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Thursday January 21, 1943 The Capitnl Journal, Salem; Oregon Eleven Locals Tuesday max. 38, min. 21. Ri- Iver today S.9 ft. Thu state hiehwav commission announced today it has discon tinued its daily reports of con Hiiinns nf state hiehwavs. The commission said it did so in re sponse to a request by military authorities, who said reports of olnscH mads eive vital military information to the enemy, and because the service no longer Is necessary because of reduction in travel. For Home Loans see Salem Federal, 130 South Liberty. The December report of the slate health officer In connec tion with venereal disease shows that there were 106 instances of syphilis among the male popu lation of the state and 27 fe male cases. Ninety-three cases of gonorrhea among the men and 13 among the women were re ported. Lutz Florist, 1276 N. Liberty. West Salem water, which beT came unsafe for drinking with out having been boiled as a re sult of the recent high water, is reported in a satisfactory con dition. The water commission is continuing to treat the water as a precautionary measure. Old-time revival, 7:30 nightly, Pilgrim Chapel, 975 Market Welcome. 23 Myron C. Pogue of 2217 Lee street, was elected to the order of elder in the Methodist church recently at the Boston university school of theology. Bishop G Bromley Oxnam, head- of the New England conference, presid ed over the ceremony. Elder Pogue was graduated from Wil lamette university with the class of 1941. He is a senior at the school of theology. Want beauty operator. P. 7411 I 19- Circuit Judges George Dun can and E. M. Page will be guests of honor at a dinner to be given Saturday evening at the Chin ese Tea Gardens by county of ficeholders for employes. Plans for the dinner are along lines similar to the one that Sheriff Burk has held annually for his employes, and, .i,nJ,-addition,.to. .the, sheriff, hosts at - Saturday eve ning's dinner will be Assessor R. "Tad" Shelton, Clerk Lee Ohmart, Recorder Herman Lan- ke, Treasurer S. J. Butler, Judge Grant Murphy, Commissioner Ralph Girod, Circuit Judge E. M, Page, District Attorney Miller B, Hayden' and School Superinten dent Agnes Booth. - Wanted, capable timekeeper and stenographer, opportunity to travel. Call 4047. 18 The Kingwood Auxiliary of the American Legion will not hold its meeting tonight sche duled at the West Salem hall Jay Allen, former European and war correspondent who was a prisoner, of the nazis in occupied France and who also' spoke here of his- experiences under the auspices of the Capi tal Journal, is now in North Africa. Allen is on special at tached duty with the military and in government service. His wife-is the former Ruth Austin of Woodburn, society editor of the Capital Journal for several years. . Disabled Am. Veterans 4c aux iliary. Benefit dance, Moose hall Jan. 23 9 p.m. Rowland's orch . . 19 A meeting of the Salem Geo logical society, scheduled for to night, has been postponed. Date of the next meeting will be an nounced later. Miss Evelyn St. Michel, a spe cial representative of the U.S. civil service commission, will h at the Salem postoffice from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, January 22 for 'the purpose of arranging lor1 an examination for stenog raphers and typists. The com mission reports that there is a strong demand for stenographers ana typists In Washington, D.C The stamp and bond sale held by the Fraternal Order of Eag les Tuesday night in the Eagles all proved highly successful. Due to b?d weather the crowd was not as large as' anticipated but when the final tabulation was made it was found that $3,043.50 worth of bonds had been sold. Entertainment was furnished by a talented group of musicians from army stationed at the fairgrounds. Private George Franklin, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. a Pro, 1915 Maple avenue, Salem, "and Salem high school graduate, has been transferred from duly at San Diego to the naval air station at Oakland, California, the marine corps reported today. Private Franklin Is an expert metal smith, and after complet ing his recruit training at San Diego last September, was at tached to air engineering squad rons for duty. He is now as signed to duty with the metal working section at the air station. Remember we have plenty of 4-buckle Arties, at the Baby Ele phant, 260 N, High. 19 The Salem junior chamber of commerce will announce the identity of its "first citizen" dur ing a banquet to be held Thurs day evening at the Golden Pheasant. This is the fourth time the junior chamber has'honored one of its members. James Pal mer, assistant secretary of Port land Central YMCA is to be the guest speaker for tonight's pro gram while Lawrence N. Brown, city attorney, will preside as toastmaster. Charles A. Sprague will make the award of the key emblematic of the honor. Rummage sale Sat. Nelson bdg. . 