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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1948)
2 Capital Journal. Salem. Oregon, Friday, Dee. 17. 1948 New Record in Handling Mail An all time record for the number of cancellations in single day was established by the Salem post office Thursday when 162,000 pieces of outgo ing mall were either run through the cancelling machines or stamped by hand. Postmas ter Gragg reports that this num ber was 26,000 more than a sim ilar date a year ago. The previ ous high mark occurred on Dec. 17, 1947 when 148,000 pieces were handled. High speed machines make quick work of cancelling the stamps on the thousands of let ters that are pouring into the post office. Parcel post pack ages are either nandlcd by the metering machines or weighed and stamped by hand. At no time during the cur rent rush has there been much relay in waiting on those per sons who are mailing their packages. This is due to the se curing of additional experienc ed help and the speed with which the regular employes are working. Gragg expressed ap preciation over the efficiency of his men. Very few letters addressed to "Santa Claus" have come to the attention of the postal clerks. Those that are received are channeled to agencies that are specializing in providing Christ mas presents to under privil eged children. One delivery throughout the residential district will be made Sunday in an effort to keep ahead of the incoming torrent of packages. There will be no delivery on Sunday on the rur al routes. Postmaster Gragg is calling on his extra list as the applicants are needed. Leedy Flag Aide To Adm. Holloway Word has been received In Salem of the appointment of Lt. Ralph G. Leedy, former Salem resident now on the U. S. naval academy staff at Annapolis, as flag secretary to the academy ,,nA i n t a r rl a n Roar AHm James L. Holloway, Jr. Leedy, a graduate of Salem high school and a former stu dent at Oregon State college, at tended the naval academy and after combat duty in the Paci fic during the war studied busi ness methods at Harvard and was assigned to the naval aca demy staff. The naval officer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Leedy, former residents of Lake La bish and now of Sacramento and is the nephew of Mrs. Fran cis Neer, Salem, and Clyde Leedy of Brooks. His grand mother, Mrs. Jessie I, Wilson, also resides in Salem. Work on Building Starts January 5 Construction work on the Hawkins & Roberts building which is to replace the old, fire- destroyed Guardian building, will start January 3, the con tracting firm of Viesko & Post nlrl Vrirtnv Special steel decking for the ! floors and roof, a type of mate rial never used in Salem before, has arrived from Pittsburgh. The structural steel for girders and other heavy parts is being fabricated in Portland. The building will be all con crete and steel, no wood going into the construction. All the necessary concrete is available, ' the contractors said. The building, to be one story high, is going up on the south east corner of the intersection of State and Liberty. Bids Opened for BP Line Bids for the right-of-way clearing for 23 miles of 230.000 volt transmission line to he con ilructed between Lyons and Lebanon were opened by the Bonneville Power administra tion's district office In Eugene Thursday. Low bid was sub mitted by the MrPhail Engin eering company, Taenma, Wash.,1 $146,000 with other bids rang ing upwards to $175,000. The clearing contract will be for the second section of the high-voltage steel tower trans mission line which Is scheduled for completion by 1950 between the main Bonneville-Grand Cou lee transmission grid and Eugene. Clearing of the first section is now being made by the R. W. Byers company of Redding, Calif., and is between Lyons and Detroit. The two sections of the line between Detroit and Lebanon are being rushed to completion by the summer of 1949 to provide construction power for the Detroit dam. This project will also involve the construction of a 115,000 volt line between Albany and Lebanon. Detroit dam construc tion power will be fed into this system from the Bonneville sub station at Albany. 2 Policemen Expected Back Hobart Kiggins and Leland D Weaver, police officers who won reinstatement after a civil serv ice hearing, were expected to report back to headquarters for duty either Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. City Recorder Alfred Mundt who serves as secretary of the commission, had the commis sion's order of reinstatement prepared in writing by City At tornoy Chris J. Kowitz, and was getting the signatures of the commissioners on the order Fri day. Mundt said one copy of the order would be given the attor ney for Kiggins and Weaver and another to Chief Frank Minto, and that it would then be up to the chief to ask the two officers to return to duty. Mundt said the procedure he was following was definitely ac cording to legal requirements Between the chief and the two men there seemed to be a d if ferenee of understanding. The chief was expecting them to re turn to duty on the strength of the commission's decision which was announced verbally at the conclusion of the hearing Wed nesday. Both Kiggins and Wea ver waited for a summons from the chief. Weaver will return to duty again as a patrolman, but not on the traffic detail, the chief said. He said definitely that Kig gins would go back as a plain- clothesman, the position he held prior to being discharged last month by the chief. Kiggins had heard rumors that he was to be made a patrolman, and said if that was true he would not return to duty for the reason It would mean a $30 a month re duction in his pay. Henry Kaiser, Jr., Divorced Los Angeles, Dec. 17 UPI The marriage of Henry Kaiser. Jr., 32. and his pretty wife. Jane, 28. is ended. She cot HI. vorce yesterday from the son of the industrialist. She said that he deserted her In 1946. Contributions Of Shrine Club The Salem Shrine club during the year contributed $4000 in cash and 2830 