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Mrs, Fulton on Trip Mrs.
Charles Fulton, seed analyst for
the Fulton Seed Laboratory, left
April 29 for Washington, D, C.
While In Washington she will
tudy with Miss Albina Musil
who is one of the two leading
bent grass specialists in the Unit
ed States. Mrs. Fulton expects
to make short visits to relatives
and friends in St. Louis. Indiana
polis and New York City. She
will return to her leboratory in
this city May 23.
Real Estate Named Certifi
cate of assumed business name
for Omer's Real Estate has been
filed with the county clerk by
V. Omer Huff, 460 North 13th
treet. Certificate of retirement
from Huff Real Estate company
has been filed by Harvey S. Huff.
Platoon Is Planned Boys and
girls interested in crop harvest
work during the summer will be
given an opportunity to form a
platoon again this year with
Mrs. Alta Webster, who has
charge of the area just north of
Hayesville, registering the
youthful pickers. Her telephone
is 2-4038 with the work to start
Immediately following the close
of school.
Ankeny Scores Again Har
low Ankeny, who edited the
"Clarion" of Salem high school
In 1945-48 when it received its
first ail-American rating, was
editor of the "Crescent," Pa
cific college biweekly for the
first semester of the current
school year when it was
awarded a first-class rating
by the Associated Collegiate
Press of the University of Min
nesota. Ankeny resigned his
post midway through the semes
ter and was succeeded by Ger
trude Haworth, Star, Ida.
Gates Youth Hospitalized
Kenneth "Weathers, of Gates, is
hospitalized here with fractured
ribs and a mouth injury receiv
ed when the automobile he was
driving plunged over a high cliff
ten miles east of Gates during a
heavy fog. Floyd Blackburn, his
companion, was treated by a
physician and sent home. The
youths were driving toward De
troit when they encountered the
fog bank near White Water
bridge. Their coupe was demol
ished. Plaques Returned Four
plaques that recently disappear
ed from the French boxcar in
possession of Marion county
voiture of the 40 et 8 have been
returned, the voiture reported.
The car was part of the merci
train sponsored by the people
of France. The Oregon car was
left with the 40 et 8 and is now
In possession of the chapter
here.
- Chambermaid Loses The
state supreme court refused yes
terday to grant a rehearing to
Laura . I.. Jackson, Portland
chambermaid who wants to
keep $800 in bills she found in
a drawer of a room she was
cleaning. The court upheld its
previous ruling that the money
was "misplaced," not "lost,"
and that it should be held in
trust by the hotel owner for the
guest who left it there.
Window Smashed A report
was in police files Saturday
which stated that a youth on a
bicycle hurled a rock through
a window of the Hamilton
Grocery at 305 S. 25th street.
Given Commissions Two Sa
lem youths are among the stu
denta listed as having received
their permanent cadet commis
sions in the Air ROTC at Ore
eon State college. The two are
listed as captains, flight com
manders of the first group. They
are Robert E. Ullman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Uliman of
Salem, I senior to graduate in
June from the school of engin
eering; and Thomas Faught, Jr.,
ton of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Faught, a sophomore majoring
in business and technology.
Babies Taken Home Leaving
the Salem General hospital with
recently born infants are Mrs.
Jerome C. Lillie and daughter,
1665 Madison; Mrs. H. E. Vogl
and son, 1389 Lee, and Mrs.
Paul J. Lippold and son, route 5.
Pioneer Picnc Set The an
nual Linn county pioneer pic
nic and reunion has been sched
uled for Brownsville June 16
to 18. A feature this year will
be 40 eastern Oregon Indians
from the Warm Springs reserva
tion in a Hiawatha pageant Fri
day and Saturday nights.
Cleaners File Name Marvel
Cleaners, cleaning and dyeing, is
assumed business name filed
with the county clerk by Charles
p Swelstris 1750 Yew street
' and Raymond L. Grimmett, 1060
S. Commercial.
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Gray Funeral Held Funeral
services for Joe Gray, S3, who
died here Tuesday, were held
at Vale Thursday. He was a
former resident of Willowcreek
district in eastern Oregon and
was born at Little Rock. Ark..
Aug. 8, 1893. Surviving are his
widow, 'Octavia Gray; son, Rob-1
ert bray, Salem; and four
daughters, Marie and Opal
Gray, both of Salem; Mrs. W. P.
