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12 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. Saturday, Dec. 21, 1946 Kindness to One Stranger Returns Manyfold to Sisters of Mercy Chicago, Dec. 21 U.R) Thirly-five years ago, on a warm fall day In 1911, a penniless stranger made his way to Mercy hospital and asked to see the Mother Superior. "Sister, I am sick," he said. "i need medical care that may require weeks or months. I have ! no money. I am not even a With Lenin, Red's revered revolutionary leader, 1922. Catholic The Sisters of Mercy took in the stranger, just as they had taken many before him. He re ceived the best care the hospital could give and several weeks later went on his way in good health. The sisters marked it down as a charity case. They had forgotten all about the incident when, nearly a year later, a check for $250,000 arrived, from Paris, France. The check was signed by Ferris Thompson, a native of New York living in Paris with his wife. Named Home for Him Thompson wrote that the man A( DMI-in hinr the sisters had treated was his U K Ollla IIU LICi friend. He added that he never had heard of the Sisters of Mercy and was not a Catholic, but that he wanted them to use the money to treat others in need. Thereafter, the sisters re ceived each year a check for $5,000 $165,000 in all. Thomp son died in 1913, but the checks continue to arrive, signed by his widow, the former Countess do Beau Repaire. In 1930. the Sisters of Mercy erected a nurses' home near the hospital and named it Ferris Spray Due on Peach Trees Peach growers who have not applied Bordeaux mixture for the control of peach leaf curl should do so as soon as the weather permits, according to D. L. Rasmussen, assistant coun ty agent in Marion county: Bor deaux 12-6-100 is the recom mended spray. In addition to damaging the leaves, the leaf curl fungus may damage twigs and occasionally the flowers and fruits. The dam age to young trees may be so severe that the trees die or are seriously devitalized. The most conspicuous symptom is a thick eing and distortion of the leaves. At first the diseased leaves are yellowish, then red dish in color, followed by a silvery-gray color caused by the maturing of the spores on the leaf surface. As the leaves die and dry up, they turn brown to almost black in color. When the young shoots are in fected, they become shortened and deformed. Severely deform ed twigs usually die by the end ort the first season. Deforming is the usual symptom on flow ers and fruit. Writers In Navy Will Get Chance Uncle Sam's boys in blue with a yen for writing are going to have an opportunity to have their talents discovered. For the first time in history a literary contest is being held within the navy service with the Navy League of the United States as the sponsors. The contest, open to all naval personnel, both officers and en listed men, closes May 1, 1947 the manuscripts having to be submitted to the Magazine and Book section of the office of Public Information of the navy department in Washington, D C. prior to that date. All types of writing are to be considered with two prizes, both of them fellowships to the Broad Loaf Writers' Con ference in Vermont in August, 1947, to be awarded. One of the prizes must go to an en listed man and both of them may be awarded to enlisted men if that is the decision of the judges. Preliminary judging will be done by a volunteer group of prominent literary personalities. Final decisions are to be made by Dr. Theodore Morrison of Harvard University and one naval representative. Two Injured in Traffic Accidents Mrs Pnrlin Cnnwav. 125 Land avenue, is at Salem Deaconess; Woodbum RotOrianS hospital with a fractured knee, ii - i D... facial cuts and some minor in- "ear Larol Program juries resulting from an acci- Woodbum The Woodburn dent early Friday night at thei Rotary club was entertained at Birthday Album Views of Russia's Man of Steel As Joseph Vissarinovich Stalin celebrates his 67th birthday today, December 21, he finds his country one of the most important in the world and his influence in Russia at its peak. Stalin (steel) has risen from an obscure revolutionary to hold a commanding place in world affairs. In Moscow Signing of the German-Russian treaty. Leader in his own right of all the Soviet Russias. Leading Architect East Salem School Program Brings Packed House for Annual Affair rn,innri r n n nipi I East Salem, Dec. 21 In a capacity filled room at Auburn school Carl Harding Wall work promi-jtne annual Christmas program was given Thursday night. Two nent Portland architect,' died at s.nort Plays were Presented by the students of all rooms. In the ursi piay, -f op neaas tne tnrisi- his home here Friday. Wallworfc lived here 1910 and was a member of the citv planning commission in 1934. He designed buildings of the Town club, Albertina nurs