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2 ? W' Chief Larry I. Burke, left, a representative of
. the National Cash Register company, explains the function of
a new machine to Police Chief Clyde A. Warren. The machine,
. costing nearly $1,000, will be used to handle cash transac
tion for parking violators and others having financial deal
ings with the police in fines or bail. Two separate cash draw-
; ers will be used by different shifts. The machine will keep
parking fines separate from other accounts, and is capable
of giving an instantaneous total for each classified item. It
, will stamp customers' receipts" while keeping other records
for the police and recorder's files. It was purchased as a time
saver to cut tedious, time-consuming accounting.
William Warren
Holding it anonymous in
keeping with their desires, what
do the custodial workers think
of the state's top executives?
Well, the top execs should be
flattered. Their most candid
and critical co-workers, the jani
tors, say Oregon's top men are
comparatively fastidious.
The janitor who brushes the
debris from the governor's of
fice says the chief executive is
pretty conscientious in wafting
his waste paper into the basket.
The secretary of state keeps his
floor clean and also puts his dis
carded paper where it belongs.
The state treasurer pin points
his paper orts (crossword puz
zle for scraps) into the waste
And so through the building.
Even in H. G. (Fod) Maison's
state police headquarters on the
third floor, the janitors say the
employes come clean putting
their castoff papers in the wire
receptables and not on the floor.
The same pattern of compara
tive neatness holds true for the
state office building, the su
preme court building, the agri-j
cultural building and the tate
library. The custodial workers
say they have no complaint;
any less work and they wouldn't
have any.
The rooms which house the
senate and the house of repre
sentatives are kept clean. They
are dusted regularly, even when
vacant, because Oregonians and
other visitors are constantly
coming to the capitol. And, of
course, among the first places
they want to see are those where
the state's lawmakers meet.
These custodial workers the
janitors work. They work
hard. They work just a little
faster to gain a few minutes
leisure.
Then they come down to the
press gallery for their rest peri
od to see how the Salem Sena
tors of the Western Internation
al league are doing listening
in by means of the ancient radio
that can just about get two lo
cal stations.
It's their brief bit of recrea
tion before beginning mopping-
up operations again. All these
SALUTE TO CAPITOL JANITORS
Moguls of the Mop Report
On Tidiness of Officials
By WILLIAM WARREN .
(United Press Stall Correspondent)
While many a potential politician talkative toils to move in on
the spoils, an efficient coterie of capitol men are quietly cleaning
up in a big way.
Ever notice when you were around the capitol how clean the
naiiways are? -
That's not by fl
accident, out Dy?i
design. T h i s i
quiet coterie,;
which moves
hi when other
capitol work-!
ers move out,,
gives a quick?
brush here, a
fast touch
there, and seesi
that the capi
tol is immacu
late for - the next day's guests.
Before we move on to a glance
at state institutions, here's a
salute io the capitol custodial
workers janitors, that is who
keep the buildings neat.
Ever go two days without
janitorial service?
; It's then you realize how im
portant these moguls of the mop
are. You think nothing of your
basketful of wastepaper and as
sorted rubbish until the ac
cumulation gets you down. Then
you know that among the vital
workers of any establishment
are the grooms of the brooms
who keep it clean, come what,
Come may.
Taking care of the capitol is
not a peanut proposition.
The cost for a biennium two
years for sprucing up the cor
ridors, clipping the grounds and
mending the equipment is $718,
000. That includes the capitol
itself, the state office building,
the state library, the supreme
court building and the agricul
tural building, which also
houses the state printing plant.
It takes about 100 pounds of
soap a month to swab the capi
tol decks. Another 100 pounds
of scouring powder for the brass
railings, etc., and about 150 dust
mops a year to sweep the floors.
Dust mops have practically re
placed the brooms, because they
dust as they sweep. '
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Head of this group whose pur-;
pose it is to keep the capitol!
cleii, is Laurence Christensen,
superintendent of buildings and
grounds. Also working under
him are the grounds keepers,
who keep the state house lawns
so neatly clipped that even the
squirrels have no complaint.
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry, as custodian of capi
tol buildings and grounds, is
honorary janitor-in-chief.
The janitors move in at 5
p.m. when other state employes
go home. Quietly they clean
up whatever messes the day has
brought, and leave the capital
and its companion buildings!
next day as neat as a cameo
pin.
PTA Discussion
Panel Offered
Oregon College of Education,
Monmouth Oregon Congress of
Parents and Teachers has ar
ranged a series of three discus
sions of PTA work for the class-
in school organization at
OCE's summer term.
First speaker in the series
will be Mrs. H. H. Hargreaves,
president of the congress. Her
topic will be "Function and
Background of PTA." She will
appear on Monday, July 18.
