Farm and Food
Truce Possible
J (By the Associated Prestl
( Washington, July 21 The ex
ecutive branch and legislative
leaders appeared to be headed
toward a truce on some of their
major farm and food policy dif
ferences today as:
I 1. Senator Russell (D., Ga.)
called on his farm state contem
poraries to meet the administra
tion halfway on any move it
might make toward reconcilia
tion of those differences, and,
J 2. The agricultural adjustment
agency forbade its 200,000 field
employes and committeemen to
distribute information about
AAA farm programs through
iiews channels.
h Hussell told reporters he was
nased that war food adminis
trator Marvin Jones planned to
consult with congressmen before
making final decisions affecting
future farm problems,
j "It would do well for the ad
ministration and members of
congress to approach such con
ferences in a spirit of mutual
helpfulness, and without chips
on their shoulders," the senator
added.
j These armistice moves coin
cided with a variety of develop
ments on the ever-pressing food
'question. They included a war
food administration decision to
require slaughterers to trim
more fat for lard off pork cuts,
k senate committee's plans to
investigate charges that chain
itores have bought small meat
packing plants and cut off sup
plies from small retailers, and
e setting of new retail price
filings on fresh fish possibly
to combat a reported "strike" of
fishermen.
I OPA ordered retail fish sell
ers to limit their prices start
ing tomorrow to a formula bas
ed on the number of cents mark
up customarily placed on fish
between July 5 and 10. Ceilings
recently were imposed on whole
sale transactions, which officials
said brought complaints from
fishermen that dealers were able
to make extra profits.
,)j From the office of the co
ordinator of fisheries came esti
mates that the work-stoppage of
these fishermen already is cost
ing the country more than 5,
000,000 pounds of fish a week.
Looneys Will Gather
Jefferson Descendants of
William Looney and Jesse and
Si i by Bond Looney will hold a
Jtmeer picnic commemorating
fhe coming of the family to the
Oregon country 100 years ago
St Champoeg park, Sunday, July
25. A basket dinner will be
served at noon. Marie Steiwer
Douglas is president and Miss
Marguerite Looney, secretary of
the family association.
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Parents Confront Suspected Kidnaper (P) Reunited with their 15-months-old daughter, Jo Ann,
Sgt. and Mrs. George W. Tucker-talked to Mrs. Laura Merle Thornton (right), 20, of Wheeling, W
Va., in whose company the child was found and who had been booked on suspicion of kidnaping at
San Bernardino, Calif. The child disappeared from a Los Angeles bus station while the mother,
who had permitted a strange woman to care for Jo Ann, napped.
200 Homeless, Loss $100,000
In Fire at Astoria Tuesday
Astoria, Ore., July 21 OP) Fire that raced through a congested
Finnish colony district, leveling an entire block of frame dwel
lings, left more than 200 homeless here today. The fire, of unde
termined origin, broke out ins-
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, July 21, 1943 3
a group of wooden buildings
late yesterday and spread so
swiftly residents were unable to
save personal belongings.
There were no serious injur
ies, although several were ov
ercome by smoke.
A five-story frame hotel, a
large rooming house, and a
number of flats and apartments
were destroyed.
Fire departments of Seaside,
20 miles south, and Ilwaco,
Wash., across the Columbia riv
er to the north, were called,
but the flames threatened to en
gulf the rest of the large Fin
nish district until coastguard
East Salem Residents Greet
Visitors During Summertime
East Salem, July 21 Guests this summer in East Salem homes
are usually those who are combining pleasure with business,
stopping off to see relatives and friends as they go to different
places to work on new jobs or
on business trips. Last week
Cooperation of
British Praised
Tacoma, July 21 VP) Col. Al
bert H. Hooker, Tacoma indus
trialist, who arrived home yes
terday after 15 months, as a
chemical officer of the 8th army
in Europe, praised the British
for "going to the extremes in
cooperation" in an interview
with the News Tribune today.
"Their cooperation is almost
unbelievable," he said of the
British, adding that Americans
could not possibly accept every
thing offered in the way of hos
pitality and military help.
America had "a great deal" to
learn from the British, the col
onel said.
"Has England anything to
learn from us?"
"Not yet," said Col. Hooker.
