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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1944)
New Ward Boundaries to e Fixed by City Council Mayor I. M. Doughton Monday night referred to the ordi nance committee of the city council the job of working out new ward boundaries, involving Wards 2 and 8, to conform to the new city precinct, No. 27, creat ed by the county court Alderman L. F. LeGarie mentioned the matter as neces sary for immediate attention, and City Recorder Alfred Mundt said it would have to be taken care of at the next meeting of the council to get under the wire for the approaching May election. The First National Bank of Portland was successful bidder for $39,000 airport refunding bonds. The bid was 100.01 for each $100, the city to pay in terest of 2U per cent on bonds maturing from 1945 to 1949, inclusive, and 1 per cent on those maturing from 1950 to 1957, inclusive. Other bidders were Blythe & Co., and Fordyce Co. An accompanying reso lution authorized the calling of the outstanding bonds. Park Building Rented The council approved renting the building in Pringle park to the Salem Deaconess hospital for worship purposes. The city will receive $25 a month ren tal, the hospital to pay for light and heat. Adopting a report of the po lice committee, the council vot ed to take no action at present on a complaint by ex-Police Of ficer George P. Lloyd relative to methods of the police in ap prehending persons booked for disorderly conduct, mainly sol diers and women occupying no- tel rooms. A resolution was adopted directing the planning and zon ing commission to define the boundaries of building zones and call public hearings. Alderman David O'Hara re minded the council that budget making time is approaching, suggesting that at the next meeting the member submit the names of their associates on the budget commmittec, and re quested department heads to prepare their estimates for the coming year. Job Applications Filed The committee on lighting approved petition for a light at Broadway and Hickory "if and when materials are available." On recommendation of the public buildings committee the council will file for future ref erence all applications for ap pointment to the office of build ing , inspector. Three applica tions have been received. Petition was received for a street light at 16th and Waller. May 1 was set as the date for a public hearing on the vacation of East avenue from Garnet to the Southern Pacific tracks. A resolution initiating the vaca tion proceedings was introduced. Charles Fair of Salem Has Adventure Aboard Bomber An 8th AAF Station, March 21 Bouncing "live" bombs, in basketball fashion, off the bomb bay doors of their plane, is a far cry from the hardwood court game, but that was the only way two members of a Fortress crew- could get their deadly cargo free during a recent mission. As their Fortress, "Round Tripper." piloted by Second Lt. Vernon Barnard of Silverton Wounded Washington, D. C, March 21 Pi The war department today announced a list of 451 men wounded in action, including four Oregon soldiers injured in the Mediterranean area. They were: Barnard, PFC. Vernon B Mrs. Grace Bunch, mother, 906 South Wallace R. Smith of Winnsboro, Louisiana, passed over the tar get in Frankfurt, warped bomb bay doors prevented one of the two hatches from opening and maHp il lmnncihlr in snlvn thp Water street, Silverton. bombs Fitch, PFC. Roger F. Fred , ' , . . ,'. . W. Fitch, father, route 2, box FO Donald A. Faulliabcr, co nnn ri. i pilot, of Lincoln, Nebraska, cn- Goodrich, Pvt. Don I.-R. 0.!hsted ih ' hl loP-l"rr.et Goodrich, father, so'ithcasti eunncr, SSgt. Charles H. Fair. R2nrf PorllmH. I ot Salem. Oregon, In releasing Johnson. PFC. John G. Mrs. lnc bombs. Carrie Johnson, mother, route 1, Carefully prying loose the box 168, Medford. I toggles that held them in their racks, the would-be-hoopsters I succeeded in bouncing the bombs against the side of the stuck door and through the half-opened hatch. One by one, the deadly mis siles hit the back board and swished through the imaginary net in the bottom of the Fort. Faulhaber and Fair were way ahead in this aerial basketball game, thousands of feet over Germany, until the fuse of the last bomb broke off. Gambling on the final point cither be ing blown to bits, or returning safely, FO Faulhaber aimed and won. The unshackled bomb neatly dropped between the doors. " 'Round-Tripper,' H ,' " re lated the Fort's bombardier, 2nd Lt. James G. Levey, of Bronx, New York. "If Don and Chuck Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Mar. 21, 1941 3 Ken Dallon Now Lf.-Col. Washington, March 21 U.R The War Department today an nounced temporary promotions, assignments for 5 officers from Oregon, and 2 from Washington. Promotions: Oregon: Portland Harold B. 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