gallons of canned fruits and vegetables worth $6000 to the Portland Shrine hospital, according to reports read during Friday's luncheon meeting of the organization. Eighteen patients from Mar ion county were treated at the hospital during the past 20 months, being either cured of their ailments or returned home greatly improved. In addition 180 out patients received treat ment by the medical staff. Because of the large volume of contributions in food stuffs made from Shrine organizations of the state, the Portland hospi tal is the most economically op erated upon a per capita basis of the 16 that function in the Unit ed States. Only those persons who are financially unable to take care of their own medical or surgical treatment are given assistance by the Shrine. The Portland hospital is one of those receiving financial assistance from the "March of Dimes" cam paign. Dr Charles Durden of Cal vary Baptist church, gave an ad dress appropriate to the Christ mas season during the lunch eon. The Al Kader chanters of Port land will make their second an nual appearance in Salem the night of March 18. Mrs. Lucille Crow Injured in Crash Mrs. Lucille Crow, 439 Pine, was treated at Salem General hospital Thursday for a head cut sustained while she was a pas senger in a car which collided with a Pacific Greyhound bus. The bus was driven by Verl Tindall, of Portland, while the passenger car was driven by Dorman R. Crow, the injured woman's husband. In an effort to avoid a crash. the bus driver swerved and struck a parked car registered to Marie Crawford, Rt. 9. Mrs. Crow was thrown into the rear view mirror in the crash. Safety Conference Ends 2 Days State Session The fifth annual Oregon safety conference ended its two-day session in Salem today. The large number of delegates on hand broke all previous attendance records. Nearly every type of industry in the Pacific northwest was represented, showing increase of interest in accident prevention on the part of labor and man-' agement. At the banquet Thursday night, Governor-elect Senator Douglas McKay spoke briefly, pledging that when he enters office, he will do all in his pow er to keep Oregon's aggressive program on accident prevention and vocat i o n a 1 rehabilitation going stronger than ever. "Only one thing creates wealth," ne said. "No national resource is of any value without work. We must keep our work, men safe on the job, and if they do get hurt, see that they re ceive the best of care." Friday's program included exercises in accident cause an alysis. O. R.' Hartwig of the Crown-Zellerbach corporation, speaking on employe training in accident prevention, said the employer is legally responsible for furnishing a safe place to work, and consequently should set the pace in training workers in safety. Labor looks to the em ployer to do this, and is willing to take progressive steps to do its part, he said. A panel consisting of Com missioner T. Morris Dunne Paul M. G i e v e r , the commis sion's industrial hygiene engi neer, and Dr. R. R. Sullivan of the Oregon state board of health, discussed occupational disease problems and answered questions. Delegates in special groups discussed mutual industry prob Canning of Potatoes Started at Lebanon Lebanon, Dee. 17 A new process, the canning of potatoes. is being undertaken this week at the Lebanon Packing com pany. Small U. S. No. 1 potatoes will be used, according to Bing ham Powell, manager, and ap proximately 5000 cases will be handled this month. A few gallon cans will be fill ed but the bulk will be peeled and canned whole in No. 2 cans, Powell said. The product will be in direct competition with the present canned potatoes ar riving from California canner ies. All the locally canned "spuds' will be marketed in Willamette valley areas under the brand name of "Lebanon's Pride." Consumer acceptance of the new product will determine the length of processing. Morse Seeks to Bar Filibusters Pittsburgh, Dec. 17 UP) Sen ator Morse (R-, Ore.) said to day he will ask the senate to prevent filibusters by changing its rules so a majority can put a stop to debate. Morse told the law school of the University of Pittsburgh he will make the proposal on the first day of the new session of congress Jan. 3. He said it will touch off a bitter fight. He predicted that President Truman will again ask congress for civil rights legislation and said the debate limitation is a necessary step to get senate con sideration of the proposal. Any move to curtail debate, he added, will be "vigorously resisted by those opposed to ci vil rights legislation." Under certain conditions, the senate can now limit debate if 16 senators sign a petition for cloture and two-thirds of the senators present or 64 if all 96 vote favor this. Morse's proposal would al low a bare majority of 49 sena tors to limit debate. But he said he would assure all senators of ample time to discuss the mer its of any issue before debate is cut off. Morse also urged reform of congressional rules regarding investigations and public hear ings such as the spy inquiry. These rules "are archaic" and constitute a serious hindrance to democratic process," he said. Negro Soldier Hanged Tokyo, Dec. 17 iP) A 32-year-old Alabama soldier was hanged today for the hammer slaying of four Japanese. It was the first hanging of a member of the American army of occupation in Japan, man. Pvt. Stratman Armlstead. a Negro of Thomasville, Ala , J was convicted of bludgeoning a Japanese father and two sons' and cirl to death near Yoko hama October 26, 1947. RIGHT NOW! Top In Entertainment? Power Rates May Not Be Increased Longview, Dec. 17 W By "lots of figuring" a Bonneville power administration official said yesterday, existing Pacific northwest power rates can pos sibly be held at present levels through 1954. " Earl Ostrander, BPA control ler, made the prediction in a talk before the Bonneville re gional advisory council yester day. The meeting continues to- day. I I I NOW! 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