The Tacoman who left here
as a major returned as chairman
of the chemical panel of the inter-allied
post war relief com
mission with headquarters in
London. He left London on an
army transport plane only Sat
urday evening; reaching Boeing
field yesterday morning.
Speaking of chemical war
fare, he said he believed that to
know how to deal with gas
was more important than the is
suance of gas masks, and he
does not believe that all civil
ians should be issued masks. If
there is to be an enemy attack
with gas on the civilian popula
tion, the gas would be needed
on so large a scale that we
would be bound to have ad
vance notice, he said, and pro
tective equipment could be
rushed in to the endangered
area.
He added that contrary to
general opinion, he believed
chemical warfare was "more
humane" than other kinds. In
juries from high explosives
were 25 per cent fatal, whereas
casualties of chemical warfare
were only 2 per cent fatal, he
said.
Yokom Sweeps Street
In Payment of Wager
Portland, July 21 VP) Sixth
avenue or that portion of it in
front of the Victory Center is
clean. Orval Yokom, Grant
county war bond chairman, will
swear to that.
Before a large crowd Yocom,
equipped with a street-cleaner's
broom, personally gave the ave
nue a going-over yesterday.
This was the result of a wag
er with David Eccles, state bond
chairman, on whether Grant
county would fulfill its June
quota. If the county had reached
its goal city-bred Eccles would
have gone to Canyon City to
milk a cow.
Missionary Talk
Given at Unionvale
Unionvale Ninety members
and friends attended services at
Unionvale Evangelical church
Sunday forenoon, which were in
charge of Clarence S. Crawley,
class leader. Miss Bertha Mag
ness, a returned missionary, was
the principal speaker, telling of
the effect of war conditions on
missionary work.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Frame on
Hollywood Drive had as their
guests Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown
and son, Lee Earl, from Kan
sas City, Mo. Mr. Brown has
gone into Portland for work in
the shipyards. Mrs. Brown is
a cousin , of Mr. Frame.
Visiting in the Frame home
also last week was Mrs. Wil
liam .Stephenson, Mrs. Frame's
sister from Portland.
A small new barn is being
built on the George Noak acre
age on Garden Road.
Swegle school board met on
Monday night in regular ses
sion. Mrs. Margaret Holmberg
of North Road in Swigle dis
trict was given the contract to
clean the school building this
summer and do the janitor
work for the coming school
year. Only other routine busi
ness was taken up. Finding
someone to do necessary roof
work is the most important
problem at this time as no wall
work can be done at this time
without the roof repairs and la
bor for this work has not been
found.
Private Aguillar
Held in Pendleton
Pvt. Jose Aguillar, army pris
oner who escaped from military
police by jumping from the win
dow of a moving train, was ar
rested last night in Pendleton,
according to the state police.
Aguillar, charged with deser
tion and assault, slammed a rest
room door on the hand of his
guard and jumped from the
train as it passed through Sa
lem. He was en route from
Camp White to Pendleton.
Snell Appointed on
Forestry Council
Annapolis, Ind., July 21 VP)
Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor of
Maryland today announced ap
pointment of a forestry commit
tee of the council of state gov
ernors, naming Gov. Earl Snell
of Oregon chairman.
"The function of the commit
tee will be to study the timber
land problem and to make rec
ommendations at the next con
ference of the council of state
governors as to the most effect
ive course to be pursued to pro
mote the highest utilization of
the country's timber resources,"
O'Conor, council president, ex
plained. Edward Fletcher, member of
the California commission on in
terstate cooperation, was named
a committee member.
Dairymen of Natal say that
the new daylight saving time is
causing cows to give less milk,
the bossies resenting the change
in feeding times and being
rounded up in the dark.
R. E. Morgan, general evan
gelist of the Pilgrim Holiness
church, who will be one of the
speakers during the fourth an
nual camp meeting of the de
nomination at Quinaby park,
eight miles north of Salem, July
25-August 8. Meetings will be
held daily at 11 a.m., 2:30 and
8 p.m. Other speakers will in
clude Rev. V. W. Anglin of
Corvallis, Rev. R. W. Wolfe,
general secretary of home mis
sions, and Rev. Orval C. Kel
ler, district superintendent of
the area.
