Friday, August 7, 1942
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
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As Reporter
Seattle, Aug. 7 U.R Palmer
Hoyt, publisher of the Portland
Oregonian, said last night in a
nation-wide radio address that
he wouldn't hire the government
as a reporter "because it does a
bad job of reporting the biggest
story in history.
Speaking on the "town meet
ing of the air"- program, Hoyt
said:
"As an editor I wouldn't hire
the government as a reporter
because it does a bad job of re
porting the biggest story in his
tory to the people through the
pages of the American Press,
i. and I wouldn't hire the govern
F'frient as a news service because
its stories are too often unre
liable and incomplete.
"The government has repeat
edly failed to report unfavorable
war news. Often the first word
of disaster has come from enemy
broadcasts which in turn have
helped to authenticate poten
tially dangerous propaganda
and more important it has re
flected directly on the reliability
of our own government's re
ports." He pointed at Jap landings on
the Aleutians as an example of
the "strangest handling of any
major incident of the present
war."
"Certainly," Hoyt said, "the
method of reporting the occupa
tion of the Aleutian Islands ill
conditioned the minds . of the
American public for the serious
potentialities such as an occupa
tion might hold."
Gardner Cowles, Jr., pub
lisher of the Des Moines, la.,
Register and Tribune,' newly-
appointed assistant director for
domestic operations of the office
of war information, supported
the government side of the de
bate in an answering address
from Washington.
Tire Dealers to
Rush Inventories
All dealers holding new auto
mobile tires and tubes were
urged today by Richard G.
Montgomery, state OPA direc
tor to rush their inventories
which were called for 'by "the
government July 1.
The inventories werento haveJ
peen completed by July 15, but
p he time was extended to Aug'.
1. In this area dealers have
been dilatory and the prepond
erant number of them have not
reported.
The national inventory of
tires and tubes is being taken
as a part of the survey to learn
how much of a stock pile of
rubber is on hand and will have
a direct bearing on future quotas
of tires and tubes released for
sale. .
Dealers are directed to report
their inventories to their local
war price and rationing boards
include tire dealers, new and
used car dealers, finance com
panies holding repossessed auto
mobiles, and all others who have
for-sale tires in their possession,
either in stock or on automo
biles, Montgomery said.
Seaside Legion
irst Over Top
) Portland. Ore.. Aus. 7 (U.I!)
The first American Legion group
to go over the top in the phono
graph record drive is Seaside
Post No. 99, Willis K. Clark,
drive chairman, announced
Thursday.
The Seaside organization col
lected 3325 old records, Clark
said.
Silverton Through the
Homeseekers' Agency this week,
'the sale of the North Side addi
tion home of Sarah M. Hall and
Mary L. Whitlock was made to
the Charles Harbeck family.
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East Salem Club
Women Hold Picnic
East Salem, Aug. 7. The annual family picnic of Swegle
Woman's club was held on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. William Hen
sel on East Turner road, Tuesday night. A campfire with a wiener
roast were the preliminaries for
the evening meal and social
evening.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs.
John Marshall, Mrs. Otis Dawes,
David Carson, Mrs. L. Q. Bulla,
Mr. and Mrs. Dillon Jones and
Marie Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Becker and Ann, Joan
Lake, Mrs. W. F. Starr, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Knuthe, Robert and
Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Gran
vel Sheets, James and Mildren,
Mr. and Mrs. Menno Dalke,
Junior Drum Corps
Needs Drill Chief
' Albany Members of the Al
bany junior drum corps com
mittee announced Thursday that
;Capain Alexander Watson, now
stationed at Camp Adair, lias
signified to the committee his
willingness to attend the drill
session Friday and acquaint him
self with the local situation,
looking toward possible accept
ance of appointment as drill
master under arrangements
made through Col. Robert L.
Lewis, his commanding officer.
The drum corps has lost two
drillmasters to the war. The war
first took P. J. Sheehan, retired
master sergeant, who had pilot
ed the corps to a state title and
last year to second place in
three years of service. He was
succeeded by Melvin Dugan.
whose service ended recently,
with his re-entrance into the
army.
