t Capital Journal, Salem, Ort Wedneaday, May 18, 1949
JIMMY WON'T DO IT AGAIN
Boy's Head Stuck Between
2 Railroad Bridge Girders
Seattle, May 18 VP) Seven-year-old Jimmy Albright climbed
up under a railroad treiUe last night ana nuca nil neaa in a
gap between two girder!.
Here li what followed:
A Great Northern mail train wu flagged to a itop down the
- tracki. A fire truck icreamed
I to the scene. Police can and
ambulance! wailed to a halt.
Railroad crews ruined to the
bridge. Traffic jammed on the
highway below. Hydraulic Jacks
grunted and attained. An acety
lene torch ihowered sparks.
. . . And 90 minute! after he
stuck his head In, Jimmy pulled
it out. nil ears were swollen
There were tear on hii face.
There waa lard on his head. And
in his heart was a solemn vow
never to go under another
bridge unless he had his mother
along.
A playmate Immediately ran
to the Curtis Albright home
when it became apparent Jim
my'! head waa stuck for fair.
Albright came running with the
lard bucket and they greased
till it was slick as a peeled egg.
That little noggin was stuck in
the bridge like a stopper in a
crock.
Albright called the police. Po
lice and firemen may have been
dubloua about the message:
There's a boy out at Ballard
with his head stuck in a rail
road bridge." But they came on
the run anyway.
Up the tracks the mail train
was barreling for Seattle. An
off-duty Northern Pacific
switchman, J. A. France, flagged
down the train and probably
saved the boy's life. Officials
said the weight of the rattler
probably would have crushed
the youngster s head.
But the bridge fit as snug as
ever over Jimmy I head. Some
one came up with an idea cut
him loose.
A doctor administered a seda
tive to keep Jimmy quiet com
paratlvely and workers
wrapped towels, asbestos and a
sheet of metal around him and
a man came up with the cutting
torch.
It was warm, but Jimmy's
mother told him to be a man
and sit still, which he did, and
pretty soon the workman had
cut a hunk right out of the gir
der and Jimmy was free.
The doctor looked at him and
said he was OK, but needed a
bath. So he rushed home and
had one. And Mr. and Mrs. Al
bright declared they never even
bothered to tell Jimmy don't
ever do that again.
60 Planes fo Fly
To Portland, Me.
When 80 planes leave from
the Troutdale airport east of
Portland Saturday morning it
will constitute the world's
greatest flight of privately own-
ed ships. The pilot! have as
their destination Portland, Me.,
and when they return to their
base they will have flown a dis
tance farther than the circum
ference of the globe at the equa
tor as the result of this tour and
five otheri.
Detail! of the approaching
flight as well as one taken last
year to Alaska were given to
members of the Salem rtoiary
club Wednesday noon by L. S.
White. Portland business man.
White said he had not left Port
land's city limit! on the ground
within a period of five years.
Contrary to popular belief
flying is not an exclusively
young man's activity White
said. The average age of the
group which will make the east
ern tour ii 45. "When we get an
application from a fellow under
40 we give him a thorough going
over," the speaker commented.
The air tour to Alaska was
made at approximately half the
cost of such a journey by auto
mobile. White said the party
followed the Alaskan highway
and since the highway is 60 feet
wide it provided an emergency
landing field lome 1900 miles
in length all the way to Fairbanks.
Slocks Decline
Irregularly
New York, May 18 VP) Stock
trading developed today into a
tight battle between losing and
gaining issues for dominance.
Stocks on the downside ap
peared to have slightly the bet
ter of the tussle, however, as
minus signs appeared somewhat
more frequently over the list
Dealings were slow and trad
ing carried along at the rate of
about 730,000 shares for the full
session, somewhat under yester
day's 1780,000.
The market took a clear-cut
downward dip at one time, but
many Issues pulled over to the
plus side or moved up from the
day's lows around mid-day.
Fractionally behind were
Woolworth, Allied Chemical,
RCA, Gulf Oil and Loew's.
Gainers Included American
Telenhone, Great Northern pre
ferred and J. I. Case.
Grandmother to
Head National PTA
St. Louis, May 18 (U.B A
slim, vivacious Idaho grand
mother who used to teach his
tory today became the new head
of the National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers.
Mrs. John E. Hayes, 60, Twin
Falls, Ida., the wife of an Irri
gation engineer, was elected
president of the 8,744,000 mem
ber organization in light bal
loting at the organization's an
nual convention last night.
Delegates gave Mrs. Hayes
682 of 6P0 votes cast.
Mrs. Hayes started working
with the PTA about 40 years
ago In Denver. . She is a former
history teacher. She has three
children.
Mothers of Silverton
Parish Given Program
Silverton There was a
parish get-together honoring
the mothers of St. Paul's parish.