Brown and Mrs. Irvln Andrews,
both of Vale. Burial was in
Valley View cemtery.
Mortuary Listed Certificate
I of assumed business name has
been filed with the county clerk
for Virgil T. Golden Co., Mor
tuary, South Commercial and
Oak streets, by Virgil T. and
Grace S. Golden, 811 S. Com
mercial, and Belle Niles Brown,
S80 Statesman street.
Putnam Going East Rex
Putnam, state superintendent of
public instruction, will leave
early next week for Chicago to
attend a meeting of the execu
tive committee of chief state
school officers. The purpose of
the meeting is to consider and
suggest a uniform national edu
cation program.
Eggs Slightly Higher Some
local produce firms were quoting
top grades of eggs a cent higher,
Saturday morning. Extra large
AA eggs are listed now at 48
cents, buying price, and large
AA at 45 cents.
Marriage License A mar
riage license has been issued at
Kelso to Reuben Ashcraft. Sa
lem, and Nancy Breuser, Rain
ier. To Haul Logs Log hauling
permit has been granted by the
county court to Alex A. Muze
chenko, Lyons.
Gas Sales Up Again Gaso
line sales in March were up 5
percent over a year ago, after
showing declines for three
months in a row, the office of
secretary of state reported to
day, A state department fuel
tax report showed that gross
taxes of $1,785,663 were paid
on 35,713,261 gallons. Despit
the March gain, the department
said, revenues from this source
for the first quarter are still 4
percent under last year as re
sult of severe January and Feb
ruary weather conditions.
Hospital Open House The
nurses home, the treatment hos
pital and the main portion of
the Oregon State hospital will
be open for public inspection
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday,
according to Dr. Charles Bates,
superintendent. Also open for
public viewing will be the cus
todial building at the Cottage
farm. All of the buildings have
been recently completed al
though not completely equipped.
Advise Vaccination Dr. Wil-
lard J. Stone, Marion county
health officer, suggests that fish
ermen who plan to travel in cen
tral and eastern Oregon submit
to vaccination against Rocky
Mountain spotted fever. He ad
vised that vaccination against
the disease, transmitted by the
dog tick or wood tick, ahould
be performed by private physi
cian at least 10 days before the
expected exposure.
Stelnke Injured A. C. Stein
ke received minor injuries Sat
urday in a collision of two auto
mobiles at Silverton road and
McCain street. First aid res
ponded to the call and reported
no other injuries.
$1000 matched calf roping,!
contest. May 7-8, p. m. Stadium
Fairgrounds. 103
Office space for rent, in new
building. Ph. 3-5862. 103'
Western horse events, stock
horse events, bare back, broncs,
wild cow milkinw. See them all
at the Western Horse Show
sponsored b y t h e Willamette
Valley Horseman's Association
May 7-8. Fairgrounds. 103"
Found Pal S, owner claim at
city dog pond. 103
White's Drive In closing Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Installing more equipment. 105
NIGHT CRAWLERS. 11.1 S.
16th. Ph. 3581Q. 103'
"Top Hatters'' Dance Band.
Cottonwoods, Sat. Dance t till 1
103
Third Anniversary Special
50 off on 80 telected wallpa
per papers. R. L. Elfstrom Co.,
340 Court. 105
Asparagus for canning and
freezing, Fiali Ranch, 3 miles
north of Salem in Polk county
Bring containers. Phone 22814.
11S
Dance tonite. Glenwood. 103
Painting 20 yean
ence. Phone 3-7552.
expert
103
Insured savings earn more
lhan two percent at Salem Fed
erai Savings Association, 560
Stat street
Dance tonite. Glenwood. 103
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
God's Health Insurance Pro
gram for America. Sat., Aoril
30, 8 p.m. Beaver Hall, 248 4
N Com'l. Sponsored by Salem
Bible Forum. 103
Hit Run Driver
Pays $50 Fine
Frank V. Siemens, 100 Can-
dalaria drive, was fined $50 in
police court Saturday morning
for failure to remain at the
scene of a side-swipe accident on
South 12th street.
A witness to the accident
trailed Siemens' car long enough
to secure the license number
and type identification, then he
returned to advise the owner of
the parked car of the details.