ery. Juvenile hospital, and libraries at St. Johns, Arleta, South Portland. Rose City, Pendleton and Gresham. He is survived by his wife and Thompson hall, in memory of j two sons who live in Portland. their benefactor. services win pe luonaay. And Then a Bequest . ., Yesterday, Sister Mary 1 1 nIO MUOroH Mai Therese, administrator a n d Viiuwn ivl ku I iuii superintendent of Mercy hos pital, received a letter from the New York law firm of Stewart and Shearer, informing her that Mrs. Thompson died in New York last August 20. The estate had been probabted, the lawyers wrote, and they were awaiting word as to where to deposit the $200,000 Mrs. Thompson had left the Sisters of Mercy in her will. The money brought to $615,- 000 the return from one humane deed, and Sister Mary Therese said the final bequest would be regarded as an anniversary gift commemorating the 100 years since six Nuns arrived here from Pittsburgh to begin their long and extensive service to the community. Cornwell Retained Committee Chairman Woodburn John G. Corn well of Woodburn was re-elected chairman of Woodburn com munity 1947 agricultural con servation program at the annual election held at the Woodburn city hall and was also selected as delegate to the county con vention in Salem with William Fobert of Hubbard as alternate. Fobert was elected vice chair man. Committeemen elected were Cornwell and Fobert, both re-elected, and Leonard Larson, Woodburn. Alternates named were Leland Kocher, Hubbard, and Charles Sweaney, Wood- burn. Little Pudding river bridge on the Salem-Silvcrton highway. She said she was trying to avoid collision with another automo bile and struck the bridge. At Salem General hospital with a broken arm is Elmer Aus tine, 991 Mill street, whose mo torcycle collided with a car driven by Frank M. Snyder, 1220 South 22nd. The accident happened early Friday night in the 300 block on South 12th. A car driven by Robert Mor gan, 1650 Yew, and a truck driven by Jesse L. Mclllnay, 345 East Turner road, collided at Center and Liberty Friday eve ning. The vehicles were dam aged but no one was hurt. 1 Heap Keeps Growing Those Christmas cards that were mailed but have not ar rived at their destination may be in the steadily mounting pile of third class matter, with in sufficient or incorrect address, at the Salem post office. Cards mailed with one and a half cent stamps are not en titled to directory service, hence may never be delivered, espec ially if they bear such an ad dress as "John Jones, Salem, Oregon," Incorrect address or an old address. Neither are such cards eligible for return to the sender, who consequently will never know whether the card was delivered or not. The Salem post office, how ever, is not discarding these cards without giving them some attention even though the ad dresses are incorrect or incom plete. An experienced clerk is given the cards for checking, after the first class mail and newspapers have been separated for delivery. If the clerk rec ognizes any of the names and has the addresses the third class cards are delivered. The re mainder never reach their des tination. Poker Game Loss Recovery Sought Dallas Seeking twice the amount of money that he alleges he lost while playing poker at the Booster club in Independ ence, Fred Peterson has filed a complaint against the club and its alleged operators, Joseph Parisi. Marl J. Liles and Alfred Parkhurst, for $636 in the office of Edna M. Pitzer, Polk county clerk. :n(,.lmas Carol," parts were taken by Willys Veelscn as lather; Rose mary Starr, the mother: Victor Johns, Junior; Dale Bassett, Paul; Judy Woods. Mary; Shar on Laverty Jane; Russell Jacob son, Jack In the second play, "Billie and Bonnie's Christmas Dream," the characters were: Carol Bartells, Bonnie: Frances Eckstein, Bon nie; Bob Payne, Professor; Joyce Jensen, Mother; Joan Chastain, Mrs. Santa Claus; Patty Sunder lin, Headwig; Bob Strawn, San ta Claus; Gloria Woods, Mar- m g ' I- nmmmr-itwrmiSmt Missing Dr. Justin F. Wait, engineer who d e s i g n e d the Merck streptomycin plant at Elkton, Va., is missing on an au tomobile trip to his home at Metuchen, N. J., from Harrison burg, Va. Police said they sus pected possible foul play. (AP Wirephoto.) its meeting Thursday noon by the girls' glee club of the Wash ington school, directed by Mrs. Gail Kimmel in Christmas carols. Prof. Charles Byers, the principal, was also a guest. Special numbers were a trio of popular songs by Margaret Mc Gonegal, Oleta Murphy and Dar- innn Olrnm niann cnln hv Rosclla McCarthy, a reading byAutOS Kill 40 In Sharon Sleeper and ""hitc,r- KI,,,,L, JIUIC III IWTCIMUEI Forty persons were killed in Seattle Firm Gets Logging Contract Portland, Dec. 21 (iPi The Kosmos Timber company, Seat tle, yesterday won a forest serv ice contract to log 28,730,000 feet of timber from the Colum bia national forest on a bid of $390,814 75. The bid included a record gretta: Marilyn Olson, Hulda; and Roy Fowler, the bookkeep er. The parts of the toys, clowns, jack-in-the-box, and dolls were played by pupils of the first, second, third and fourth grades. Betty McHaney and Beverly Nunn, accompanied by Marilyn Goodrich, sang several Christ mas carols. Shirley Brockhart accompanied them with the vio lin as an obbligato. All school rooms have Christ mas trees and special holiday decorations, and were open for the parents to see. The first and second grade room was very pretty with the decorations made of red and white candy canes of paper, with a lighted church. The Auburn Woman's club provided a good opportunity to buy ver: pretty Christmas pres ents at their fancy work and home-cooked food sale which they held in Salem Friday of this week at the Portland Gas and Coke company sales room. The members have been plan ning on the sale all year and had such articles as pillow cases, tea towels, dresser scarfs, aprons and hot dish pads. Some of the baked foods were made by Mar ion county champions in 4-H clubs including home-made bread, pies, cookies and cakes. The proceeds will be used in the two special projects which the club sponsors at school, the reli gious instruction classes and hot lunches. The members of the "Klikity Klack" 4-H Knitting club met at the home of Mrs. Warren Shrake on Monroe avenue Friday for the Christmas party. Names had been drawn and gifts were ex changed with refreshments and games following. The Four Corners fire depart ment is sponsoring a target rifle shoot at the community hall on Friday and Saturday of this week, and on the 20th and 21st of next week, to which the pub lic is invited, both afternoon and evening. The proceeds will be used for fire equipment. Re freshments will be available for sale. Personally owned rifles! may be used and many prizes are j offered. I Wage Increase In Sawmills Seattle, Dec. 21 W' An agree ment providing wage increases of 15 cents an hour for approxi mately 16.000 Oregon and Wash ington sawmill workers was signed here last night by labor and management representa tives, ending negotiations that have been under way since Au gust 5. The new scale, which boosts the basic hourly wage from $1.10 to SI. 25, will become ef fective as of December 15 when it is accepted by union locals and ind'vidual firms. Amount of the increase was determined at a meeting of negotiating com mittees from the Puget Sound District Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers (AFL) and the Lumbermen's Industrial Rela tions Committee, Inc. Announcement of the agree ment waj made by Kenneth Da vis md Earl Hartley of the dis trict council and E. C. Stone and M. J. Uckey. of the operators. Big Force To Train At Two Army Centers San Francisco, Dec. 21 More than one-third of the army's enlisted personnel, with the ex ception of the air forces, will receive its basic training at the two army ground forces replace ment training centers of the Sixth Army, Fort Lewis. Wash ington and Fort Ord, Calif. These forts, two of the six such training centers created under a new war department plan, are the only army instal lations west of the Mississippi river to be designated as train ing centers under this plan. Enlistees at Fort Lewis, the permanent base of the Second infantry division, will be from the Fifth army areas, less those from Michigan and a few other exceptions, and those from Ida ho, Montana, Oregon and Wash ington. Fort Ord, the permanent base of the Second engineer special brigade, is to have re cruits from the Fourth army area, with some exceptions, as well as from the states of Cal ifornia, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Brig. Gen. John F. Conklin commands the replacement training center at Fort Lewis and commanding that at Fort Ord is Brig. Gen. D. A. D. Ogden. John Ringling. the circus mag nate, bequeathed a large art col lection to the people of Florida. Silverton Children Present Programs Silverton Christmas pro grams were held by the local schools Friday the closing of work for the holiday vacation until the Monday after New Year's day. The parents and friends were guests of the Eugene Field grades and the junior high group Friday morning at the Eugene Field au ditorium with the grades pre senting "This Holy Night," a carol service at 10 a.m., observ ing the 2t5h annual Christmas program of the school. Logging Train Held Up By Flash Flood Gates The north Santiam highway was closed Thursday by a bridge washout between Niagara and Little Sweden. The railroad trestle was also dam aged to such an extent that the logging train was unable to make its down run. It is thought that the stream became clogged in some way, causing a volume of water to collect on the hill above. When this gave way, it is reported, a 12 foot wall of water poured down stream, washing out the