This Is an anual event under
direction of the Holy Name men
and Young Peoples club. A pro
gram was presented: Mt. Angel
-and played several selections.
Young People's club two vo
cal selections. Dramatic skit by
me upper grade children. Pi
ano solo, Patricia Brandt. In
termediate grade children sang
a song called "Mother." Dr.
Smith, comic reading. Several
prizes were awarded as follows:
Mrs. Gregory Schemmel, Mrs
Leo Gler, Mrs. M. Schnoren
berg, Mrs. M. J. Martin.
More Plans al
Clinic Center
Turther development of the
clinic center near the Salem
General hospital grounds is in
dicated by a request for zone
change that was before the
planning and zoning commis
sion Tuesday night and was
tabled for later attention.
The petition, from P. D. Quls
enberry and others, asks for a
change from Oats I residential
to Class II residential to permit
construction of apartments on an
undeveloped area just west of
the clinic and pharmacy build
ings. Elwood E. Townsend peti
tioned for a new street to con
nect Ford and 23rd In South
Salem, and he offers to deed to
the city for the purpose a 15
foot strip of property on each
side of a 12-foot alley, which
will make a street 43 feet wide.
The commission will recom
mend favorably to the city
council.
Relative to a request from
Delta Gamma sorority for per
mission to enlarge its chapter
house at 1610 Court street the
commission held that the chap
ter must first get signed ap
proval of residents in the af
fected area.
The commission held four
hearings and made the follow
ing recommendation! to the
council:
Approval of change from
Class II residential to Class III
business for a development by
Ransom & Sons for three lots
at Rural and 13th.
Approval of change for
change from Class I residential
to Class III business to permit
a Dairy Queen ice cream busi
ness at North Capitol and Hood,
now the location of a junk yard.
Approval of two requests, by
Mrs. Elizabeth Young and Mrs.
Maude May uobert, to convert
homes at 1506 North Fourth
and 695 North 16th, respective
ly, into two-apartment houses.
U of W Prexy Asked
To Unify Medical Units
SeatUe, May 18 U.B Dr. Ray
mond B. Allen, president of the
University of Washington, said
today that he has been asked to
take the job of unifying the
medical branches of the army.
navy and airforce.
Allen, now in Washington,
D.C., told his office here by
telephone that he would meet
Secretary of Defense Louis
Johnson today In connection
with the offer.
Fast Time Adopted
Monmouth. Mav 18 Dnvlleh!
saving time will be effective
nere next Monday morning at
12:01 o'clock, it is mnnunivH
by Mavor Howard Morlan. Spin
clocks were advanced an hour
his morning.
Refugees Leave China
Shanghai. Mav 18 UP) Klvtv.
one European refugees departed
oy air today lor Vancouver, B.C.
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pendence high ichool lenior
class has for its salutatorlan
at graduation exercises May
29 Clara Brown, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Orley Brown.
(Jesten-Miller photo)
Jones Talks on
Proposed CVA
Ronald Jones, president of the
Oregon Farmers' Union, outlin
ed his views on the proposed
Columbia Valley authority,
Wednesday for member! of the
Salem Exchange club.
"I'm a strong advocate of see
ing how much we can do local
ly," Jones explained, "but Ore
gon seems to want to see how
much it can get from the fed
eral government."
He said the crux of the CVA
problem was the idea of how
fast the northwest would be de
veloped, pointing out that the
state and its people usually lag
ged behind the plans. He con
tended the people should decide
the issue at the polls.
Of the administration bill
which would set up CVA, Jones
charged it was "drastic" but that
it didn't assume more power
than already exists among the
scattered agencies of the branch
es of the national government.
Despite the power of various
branches of the government
currently dealing with the de
velopment of the area, Jones
said the work was difficult to
coordinate.
"They (the federal depart
ments) work a darn sight better
when they think someone will
take away their power," Jones
concluded.
Princess Given
Food Despite Strike
Florence, May 18 VP) Vaca
tioning Princess Margaret Rose
of England had service on her
floor of the Grand hotel today
despite a hotel workers' strike.
Waiters and maids on the
princess' second floor remained
on duty for her special benefit.
Umpqua Fire
Believed Held
Roseburg, May 18 VP) Now
covering an estimated 1,000
acres, the spread of the Beaver
creek burn forest fire fanned
by east winds is believed to
have been stopped, radio re
ports received at Umpqua na
tional forest headquarters indi
cated this morning. -
An additional 60 men were
added to the fire fighting force
Tuesday. Now there are approx
imately 250 men exclusive of
forest service personnel on the
fire, Clarence K. Rand, admin
istrative officer of the test, said
here today.
Fire fighters were hampered
Tuesday by the breakdown of
the road over which supplies
are being transported to the
base camp, said Rand. Only four
wheel drive vehicles are able
to get over the road. Road re
pair equipment has been con
tracted for.
