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2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, July 6, 1949
Campathalon
Staged by Boys
One of the recent big events
staged at Camp Silver Creek
i where more than 100 younger
boys are taking part in an out
ing, was the "campathalon."
This activity consists of such
events as swimming, archery,
nature, handicraft, fishing and
track. Bear Creek unit won the
contest with 24 points and
Trickle Falls was second with
20.
Boys who were elected into
the Ragger Society, a national
YMCA organization comprising
top campers included: Green
Jerry Coon, Ronny Coon, Garry
Hayden, Doug Hadley, Bob Wil
son, Clive Miller, Kent Miller,
Bill Meier, Dick Rcay, Dale
Sheridan, Ronald Brown, How
ard Hall, Jack Kinney, John
Bollman. Brown Roger Col
gan, Jchn Rawlinsori, Dick Nel
son, Bruce Galloway, Bill Hazel,
Kurt Engelstad. Red Dick
Carter, Bob Ruhl, Doug Rains.
Blue Bill Jessup, Jim Arm
strong, Bob Marggi. Gold
Mary Rask and Mary Zehner,
camp cooks, and Jack Forrlslel.
Bob Hamblin and Dale Sheri
dan of Salem high school's swim
. ming team are lifeguards at
camp. Bob is the state high
school backstroke champion and
received his aquatic leader ex
aminer rating from the YMCA.
Frank Shafer will be guest in
structor in leather work next
week. His son, Frank, Jr., is
one of the 103 two week camp
ers at Silver Creek now.
Robert Brownell
Heads Exchange Club
Robert Brownell was unani
mously elected president of the
Salem Exchange club Wednes
day to serve for a regular six-
month term along with other
new officers of the service
group.
On the same unopposed slnte
of candidates, Richard Graben
horst was named vice president
while Dr. George Martin was re
elected secretary and Sidney
Hoffman was re-elected treas
urer.
Charles Siewert, Pal Campbell
and William Petre were named
for one-year terms to the board
of control while Oscar Spechl
was elected for a six - month
term on the board as a replace
ment for Charles Piletle.
Dr. Horace Miller
Off Hospital Staff
Dr. Horace Miller, psychiatrist
at the Oregon state hospital, said
he was fired today "for Insub
ordination."
Dr. Miller had the longest
service of any man on the hos
pital staff. He was In charge
of the men's receiving ward.
' He said he was called into the
office of Dr. C. E. Bates, hospital
superintendent, this morning
and told that he was dismissed
for Insubordination. Dr. Miller
denied the charges.
Before the war, Dr. Miller
was superintendent of the state
Falrvlew home for fccble-mlnd
ed persons, and was on the staff
of the state hospital. Then he
went Into the navy, rising to the
rank of captain. Upon his re
lease from the navy, Dr. Miller
went back to the state hospital.
Lightning Strikes 2
Chicago
Street Cars
Chicago, July 6 u. Twenty
five trolley passengers were
thrown Into panic and three
were Injured early today when
lightning struck two street cars
here.
None of the injured were hurt
seriously, however. Fire broke
out in the conductor's seat but
was extinguished quickly.
Panic started when the pas
sengers were unable to open the
doors after the first boll. When
the doors were opened, two wo
men were knocked to the pave
ment by the fleeing passengers.
Only one car contained passen
gers. The other was empty ex
cept for the motorman and con
ductor. Fire Destroys Store
Orcas, Wash., July JB
Fire destroyed one large store
and threatened to sweep through
this tiny community today a:
every able-bodied man was mus
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guard cutters raced to the scene.
(The coast guard in Seattle said
they had received a report from
Orcas that "the town is burning
up." No other details were
given).
Rev. Shoemaker
Dies at Hospital
In ill health since suffering a
stroke in March of this year,
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Shoe
maker, former pastor of the
Court Street Christian church,
died Wednesday morning at a
local hospital, where he had
been a patient for a week.
Born near Mankato, Minn.,
August 3, 1870, Rev. Shoe
maker was the son of Leonard
and Maria Shoemaker. He was
graduated from Northern Chris
tian college at Excelsior, Minn.,
nd ordained in the ministry
at Excelsior in 1895, Later he
took graduate work at Drake
university in Des Moines, la.
