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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1944)
f Locals i Eugene Hendren, S 1c of the IU. S. navy, nas recently oeen Ihnme on Juriougn irom over. Leas duty in the Atlantic. After I visiting . wan ma parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Hendren of Aumsville and his two sisters, Mrs. W. M. Haynes and Mrs. p. E. Killinger of Turner, Sea man Hendren has returned to Portsmouth, Va., to await future assignment. For Home Loans see Salem Federal, 130 South Liberty. Governor Earl Sncll urged Oregon citizens today to ob serve national' thrift week, which begins on Benjamin F'imklin's birthday next Mon ti, by buying war bonds. The fourth war loan drive begins next Tuesday. Lutz Florist, 1276 N. Liberty. Slate banking department re ceipts in the last six months of 043 totaled $15,082, compared with expenditures of $12,802, State Banking Superintendent A. A. Rogers said today. The department has a balance of M8.225. Jan clearance. The Fashlonette 13 A. A. Rogers, state superin tendent of banks, today an nounced the banking board had reduced 25 percent fees paid by Oregon banks to the state bank ing department. Rogers said his department's costs have declined because it has not been neces sary to employ as many bank examiners as heretofore. ""VJ'or excellent values in un- paintcd furniture shop at wood row's, 345 Center St. . Capt. Walter Lansing of the state police last night was re elected president of Oregon Em ployes, Inc., for a third succes sive term, Albert H. Gille, ad ministrative assistant to the state forester, was elected vice president of the association, and Theresa Hanks of the depart ment of education was named secretary. Dance Salem Armory Fri. nite 11 Representatives of Oregon motion picture theaters and .the state war finance committee drafted a plan here yesterday for each theater to set aside one 'Bight when admission will , be hy bond purchase. If the state's 80,000 theater scats are filled, a large amount of money would be contributed to the fourth war loan drive, which begins next Tuesday, officials said. Fully equipped Beauty Shop for sale, wonderful business. Owner to leave town. Ph. 3963. 11 The state supreme court an nounced today it would again hear arguments next Tuesday in the suite in which the Behn- ke-Walker Business college, of Portland, seeks exemption from property taxes on ground it is an educational institution. - A few Kenwood blankets at $13.95 ea. have arrived. Also a few twin bed size peroale sheets at The Better Bedding Store. 11 Chief Justice J. O. Bailey to day assigned Circuit Judge George Duncan of Marion coun ty to go to Linn county to try ' the case of State vs. Cecil Mont gomery. For a better roofing Job call Mathis Bros., Johns Manville dealers, 164 S. Com'l. Ph. 4642. 11 Robert M. Evcnden, director of the accident prevention di vision of the state industrial ac cident commission, will address the monthly meeting of the In dustrial Nurses' association in Portland-. Evenden will present an outline of the enlarged pro gram of the division which is di rected to the reduction of in dustrial accidents in the state. For sheet metal work Phone 3995. Reimann Sheet Metal Co. 1 1qi f -da 11 mr. ana ivirs. rvnowies loniz and daughter Peggy of Labish Center have been assisting in the care of Kathy Boehm, small granddaughter of the Tontazs and daughter of the Clyde Boehms of Salem, during the se vere illness of the other grand daughter, Carol Boehm who has been suffering with the flu. Women needed on nite shift H p.m. to 7 a.m. at Paulus De hydration (near Producers Can nery) Ph. 21746. 11 Mrs. Lcona Weller of Salem has just completed the purchase of the A.. L. Sundborg farm in the Bethel district. Mrs. Mat tie Sundborg and Virgil Sund borg will remain at the farm for a time until thev have our- ascd a home near Salem. They VAr o old settlers in the neighbor hood, having lived here for many years. There are 90 acres pn the farm. The plow land and ome pasture has been rented for some years by James Nich ols and worked in connection with his dairy farm. It is un derstood that the nek owner is continuing to rent the land to Mr. Nichols. Jan clearance. The Fashlonette 13 A partv sponsored by a com mittee of the Chemawa Grange will be held Friday night in tne grange hall. A program has been arranged with games and refreshments. The commu nity is invited. Dance Salem