The owner of the parked ma
chine was Richard Carter, 1275
South 12th street. With the in
formation provided them, police
traced the hit-run car to Mem
ens; They found his car in the ga
rage with both fenders on the
right side smashed. Siemens told
officers he had been at the Club
Combo drinking with friends.
He claimed he was not driving
the car at the time of the acci
dent. .
To Lay Pipe Felix T. Wright,
Silverton, has been granted a
county court permit to lay a
2-inch DiDe along and across
market road 46 for domestic
use.
Leave Salem Memorial Dis
missed from the Salem Memor
ial hospital with recently born
sons are Mrs. Benjamin Kerns,
215 West Ewald avenue and
Mrs. Kenneth H. York, route 1
box 110.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Monday, May
USWV at tne vrw naii ai a vMl
Business meeting and muster.
Companies B and G, 162nd In
fant mffimpnt. and headauarters
detachment. Oregon National Guard.
at Salem armory.
Organized Marine Corps Reserve
unit at Naval and Marine Corps
Reserve Training center.
409th quartermasters and 369th
engineers, army Reserves, at Army
Reserve quonset huts.
Headquarters provisional infan
try battalion, 635th Organized Re
serve composite group, at Army
Reserve quonset huts.
Capital post No. 9. American Le
gion. Pioneer post No. 149, American
Legion, regular meeting at Marlon
county chapter American Red Cross
rooms at 435 State street, at 8 p. m.
Brig. Oen. H. G. Maison, assist
ant commander of the 41st divis
ion and Col. Edward C. Snow of
the' Oreaon adititant general's of
fice, have been in San Francisco at
the Presidio this week attending a
command post exercise. The men.
who were accompanied by their
wives, left Salem Thursday for the
three-day session.
For Sale blooming azaleas.
Wide range of colors, red to
white. Strayer Azalea fields.
3th and Locust streets. 109
Possemen Attention: Five
good horses for sale. Four sor
rels with white markings, one
seal brown. Three of them
eligible for any posse. Also
one of the finest horse trailers
seen in this part of the coun
try. Four wheel electric brak
es, spring axles, all aluminum
frame and body. See Sunday,
May 1 at 3490 Donald Way,
back of Saving Center on Port
land road. 103
Fire - auto - liability - bur
glary. Ken Potta Insurance
Agency, 229 N. Liberty. 103
Dance tonite. Henry's Hall
So. 12th & Leslie Sts. Adm. 60c.
103'
Dance tonight. 239 Court. 103
Dr. L. B. Warnlcker Dentist
is now associated with the Dr.
Painless Parker office. 12.1 N.
Liberty St., Salem. Ph. 3882.1
108
Rummage Sale Thursday and
Friday, 28 th and 29th. 2360
North Church. 120
Road oiling
Ph. 24131. Eves.
call Tweedie
33789. 104
Beginning shorthand cIem In
the New Revised Gregg Short
hand itarting May 2, Capital
Businesi College. Phone 3-5987.
Learn easier and quicker. 103
Federally insured Savings
Current dividend 2H See
FIRST Federal Savirgs FIRST
142 S Liberty Ph. t-4944.
Good business location for
rent at 367 North High St. Con
tact Secretary, Fraternal Order
of Eagles,
Detroit Dam Builders Arrive in Salem Edgar Kaiser and
associates, members of Consolidated builders contractors for
construction of Detroit dam, pause in Salem enroute to the
damsite. From left: Albert Bauer, Tom Price, R. A. Hoffman,
superintendent in charge of construction at the site, Edgar
F. Kaiser, George Havas and Clay Bedford.
Kaiser Heads Detroit Dam
Builders Inspecting Project
One of the nation's big business men and great builders, Edgar
Kaiser, head of Kaiser-Frazer Corp., arrived in Salem Friday
evening at 6:30 o'clock.
The amiable young executive, who is never too taken up with
business to stop for a friendly word, came to Salem with other
executives of his company in his
own plane, an A-26, flying from
Oakland, Calif.
A visitor to this area before,
with those visits made quietly
and without publicity Kaiser is
here this time primarily to in
spect the Detroit dam site and
get a general picture of the
plant lay-out for the dam.
