. We are collecting every possible pound of scrap from the factories, arsenals and shipyards; w are speeding up the flow of material from automobile graveyards; we are tearing up abandoned railroad tracks and bridges, but unless we dig out an additional 6,000,000 tons of steel and great quantities of rubber, copper, brass, zinc and tin, our boys may not get all the fighting weapons they need in time. Fortunately, the material exist"? in America'sgreat"mmeabovetheground." There is enough iron and steel on farms alone, if used with other materials, to make: Twice as many battleships at ihere are In the whole world today, or Enough 2000-pound bombs to drop three per minute from big bombers Incessantly for more than three years. Locating and collecting this scrap is go ing to require a canvass of every house and every farm. Even one old shovel will help make 4 hand grenades. We have set up the machinery for this, but it is not perfect. It is a problem that can be licked only by American resource fulness, American organization ability, American muscle and American will to win. We now have in every state a State Sal-, vage Committee of volunteers working directly under the governor. Under these state committees we have county committees and local committees. We have special industrial committees working with executives of plants in 421 industrial centers. In rural communities we have the County War Boards. These committees can tell you the quickest way to get your Junk into action. In behalf of the governor and the state committee we urge every committee to tact rentals. The term of tha service may be for one rear and thereafter un til cancelled on 30 days notice or may be cancelled at any time on 30 days' notice from you. ' We also offer you service at the city hall at the Bonneville standard rate less 5 per cent, the same as we are furnishing to commercial accounts In Sa lem. You are now paying the Portland company the Bonneville rate plus 5 per cent. Our rate will effect an approximate 11 per cent saving. While ours is a membership organiza tion, our by-laws do not require public bodies, such as the city of Balem, to be come a member to take our service, nor Is a membership required by state laws. In asking you to take our service, we wish to remind you that we are a Balem organization of Balem citizens. When Sa lem Electric was organized Its members felt that the rates charged by the Gen eral Electric Interests and stock-holding companies, through the Portland General Electric, were too high and unfair. At that time, the current cost on the street lights that we are now asking you to let us serve was 4',a cents a kilowatt hour and today, as you can see, It is prac tically l cent a kilowatt hour. The rates ocy Statement organize itself into a band of "Salvage Commandos." You can either sell your scrap to a Junk dealer or you can give it to a charity, which in turn will sell it to a Junk dealer who performs an important ' function by sorting it, grading it, pack ing it and shipping it to the right place. We urge local charities and civic organizations to cooperate with the Local Salvage Committee and devise a plan of action and collection. We urge the scrap dealer to co operate as fast as he can in the collection and shipment of materials. We urge industrial executives to appoint Salvage Managers who have both the responsibility and authority to salvage obsolete machinery, tools and dies. We urge every farmer and every householder in America to act at once. Go over your premises with a fine tooth comb. If you have already turned in your scrap, look again you'll prob ably find more. If you do not have enough of your own to warrant someone coming after it, form a neighborhood pool, or take it yourself to the nearest collection point. If there is an old heater or boiler in your basement too heavy for you to move, get your neighbors to help you. This is a People's job. It is something you can do without interfering with other war work or personal duties. It is not enough to pile up a little stuff and expect somebody to come and get it Most of the work is being done by patriotic volunteers with inadequate fa cilities. They need your help in collecting scrap material in the largest possible amounts and in getting it to the right place.' It is a direct and personal obliga tion to all of our boys on all fronts. You may think, "My little bit" won't help, but your "little bit" multiplied thousands and millions of times can create a mountain of raw material which can actually turn the tide. The situation is serious. Your help is needed now. for Balem'B street-liihtlng intern has since been reduced some .17000. The rate at your city hall has been reduced and money returned. Baslcolly. thli i w be came of Bonneville power distribution in this area by "Salem Electric. There were two rate reductions last year within the city limits of Salem br the Portland company, saving the citi zens of this city some $100,000 a year. This second rate reduction was a spe cial experimental rate, and It Is ail ap parent and generally known that this special experimental rate In Salem was an attempt to stop our growth and our expansion and has very effectively saved the big company many customers. Most of us feel that the city should give us all possible support and encouragement and should divert a substantial omount of its electric power requirements to us. assuring the retaining of our low rates and the special rate given by the Port land company. Profits from our operations do not go to Portland or Wall Street, but stay here within the community and go into rate reductions as required by the very nature of our organization, the Bonneville Act and our 20-year power contract. Our 15 months of operations prove that eventually we can put into effect the Canby rate, which is the lowest In these United States. Wth our preference and priority status as a Bonneville Power Distributing Agty and with the government delivering difM to us at Balem's city HmltSi we con W suro you of plenty of continuous power. We are sure that most of the citizens of this city would desire you to give us that part of your lighting requirements that we are able to servo end that we have indicated herein. Very truly, SALEM, ELEOTRIO, H. B. Read, manager. Cherry Picker Injured Sunnyside Mrs. Lafe Sher wood fell while picking cherries, causing a back injury which will confine her to her bed for sev eral weeks. Mrs. Sam D. Emery returned from a trip to Salinas, Calif. Mrs. Emery has been vis iting her son for several weeks, HOW SCRAP IRON AND STEEL GO TO WAR The steel used in our war machines is made by melting together 1. Pig iron (about so) 2. Scrap generated in the steel plant in th process of steeltnaking (about 25) 3. Scrap purchased from outside Junk sources (about 25) We have plenty of iron4ore to make the pig iron needed. But our furnaces operate faster when there is plenty of scrap to mix with Uie pig iron. This so-called "scrap" which goes into the furnaces to make the steel for tanks, ships and guns is actually refined steel with most impurities removed. Some of the finest quality steels are made 100 from scrap. The iron and steel scrap which you collect is bought by the steel mills from scrap dealers at established, government-controlled prices. y Throw YOUR scrap into the fight JUNK needed for War Scrap Iron and Steel Needed for tanks, thipt, cunt a machine and arma of war. Other Metale Rubber Rage Manila Rope Burlap Bags Needed to make bombs, fuses, binoculars, planes, tires for jeeps, gas masks, barrage balloons, parachute flares, sandbags. HOW TO TURN IT IN Sell to a Junk dealer . . . Ghre to charity . . Take It yourself t nstritt collection paint . at consult your Local Salvor Committer!- Phone: 4943, 3773, 9192 It you llvo on a farm, phone or writs your County War Board or consult your farm Implement dealer. rMSTf tm After they haw nn CANS Wan reef only In served maximum cooking use areae close fo tfefmnintf Strain into large tin can and plants, as announced locally, sell toyour meat dealer afteryou rMSTE PAPER Needed only as have collected a pound or more, announced by local committee. 4