A panel discussion of local,
state and national educational
projects will be presented on
Tuesday, July 19. Speakers will
be Roy E. Lieuallen of OCE,
PTA school education chairman;
Mrs. R. H. Walter of Portland,
safety chairman; Mrs. Ralph
Herron of Lebanon, visual edu
cation chairman; Mrs. Har
greaves; Mrs. C. A. Fratzke, In
dependence, regional vice presi
dent; Mrs. Milford Nelson,
school lunch chairman, Indepen
dence; Mrs. James Bunnell,
health chairman, Salem.
Mrs. Jennelle Moorhead, pro
fessor of physical education of
U of O, and a vice president of
the Oregon congress, will ad
dress the groups on Friday, Ju
ly 22. Her topic will be "Rela
tionship of Teachers and Par
ents through PTA."
The classes in school organi
zation are under the direction of
Dr. Victor Phelps of the general
extension division, and Miss
Henrietta Wolfer, principal of
the campus elementary school,
custodial crewmen are experts
when it comes to Salem Senator
baseball even though they are
members of the er scrub
team.
THE FIGHTING GIANT
Imagine, Buddy Baer
Turns into a Crooner
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
Hollywood, July 15 (U.R) Buddy Baer, the fighting giant who
once knocked Joe Louis out of the ring, said today he's just as
surprised as anybody that he turned out to be a crooner.
"Imagine!" grinned the hulking boxer who weighs 270 pounds
and towers six feet six behind a nightclub mike. "The girls even
give me the 'Sinatra Call.'
I'm getting a big kick out ofj
all this.
And it might never have
happened if it hadn't been for
Goldilocks here.
"Goldilocks" is the former
May Mann, Baer's blonde bride
of six weeks. She was "Miss
Utah" of 1938 and came to Hol-i
lywood to crash the movies.
She didn't make it. But she
got to be a columnist and that
led to 10 years of hob-nobbing
with celebrities and, says,;
"Goldilicks," she should know
a good thing when she sees it!
by this time.
And uuaays gooa, sne saia.
"The first time he crooned to
me I know he could be a sensa
tion in a nightclub.
Just look at him! Clark
Gable all over again only
there's more of it!
He's handsome, darling, ro
mantic, and tall. And he can
sing. His voice coacn says ne
has a great natural voice. All
we had to do was teach him
how singers breathe.
"Why, look at the effect he
has on me. Think what he'll
do to the women in the audience!"
And. says "Goldilocks, she is
not one to waste all this bub
bling talent in the bridal bou
doir.
This is part of our marriage
agreements," she went on. He
kept begging me to marry him
and I kept telling him: 'Not till
you do something with your
singing.' He was a nice, quiet
businessman then, running a
restaurant."
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Moved from 466 Ferry to
173 S. Commercial
So Baer went out and sang.
On television shows and in night
clubs around the country. Now
Abbott and Costello are sending
him on the road to warble cus
tomers into their-new comedy,
"Africa Screams."
"I had to sing for my wife,"
Buddy grinned. "Now I'll be
singing for $1,500 a week. It's
easy. Pays better than fighting,
too."
Baer says he never liked box
ing anyway even though he
was good enough for two tangles
with Louis.
"I just went into it on ac
count of my size," he says. "And
my brother Max. But I'm no
fighter. Don't even like to ar
gue. I'm just a human Ferdin
and and that's no bull."
Buddy's mammoth physique
didn't slow Louis down any
but it comes in right handy with
any customers who think he
should have stuck to fighting.
."I. haven't," he says, flexing
a giant bleep, "had a single
heckler yet."
Vessel Towed to Port
Seattle, Wash., July 15 U.fi
The fishing vessel Sanova, from
Astoria, Ore., today was being
towed to Neah Bay, Wash., by a
coast guard rescue vessel. The
Sanova reported yesterday it had
lost its propellor off Vancouver
Island.
Curtailment of
Wheat Sought
Washington, July 15 P) A
production program calling for
less wheat but more meat ani
mals and dairy products was
laid before the nation's wheat
farmers by the government to
day.
A declining foreign market for
wheat makes it advisable. Sec
retary of Agriculture Brannan
said, that farmers plant 14,000,
000 fewer- acres to wheat for
1950 harvest than the nearly 83,
000,000 seeded lor this year's
crop.
The acres taken out of wheat
should be put to grass and pas
ture for grazing of beef and dairy
cattle, sheep and lambs, he said,
because consumers need more of
the latter products.
Under the 1950 program, each
farmer will be given a share of
a national wheat planting allot
ment of 68,900,000 acres. His
share will be based upon his past
production history. While the
allotment is about 17 percent be
low this years acreage, the re
duction for individual farmers
will vary somewhat from this na
tional average. Areas which
greatly expanded their acreages
since the war will take a larger
cut than others.