He, however, talked of busi
ness conditions and before go
ing to his hotel visited the Kai
ser-Frazer dealer, here Emer
son Teague. (The two spent two
days together not too long ago
when Teague was picked as one
of the 23 Kaiser-Frazer dealers
in the nation to visit the Willow
Run factory).
The head man for the Kaiser
projects delayed making state
ments about work at the Detroit
dam until after he has made his
visit to the site.
Business in general is picking
up, Kaiser believes, but he also
thinks that the people as a
whole are uncertain as to what
the economy is going to be in
the future. His personal opin
ion, however, is that it is going
to be all right. There has been
a decline he opined, noting that
basic medals had eased off, but
indications are that things will
begin moving a bit faster.
Commenting that the used car
market had been off, Kaiser
stated that there were signs that
it was beginning to pick-up
This trend is noted in Los An
geles, according to the Kaiser
executive, and in the past the
business trends there had indi
cated the trend that will be fol
lowed in the nation.
New cars they are not as
much in demand as a year ago,
according to Kaiser, but he also
pointed out that production had
sometime ago begun to balance
the demands for new cars.
Are the strikes in the east
affecting the production of his
cars? Kaiser answered that by
saying that the Bendix Aviation
Corp. strike had caused a shut
down of the Kaiser-Frazer plant
But next Tuesday the plant is
slated to begin work again re
gardless of the outcome of the
Bendix strike as another brake
source has been found.
The time needed to thorough
ly inspect the Detroit dam site
will govern tne lengtn oi R.ais
er's visit here, but at the longest
SALEM COURT NEWS
Circuit Court
Frd McCtll nd Itrl Wither vt D.
J. Good, complaint til mm that alnce
April, 149 dtOrrdint ha been dumplni
arbai nJ offal on land btlonilnt to
plaintiff and aulu an Injunction parpct
uallr raitratnlni furiner dumplof.
Stat va William IlMfn, Jr., defendant
waive extradition to Wahimton atatt
when he U wantM at uncnaiu
charae of takint a motor nici
consent of tilt ownar.
without
Valley Credit Bervlca JamM O. Me
Devltt and olhcra, aili I action of Judg
ment. vtncT U. m Floyd H. Immona, anwr
and croM complaint admlta and dtnlM,
cruel and Inhuman treatment on part
of plaintiff ill'ted. defendant to d
cre and that ha ba awarded euatody of
child.
Wn Dnntrnai Adam and othira a
tvan Lumber com p wit, application for
trial.
Atlu Lumber company KUh Brown
Building Supply, application for trial.
Veda H. Ml! Howard. dcfenM na
tion to Jtrlka part of complaint.
O. C Ritchie m Id Thorna ftnd oth
er, time to file Irarwcript and b.ll of
exceptions on appeal eatended to May 10.
Stat Finance, company Fran Held
and other. aner tnd crow complaint
of Donald I. Woodry Woodry Furni
ture company, mki defendant be entitled
to aha re in proceed of ala of real prop
erty, If any.
Leonard C. and Buth A Orton Vic
tor and Elliabetn M. Knu'A, demurrer of
defendant to complaint.
tlvii F. ti Oeoraa DeWltl, default or
der entered.
Probora Court
William Henry Nwtn tuardianhl.
der approving report
Hfth, luardian.
Vloin Hewton
Charle ft Tarlor tat. final eeoiint
of Had C Taylor, idmiaittritrii, p-
t proved.
it will not be over two days. In
specting the dam site with him
will be Clay Bedford ana
George Havas, both of whom
came in on the plane Friday
evening with Kaiser and the
previous day came to Oakland
with him from Willow Run, and
Al Bauer, Russell Hoffman and
T. M. Price, all of whom are in
Salem to take charge of work
at the dam for Consolidated
Builders.
Big Concern
Eyes Salem
This big eastern concern has
n't actually settled on Salem as
an industrial location, but it is
looking this way, and the Cham
ber of Commerce is alerted.
Looking for a location some
where in this region is a com
pany that wants 100 acres of
ground. It will employ about
1000 workers, use 20,000 cords
of wood a year, various chem
icals, and use 60,000,000 gal
Ions of water a day.
The Chamber of Commerce
doesn't know the name of the
company. The inquiry comes.
from the east coast.