19 Forrest Melvin McCoy, charg ed with burglary not in a dwell ing, was left at the county jail by the state police late Wednes day afternoon. Club Offered Navy Movies Central Howell A program of moving pictures was present ed at the last meeting of the Community club by Robert Fal lon and Mr. Anderson of the U. S. Navy Recruiting office in Salem. Mr. Fallon gave a short talk prior to the showing of the pictures. Both men were in troduced by Frank E. Way, who had also been a member of the navy some years ago. Walter Haverson presided during the business session and he was assisted by Miss Shirley Kaufman, Mrs. Frank Way re ported on the furnishing of the Day room at Camp Adair and stated that several members planned to make the trip to the camp this week to finish the -room., , ., . it - , , . The next meeting w.ill feature a program contest, between the men and the women, with Mrs. Simmons and Mrs. Ernest .Roth in charge of the women, and Henry Roth and Dan Steffen in charge of the men. Miss Joyce Steffen. and Miss Erma Kuenzi will be In charge of refresh ments. A social hour was enjoyed and refreshments were served in the basement by Mrs. Bert Bye and Mrs. Raymond Werner, . Officers Elected For Sunday School Labish Center The Kum-Join-Us Sunday school class held tis January meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wein man. The newly elected officers were in charge of the meeting, Henry Harris is the new presi dent; Willard Aker, vice presi dent, and Mrs. Reuben Bochm, secretary-treasurer. Out-going bfficers were Knowles Tontz, Joe Burr and Phyllis Aker. President Harris appointed Miss Constance Weinman and Mrs. Clyde Leedy as members of the flower committee for the coming year. ' Several .tables of games were in play throughout the evening, with high score prizes awarded to Mrs. Noble Ragland and Knowles Tonlz and low awards to Mrs. Harry Boehm and Frank Weinman, Cablegram Received From Ceryl Lyons Lyons Mrs. R. P. Lyons re ceived a cablegram from her son, Ceryl, stationed in North Africa. The cablegram read as follows: "Have arrived safely in North Africa. Christmas greet ings and a Happy New Year to you." Signed, Ceryl Lyons. Ce ryl is still doing office work and stated in one of his letters that he and Kieth Taylor, another Lyons boy, who enlisted at the same time, were again separated after meeting in Africa. Funeral services for the late Robert J. Hendricks, editor- emeritus of the Oregon States man, were held at the Clough- Barrick chapel at 10:30 a.m. to day. Because of weather condi tions the committal service was postponed and will be held pri vately later at the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Bishop Bruce R. Bax ter of the Methodist church de livered the eulogy. Two solos', "Crossing the Bar" and "Old Rugged Cross," were sung by Ronald Craven. Word was received at the county engineer's office Wed nesday that a county truck, at tached to a snow plough, had become stuck on the North San tiam highway, although whether from snow or some other cause was not ascertained However, information was that the state equipment is also fighting snow on the highway but what depth the snow had attained was not learned. FDR Gratified By Strike End Washington, Jan. 21 Wl The White House said today that President Roosevelt, learning of the general resumption of work in the anthracite mines, was gratified at the response of his appeal to 'the miners to end their strike, "and is confident that the comparatively few who have not returned to work will" join their associates in the mines." The following statement was issued by White House Secretary Stephen Early: "The president, knowing the coal miners as he does, felt con fident when he issued his ap peal on Tuesday that they would respond to the appeal and abide by the national no-strike policy for the duration of the