Armory Fri. nite 11 Certificate of assumed busi ness name for Fairgrounds Tav ern, 2620 Portland road, has been filed with the county clerk by Charles N. Stevenson. Pioneer Trust Co. Farm and City Mtg. Loans. Low interest rate. Write or call for Informa tion. ' 11 Russell Sargent ot Grand Is land was knocked unconscious in a fall at the Salem Ice arena Wednesday night and was taken, after first aid, to Salem Gen eral hospital. He was dis charged shortly afterwards, the injury not being serious. Ger ald Foster, small boy who lives at 1348 South 15th, was given first aid for a dog bite on the right leg. Rummage and bazaar Friday and Saturday on Ferry St. 12 Fire equipment was called, to 170 South 15th Wednesday night for a chimney fire. The city of alem gets $33, 933.05 and the Salem school dis trict $25,064.29 in a tax turn over from the sheriff's office on 1943-1944 collections. Wanted: man or woman with some studio experience or inter ested in learning photograph business. Box 278 Cap. Journal. 11 Arthur Hailey, 13, of 677 South Commercial, has been missing from his home since Tuesday morning, his father. Earl Hailey, informed the po lice. Mrs. .Leonard Rowan, 100 Garden road, reported to the police the theft of two fog lamps from her automobile 'Wednes day night. New styles, patterns in lunch eon sets, table cloths, place mats, plus a few twin bed size percale sheets. Better Bedding store. 12 An automobile owned by Flyod R. Morgan, 80 Liberty road, was damaged when struck by a hit-and-run driver while parked in the 700 block on South Commercial. First i aid reports . Thursday mentioned Marion and Marie Pe terson; 8 and 12 respectively, of 1511 North Summer, as bruised when the bicycle they were rid ing was struck by an automo bile driven by T. C. Peeren- boom. They were taken to Sa. lem General hospital for exami nation. Mrs. Charles Rosenau of Rickreall became suddenly ill in Salem and was taken to Salem Deaconess hospital. County Commissioner Roy Rice has returned to his desk after an illness of a number of days. The county court has ap proved sale of property in north side addition to Silverton to William G. Buchanan for $100. Approval has been granted to the county court of installa tion of an illuminated traffic signal and slow signs on roads adjacent to the ariport and also for laying an underground ca ble beneath the airport road at an Intersection in connection with the signals. Object of the signals is to bring traffic to a stop when big planes land on the main runway. Approximately 60 girls of the Tri-Y and 75 boys of Hi-Y en gaged in a program Wednesday night which had for its purpose a better understanding of girl and boy problems. The Tri-Y girls met at the YWC A earlier in the evening and then joined the boys at the YMCA for a panel discussion. Miss Mabel Robertson, dean of girls at Sa lem high, spoke to the Tri-Y group prior to the joint meet ing. Bob Bennett, Jack Slater and Pete Hoar represented the Hi-Y in the panel discussion, while Trudy Meyers, Harriet Huston and Mary Lou McKay spoke for Tri-Y. Mrs. Esther Little of the YWCA summarized the discussion. It is expected that when the board of directors of the YMCA meet Friday noon it will be an nounced that the campaign to wipe out a mortgage against the association has been successful. The centennial committee, head ed by Loyal Warner, has been working on the project. Plan to Expand Bonneville Washington, Jan. 13 UP) President Roosevelt told con gress today that it was planned to extend the Bonneville power administration's transm 1 s s i o n lines to 2,321 circuit miles dur ing the year ending next June 30 and increase the number of sub-stations to 50, He said in his annual budget message that by the end of the fiscal year ending June 20, 1945, they would have been extended to at least 2,504 miles of trans mission lines and 53 substations. He said the construction pro gram in the 1945 fiscal year is estimated at $7,135,000. The president asked congress to authorize the use fo $3,734, 000 from funds previously ap propriated for construction pur poses for operation and main tenance of the electric system and facilities and for marketing of power. He said revenues from sale of electricity from the Bonneville and Grand Coulee developments in Washington and Oregon in the 1943 fiscal year were $11,- 899,198 and it was estimated they would amount to $18,000, 000 in the 1944 fiscal year and $21,800,000 in the 