Coast Trip Enjoyed
Central Howell Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Johnson took their
guests, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Car
rie Baum, Mrs. Englebretson
and small son Gervin on a short
trip to the coast, going as far
south as Depoe Bay. This was
Mrs. Englebretson's first trip to
the coast; her home is in Min
neapolis, while Mrs. Baum is
from Wisconsin. The visitors
left Salem last week-end for a
visit with relatives in Washing
ton and will then return to their
homes.
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Gladys and Richard, Mr. and
Mrs. William Hartley, Mrs.
Charles Bottorff, Mr. and Mrs.
Hensell, Fred, Robert and
James.'
Guests arriving Tuesday night
for a visit m the William Hen-
sell home from Los Angeles
were: Mrs. Clarinda Campbell
and daughter, Bettyruth, Mrs.
Campbell Is the sister of Mrs.
Hensel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Schmidt,
two daughters and son are mov
ing this week from their acre
age, on Lansing avenue, to a
home on North 24th in Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt have two
sons in the navy, one at Pearl
Harbor and one still in train
ing at San Diego.
Lansing avenue is one short
street in East Salem district that
has 11 boys in the army and
navy.
Combines Replace
Stationary Outfits
Zena, Aug. 7 Combines are
becoming a rule instead of an
exception in this, the northeast
ern section of Polk county this
season.
In former years when harvest
hands were not at a premium the
hum of the thresher was to be
heard from daybreak until dark
during the harvest season. Now
that so many of the young men
of the valley are in the armed
forces the combine is used in
this locality because of its re
quiring a smaller crew.
Those of this section now op
erating 12 combines are Ralph
C. Shepard, Fred Muller, Clar
ence and Ivan Merrick, Owen
Williams, Ben McKinney and
Carl Alderman, the three Martin
brothers, W. R. Edward, Ernest
Solle, Frank Windsor, Nels Yen-
ckel and R. L. Buell.
Farmer Union Meets
Central Howell The Central
Howell local of the Farmers'
union will meet at the school
house Monday evening, August
10, for their regular meeting.
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Oregon Leads
In Increase
Of Employment
Oregon lead the nation in in-
crease of employment in the first
six months of 1942, and also had
the lowest increase in injuries in
industrial accidents, according to
a report of Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins, released
through the office of war infor
mation.
Oregon's increase in employ
ment in that period was 40.3
per cent, but at the same time
the increase in injuries in indus
trial accidents was only 1.7 per
cent.
"For the first time since the
beginning of the defense pro
gram early in 1940," Mrs. Per
kins said, "the increase in acci
dents has been less than the in
crease in employment as shown
by the preliminary report of in
dustrial injuries including fatal
accidents from 19 important in
dustrial states. While the acci
dents reported were 17 per cent
higher for the first six months of
1942 than in a comparable period
last year, employment in these
19 states increased 25 per cent,
indicating a significant reduction
in the number of accidents per
1,000,000 hours worked."
Washington had a 39.5 per
cent increase in employment but
also had a 28.8 increase in in
juries. '
Tires are Authorized
Silverton Successful in their
applications for tires through
the local rationing board of ci
vilian defense the past week
were: C. W. Cross, two recaps
and two tubes; Joe Bittner, Mt.
Angel, one passenger re-cap; Al
fred Schiedler, three re-caps;
Volna J. White, two re-caps, and
one truck tube to the PGE com
pany. Vacation Visitors
Bethel Mr. and Mrs. S. Ham
rick have returned from a .two
weeks holiday spent at Wilhoit
Springs. Mrs. John Hain is at
Klamath Falls where she is
spending her holidays in visit
ing relatives and friends.
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Ex-Leaguer
Slain by Blonde
In Hotel Room
Chicago, Aug. 7 W) Gordon
McNaughton, 32, a former big
league baseball pitcher, was
slain Thursday, Sergeant Eu
gene McNally said, by an at
tractive blonde girl who found
him in a hotel room with an
other woman, ,
The sergeant said the slayer
was Mrs. Eleanor Williams, 25,
formerly a cabaret entertainer
and now a dice girl in a road
side tavern. Police questioned
Mrs. Dorothy Moose, 27, in whose
hotel room the shooting occur
red. Sergeant McNally said Mrs.