war. He is glad to learn that of the 15, 000 miners who were on strike at one time all but about 2,000 have returned and some of those are makipg plans 'to return. The president is gratified at the res ponse to his appeal and is confi dent that the comparatively few who have not returned to work will join their associates in the mines." Clackamas Rural Schools Closed Oregon City, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.P.) Two rural schools closed and today five others were on the verge of closing in Clackamas county due to the shortage of teachers for the lower-paid country school jobs, County School Superintendent Edwin A. Woodworth announced. : , Doubling up of schools and using but one teacher for two room schools has temporarily solved the problem, but this has resulted in , overcrowding the pupils and overworking the in structors, Woodworth said. Many, rural schools will be closed ,for the .duration, Wood worth predicted, unless the sit uation is relieved by next fall, Court Circuit Court Judge Duncan has . denied some motions and allowed others In the case of Moullett vs. Hompcrt, 10 days arc allowed to further plead. Certificate of redemption on 25 acres of land has been issued to Carvel E. Gibson for $163.26. Complaint by Jerome B. Hansen vs. Ruth W. Hansen seeking an nulment of a marriage ceremony, alleges-that, when the couple first met she was on parole from a state hospital in California and alleges further she concealed her mental condition from the plaintiff. Later, he states, she -was committed to the state hospital here. James Dee Bennett, appearing be fore Judge Page Wednesday on a charge of larceny of an automobile, pleaded not guilty and his trial was set for March 8 at 10 o'clock. The judge assured Ralph Skopll, attor ney for the defendant, If anything transpired to permit rearrangement oi tne docket the trial would be had at an earlier date if desired. Rich ard Parseglan, Vernon Melvin George, who said his true name Is Varlon Melvin George, and Ralph LeRoy Warren, all under Indictment on morals charges, were arraigned and given until 1 p.m. Thursday to enter their pleas. The grand Jury, which was sche duled to meet at 10 o'clock Thurs day morning, was postponed bv Dis trict Attorney. Hayden on advices Irom one or two of the jurors they would be late to report due to wea ther conditions. Order in the case of Mrs. L. E. Shepherd vs. Earl Hatfield directs the county treasurer to pay 1222.95 to attorney for plaintiff, Trial of the $1240 damage action of Ivor P. Morgan vs., Edward J. Kelley started before Judge Page and a Jury Thursday morning. The trial is outgrowth of an accident at Brooks and Highland avenues Janu ary 17, 1642, when plaintiff, who was crossing Brooks avenue on foot, was struck by defendant's car. Plaintiff alleges damage to his ears which he states has Impaired his hearing, as well as scalp, shoulder, leg and other Injur!?. He states at the time of the accident he was a horse trainer capable of earning $200 a months and asks $1000 general and $240.40 in special damages. The defendant In his answer alleges ne gligence of the plaintiff as the prox imate cause of the accident. The Jury In the case of George W.Atkins vs. - industrial accident commission reporting Wednesday afternoon returned a verdict in fa vor of the plaintiff for an award of permanent partial disability equal to 39 per cent of the loss of the function of one leg. The plaintiff was injured . while employed as a gardener at the att tuberculosis Seattle Stores ! Remain Closed By Snowstorm Seattle, Jan. 21 Wl-Seattle's war industries struggled against one of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years yesterday and last night but managed to operate partially. Edward Lavondovski, 43, a shipyard guard, was electrocut ed when he contacted a live wire on a street. . Seattle stores closed in mid afternoon and schools remained idle today. Some shipyards said last night they might suspend operations today due largely to crippled bus service. The Boeing Aircraft company's plant No. 1, a small unit, closed last night because of a power shortage. Hotels were jammed beyond capacity as companies hired blocks of rooms to house em ployes unable to reach their homes. Wave of Panic Hits Hungary London, Jan. 21 (U.H Turkish dispatches said today a wave of panic had swept Hungary as the result of official revelations