1945 fiscal year. In addition to the amounts asked by the president Bonne ville has a continuing fund of $500,000 from receipts from sale of power for emergency pur poses. Governor Resists Special Session Pocatello, Idaho, Jan. 13 UP) Gov. C. A. Bottolfsen said last night "I am not going to call a special session of the legislature to consider the soldier voting problem until I know it is nec essary," but added that if such action is needed "it will prob ably be a one-day session during the latter part of February." The governor said he is await ing a report from legal advisors on what action should be taken to Insure a vote for the slate's servicemen. The United States, with only 5 percent of the world's area, has nearly one-third of the world's railroad mileage. The Salem Board of Realtors will meet at the Marion hotel Friday noon. F. H. Weir, pres ident of the board, will not be able to attend because ;he has not yet recovered' from an at tack of influenza. Organization of a Hi-Y chap ter at Leslie and one at Par rish will be completed in the near future, according to Har old Davis, boys work secretary of the YMCA. Approximately 40 boys at each school have sig nified an interest in the pro gram. The two chapters will have their firs tformal meeting the night of January 20. Harry Mohr, member of the faculty at Leslie, has agreed to supervise the club at that school. Davis will take over for the time be ing at Parrish. The county court has disposed of another of its two horse grad ers, this one being sold to Carl E. Millard for $15. Ten paintings, including sev eral snow and mountain scenes, the work of C. J. Fulton of Eugene, have been loaned to the YMCA. They have been hung in the men's lobby. Members of the medical staff of the Salem General hospital meeting at the hospital Monday night chose as their president for the coming year Dr. Jerald S. Backstrand. Other officers elected were first vice president, Dr. William L. Lidbeck; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Roscoe Wil son; chairman of the surgical committee, Dr. W. B. Morse; chairman of the medical com mittee, Dr. J. H. Garnjobst; and chairman of the specialist com mittee, Dr. Willard N. Thomp son. Circuit Court Decree of divorce in the case of Olive Marie vs. Darius Zoan Mor gan awards custody of two children to plaintiff with (50 a month sup port money. Complaint for divorce by Emily vs. L. C. Elolson alleges cruel anil Inhuman treatment, asks custody of a child and $30 a month support money as well as half Interest in specified real property. They were married at Couer d'Alene. Ida., June 7. 1920. Application for a place on '.! trial docket has been filed In the case of Phyllis vs. Donald Webster The plaintiff rested Wednesday morning In the case of Durant vs. Raines on trial before. Judge Dun can and a Jury. The case involves damages asked as outgrowth of dealings involving felling and haul Ins; of logs and also delivery of lumber. Cost bill of 188.33 has been filed in the case of Klein vs Arnold. Motion in the case of Pauline O Hastings va Norman C. Hastings asks that any decree rendered in the case be In conformity with stipula Court News Salt Company Plant Hit by $2,500,000 Blaze VP) A fire that swept through the seven principal buildings of the Morton Salt company plant caused an estimate 000. Firemen are shown fighting the flames in last of the buildings of the Marysville, Mich., nlant, that were demolished. 4 VTtirn 7 B V&A Pl If Congresswoman's Daughter Killed W Anne Brokaw (right), daughter of Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce (R., Conn.), was killed in an auto accident at Palo Alto, Calif., as she was returning to Stanford university after a visit with her mother in San Fran cisco. This picture of mother and daughter was made the day before the daughter's fatal accident. Grand Island Miss Iva Rockhill, 15, came home Tuesday from the Salem General hospital where she un derwent an appendectomy Tues day, December 28. La Velle Stevens is a newly enrolled student In the eighth grade of the Grand Island school, recently from the Mt. Angel district; Carol Stevens is a sixth grader; and Robert Stevens is in the fifth grade. An older sister remained to attend high school there for a time be fore moving here. Spraying and trimming peach trees is in progress at orchards here when weather will per mit. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gilkcy of Wheatland were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Smith. Fay Thompson and Miss es Bertha and Virginia Magncss of the same district were after noon callers at the same home. Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Smith, Myrtle and Cecil plan to visit with the former's brothers, Mark and Ezra Smith, at Til lamook at their dairy wrlere they operate a pasteurizing and bottling milk business. The Smiths also expect to visit the permissible operation of the blimp base there. Joyce Deibel was eight years old Monday and complimenting her a very delightful birthday tion as to property rights as agreed between the parties. Roy Wassam Is authorized to appear as counsel for defense. v . Transcript has been filed from Salem Justice court in the case of state vs. Pierre Mengln charged with threatening commission of a felony. Complaint for divorce by Bonnie Estelle Huday vs Richard Nowtil Huday alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. Motion to strike has been filed In the case of Ralph D. Pomeroy vs I. R. Clark and A. V. Logsdon. Probate Court Final decree has been Issued Paul R. Hendricks as administrator of the estate of R. J. Hendricks. Donald A. Hendrle. Brazier C. 8mall and Lucinda Homann have been named appraisers of the Louise D. Woods guardianship. Order In the George W. Woods estate directs Robin D. Day. guaro lan, to turn persona) property ex cept cash on hand over to Pioneer Trust company, guardian of Louise D. Woods, only heir and widow of deceased. IB CD CD QQ , ' party was held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Deibel, after school, All of the students in the first four grades of the Unionvale school were guests and Joan Clow and Shir ley Deibel, pre-school age, were special guests. Games were played and gifts were present ed and refreshments were served. Mrs. Fred Launer as sisted Mrs. Deibel. Miss Maxine Launer of Broadmead was an overnight Saturday guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Launer. Mrs. Claude Shelburne was in Salem Monday to receive treatments from an ear special ist. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Boul den have received word of' the promotion to corporal of Rus sell Teachout at Camp Hulem. For several years Russell was employed at the Bouldcn farm and attended Dayton union high school. Bonnie Shelburne was back in school Monday following one week's absence because of in flucnza. Mrs. Ed Howe of Albany has been the guest of relatives in this district for more than a week, Mrs. Timothy King who re turned home a week ago from having undergone a major op eration at the General hospital at McMinnville, is ill with in fluenza at her home. Sgt. Jerry Kosse Nazi Prisoner The address of TS Jerome (Jerry) Kosse of Woodburn, who was shot down over an air mission over Gclchcnkerchen, Germany, last August 12, has been received by his mother, Mrs. Anna M. Kosse, route 1, Woodburn, In a message from Provost Marshal General Gul lion at Washington, D. C. His message quotes a short wave message from Germany that was intercepted in this country in which Sergeant Kosse says: "I am interned in Germany. My address is 113.050 Stalag 7-A, Dcutchland. I am well. Please write immediately and keep in touch with the Red Cross. Don't worry. Love to all. Jerry." The family had known previ ously that he was a prisoner in German hands, his relatives having been so informed after he had been reported missing in action. Sulphuric acid will char pa per, just as fire will. G3 0 0 O 0 loss that would exceed 52,500,- Army Casualties Total 105,229 Washington, Jan. 15 OJ.R) Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson revealed today that U. S. army, casualties through December 23 totaled 105.229 j 16,831 killed, 38,916 wounded, 24,067 missing, and 25,415 pris oners of war. The latest announcement of navy, marine and coast guard casualties included 15,186 kill ed, 6,616 wounded, 8,429 miss ing and 4,292 prisoners of war, making the overall casually total for all services 139,752. The all-services total includes 32,017 killed, 45,532 wounded, 32,946 missing and 29,707 pris oners of war. Penalize Landlords Failing to Register Names of several owners of housing rental units who have failed to register with the Salem rent control board, as required by the recently-enacted ordin ance, have been placed into the hands of the city attorney, Chairman Merrill D. Ohling of the rent control committee said Wednesday. If registration not immediate the attorney will bring court proceedings to en force the penalty against them The committee set January 1 as the deadline for registrations. Some owners were unable to register by that dale because of illness or because they did not live in Salem. Additional time has been given them, but lenien cy is at an end for those with out excuse for not registering. Use of Gasoline Down in Oregon Gasoline consumption in Ore gon during the first 11 months of 1943 was down 15 percent, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrcll, Jr., reported today. Consumption during the period totaled 211,717,009 gal lons, as compared with 250, 018,636 during the same period in 1942, Farrell said. Gasoline use during November dropped 18 percent. .Total tax paid on gasoline consumed in Oregon from Jan uary through November was $10,585,850.71, compared with II $12,500,923.50 in 1942. Steel Workers Strike At San Francisco South San Francisco, Jan. 13 (U.R) Approximately 600 work ers at Bethlehem Steel company mills walked off their jobs to day in a dispute over wages and working conditions, plant offi cials reported. The mills, working on navy contracts, shut down. Men in volved in the walkout are mcm crs of United Steel Workers of America (CIO). T. S. Clingan, company rep resentative, said the men walk ed out "because of some griev ances in the process of being settled." He asserted the men violated an agreement by stopping work. Gales Along Coast In Next 24 Hours San Francisco, Jan. 13 The weather bureau posted storm warnings at 7 a. m. to day, predicting gales along the coast in the next 24 hours. The warnings were up from Point Argucllo, on the Santa Barbara coast, to Fort Bragg, midway in Mendocino county. Southeast storm warnings posted earlier from Point Ar gucllo to Tatoosh,, at the north ern tip of Washington, were continued. . Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Bogus Money Coming in For Bond Sale Carnival Big boxes of "printing press" bogus money were coming into the war bond committee headquarters Tuesday and being made available to the public in connection with the fourth war loan drive and for use at the carnival at the armory next Monday eve ning to get the drive off to a big start. Chairman Jess Card re ported that numerous requests were coming in for the money and that state heads of the bond campaign reported wide interest over the state in the carnival idea worked out here and that it probably will be duplicated New Service Draff Doomed "Washington, Jan. 13 U.R Chairman Robert R. Reynolds (D., N.C.), of the senate military affairs committee, predicted to- ! day that national service legisla tion requested by President Roosevelt was doomed without even a test of strength on the senate floor. He doubted his committee would ever approve and send to the floor the pending labor draft bill which its author, Sen. War ren R. Austin (R., Vt.), believes would meet the president's re quest. Reynolds' forecast encourag ed organized labor in its opposi tion to the proposed labor draft. Mr. Roosevelt conferred for nearly two hours yesterday with Presidents William Green of the American Federation of Labor and Philip Murray of the Con gress of Industrial Organiza tions, and apparently failed to win their support. The labor leaders refused to discuss the conference, but said they were standing on earlier statements which denounced national serv ice legislation. A partial poll of the commit tee by the United Press indicat ed that Reynolds' guess was well-founded. Pensioner of 1812 War Still on Rolls " Washington, Jan. 13 U.R) The war of 1812, during which the British burned Washington, is still costing the United States money. Once a month, the Veterans Administration disclosed today. the Government sends $20 to Mrs. Esther Morgan of Inde oendence. Ore., whose father, John Hill, fought in that war with a New York militia com nanv. Mrs. Morgan is 86 and blind. The administration also re vealed that of the 2,000,000 men who served in the Union army in the Civil war, only 538 were still alive oh Nov. 30. In the past year, Union veterans died at the approximate rate of one a day Lyons Mrs. Para Fetherston Is still stiff and sore from the results of a dislocated shoulder she re ceived when she fell while tak ing clothes from the clothesline, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith are thankful for their home, which might have been destroyed by fire. When he lighted the fire in the morning the sleeves of his bathrobe caught fire. Un noticed, he hung it in the closet. After several hours of smoulder ing it was discovered by Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Earl Wagner of Marion is teaching tHe upper grades at Fox Valley, replacing Mrs. Fred Skillings, who is confined to her home with the mumps. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jung wirth, Mrs. Darel Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lyons of Stay ton spent the last of the week at the coast. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stock well are the parents of a nine pound boy, born at a Salem hos pital Monday afternoon. Miss Marion and Miss Helen Nye and Miss Margaret Fair of Stayton visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spa. Miss Betty Jean Bodcker and Duane Downing, students at Oregon State college, returned to Corvallis Monday after spend ing the week with their parents. Miss Beulah Lewis of Port land spent the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lewis. The benefit card party spon sored by the Rebekahs was held at the hall Saturday night, with Mrs. Ed Spa, Mrs. Melbourne Rambo and Mrs. Arthur Ander son as the committee in charge. High score was held by Mrs. Frank Taylor and Melbourne Rambo. Low prizes went to Mrs. Roy Hubcr and Orvillc Downing. Mrs. Hubcr also drew the traveling prize. Wheatland Mrs. Walter Kirk wood of Wheatland has return ed home after one week spent with her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr, and Mrs, Joe Bcaty at Astoria. Thursday, Jan. 13, 1914 13 in many Oregon cities before the campaign is over. In addition to the musical features of the carnival already announced it was stated at cam paign headquarters that the Singing Sentinels from the Ore gon shipyards are coming up for the evening as well as the Tum bling Tumble Weeds, an acro batic group also from Portland. Chairman Gard says that the Singing Sentinels are plenty good, so good in fact that when Secretary Morgcnthau was here some months ago and heard them he had recordings made of several of their numbers to be used in war bond drives over the nation. Plans are being made for extra good decorations for carnival night at the armory and a great deal of heavy work is going into making the affair a success. Departmental heads meeting at the statehousc yesterday with about 50 present laid plans for the state employes' share in this campaign. Last drive the employes purchased over $85,- 000 in bonds but the sights were set a good deal higher for this campaign and in addition a spe cial effort will be made toward getting a 100 percent payroll savings setup so that the minute man flag will fly over every de partment. Department heads were addressed Wednesday by Governor Sncll, Secretary ot State Farrell, Treasurer Scott, E. C. Summons and Dave Eccles of the state bond staff and oth ers. Every department head pledged full support to the drive. . Also Wednesday afternoon motion picture exhibitors of the state here on call of Governor Sncll made plans for sponsoring bond premieres throughout the stale and talks were had by the governor, secretary of state and treasurer, as well as Col. Worth Wicker from Camp Adair, Al bert Finke, Portland theater op erator and chairman of the mo lion picture section of war ac tivities, and a number of othes's. Mrs. J. J. Parker of Portland member of the national advisory council also was present. The bond premier campaign details were outlined by Merle M. Meshcr, chairman of the war activities committee for the pic- 1 ture industry. : ,. Wednesday night block lead-' ers of the Englewood district met at that school and "organized for their share in the campaign to raise $110,000 for purchase ot an ambulance plane. They met on call of Mrs. Lawrence Lister, zone leader, and pledged full and enthusiastic support ot the plan. Mrs. David Wright, chairman of the women's divi sion, Arthur Smithcrs, George Davis, William Dashney and Jesse Gard also were present. Friday night they will meet with Mt. Angel bond committee-, men and others to organize for that district, which has a $100, 000 quota. Gt a Skyrider Ac overfed! cop and Aircraft ldntifka- Hon Guide FREE witk every pair of Skyrider ihoei. !Ust bt for your ration coupon genuine Skyrider shoes for boys. ?! 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