Other concerns are looking
this wav. too. One wants 18
acres of ground. Another wants
20 acres, and would put up a!
building of one floor and 75,000
square feet of space.
All the inquiries are from the
east.
Also, says Manager Clay
Cochran of the Chamber of
Commerce, Manganese Prod
ucts, Inc., isn't the only concern
that is negotiating for purchase
of the Columbia Metals-operated
fertilizer plant from the war
assets administration. Several
others are dickering.
The lease of Columbia Metals
will expire June 30.
Another Cut In Soap Prices
Cincinnati, April 30 "ft The
Proctor and Gamble company,
today announced a reduction of
two cents a pound on the whole
sale price of Crisco vegetable
shortening and lesser reductions
on medium and large bars of
Ivory soap.
Antal Daniel etate. petition for ordr
confirming ale of real property by Jot
Daniel, admlnlatrator.
mien May Footer eatate valued
It O00, Jennie Lett ken named executrix
and William Taw, L. O Mitchttl and
Oladra Chamber appraiser.
Anna Buchhelt etata final decree to
Ed Buchheit, guardian, ill guardiaiunip
fund dlaburaed.
Edward A. Weber tate, additional 10
day to file inventory granted on petition
of Fred weoer, execuioi.
Fannl Kay BtJihop etta, final floaln
order granted lo Clarence M , Roy T.
and Robert Chaunccy Blohop, Jr., execu
tor. Chi Tie H. Widon guardlnhlp ap
praled at m.Oftfl 17 bv Henry Millar,
Otorio H. Bell and Frad Bergtr.
District Court
FiilHlv, tram Wutllnilon Ifltt fnr
ttkln, ft motor vhKI. witnout th eon
A.nt of Ih. owner: Wlllltm J.natn,. Jr.,
hd uatu utr 1. tor Wuhinston suutor
nw. Folic Court
DMtrurtlon of OUT proprtf: John A.
Kolni, 711 O.ntor, ftnod 131.
Fitluro to r.mtln it the srrnt of sn
aeeldrnt: Fr.nk V. akm.nl. 100 csnd.l
trlt, tlnta ISO.
Morriago Licenses
tlrhsrd T. Oorm.n, let.l. Mmtll. 'ib
ilmltr. ins Ant.lin, J. Lomorrcht, 1'tftl,
einn.rr orkr, St.rton.
ttleh.t' t. trwln. . llf unorwrltr,
W..I S.l.m, nl Kllistwth U Mltch.ll, 14.
bookir.ptr, Atl'm.
Oorf0 Witjon. II. .ntinr. tnd Allr
Vofl. 31, suftlle utllltlu cnmmuulon, betn
Bot.m.
V.rnon t. lr.w.r. . mill rfc.r. tnd
a.ttr Libn.r, to, booki.tpr, botn Silv.r-
ton.
OWin St. Ktfh. 13. .Iiflnt. ind Mtrrrl
Cirlin, 33. tl horn., both Portland.
M.rrv T M.rd., S3, m.rtn. nlnr,
nd Liltf U. Htrdr, tl. resuttrtd aura,
bota Albtar.
New Mortuary
Will Be Built
Establishment of a new mor
tuary business in Salem was
revealed Friday with the regis
tration of an assumed business
name at the office of the county
clerk.
Members of the firm will be
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil T. Golden
and Mrs. Belle Niles Brown
The location will be the south
west corner of South Commer
cial and Oak streets where a
change in zone classification was
recently made by the city coun
cil on application of W. T. Mil-
tonberger from whom the
Goldens and Mrs. Brown acquir
ed the property.
A new building will be erect
ed on the property. It will have
frontage of 100 feet on South
Commercial street and extend
back 200 feet along Oak. The
firm name will be the Virgil T.
Golden company.
Golden and Mrs. Brown had
long been partners in the
Clough-Barrick mortuary
Salem. The new firm will be
the fourth undertaking business
operating here.
Bids will be opened Monday,
Golden said, and construction
will be this summer. The build
ing will be about a story and I
half high and of concrete or
pumice stone.
Welfare Aid to
Cost $1,393,550
'Grand total of welfare assist
ance in Marion county for the
next fiscal year starting July
1 will be $1,393,550 as estimated
by the state public welfare com
mission in a statement of con
firmation received by the coun
ty court Saturday from the state
commission.