Rev. Shoemaker who retired
from the ministry in 1936 came
to Salem from Coeur d'Alene,
la., in 1929, and served as pas
tor of the Court Street Christian
church through 1933. From Sa
lem he went to Scotts Mills,
serving there from 1933 through
1935.
Before serving his pastorate
at Coeur d'Alene Rev. Shoemak
er served pastorates in Wiscon
sin, northern Minnesota, south
ern and northern Idaho and at
Colfax, Wash.
Suriving are his wife, the for
mer Alice Louise Wray to whom
he was married In 1897 at Con
cord, Minn.; three daughters,
Miss Gertrude M. Shoemaker
of Mondombe, Belgian Congo,
Africa; Mrs. Merle H. Price of
Seattle and Mrs. D. W. Daniels
of Lodi, Calif.; six grandchil
dren and four great-grandchil
dren. '
Services are to be held at the
Howell-Edwards chapel Friday,
July 8, at 3:30 p.m., with Rev.
H. Harold Lyman, Rev. Dudley
Strain and Rev. C. F. Swander
officiating.
General Petain's Mind
Said to Be Slipping
Paris, July 8 (IP) Henri Phi
lippe Petain's mind is slipping
and he should not be left to die
in prison, his lawyers told
French President Vincent Auri-
ol today.
In a letter to the president
appealing for the old soldier's
release or transfer, the lawyers
said Petain's mind has entered
"little by little into the darkness
of the night."
One of the lawyers said the
94-year-old Petain no longer
remembers why he is imprison
ed on the bleak He D'Yeu off
the southwest coast of France.
Petain, a former marshal of
France, was one of the nation'
great heroes of World War I. In
World War II he served as chief
of state of the Vichy regime. Af
ter France's liberation from the
Germans he was sentenced to
life imprisonment on treason
charges.
Texas Legislature
Quits After 177 Days
Austin, Tex., July 6 MP) The
free-spending no -1 a x 1 n g 51st
Texas legislature came to the
end of its record-breaking ses
sion today.
The 177-day session was the
longest in history. Legislative
expense reach a new high near
ly a million and a half dollars.
It probably will be remember
ed as the session that did more
to extend state services and less
to pay the bill than any legis
lature In history. When the ses
sion began the general fund bal
ance of about $100,000,000 was
the biggest in history. Today all
this and millions more arc spent.
But the state's public school
system has been revamped, the
long run-down prison system
started toward modernization,
rural roads and rural schools gi
ven a shot In the arm, salaries
of state and county workers
raised, and a new management
system set up for state hospitals.
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Ben A. Walcher,
Butcher, Dies
Death Tuesday claimed Ben
W. Walcher, Salem resident
since 1909 and meat cutter here
for many years. He died at his
home at 360 East Myers street.
Walcher, who retired nine
years ago, during World war l
operated the People's Market on
North Liberty street, which was
the location of the present
Montgomery Ward store. For a
few years he operated a small
market on Center street and pri
or to his retirement was a meat
cutter for J. L. Busick and Son
and a meat cutter for the state
hospital.
He was a member of the First
Christian church, Salem Maso
nic lodge No. 50 and Modern
Woodmen.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Bla n c h e Penney to
whom he was married in 1903
at Denver, Colo.; a daughter.
Mrs. Helen Stevenson of Salem
a son, Ferry Walcher of Eugene;
two grandchildren and a broth
er and a sister, both in Illinois.
Funeral services will be held
t the Clough-Barrick chapel
Thursday, July 7, at 1:30 p.m.
with Rev. Dudley Strain offi
ciating. Interment will be in the
IOOF cemetery.
Bock Inspector of
Valley Nurseries
Fred Bock, who has been state
horticultural Inspector in Clack
amas and eastern Multnomah
county for three years, has been
transferred to Salem, the state
agriculture department an
nounced today.
He will make nursery inspec
tions in Marion, Polk, Linn, Ben
ton, Lincoln, Douglas and Lane
counties.