of frightful Hungarian losses on the Russian front, and the cancella lion of army leaves which was apparently taken as warning that more thousands were to be sacrificed. , Reports had reached London yesterday that six of nine Hun garian divisions had been smash ed. Today, according to the Tur kish advices, three of the divi sions were named the third from Budapest,' the sixth from Komarom and the seventh from Sopron. Turkey received reports that Hungarian soldiers were surren dering wholesale "in face of su perior Russian forces from Si beria with excellent equipment.' The Rumanian army, largest of the satellite forces, had been broken and recent Russian com muniques had, told of Italians surrendering, with their offic ers, in groups of up to 5000. Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school superintendent, will ad dress the Salem Realty board during their luncheon at the Marion Friday noon. News hospital, was granted an award by trie commission, but alleged an ag gravated condition of his leg' and knee after the award was granted. relief. 1 Order renewing Judgment for 10 years has been filed in the case of Ernest F. Henker vs. Jeanette B, Fischer and Georgia Booth. Probate Court Order In the guardianship estate ot Mary Engl authorises sale of cer tain real property in Mt. Angel at private sale, the order being grant ed on motion of P. E. Sylvester, at torney for the guardian, Edward R. Watson has been nam ed guardian of his brother, Edward R. Watson. Annual report of Frank V. Prime as guardian of Albert G. Graefe shows receipts ot $368.77 and dis bursements of $50. Guardian's fee of $35 and attorney's fee of $15 are allowed. Final account of E. W. Harland as administrator of the estate of Frank L. Webster shows balance of $227.34. The administrator also has filed a report on sale of certain per sonal property and final hearing on the estate is set for February 23. Final account on the estate of Jennie F. Lucas by Samuel F. Lucas, administrator, shows receipts ot $277.31. Final hearing set for Feb. 23. Inventory by William Ray, R. B. Mcciay and r. A. Kites values the estate at $1000. Justice Court Leland L. Parker entered a Dlea of guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle without an up-to-date license. The case was continued until Saturday for sentence. Parker was operating a car with a 1042 California license plats attached. William Schafer parking on the highway, $1 and costs. Fine suspend ed and costs paid. Marriage Licenses Dallas Elwyn Merle Robinson, 24, and Lucille Alberta Kliever, 10, both of Dallas. Albany August J. Skies, 21. 8t. Louis, Mo., and Rose Marie Pout gay, 20, East St. Louis, III.; Arthur F. Mays, 26, East Detroit. Mich., and Marian O. Newcomb, Mt. Glemens, Mich.; Wilbert J. Armstutz, 27, New Athens, III., and Edith A. Bynum, 18, Albany. LouLs Robert Kelle. 20, logger, and Betty Ann Kerry, 18, both route 1, Lyons, Albany Charles W. Steeprow, 24, soldier from Alsea, and Ruth E. Kltching, 23, Albany; Arthur L. Loop, 26, soldier. Tulsa, Okla, and Irene V. Stark,' 25, Tulsa. Private William G. Tower, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Tow er, 360 East Miller street, was enrolled last week in the Kees ler Field, Miss., airplane me chanics school, a unit of the army air -forces technical train ing command. Private Tower, who has completed his basic training, will undergo 16 weeks of instruction on B-24 "Libera tor" bombers. Hayes Talks on Civil Defense "The farther away the bomb ing, the less the interest in civil ian defense," asserted Jack Hay es, state director of civilian pro tection, as he discussed the prob lems of the organization for the benefit of the Salem Lions club Thursday noon. The average cit izen has a difficult time in keep ing up interest in the training Drofram nf the various hranrhA. of civilian defense, the speaker 1 said. This is particularly true when no incidents of any char acter occur within a space of considerable time. One remedy suggested by the speaker for the lag in interest is that of conduct ing actual field exercises. Regardless of whether the pro gram of civilian defense will be needed during ihe . war, Hayes expressed the opinion that many phases of the work will be of lasting benefit in times of peace. First aid, fire protection and res cue work will all be needed after the world settles down to nor mal, he said. The