Broken down between the
three contributors to the fund it
shown the federal govern
ment's share will be $563,622,
the state's share, $580,950, and
Marion county s share, $248,-
978.
Divided into case loads it is
expected the fund will serve
400 cases under general assist
ance, 1600 under old age assist
ance, 175 in giving aid to de
pendent children and 32 in giv
ing aid to the blind.
Marion county's share as to
these various case loads is
broken down to include $63,000
for general assistance, $134,611
for old age assistance, $47,733
for dependent children and $3
034 for aid to the blind.
Four Injured in
Rear-End Collision
Minor injuries were received
by four people in a rear-end col
lision of two automobiles on the
Pacific highway just north of
the city limits Friday night
shortly before 11 o'clock.
M a n 1 e y Francis Bennett,
Brooks, told police he was driv
ing soulh when the car driven
by Donald S. Siddon, Portland,
struck him from the rear, forc
ing his machine into the ditch
where it overturned.
First aid was called and Ben
nett treated at the hospital and
then released while his wife,
Hattie Bennett, Siddon and
James Staub, also of Portland
and a passenger in the Siddon
car, were given first aid at the
scene of the accident.
Quakes Recorded
On Seismographs
New York. April 30 UR The
Fordham university seismoRraph
recorded two "quite severe'
earthquake shocks last night al
a distance of 9.600 miles, believ
ed to be In the South Pacific
The shock! were recorded at
9:42:38 and 9:49:49 p.m. EDT.
San Francisco, April 30 UR
The University of California
seismograph recorded mile
minute-long shock about noon
yesterday.
It was the fourth quake re
corded within 17 hours by the
college seismograph. One was
recorded yesterday morning and
the other two Thursday after
noon.
Notice to the Public
Effective 2 a. m. Monday, May 2, 1949, the arrival and de
parture time of all Oregon Motor Stages Schedules will
be advanced one hour to conform with the daylight sav
ing time in the city of Portland, Oregon.
OREGON MOTOR STAGES
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
Late Sports
NATIONAL
New York COO 000 000 0 4 1
Boston 300 001 00X 4 6 1
Jansen. Behrman i8 and Coop
er: Sain and Salkeld.
Phllaledphla 000 624 00012 8 1
Brooklyn 101 000 002 4 10 0
Borowky and Seminlck; Banta
Barney 4. Minner 141. McGlothin
t6i, Podbielan (8) and Campanella.
AMERICAN
Washington 002 ooo 0054 11 1
Philadelphia 010 000 0023 8 1
Calvert and Evans: Coleman and
Harris tfl and Astroth.
Boston 000 000 2103 6 0
New York 000 000 0024 6 2
Byrne. Page t7i. Shea i9t and
Berra: Dobson, Hughson (8) and
Tebbetts.
School Board
Keeping 'Mum'
Albany, Apr. 30 Members of
the Albany school board had
nothing to say Friday regarding
the challenge of their action in
awarding the local grade school
building contract to the Ken
Ward Construction company of
Portland, nor to the reputed
threat of an injunction suit re
straining them from signing the
contract. Accordingly the
board's action on the Ward con
tract remained final Friday.
The board's action was ques
tioned Thursday night as the di
rectors were assembled to take
final action on the school bud
get in the junior high school
building.
Issuing the challenge was
Courtney Johns, spokesman for
a delegation of 40 local residents
including many business men.
who contended that the con
Iract should have been awarded
to Edwards brothers, local con
tractors, whose bid of $571.
986.12 was $334.12 higher than
the Ward bid of $571,625.
Substance of the delegation's
contention was that the board
erred in not accepting the Ed
wards bid because It was, in fi
nal analysis, the "best" bid from
the standpoint of the school dis
trict that that the school board
failed to exercise its option to
choose the contractor on that
basis.
No injunction had been filed
late Friday but participants in
Thursday's meeting indicated
Friday that such action is being
strongly considered.