Caretakers Only Left
At Fertilizer Plant
A small crew at the Salem
fertilizer plant, formerly the Sa
lem alumina plant, is taking
care of the establishment for tile
war assets administration until
completion of a deal whereby
the plant again changes hands.
The contract of Columbia
Metals cornoration exDired June
1 30, and the WAA is now at
tempting to negotiate a deal for
sale of the plant.
Arch W. Metzger, manager,
said that when the factory starts
operations again it presumably
will be under a new ownership.
He said he had no information
about when that would .be.
Stayton Youth Driver
Of Wrecked Car
Medford, Ore., July 8 U.
Eight persons miraculously es
capted series injury early this
morning when an auto In which
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several times on Blackwell Hill,
about 10 miles north of here.
Raymond E. Pemberton, 18,
Stayton, driver of the car, suf
fered abrasions and a possible
fractured nose, state police said.
His cousins, Mrs. Dorothy M.
Jackson, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs.
Joyce M. Moore, Los Angeles,
were slightly hurt. The five
youngsters of Mrs. Jackson were
bruised.
Subcontractors for
0NG Lebanon Garage
Contractors Smith & Nelson,
2070 Berry street, Salem, have
issued a list naming subcontrac
tors who will take part in con
struction of a motor vehicle stor
age building for the Oregon Na
tional Guard at Lebanon.
Portland subcontractors are:
Metal doors, Marion Butler,
Swan Island; overhead doors,
corrugated asbestos roofing, me
tal windows, Mercer Steel com
pany, 2555 N. W. Nicolai street;
structural steel, John G. Lund
strom, N. E. 76th and Killings-
worth.
Other subs are: Painting, F. O.
Repine, Salem; concrete, Don
Keebler, Albany; wiring, Le
banon Electric company; sheet
metal, Salem Heating & Sheet
Metal company; and glass, Capi
tol City Glass company, Salem
Firecracker Caused Blaze
Oswego, July 6 W) Fire Chief
William Asplund reported today
that a firecracker apparently
set off the blaze that destroyed
a quarter block of the business
district last Friday. He said the
explosive was believed thrown
Into the open doorway of a lum
ber yard.
Trouldale Population
The population of Troutdale
is 538, compared with 211 In
1940, the state department said
today.
Amity grew from 545 to 709
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Jap Rail Chief
Thought Killed
Tokyo, July 6 (IP) Did Presi
dent Sadanori Shimoyama of the
Japan Railway corporation com
mit suicide or was he murdered?
That question today brought
divided opinion. But most occu
pation and Japanese authorities
felt Shimoyama was slain.
Shimoyama disappeared after
order the first 30,000 of 90,000
railway workers to be fired. He
was following an order issued
by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, to
east the cost of the occupation
on Americans.
Shimoyama's d 1 s m e mbered
body was found scattered along
a railroad track. Its condition
was such that it was difficult to
ascertain whether he had been
slain and placed on the track,
left there unconscious or had en
ded his life beneath the wheels
of the train.
His would be the first political
murder in Japan since the sur
render. Occupation authorities said
Shimoyama had received several
anonymous threats. These warn
ings told him to stop discharging
railway worKers.
Japanese who suspect murder
pointed out that most Nipponese
who take their own lives leave
explanatory notes. They usually
lane poison or commit hari-kari
snimoyama's widow said he
had not given any indication he
was contemplating suicide.
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Probe Killing of
Crab Fisher
Crisfield, Md., July 6 P) Did
Earl Nelson meet his death in
the Maryland or Virginia waters
of Chesapeake bay?
Virginia officials contend the
60-year-old Crisfield fisherman
was crabbing illegally within
their territory when he was
stopped by a Virginia conserva
tion patrol plane.
He was shot accidentally yes
terday when he tried to wrest a
rifle from a Virginia deputy,
Charles M. Lankford, Jr., fish
eries commissioner of that state,
said.
Maryland authorities said, on
the other hand, that -eyewitness
es reported Nelson was in the
waters of his home state when
he was shot.
He was found bleeding and
unconscious from a hip wound
by fellow crabbers and died be
fore he could be taken to shore.