Moose told him she had left
her husband, a wealthy race
horse owner, three or four weeks
ago for McNaughton. Mrs. Wil
liams told him she, too, had left
her husband and child four years
ago on McNaughton's promise
to marry her.
Sergeant McNally said Mrs.
Moose said Mrs. Williams came
to her hotel room and accused
McNaughton of "double-crossing"
her and called him a "two
timer and no good."
Mrs. Williams had a pistol in
her hand, Mrs. Moose said, and
they talked for nearly half an
hour; before Mrs. Williams fir
ed two shots.
Mrs. Williams waited in the
room and in the corridor for
police to arrive after the shoot
ing and surrendered quietly to
Sergeant James Fanning, who
said she told him, "I'm glad I
shot him."
Records at Comiskey . park
showed McNaughton had had a
trial as pitcher with the Chicago
White Sox in 1931 after two
years' of minor league ball. In
1933 he was a pitcher for the
Boston Red Sox.
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West Salem-Legion
Women Hear Reports
West Salem, Aug. 7 The auxiliary of the Kingwood post of
the American Legion met last evening at the Legion home for the
purpose of hearing reports of the state convention held recently
in Portland. Reports were given
by Mrs. E. J. Dietz and Mrs.
Earl Mobley, convention dele
gates and dealt principally with
the year's activities as outlined
at the convention.
The welfare committee report
ed two quilts, dishes and some
cooking utensils given to the
Mintcr family in the Orchard
Heights district, who recently
lost their home by fire.
Results of the drive to collect
phonograph records was report
ed as quite successful but a com
plete estimate of the number of
Jury
Carl Proehl
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 7 (U.R)
Carl H. Proehl, 44, was under
indictment for first degree mur
der today, charged with killing
his wife, Marie, 35, the former
Mrs. William Kinney of Bend,
Oregon, 1
Proehl will be arraigned when
he can leave the hospital where
he is recovering from wounds
received in a battle with police
while resisting arrest.
Proehl, who inherited $43,000
when located as a "missing heir"
through a radio program in 1939,
resisted arrest and exchanged
shots with patrolmen who were
investigating the slaying last
July 27.
Mrs. Proehl had sued for di
vorce, charging he spent most
of his inheritance on liquor and
other women.
She formerly was married to
William Kinney, bus company
operator in Bend, Ore.
records collected is not yet avail
able.
Market Reopens Saturday
Preparations are completed
for the reopening Saturday
morning of the Busick King
wood market under the manage
ment of Pete Peterson. Peterson
takes over the market on a per
centage basis and will offer his
customers the same courteous
service as has been his policy in
the past. Plans include the car
rying of a full line of staple mer
chandise, vegetables and meats
at prices conforming with the
Salem stores and the continuing
of other established services for
the convenience of the public.
The Petersons plans to re-establish
their home in West Salem
as soon as they are able to make
the necessary arrangements.
Councilman Arnold Meyers
and Chief of Police F. E. Neely
are in Portland today, attending
the meeting of law enforcement
officers called by Mayor Earl
Riley for the purpose of obtain
ing instructions relative to the
enforcement of the dimout regu
lations. Herbert and Irene Dalke are
vacationing at this time in Los
Angeles and at other southern
California points.
Mrs. Kaspar Neiger is conval
escing at the country home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non. Mrs. Neiger recently un
derwent a major operation at
the Salem General hospital.
Frank Lightfoot has returned
after spending several days at
the coast.
Mrs. Charles Unruh has re
turned to her home after spend
ing several weeks with Capt, Un
ruh at Fort Stevens.
Goring by Bull
Fatal to Farmer
Longviow, Aug. 7 W) Ernest
Anderson, 46, who came hero
four years ago from La Center,
died in a local hospital. last night
of injuries suffered when he was
attacked by a young bull at his
farm home near here. Hospital
attendants said they were in
formed Anderson was putting
his cattle into the barn when
the attack occurred. Survivors
include the widow, the mother,
Mrs. Anna Anderson of La Cen
ter, and several brothers and
sisters.
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