Strike of 60,000
(Continued from Parc 1
John L. Lewis agreed today
to bargain separately with
southern coal producers. In a
letter to the association, the
United Mine Workers chief sug
gested that negotiations on a new
contract will begin June 6 at
Bluefield, W. Va. The present
contract expires June 30. The
coal mining industry has in the
past negotiated contracts with
the UMW on a nationwide bas-
Smashes Stop Sign
And Fire Hydrant
The talents of an alert news
paper boy and the efforts of Sa
lem police and detectives were
combined Saturday morning
U0ie H UIIVCI Willi BIIIMSIIVU UV-
er a stop sign and fire hydrant
at the corner of Donna avenue
and Portland road.
Advised of the accident, po
lice learned from one Holly
wood area resident that a news
paper delivery boy had witness
ed the smash-up. The patrolman
on the beat in that area found
the youth and secured Informa
tion for detectives on the car
which was Involved In the crash
Two hours after the smash
John A. Kainz, 737 Center, was
under arrest for destruction oi
city property. He was fined $25
in police court. He said he left
the accident scene under the
Impression that he had 24 hours
to report the case under state
law.
Fined for Kisainf
Karachi, Pakistan, April 30
r Ezzat Mohammad, 25, was
lined two rupees (60 cents) to
day for kissing his girl friend
in public. He pleaded guilty. Un
der Pakistan law, it is against
the law to kiss even one's wife
In public.
Saturday, April 30, 1949 S
Shmoos Seen
In Scout Circus
Shmoos will make their first
Salem appearance at the Boy
Scout circus next Saturday night
at Sweetland field.
They will be a part of the anl-
mal fair sponsored by the Cub
Scouts in a three ring circus,
which, in fact is a circus within
a circus.
The Salem Lions club commit
tee, heading up the program,
said today more than 800 cubs
will take part in this 30-min-ute
portion of the evening's ac
tivities. The shmoos will have
the company of almost every
kind of animal under the sun-
lions, elephants, penguins, gir
affes, tigers and such.
There will be clowns, ring
masters and Indians, too. A spe
cial train will bring the circus
animals onto tne nem witn a
long line of cages, which will be
unloaded in front of the three
rings. Special skunks are also
being imported.
There will be so many ani
mals that they can't all take
part in the fair. So they wilt
have their own grandstands at
each end of the three rings in
front of the main grandstand.
Oscar Liudahl is chairman of
the cub participation in the
scout circus in which nearly
3000 scouts from Linn, Marion
and Polk counties of the Cas
cade Area Council will take
part. A. Carl Aschenbrenner is
general chairman for the circus,
sponsored by the Salem Liona
club.
No Agreement
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Also, one western source said
the west found no "jokers" in
the deal suggested by Russia.
The situation now is roughly
this:
1. Tass, Soviet news agency,
reported that Malik had inform
ed Jessup Russia would raise the
blockade of Berlin if France,
Britain and the United States
would life their counter-blockade,
and if they would agree on
a date for a meeting of the four
power council of foreign minis
ters. 2. Malik later officially con
firmed that Tass report, and
western sources said no other
conditions have been raised by
the Soviet.
Cora Peterson Rites
Held at Chehalis
Funeral services were held
for Mrs. Cora A. Peterson, 78,
pioneer northwest teacher, who
coupled her profession with Al
aska gold mining, housekeeping
and motherhood.
Born in Illinois, she came west
to Salem where she graduated
from Willamette university in
1895.
She taught In Oregon, married
in 1905, moved to the Klondike,
and later to Alaska. After spend
ing 15 years in the north, the
Petersons moved to Portland,
where she became a grade school
teacher.
Her husband and two sons
'oijufyiyj
Mr. and Mrs.
William Berg
Landscape Florists
Nebraska St. at R. R. Crossing
Entrance on Garnet St.
Azaleas
This Is Azalea Week at Berg's:
they will never be prettier. Drive
out this Sunday or this week.
America's finest azalea, the
yellow hell or Alta Clare. We
also have the mollis In the larg
er sizes, too.
White Star of Bethlehem, an
evergreen as beautiful as they
come, also the white honey
suckle clustered azalea, very
fragrant.
Mother's Day Atalfa, dwarf
red evergreen, the kind that ev
ery mother wants.
We have a slock of large shrubs
for those who have room (or
them, In camellias. -foot Acu
b, gold dust, loaded with ber
ries: 6-foot Oolden Arbor Vitae
Berkman's. etc.
Yes. we have Irish Yews, young
plramldalta. golden plumage cy
press, creeping Junipers.