picture in Salem was made considerably stronger through the appointment of a ci-'ilian de fense committee, headed by Al derman Tom Armstrong, Evans asserted. Motion pictures showing me thods of rescue work following bombings were shown during to day's program. Theodore Penland Injured in Crash Portland, Jan. 21 (P) A party observing the 98th birthday, of Theodore A. Penland, depart ment commander of the G.A.R., will be, held as scheduled in the courthouse tonight butvilhout the honor guest. . Penland is in Veterans' hos pital with chest and hip injuries suffered early today when an au tomobile in which he was riding was in a traffic mishap south oi uregon City. He was returning for the par ly from Salem where he at tended a- session of the legisla ture. Find Injured Girl In School Ruins London, Jan. 21 W) -A rescue worker this afternoon climbed to the top floor of the shaky re mains of the London school smashed in' yesterday's' noon time German bombing raid. There he found three children about five years old. Two were dead. The third, a girl with an injured arm, was sitting on the floor more than 24 hours after the bombing. "It's all right; I can walk," she said and, scrambling down to the ground, ran straight into a waiting crowd and found her mother. Free French Forces Confacf with Giraudrs London, Jan. 21 tP) A Reu ters dispatch quoting a com munique from Brig.Gen. Jacques Leclerc's headquarters indicated today that the Fighting French troops had made contact in Tri politania with forces under Gen. Henri Giraud's command from Tunisia. Rickreo.ll Grange Sponsoring Cards Rickreall Four tables of "500" were in nlav at the card parly in the Grange hall last week. These parties are spon sored each month by the enter tainment committee of the local grange. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. John Rlney, Mrs. Clark Irving and George VanSanten. Mrs. Van Santen served in the place of her husband, who was In Bend. Receiving high scores were Mrs. Frank Williams and Mrs. D. W. Shelton, while low went to Mrs. Arthur Beaver and Sgl. Frank Williams. These four players will have charge of ar rangements for the February party. Peanut Kills Child Portland, Jan. 21 m Ann Botlger, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boltger, Philomath, died In a Portland hospital last night from a lung ailment caused by a peanut she Inhaled in 1941. The funeral will be held at Corvallls. Long Distance Rates Cut on Long Calls Washington, Jan. 21 W- Long distance telephone users who require more than three minutes to complete a call will save about $22,800,000 a year, the federal communications commission commission csti mates, through new rate reduc tions. ' The FCC announced last night that the American Telephone and Telegraph company agreed to cut its overtime rales by mak ing the charge for each addition al minute one fourth of ihe charge for the first three min utes instead of a third as at pres ent. The charge for the first three minijtes remains the same. Total reductions in long line revenues were estimated at $50,- 7??'?"a y,eaf' tin nnn nnn 11. Prcsumably $16,000,000 of this amount win represent the larger share of revenue of the long lines depart ment which will be turned over to companies in the Bell System. Another . $11,900,000 was ex pected to be cut from the gov ernment's bill for private tele phone and -telegraph lines leas ed from the A.T. & T. The new rates become effec tive Feb. 15 for the long lines and March 1 for the associated companies. The reduction in private line telephone and tele graph and program rates be come effective Feb. 1 on the long lines and March 2 for the asso ciated companies, interstate ser vice. "All persons or organizations using leased private lines, in cluding newspapers and broad casting stations,'' the commis sion added, "benefit substan tially from the reductions which are equivalent to approximately 25 per cent in private telephone lines and 35 per cent in private telegraph lines. , . (Questioned about the effect of the agreement in specific cases such as costs to news asso ciations, FCC experts were un able to give complete answers at this time. It was indicale'd, however, that there' would be no reductions in some charges which now constitute a substan tial part of lease wire costs.) Albany Schools Close Albany, Jan. 21 (P) Albany schools closed today when., a power failure chilled furnaces. About 100 workers were unable to reach their jobs because of snow conditions. .. If; ?' 111-! I '"fX L 111 V t IIP f5?; THE CAPITAL JOURNAL: I enclose 60c. Please send a subscription to: Kank and Name Address at Camp Stale ; Continuation of Cold Wave from page 1 zona and Southern California. Citrus fruit crops were saved in those areas for the most part by the use ot burning smudge pots and bales of straw in the orchards. Rising temperatures prevail ed, particularly in the Ohio val ley, southern great plains, Mis sissippi valley and Rocky moun tain region. Fixes Date of Girl's Operation Los Angeles, Jan. 21 W) Rrnnptip. dnmure anoearinff Petf- . ,, , . . 4,: gy La Rue Satlerlce, who testi- fied yesterday she underwent an operation which the state stipu lated was an abortion, today lixed the date as last July or Au gust almost a year after she charges Errol Flynn with inti macies aboard his yacht. Deputy Prosecutor Cochran asked her when "that illness you spoke about yesterday" took place. It was Cochran, inciden tally, who earlier stipulated to use the term abortion. Miss Sattcriee set the date but, as Cochran went on to call at tention to the time which had elapsed between the yacht trip and the operation, Defense At torney Jerry Gieslcr voiced ob jection to the entire line of ques tioning. Superior Judge Leslie E. Still ruled, however, that the dale itself might remain on the record. A police investigation of Miss Satlerlee's disclosure was, mean while, in the offing. Fire Destroys Brownsville Building Brownsville, Jan. 21 (P) Fire destroyed a landmark building here yesterday and forced three youngsters to floe in their night gowns. The structure, built in early days by the late J. M. Meyer, had been used as a sawmill and undertaker's parlor as well as a residence. The blaze started after Mrs. Zelda Kramer had left for work. Dorothy Kramer, 14, smclled smoke and found the lower rooms in flames. She escaped with her brother, Basil, 10, and a sister, Marjorie, 12. Heavy Snowfall Mantles Salem And Vicinity (Continued from page 1) The Pacific Greyhound buses were operating under slightly delayed schedule today through . Oregon but not into California due to conditions in the Siski yous. Ashland is the southern terminal at present. Street Buses Tardy Equipment of the Oregon Mo tor Stages, used for city bus service, was handicapped during the early morning runs, being behind schedule and requiring the aid of passengers in several instances to get them moving again. Little difficulty was en- countered once they got to the . I main streels. Southern Pacific trains are operating as usual. "As usual" however, means lhat passenger trains are quite a bit behind schedule. . The utility took time by the forelock and sent a snow plow over their lines when it was evident that snowfall was to be considerable. Elsewhere in the State Two huge freight trucks, wedged side by side with the drivers missing, blocked all traf fic over the Willamette highway today and added to the woes of the stale highway department which was battling snow clos ures in many part of the stale. R. H. Baldock, chief engineer for the highway department, said the Willamette would be opened as soon as tractors could be brought up to dislodge the trucks. The Willamette high way had been closed at the sum mit by heavy snow yesterday, he said, but had been reopened by plows which cut through 10 feet of snow. Baldock issued the following report on other roads, empha sizing the need for motorists traveling any highway to use chains. Santiam highway North Santiam blocked from Gates to junction with South Santiam. Willamette One-way traffic In places due to snow slides. Pacific highway Closed by snow at Siskiyou summit; may be reopened this afternoon; clos ed by high water between Ash land and Tolo, Columbia highway No travel advised; snow drifting, Wapanitia highway Traffic restricted but not closed. Grcensprings highway Traf fic restricted but open. Send the Latest Salem NEWS to Your SOLDIER Do you write to your soldier? Of course you do! But you can't write every day. Here is something you can do, though. Send him a subscription to the Capital Journal . . . that's the best way to keep him in touch with home. It's a lit tle thing to do, but think what it will mean to him J Act NOW! Only . - 60 per month for those in service The Capital Journal j j .1