Authorities oi Doth states, in
obedience to orders from their
governors, started an intensive
investigation
Separate meetings were to be
held here and in Salisbury, Md
today.
The shooting was the latest in
a long series of border incidents
arising from respective fishing
rights of the two states.
Rivalry has always been in
tense.
Sporadic outbreaks of shoot
ing have been fairly common
on the ' lower Potomac river
since colonial times.
However, the borderline area
near the juncture of the Tangier
and Pocomoke sounds, where
Nelson was shot, has been rela
tively quiet.
Bank Reports
Healthy Gain
In its June 30 report to the
comptroller of the currency, the
United States National bank of
Portland reports a figure in ex
cess of $132,834,000 in loans and
discounts, a healthy gain over
the bank call of a year ago. At
the same time, the bank leads
the state in total deposits, ac
cording to an announcement by
D. W. Eyre, vice president.
The new loan and discount
figure of $132,834,252 shows an
increase of $5,342,593 over the
figure of a year ago, an indica
tion that the business and indus
trial expansion of Oregon's
economy is continuing at the
pace set In the past few years.
Eyre pointed out.
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Total deposits for the United
States National bank, largest fi
nancial institution in Oregon,
now stand in excess of $505,591,
000 with $42,462,958, reported
as the deposit figure for the
bank's Ladd & Bush, -Salem
branch.
The United States National,
with 38 branches located
throughout the state, now lists
total resources as well over
$541,154,000! It was 24th larg
est among all banks in the na
tion at the close of the year.
Congressmen
Frozen Out
Washington, July 6 (IP) Con
gressional leaders, hoping that
congress will adjourn Before
long found an unexpected ally
today in the from of an artificial
cold wave.
As far as the house of repre
sentatives is concerned, it might
be a "freeze out" before long.
The air conditioning system Is
working too well.
Members in the rear of the
caucus room which is serving
as a house chamber during capi
tal repairs felt the "cold wave"
more than others. The huge
ducts through which the cooled
air is blown into the chamber
enter from the back of the room
and the temperature there is
I considerably lower than up
front.
Apparently there is no relief
in sight. Experts explained that
if the air conditioning is adjust
ed to make it less frigid in the
rear of the chamber it will be
too warm up front.
Rep. Ellsworth (R., Ore.)
summed up his reactions: 'Let s
eo home.
Ellsworth coupled the wasn-
ington heat (except in the rear
of the house quarters) along
with cramped space as a good
reason to go home.
I don't thmk there is a single
constructive thing congress can
do by staying in session, he
told a reporter. "We should get
the appropriation bills out of
the way and get out,
Mill to Be Rebuilt
Madras, Ore., July 6 (U.R) A
Warm Springs Lumber company
official said today the $150,000
planer mill destroyed by fire
last night would be replaced
when machinery becomes avail
able.
Portland, July 6 VP) Gilliam
county wheat growers were first
to deliver 1949 grain to market
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No Wedding of
Movies and Tele
There will be "no wedding
between the motion picture in
dustry and television," in the
opinion of Maurice N. Wolf, re
presentative of one of the large
film producers, who appeared
before the Salem Rotary club
Wednesday noon. In sketching
the production and distribution
of motion pictures, Wolf said
that television had come on the
scene much more rapidly than
the general public had believed
possible. But, he added, televi
sion will take its place along
with other branches of enter
tainment but will not supercede
the showing of pictures in. the
theaters.
The belief that the entire pic
ture industry centers in Holly
wood is entirely erroneous said
Wolf. He pointed out that of the
$2,750,000,000 invested 80 per
cent of this amount is represent
ed in the 18,000 theaters where
the pictures are shown.
Success of pictures depends
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public and in some cases public
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5 Separate Check
Cases Investigated
Salem detectives were inves
tigating five separate check
cases Wednesday following a
deluge of reports dealing pri
marily with fictitious check
writing.
The unusual number of com
plaints were filed with the po
lice department Tuesday after
the long holiday week-end and
served to recall recent depart
ment warnings for merchants to
be especially careful in seeking
identification when cashing
checks.
According to police history,
the harvest season in Salem al
ways brings with it an increase
in the number of complaints
concerning fictitious checks.
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