bridge and causing the Santiam to rise several feet and to be come extremely muddy. Livestock Owners Request Law ChangJ Albany A petition was filed with the Linn county court Thursday by 19 signatory live. stock growers operating in the Calapooia valley and near Leb anon asking that dog license fees be upped $1 by the court for 1947. An increase of the fee on male dogs from $1 to $2 and on fe male dogs from $2 to $3 is ask ed, as is a $2 fee for spayed females. The court is already charging $2 for spayed females, according to the county clerk's records. The petitioners also offer the opinion that the penalty for non compliance with the dog licens. ing law should be raised on the ground that a more severe pen. altv might encourase morp pnn. oral observance. Guild Wins Portland Journal Portland. Ore., Dec. 21 Pj The American Newspaper Guild won a national labor relations board election among editorial employes of the Oregon Journal Thursday night. The NLRB said the vote was 43 to 16 with all but six eligibles voting. The em ployes formerly were in an in dependent union. ' Christmas Special For Immediate Delivery j Automatic Radio-Phono- j graph Combinations Regular $110.50 < FA I j Special 7.5U! I 4 M I aquith Jgf usic 136 South High St. Salem FLOWER FOR EASTER ; Plant now Easter flowerljr Tulipi in! pots. Nine selected bulbi for S pols! S1.00 prepaid. ! Bcavcrton Bulb Gardens ; Beaverton, Oregon ; SIR 90 a innfl frM fnr wpctnrn ' 1 Peterson alleges that on Au- red ccdar The tract was ;f gust 31 and September 1 1H44. praised by the forest service at I he lost $318 in poker and draw 5143 385 porter, ne states iiiiti lite es-i. tablishmcnt conducts "games of I chance for high stakes." W. A. Wiest of Independence is attor ney for the plaintiff. Christmas" by Hie glee club with the solo part by Margaret McGonegal. DANCE TONIGHT SILVERTON ARMORY WOODRY'S 14 Piece Orchestra It is estimated that 40 per cent of raw materials imported into the United States come from South America. Warren's RADIO SERVICE New Location in the Heart of Hollywood 2015 Fairgrounds Road Call 7681 automobile accidents during No vember, the state department said today. The number was slightly less than in November of last year, but was the highest monthly toll since last summer. j.j t. sfi;. -J 'v If wit Soil Pipe Fittings Made to your order Specialists in Brass, Aluminum and Gray Iron Castings CALL 24125 Vocational Industries Corp. Salem, Ore, I "Winterize" Your Car For Comfort, Safety and Economy Complete Winter ;-,'. rSlSrSS Motor Tune-Up repayi both In power and performance. A a h f ? h X H K S K K K K ft t K H K K H fl K s r. a n CHRISTMAS MUSIC Presented by Hogg Bros. Christmas Eve KSLM ; 9:45 p.m. 1. Gift of the Shepherd S Boy y Featuring Frank Graham J the man with a thousand S voices and a little boy y who'll wang at your heart $ strings. tf r v 1 Sf if . V 'Sf 'y v y y v, V V Christmas Morning December 25 8:30 a.m. 2. Caroling Around the World Christmas music around the globe. Christmas Afternoon December 25, 3:45 p.m. 3. Thanksgiving This Christmas With Ivan Ditmars on the mighty organ and Free bairn Smith on the philo sophical sacred side. FOR A MAN'S CHRISTMAS Barometer Registers change of weather 48 hours in advance. 17.50 Others priced from $3.50 Pomeroy & Keene 379 State St. Salem rjjyJijii!,5.:i25,)..'3.aii: I 1 WMJLL General Repairs and Lubrication Brake. If nit Ion nd complete lubrice.. lion make winter drtvlnt te nd comfortable. Reconciliation Fails, Wife Strangled Detective Lt. Michael Mclia of New York Citv said that Tony Milazzo, 25, ex-sailor, killed his wife, Anna, 24, shown with him at left, after a futile attempt to effect a reconciliation. The body of the wife (right) was found in their auto in Brooklyn where Melia says Milazzo said he strangled her with a cord from a box containing a fur coat he had given her ss a Christmas present. They had been separated for two weeks. Milazzo was book ed on a homicide charge. (AP Wirephoto) Immediate Service in AU Departments WARNER MOTOR CO 430 N. Commercial Phone 7249 Is There Hearing Magic in 'BEAMED ELECTRONIC POWER?' New Hearing power from the magic of electrons! You must SEE it to believe ill An amazing discovery on exhi bition for the first time at TcctviUccn titimtioiii AcorsTicox Mcdonald co. MS Flrvt Nat'l. Bk. Bldt. Salem. Orea.n FOR FARM BUILDINGS New farm buildings or improvements on existing facilities will increase the value of your farm. Greater efficiency and expanded operations mean bigger pro fits. You ire entitled to those profits. The First National Bank of Portland is anxious to assist you along the road to better farm living. See our farm representative or your nearest First National Branch about a farm loan. Your needs will receive prompt, sympathetic, and friendly attention. SALEM BRANCH FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND
