Detroit Dam
Bids Rejected
The Portland district, Corps
of Engineers, Pittocks block,
simultaneously announced re
jection of previous bids for con
struction of temporary housing
and utilities and their readvcr
tisement for new tenders for the
Detroit dam camp in Marion
county.
Col. O. E. Walsh, district engi
neer, revealed that the W. R.
Grasle company, Portland, was
awarded a contract for construc
tion of the electrical distribution
system at the Detroit dam camp
under the previous bid opening
held March 21. The contract
was valued at $5484. At the pre
vious bid opening the J. C.
Sturdgeon Construction com
pany, Portland, was named low
bidder at $452,288.
Work on the present Detroit
dam camp bid call is divided
into three parts, with awards to
be let separately or as a whole,
as follows: Part 1, dismantling,
transporting and reconstruction
of four dormitory structures,
one shop building, and one mess
hall; Part 2, streets, driveways,
sidewalks, parking, sanitary
sewer system and a water dis
tribution system; Part 3, con
struction of a sewage treatment
Jplant.
The work includes salvaging
and transporting designated
buildings and equipment at
Camp Ridge road, Fort Stevens.
Ore., a water tank at Camp Ab
bott, Bend, Ore., and certain
other listed buildings and equip
ment at the Salem, Portland
and Corvallis airbasc. Bids will
be opened at 2 p.m. April 23.
Working time allowed for
each phase is: Part 1, 60 days;
Part 2, 90 days, and Part 3, 120
days. Work is located two miles
downstream from the town of
Detroit, Ore.
Councilmen View
Pinball Operation
Attendance at a buffet sup
per held at the Willamette
Amusement plant Friday eve
ning was small with a few mem
bers of the city council inspect
ing some new style pinball ma
chines on display.
Mayor R. L. Elfstrom stop
ped in for a few minutes, then
departed stating that "he was
due at a wedding." City Man
ager J.- L. Franzen spent a half
hour at the plant. When asked
if he had any recommendations
to make concerning return of
pinball machines to Salem the
city manager said:
"That is a matter up to the
council. No one has talked to
me about it and therefore I have
no recommendation to offer at
" this time."
Howard Maple, Dave O'Hara,
and Claud Jorgensen, members
of the city council, viewed the
machines and heard explana
tions of operation by Numa J.
Arnold and Curtis B. Ferguson
of the amusement company.
Clay Cochran, manager of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce,
was also present.
The session, which began at
5:30 p. m., broke up an hour
later.
Indian Shoots
Deputy Sheriff
Toledo, April 12 tP) Brush
country north of Silctz was
searched today for a 29-year-old
Indian who fled after the
wounding of a deputy sheriff
in a gun battle at the Siletz m
dian settlement.
Sheriff Timothy Welp said he
and Deputy Jack Waterman
went to the home of Boyd Ben
sell Thursday to serve a war
rant charging insanity. The
sheriff said they were greeted
with rifle fire. One shot wound
ed Waterman in the shoulder.
When th e y returned after
treating Waterman's injury,
Bensell was gone.
Welfare Checks
$uf in Coos Bay
Coos Bay, April 12 W) Coos
county residents receiving gen
eral assistance will get checks
averaging about $8 less than
usual this month, the county
public welfare commission said
today.
The reduction was required
by a budget deficit. Medical as
sistance for the aged, dependent
children, and the blind was
eliminated, and medicines will
be granted only upon written
order from the welfare com
mission. Although the first Japanese!
attacks on the Philippines in
World War II were launched
from Formosa, there was no
ground fighting on the island
during the war.
SALESMAN
WANTED .
If you are interested in
selling and bave a car, call
between 9 and 12 a.m.
147 N. Commercial
Room 4
Ask for Mr. Evans
First Aid Station With more than a thousand casualties in the town of Woodward, Okla.,
as a result of the tornado which struck the town, every available undamaged building was
turned into a first aid station. Here victims are being treated at the community center. (AP
Wirephoto)
German Killer
Faces Execution
Warsaw, April 12 iPi Ru
dolf Hoess,' convicted of killing
4,000,000 prisoners while he was
a German commandant at Os
wiecim concentration camp,
went back to Oswiecim today
to be hanged.
The 47-year-old ex-colonel
was convicted of the mass mur
ders at Oswiecim (Auschwitz)
by the nine-judge Polish su
preme national tribunal April 2
after the prosecution had charg
ed him with responsibility for
4,000,000 murders by gassing.
Hoess disputed the figure, say
ing he could count only 2,500,
000. First McNary Dam
Dirt to Go in Safe
Umatilla. April 12 P) The
spadeful of dirt that Mrs. Cor
nelia M. McNary turns over in
ground-breaking ceremonies at
McNary dam next Tuesday will
be preserved for posterity.
The widow of Sen. Charles L.
McNary, for whom the dam is
to be named, will break ground
with an aluminum shovel. The
dirt will go into an engraved
aluminum pail, which will be
placed in a safe.
After completion of the dam,
the shovel, dirt and pail will go
into a display case at the dam.
Americans normally send Meat packing started in Chi
about 680.000 telegrams a day lcago in 1833.
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Sinatra Ignores Mortimer Frank Sinatra (seated), who sur
rendered on a battery charge brought by Columnist Lee Mortimer
(standing, looking at him), ignores his erstwhile antagonist as
he appears in a Beverly Hills, Calif., justice court for arraign
ment. Sinatra, accused of striking Mortimer at a Hollywood
night club, pleaded innocent and demanded a jury trial. Mort
mer has filed a $250,000 damage suit against Sinatra. (AP Wire-photo)
Oreg
Child Evangelism Conference
TWO FULL DAYS APRIL 14-15
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
at
The Christian & Missionary Alliance Church
5th i Gaines St., Salem
SESSIONS AT 10:00, 2:30, 7:30
SPECIAL SPEAKERS!
REV. AND MRS. LESTER JUSTICE, of Washington,
with vital helpful messages and new ideas for teachers,
also
DEMONSTRATION LESSONS, MISSIONARY STORIES
OBJECT LESSONS NEW CHORUSES
INSPIRATION, INSTRUCTION FELLOWSHIP
DON'T MISS IT! Everyone Welcome!
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Dallas Legion Sets
Annual Crab Feed
Dallas The annual American
Legion crab feed will be held at
the Dallas armory on Thursday
night, April 17, according to
Earle Richardson, chairman. The
feed will follow a short business
meeting of the post in the Le
gion rooms. The Legion auxil
iary will hold its annual crab
feed the same night at the home
of Mrs. John Cerny on Washing
ton street.
N. Y. Vice Czar
Taken from Ship
Genoa, Italy, April 12 iPi
Genoese police went aboard the
Turkish steamer Bakir in Genoa
harbor today and took custody
of Charles (Lucky) Luciano,
one-time New York vice czar,
re-deported to Italy from Cuba.
Ten policemen boarded the
vessel and brought Luciano
ashore in a motor launch.
Police Chief Califfi Filippo
said Luciano was taken intij
cusioay in me narDor, raincr
than waiting until the Bakir
docked, because no publicity
was desired. ,
Persons aboard the Bakir said.
Luciano Apparently had not ex
pected to be jailed on his ar
rival. The vessel's purser said Lu
ciano was the sole first class
passenger, 13 others crossing
tourist class.
on
Baby Swallows Pin;
Plane Waits in Vain
Portland, April 12 P) A
two-year-old boy, who disap
peared while an airliner waited
in Eugene to rush him to medi
cal aid, bobbed up here late last
night, and it turned out he was
not in any danger after all.
He was Ronald Mankins, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mankins.
Roseburg. He s w a llowed a
straight pin yesterday and went
(o a Roseburg hospital where at
first it was believed surgery was
needed.
An United Air Lines plane,
bound non-stop from Los An
geles to Portland, was asked to
aid, and the plane promptly
landed at Eugene.
The boy failed to show up at
the airport and the plane, after
65 minutes of waiting, resumed
its flight.
State police searched seven
hours for the lad, fearing the
family had crashed off the road
in the rush to reach the airport.
Then late at night the family
drove up to Doernbechcr hos
pital here. A physician said -no
operation would bo necessary.
The family left at once for Rose
burg. Bachelor of 103
Prefers Single Life
South Bend, Ind., April 12
(U.R) "Uncle Dan" Young, who
has been a bachelor for 103
years, said today he planned to.
stay that way.
When he celebrated his 103rd
birthday a week ago, Young said
he might get married if he could
find someone his own age. He
added that he was "not interest
ed in any young woman of 85 or
90."
In answer to proposals from
28 women including a 100-year-
old Bostonian who asked him to :
bring a pig from his farm if
he comes to visit her. Young said
today, "really, I was only kid-1
ding."
Picketing Peaceful
Says Union Official
That picketing of the Salem.
Independence and Dallas ex- i
changes of the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company, was pro
ceeding in a pcaccfiil manner
was the assertion of Don Cren-.
shaw, joint group chairman forj
the United Telephone Employes '
of Oregon. Crenshaw has been
watching the situation carefully
and reports some progress in
inducing non-union personnel to
refrain from crossing the picket :
lines.
Independence, not strongly
unionized, is operating at ap
proximately 90 percent of nor--mal
capacity, Crenshaw admit
ted. He estimated that opera
tions at Dallas were 50 percent.
Pickets have been pulled off
the company's warehouse on
the Wallace road.
Sunday Afternoon, 2:30 P. M.
A GREAT MISSIONARY
RALLY
Representative Missionaries
Appearing in Costume
R. G. BURNETTE from Ecuador
L. C. RANDALE from Central China
HELEN McCLAIN from North China
ELDON JOHNSON from Bolivia
E. F. IRWIN from French Indo China
Onr hour and thlrlr mlnutr of mot
vlrtnrlrs. greeting In native lonttie.
contracting: coatumea from each continent.
Interdenominational Missionary Assembly
Christian Missionary Alliance
North 5th at Gaines St.
Army Colonel
Up for Trial
Yokohama. April 12 (U.fiiCol.
Edward J. Murray will be tried
before an Eighth army general
court martial Monday on charges
of misappropriating diamonds
which were in his custody and
smuggling them into the United
States.
Murray, arrested by customs
officials as he left a transport
in San Francisco, was returned
here for trial aflcr diamonds
and other jewels, valued at more
than $100,000 were found in a
safety deposit box there.
He will be tried in the Yoko
hama district court house, the
saine building in which minor
Japanese war criminals arc now
being tried.
' He was former custodian of
the Bank of Japan.
wiajoi xaipu o. juiiiimuu ui
West Roxbury, Mass., will de
fend Murray. j
The prosecutors will be Capt.
Andrew H. Bachison, Oak Har
bor, Mich., and Lieut. William
Brush. Van Burcn, Ark.
Murray is also charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer
and filling out a false customs
declaration.
Army Enlistments
In Area Increase
Two men from this a(ca Er
nest A. Krieger of Woodburn
and Kenneth E. Wright of Wil
lamina recently signed for three
years of service with the army at
' the local recruiting office and
! asked duty with the First Caval
ry Division, now stationed in
Japan. Krieger is the son of Mrs.
Juanita Wolf o' Woodburn and
Wright is the son of Mrs. Wilma
Wright of Willamina.
Re-enlisting in the army
through the local office was
Wesley L. Jones, veteran of ser
vice in the ETO during the war
and son of Mrs. Pearl Jones of
146 Garth street. West Salem.
Jones, who has served five and
a half years in the regular ar
my, asked to be assigned to the
82nd airborne division.
Carl K. Bell, son of Carl Bell,
Sr., of route 9, Salem, and a
former student at Salem high
school, has signed for 18 months
of service with the army.
Pay Honor Sunday
To Rev. J. A. Smith
Rev. James Aiken Smith, re
cently assistant at the First Pres
byterian church here, will be
honored at the Westminster
Presbyterian church in Portland
Sunday where he is assistant
pastor. A reception will be held
from 3 to 5 o'clock as testimonial
to his 50 years in the active min
istry, three years beyond the
i usual retirement age for Presby
tcrian ministers,
j Rev. Smith has been at West
minister church for three years.
He is a graduate of the McCor
mick Theological seminary in
DANCE
TONIGHT
SILVERTON ARMORY
WOODRY'S
14 Piece Orchestra
TREE ROSES
Wc ball Ihcm out now for late
planting. Absolutely no set
backs. Early spring and sum
mer blooming assured. .200
varieties available.
SINGER TREE ROSE
GARDENS
4 mi. north on Wallace Rd.
(1 block beyond former
location)
WINDOW FRAMES
WINDOW SCREENS &
DOORS
QUICK DELIVERY
Also Sash, I.S. &O.S.
Doors and General Mill
Work.
SAVE WHERE YOU BUY
BUY WHERE YOU SAVE
Master Woods
Cabinet Shop
1G4 S. Commercial
Phone 5596
inlrrrtinr rrpnrtt, nrwi of ma
IniM
omr held In Japanese Internment c
impi,
1
Chicago with the class of 1894 1
and has held pastorates in
Illinois. Missouri, Ohio. Iowa
and Kansas, coming to La
Grande in 1919. He also served
as pastor of the Hope church in
Portland and pastorates at Dal
las and Cottage Grove. In ad
dition he conducted gospel mis
sions in most of the churches of
his denomination in Oregon and
was associated with the Oregon
Christian Endeavor union.
Navy Reserve Officers
To Meet April 17
Granted its charter this week.,
the Salem chapter of the Reserve
Officers of the Naval Services,
LEGAL
NOTICE-OF Pl'BI.IC HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given that the Com- :
mon Council ol the City of Salem, it ,
the mertiriB of said Council lo be hrld
at th City Hall, in Salem. Marion Coun
ty. Orriton. lit 8:00 o'clock p.m. on April
16. 194", will hear all person particu
larly Interested and the nencral public
in the matter of the petition and pro
posal to change from a Class 1 Residen
tial District to a Class III Business Dis
trict, the following described premises, to
wlt: That part of Block 3. Entttewood Addi
tion to the City of Salem, Marion Coun
ty, Oregon, as described in Deed record
ed in Volume 342. page 602. and Dred
recorded in Volume 321. page 402, Deed
Records for Marlon County, Oregon.
By order of the Common Council.
Alfred Mundt. CuyHccoider. JIB'
N O T 1 CK 0 F Tl i: A R I N G0 N F I N A I.
ac cor NT
IN THE CIRCMT COURT OF THE ST AIT.
OF OREGON. FOR MARION COUNTY
No. 13fi35
In the matter of the Estate of VENCEl
I HRUDKA. deceased,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
undersigned has filed In the Circuit
Court of the Slate of Oregon for Marlon
Count:', his veriflea final account as ad
ministrator ol he estate of Vencel L
Htudka, deceased, and that said Com t
has fixed Tuesday. April '22. 1047. at the
hour of 10:00 o'clock A.M. at said day
as the time, and the Court room of the
Circuit Court o( the State of Oregon for
Marion County tn the County Courthouse
in Salem. Oregon, as the place for the
hearing of said final account and ill
objections thereto.
Dated at Salem, Oregon, this 31st day
of March. 1947.
PAUL WHITE.
Administrator of 'he Estate
of Vencel L. Hrudka, deceased.
PEERY T. BUR EN. Attorney,
613 1st Nat'l. Bank Bldg.,
Salem, Oregon.
First publication: March 22. 1!H7.
Final publication: April 19, 1947.
Mar. 23-29-Apr. 5-12-19.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No I'.'RSB
Estate of LARRY VAUGHN COtLINS
Attorney Louis Schnitzer. Address 1031
Pacific Bids., Portland, 4, Oregon.
In the Circuit Court of the State ut
Oregon for the County of Marlon, Pro
bate Department.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed EDGAR VAUGHN COLLINS has
been r -poin'ffd Administrator of the es
tate of LARRY VAUGHN COLLINS, de
ceased, by the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Marion County, and has
qualified. Ail persona having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present the same, duly verified as by
law required, to the .undersigned at
idanha, Oregon, wlthm six months from
the date hereof.
Dated and first Published March 1D47
Last publication April 1947.
EDGAR VAUGHN COLLINS
ADMINISTRATOR.
LOUIS SCHNITZER
Attorney
Mar. 12-29-Apr 5-12-19.
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MISSIONARY YOUTH RALLY
APRIL 12
SPEAKER Eldon Johnson, missionary to Bolivia.
SINGSPIRATION Bill Sherman, Eugene Y. F. C.
TRUMPETEER Lotte Anthony. Many h ave requested her
return to Sa lem.
SALEM YOUTH CENTER CHOIR
Ernie Fricsen, Director
TESTIMONY E. F. Irwin, two yea rs in the hands of the Japanese in
French Indo-China.
FILMS R. G. Burnett, "Missiona ry Work in Ecuador."
SALEM ARMORY
Capital Journal. Salem. Oregon,
will hold its first official meet
ing in the Floral room of the
Chamber of Commerce, April
17 at 8 p.m.
The chapter, the 120th RONSjpletely independent of the navy
chapter lo receive a charter, is department and under its consti
open to all reserve officers 0fltution and Procedures, the ma
the navy, marine corps, coast !j?rity T," '!ts m"bership
guard and Waves. Further infor-' "lone ,WlU at a11 tlmes detcrmine
nation on the chapter is avail-!"8 po"cles-
able by calling 6111. , Balsa WQod wejghs hgf f
Founded by veterans of World 'much as cork.
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Camellias - Azaleas
Rhododendrons
H. L. PEARCY NURSERY CO.
RT. 2 BOX 190
North River Road to Keizcr school, turn west, stav on pave
ment 4 miles to nursery. Open week days; Sunday, 1 to 6
p.m.
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Popular college girls possess on "eyeglass
wardrobe" with glasses of various shapes and
colors for different occasions. These gayly
smart frames add glamour to study.
FOR SEEING and HEARING
MORRIS OPTICAL
444 State St.
SALEM
Here ore rings worn with prido vnd 9efon
by lovely brides for olmott one kmeVed
yean. Diamonds ewt by Wood eMperti
abroad. Rmg hond-carved by yoMwwWu
whose talent ri on American trodftton.
See our collection of rings mariied AW-CarvW.
Jackson Jewelers
225 No. Liberty Opposite Paramount Market
Don't Miss This Unusual Rally
Saturday, April 12, 1947 .1
War II, RONS was organized in
September, 1945. Though it has
the official approval of the sec
retary of the navy and the chief
of naval operations, it is com-
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