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Albany College
Deal Complete
Albany. April 21 The feder-
-al government's bureau o the
budget released $40U,uuu lor tne
purchase ot Albany college
property here for its conversion
to the purpose of developing
the electro-development labora
tory on the old Albany college
campus here and the last wor
ries of the Albany Chamber of
Commerce officials and others
have been allayed, it was an
nounced by Carl Curlee, cham
ber secretary. Curlce received
telegrams from Senators Charles
L. McNary and Hufus C. Hol
man and Congressman Harris
Ellsworth stating the money had
been released.
The wires did not stale whe
ther this was in addition to the
$40,000 which was not impound
ed. If it is, then the bureau of
mines has $460,000 with which
to work, leaving but $40,000 of
the original appropriation still
in the hands of the budget bu
reau. Senator McNary's wire stales:
"Following several conferences
with the bureau of the budget,
they have released .$400,000 for
the laboratory. Of course, you
know that an architect is now
on the ground. When the neces
sary legal problems are solved
the project will be under way
full swing.'"
There.was some apprehension
here Sunday when Rudolph Hal
ley, assistant investigator of
the Truman committee, arrived
to examine the property to de
termine whether the bureau of
mines had made a good deal.
He interviewed Lewis and Clark
college trustees in Portland Sat
urday, inquiring as to the finan
cial status of the college and
then came to Albany Sunday
where he met Edward Sox, local
attorney for the college. They
visited the college property
where Henry Powell Hopkins,
architect for the bureau of
mines, and A. H. Bragonje, su
perintendent of buildings of the
bureau's Salt Lake City labora
tory, were at wo-k. Mr. Halley
received assurance that the Al
bany college properly was the
best buy in the entire United
Stales and expressed the desire
that work be rushed because
the laboratory is for the war ef
fort and speed is essential.
In the meantime Mr. Hopkins
and Mr. Bragonje are proceed
ing with the measurement and
drawing plans of all buildings
on the campus and will be here
the rest of the week In that
work. Mr. Hopkins, prominent
Baltimore architect, has ex
pressed his satisfaction over the
character and quality of the
buildings on the college campus.
Scouts to Aid
Memorial Day
The Boy Scouts of America,
under direction of E. L. Curtis,
regional director, and G. H. Ob
erlcuffcr, scout executive for the
Portland area, has volunteered
to take over the assignment ot
holding special services on
Memorial day at the graves of
men and women who made his
tory for Oregon in its formative
days. In conformity with their
method ot education, "learn by
doing," the Boy Scouts will gel
a liberal education in history by
honoring those who made his
tory. This will bo their contri
bution toward the commemora
tion of the Old Oregon Trail
centennial.
The graves of the men who
participated in the formation of
the provisional government at
Champoeg are scatlcrcd all over
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
The bodies of several early pio
neers lie in Lone Fir cemetery,
Portland, Including Governor
George Abernethy, first provi
sional governor; Joseph Gale,
who built the "Star of Ore
Ron" and sailed It to San Fran
cisco, is buried In the cemetery
at Richland, Oregon. The fam
ous Joe Meek was laid In rest
near Hillsbnro. In Mission
cemetery at Salem and the old
churchyard at St. Paul repose
the bodies of early missionaries
and olhrrs who made history
for America. Jesse Applegale.
captain o( the famous Cow
Column of (he historic migra
tion of 1 B 4 H , was buried on his
farm near Yoncalla.
The Old Oregon Trail cen
tennial commission Is endeavor
ing to locate all the ancient
graves and will welcome any In
formation regarding them.
jDrnstic Theatre,
jjBill Introduced
J Jeflnrson Clly, Mo April 21
JW No Missouri theatre could
?,hovv a film In which appeared
Jjany actor or actress who hod
tbeen divorced In actual life, or
"any film portraying a divorce if
kthe legislature passed a bill In
troduced Monday. Rep. Paul
irurncr, an author of the bill,
JJiald it "would protect the inor
ills of our young folks and save
Snany broken homes." ,
DECMOH
AN IMPORTANT
ON SYNTHETIC RUBBER
FOR TIRES
For more than a year this company's Buna rubber patents have been royalty-free to
everybody for the duration of the war. Thursday we offered, subject to the approval of
our stockholders, to transfer permanently to the U. S. Government (through the govern
ment's Rubber Reserve Company) patent rights on Buna-S , . . the tire rubber which
forms the basis of the Government's synthetic rubber program. The Government's Rubber
Director and Rubber Reserve Company have accepted this proposal. This is the first time,
to our knowledge, that any company has offered to the Government the right to license
important patents royalty-free forever to everyone even to it's competitors.
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UNDER THE PROPOSAL:
The Government will' have a free license for itself not only dur
, iug the war, but for the entire life of the patents.
During the war the Government will have the right to issue roy
a alty-frcc licenses for the entire life of the patents to everyone
who cooperates with the Government in its war rubber program,
and reciprocates with similar licenses under its own patents.
There will be no payments to ns or to others for the patent rights
, used.
The government will increase its expenditures on synthetic rub-
t ber research to a total of not less than $5,000,000.
OUR PURPOSES:
To give every possible incentive to cooperation in the war rubber
i program.
To remove concern about the post-war patent situation from the
, minds of. all those who have a contribution to make to this program.
To encourage American research and ingenuity among inde
pendent workers, small companies and large to build up a new
and great American industry.
To continue to do everything we can to assure tires for America's
oars always.
FACTS ABOUT BUNA
In 1929 we bought from I, G. Farbeiiindustrie
of Germany a minor interest in their Buna
rubber processes for use outside of Germany.
During the 1930's these processes were fur
ther developed. The quality of Buna wa3
improved, the range of its use widened.
In 1939 two years before Pearl Harbor
we bought out all German rights in the
Buna processes for the U.S.A. Soon after,
two large tire companies took out licenses.
We also began building a Buna rubber plant
of our own.
When war threatened the loss of our coun
try's natural rubber supply, authorities
agreed that Buna-S was America's best bet
for tires. It became the basis of the Gov
ernment's synthetic tire program.
Today the Government is spending over
$600,000,000 on its Buna-S program. Six
rubber plants are in operation. By the end
of 1943 completed plants will have a capac
ity of 705,000 tons per year, or more than
the entire normal peace-time rubber re
quirements of the United States.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(NEW JERSEY)