Julia Powell
Passes Away
Funeral services for Mrs. Ju
lia Hall Powell, 83, will be held
at 11 a.m. Thursday from Miller
& Tracy chapel in Portland, and
at 8 o'clock that afternoon from
the Methodist church at Wood
burn with interment there in
Belle Passi cemetery. Mrs. Pow
ell died in Portland Tuesday.
Julia Smith was born in Sc-
dalia, Mo., August 10, 1860, mov
ing to Silverton with her par
ents in 1879. She married Albert
D. Hall, son of Benjamin F. Hall,
Oregon pioneer of 1845, and six
children were born to them. Mr.
Hall died in 1906. Mrs. Hall
moved to Portland with the fam
ily and in April, 1919, married
William Powell of Tangent. She
had been a resident of Portland
since Mr. Powell's death a few
years ago
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Agnes Jones of Marquam, and
Mrs. Roma Hunter of Salem
brother, Joseph Smith of Port
land; children, Hubert N. Hall
of Sweet Home, Mrs. Agnes
Powell of Agate Beach, Oren L,
Hall and Mrs. Alma F. Linville
of Portland; also 11 grandchil
dren and three great grandchil
dren. Mrs. Powell was a Methodist,
charter member of Good Tem
plar society of Gervais, WCTU
and Willamette chapter, Eastern
Star.-
McNaryrMott
Have Busy Year
Washington, July 21 VP) The
Oregon congressional delegation,
though it had two new house
members, was one of the most
active in the first session of
the 78lh congress and accom
plished much for the state.
A solid republican delegation,
it was lead by Sen. McNary, mi
nority leader, and the veteran
Rep. Mott on the house side.
McNary's high standing in con
gress and among high govern
ment officials generally aided
other members in their work
while senator Holman was ac
tive on the appropriations com
mittee and succeeded in get
ting increases in funds for rec
lamation and fire protection af
ter the house had omitted them
from the appropriation bills.
On the house side, Mott was
engaged a great part of the ses
sion in work of the naval af
fairs committee on which he is
the ranking republican member.
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To conserve rubber, Southern
Rhodesia is experimenting with
wooden tires made by fitting
blocks into wheel rims of slow
traveling vehicles.
and navy men from nearby bas
es jumed into the fight.
Streets Blocked
Hundreds were evacuated
from nearby buildings, and the
streets piled high with house
hold goods emptied from the en
dangered dwellings.
After three hours of pumping
water into the mass of flames,
the blaze was brought under
control.
City Manager Brewer Billie
estimated damage at more than
$100,000.
Water pressure, because of
the heavy drain by fish can
neries, was too low for effec
tive fire fighting at first, and
seven pumps were set up to
bring water directly from the
Columbia river.
The coast guard blocked off
the whole western section of the
city, which was 'littered with
15,000 feet of hose. Homes in
a four-block radius were sprin
kled by embers, and residents
fought numerous minor roof
fires.
Though fire-fighters kept the
flames to the single block, sur
rounding buildings were dam
aged by heat and smoke.
Landmark Burns
The buildings destroyed in
cluded the Hannula hotel, a
landmark of the Finnish dis
trict, and the Lopakka room
ing house. Also burned were
three apartments over the Ker
anen garage and Werner's bak
ery, owned by Mrs. Lydia
Wuori.
Saved was $10,000 in cash
which tenants of the rooming
house entrusted to John Lo
pakka. He wrapped the money
in a sheet, and dashed from the
doomed building.
Because of the extreme hous
ing shortage, the homeless had
difficulty finding shelter. Many
were scattered in private homes
throughout the city. The USO
accommodated many, but 25
were forced to spend the night
the unfurnished cubicles of
a Finnish steam bath house.
It was the worst fire here
since the conflagration of Dec.
8, 1922, when virtually the en
tire business district was
burned. The loss was more than
$11,000,000.
Afterwards the district was
rebuilt into a modern, fireproof
city center.
The long-established western
end of town, however, remains
largely of wooden construction.
WAR MACHINE Dorothy Ellis, worker In an Australian
ordnance. factory In Victoria, docs a man's work operatingthls
giant machine a shell taper press.
Fee Dismisses
Gruber Case
Portland, Ore., July 21 VP)
Federal district court here, fol
lowing the lead of the supreme
court of the United States, Tues
day dismissed the denaturaliza
tion case against Wilhclm B.
Gruber, German alleged to have
obtained citizenship by fraud.