The base camp Is reached
from Drew over Devil's moun
tain, from there four strings of
pack animals, one horse and five
mules each, are transporting
subsistence and tools to the men
in the five camps around the
outer perimeter of the fire.
Six additional power saws
were added to the 30 now be
ing used to cut down old snags
around the outer edge of the
fire. Rand said fire fighters be
lieved they have checked the
spread of the flames unless there
should be a change in the wind.
Nelson Awards
For Two Pupils
Diane Perry and John Rock-
enfeller have been selected by
the faculty of Salem senior high
school to receive the Nelson me
morial award. Choice was made
by ballot from a list of the 10
highest boys and 10 highest girls
in scholarship from the class of
1949.
The Nelson Memorial was es
tablished by friends and stu
dents of the late J. C. Nelson,
principal of Salem high from
1914 to 1929. Interest from the
fund makes the award possible
each year.
Diane Perry is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon D. Per
ry, 380 McGilchrist street. She
has maintained a straight A av
erage through three years of
school. She is a member of the
Honor Society, Civics club and
Crescendo club.
Young Rockenfeller is the son
of J. W. Rockenfeller, 320 Rich
mond Ave. He is a member of
the Honor Society, Crescendo
ana science clubs.
Clean-up Scheduled
Union Hill Clean-up day for
the Union Hill cemetery will be
Saturday, May 21.
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Molalla Goes Back
To Daylight Time
Oregon City, May 18 VP)
Molalla changed Its mind again
and went back to daylight sav
ing time today.
The town, which adopted
daylight saving time when Port
land did, reverted to standard
within a week at the behest of
farmers. But after all the sur
rounding areas set their clocks
ahead, Molalla decided to
change back again.
Canby also went on daylight
saving time today.
Railroad Man Dies
Vancouver, B. C, May 18
(O Edward D. Cotterell, 68,
retired vice president of the Ca
nadian Pacific railway's eastern
lines, died here Tuesday.
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Cut-off Rejected
Portland, May 18 VP) State
highway commissioner! have
thumbed down a $7,500,000 pro
ject to complete the Wilsonville
cut-off between Portland and
Salem.
The cost estimate came from
Engineer R. H. Baldock who
who said a Willamette bridge
and ten miles of paving would
be needed to finish the route.
Earlier yesterday the commis
sion also rejected a new high
way route down the east side of
the Willamette valley and also
a plan to widen highway 99-
east to four lanes.
Action on bids:
Linn county Traffic signals
on highway 99-E in Albany at
Eights street, awarded to Mill
Electric Co., Salem, at $4186.
Linn county Concrete slab
span bridge in Sweet Home over
Ames creek, awarded to Werner
Sc Jeske, Eugene, at $8461.
Washington county Re-olllng
10.76 miles of Columbia countv
line-Forest Grove section of Ne
ll alem secondary highway,
awardedto Harr Sc Horton, Port
land, at $16,918.
Washington county Hills-boro-
Tigard- Wilsonville re-oil-lng
on four secondary highways.
awarded to Harr & Horton,
Portland, at $56,081.
Yamhill county Oiling and
surfacing 2 miles of Dayton
Prairie school-Dayton Junction
section of the Amity-Dayton
highway, awarded to O. C. Yo
cum, McMinnville, at $21,260.
Roberts Club Sets
July Picnic Date
Roberts Mrs. Forest Ed
wards, Mrs. Harvey Schuebel
and Mrs. Nels Tonning enter
tained the Home Economics
club in the Edwards home. Plans
for the July p I c n I e were dis
cussed and left up to a commit
tee to choose the meeting place.
Plans were started for the
Grange fair this fall and it was
voted that each club member
bring a cake to be judged and
sold afterwards, also to make
tea towels and lunch clothes
from 100 pound feed sacks.
A shower for Mrs. Russell Da
venport was announced, whose
home burned to the ground a
week ago. Mrs. Pearl Shipley
was a guest for the evening and
17 members were present.
Eight Will Graduate
Gervais The eighth grade
graduating exercises for the
Gervais grade school will be
held at the high school audi
torium Friday night at 8 o'clock
(davlleht savins tlmcl nhon
Mr. Kenneth Keller, Principal
or woodDurn high school will be
the speaker. The graduates are
Frank Adams,. Franklin Belle
que, Lavern Hupp, Evelyn
Hupp, Virgil Lucas, Betty Hall,
Zellamae, Luthy, Viola Meyers
and Janet Eaton.
Union Seeks New Trial
Juneau, Alaska, May 18 VP)
Seeking to reverse a Judgment
against them for three-quarters
of a million dollars, the CIO
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
men's union and its Juneau local
filed a motion for a new trial
yesterday in district court.
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