Federal Judge James Alger
Fee granted the dismissal mo
tion, offered by Assistant U. S.
Attorney William H. Hedlund,
who cited a recent supreme
court decision in a similar case
involving Russian-born William
Schneiderman, former state sec
retary of the communist party
in California.
The information alleged Gru
ber took a false oath of alle
giance to the United States.
Labish Center Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Klampe and family
have moved to Oshkosh, Wis.,
after residing in Oregon for a
year in this and the Hazel Green
communities. Mrs. Klampe and
three of the children left for
Wisconsin about a month ago
and Klampe, with Arlyce and
Verle, departed later with the
furniture.
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THIS WAS THE QUESTION the U. S. Navy
asked us on February 5, 1942.
Our answer, "We ought to be able to .
How soon can wc see one?"
With the coming of the war these gyro
compasses were needed in large quantity to
equip the ships of our rapidly expanding
Navy and Merchant Marine. They had never
been built in quantity production.
To save time one of the big thirteen hun
dred pound Sperry Gyro-Compasses was sent
IT CAME OVERNIGHT, FROM
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forces of gravity, are harnessed and used for
direction and control of the spinning rotor.
Promptly we sent men of wide experience
in precision manufacture, electrical engineer
ing and mechanical processes to Brooklyn,
New York, where they studied at first hand
the technical construction and assembly of
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BLUEPRINTS AND
SPECIFICATIONS
from Brooklyn to Detroit by fast passenger
train. It was in our hands next morning and
we took it apart for study, piece by piece.
The gyro-compass is an intricate, scientific
Instrument of navigation which unerringly
points (and holds) true North. It is not influ
enced by electrical or magnetic disturbances
that affect the ordinary compass.
The heart of the gyro-compass is its large
fifty pound rotor a kind of fly-wheel, which
IT FIND5 THE TRUE NORTH
Is spun at the rate of six thousand revolutions
a minute by its own in-built electric motor.
We found the compass to contain over ten
thousand mechanical parts, with delicate elec
trical arrangements whereby the East-West
rotation of the world itself, and the constant
this Intricnte mechanism. They were greatly
aided in these studies by the Sperry Gyro
scope Company, Inc., long experienced in
gyro-compass manufacture.
Study of the drawings, specifications and
the parts of the compass, helped us decide
which parts we would manufacture ourselves
and which we would sub-contract to other
companies. Our master mechanics made plans
for more than five thousand special tools and
fixtures. Our planning department began to
order production material. We made the final
selections of men from our organization
whose abilities clearly fitted them for super
vision of the many tasks of gyro-compass
manufacture. We placed our first orders
among three hundred and fifty subcontractors.
While these things were going on we
began to build two complete compasses with-
EVERY PIECE AND EVERY
ASSEMBLY TESTED FOR
BALANCE ANO PRECISION
mcnts were made and the quantity produc-1
tion of gyro-compasses actually began.
In our production program we were guided
by the same principles that we had used
successfully in the building of cars and trucks. '
We believe that if each individual part of tha
machine (however intricate) is made right,
and the assemblies of the parts are right, tha
finished product cannot help but be right.
In manufacturing the gyro-compass all of
the thousands of big and little parts undergo
the most rigorous test and inspection. They
must always register a perfect score in their
successive balance and precision trials.
When a compass is completed it is given
its final test on a special machine which
accurately duplicates the roll, pitch, and yaw
of a vessel navigating a very rough sea.
WE HAD TO DUPLICATE THP PITCH
AND TOSS OF THE OCEAN
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out waiting for completion of our regular
production facilities. By the time these jobs
were finished our manufacturing arrange-
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When this test is concluded, and the final
adjustments are made, the compass is ready
for immediate installation on the snips or tna
Navy and Merchant Marine.
This very rapid calendar of events Is, of
course, our most gratifying answer to tha
question asked us by the Navy on Feb. 5,
VH2, "Can You People Make Gyro-Compasses?"
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It gives us something of a thrill to know
that for many months now proud new ships
of the Navy and Merchant Marine are going;
to sea guided by Sperrv Gyro-Compasses of
our manufacture, - and that we have been
able to master the art of gyro-compass mak
ing from a production background concerned
largely with the engineering and building
of fine motor cars and trucks.
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