Compliance with an allotment
is riot required by law. Howev
er, only those farmers who do
comply will be eligible for di
rect price support aid on their
1950 wheat. The price support
program is expected to assure
complying farmers an average of
about $1,85 a bushel.
Hagemann Advanced
To Field Engineer
John F. Hagemann. now em
ployed as office engineer with
the state highway department,
division of county and city rela
tions, will be promoted to the
position of field engineer with
that department this week, ac
cording to the highway person
nel department.
Hagemann will be in engin
eering service in a liaison capa
city between the highway de
partment and counties and
cities.
Promotion will be made as a
result of civil service examina
tion, Hagemann being selected
from among candidates certified
by the state civil service com
mission.
Hagemann received his edu
cation at Willamette university
and has been employed by the
department since 1936 except
tor a period of four years' mili
tary service. He has held a
variety of positions including
irattic and survey engineer, also
engineer assistant.
'Boys Town' Being
Misused in Racket
Boys Town, Neb., July 15 (U.PJ
The name of Boys town is
being "misused" in a "racket'
to obtain magazine and book
subscriptions throughout the
country, Msgr. Nicholas H. Weg-
ner, director of the home for
boys, said today.
Wegner said Boys Town has
no authorized representatives
selling book or magazine sub
scriptions.
None of our boys is permit
ted to do so and we have no ar
rangements with any solicitor
whereby a portion of his com
mission is turned over to Bovs
Town," he said.
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American Prelates Visit Pope Ten American archbishops
and bishops are shown with Pope Pius XII during a visit
to the Vatican. Left to right are: Most Rev. Martin J. O'Con
nor, rector of the North American college in Rome; Most
Rev. Hubert Newell, bishop co-adjustor of Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Most Rev. William J. Condon, bishop of Great Falls, Mont.;
Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, bishop of Reno, Nev.; Most
Rev. John J. Mitty, archbishop of San Francisco, Calif.;
Pope Pius XII; Most Rev. Edward D. Howard, bishop of
Portland, Ore.;' Most. Rev. James J. Sweeney, bishop of Hono
lulu, T. H.; Most Rev. Charles D. White, bishop of Spokane,
Wash.; Most Rev. Robert J. Armstrong, bishop of Sacramen
to, Calif., and Most Rev. Apollinaris Baumgartner, bishop of
Guam. (AP Wirephoto.)
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, July 15, 1949 13
Cut in Funds
Hurts Children
Decrease in welfare funds for
the aid of independent children
has caused the Marlon county
welfare commission to make a
j protest to the state welfare de
partment, Marion Bowen, direc
ltor of the county commission
said Thursday.
j The present budget is inade
quate, she told the state office,
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action j the state legislature.
, A resolution of protest adopt
ed by the county commission
terms the dependent children
fund that part of the general
welfare prcgrara "which does
the most good."
Miss Bowen said 413 children
in Marion county are -dependent
on the program. They are in
families where death, -desertion
or divorce has left the mother
at the head of the family, or
wisere the father Is physically
unable to work. '
LIKE OLD U. S. FRONTIER DAYS
Savages in Massacre of
Brazil Town; Troops Called
By DREW PEARSON
In the vast, uncharted reaches of the upper Amazon River
basin, attacks by hostile Indians on hunting or exploring parties
are still fairly common. But now, for the first time in years, a
band of these fearless savass has laid siege to an established
community, obliging the Brazilian government to rush in troops.
Details of this startling inci-
dent, which -sounds like a taJe,
out of U.S. frontier history, have
just been received from the
heart of the Amazon jungles.
There may have been other at
tacks on more isolated villages;
the ones reported were against
settlements on the railroad, less
than 200 miles from the north
ern coastal city of Belem.
Just before dawn on the
morning of July 4, a band of
some 500 Indians, stark naked
and armed with bows and poi
soned arrows, swept down with
out warning on workers en
campments along the narrow-
gauge Tocantin railway, which
struggles westward for 450
miles up the Amazon valley
from Belem.
Methodists Plan !
Sunday Picnic
Annual Sunday school picnic
of Fiist Methodist church wiil
be Sunday, July 17 at 1 p.m. in
Bush's Pasture park. Arrange-'
ments are in charge of Ray
Fedje, director of youth.
Following the pot-hick din
ner, the afternoon wiil feature
sports. The program will close
with a vesper service at which
time the Rev. Brooks H. Moore,
pastor, will speak.
Gervais The Stevens clan
wiil hold its 58th annual reunion
and picnic Sunday, July 17, at
the Leroy Esson home and the
Esson family wiii be hosts. The
meeting begins at 11 o'clock and
a picnic dinner wiil be served
under the trees at noon.
New Grain Elevator
Aurora The grain elevator
at the feed store and warehouse
owned and operated by Glen
Blair and Todd is nearing com
pletion. It is located near the
SP tracks.
Remodeling work on the
house owned by Mrs. Grace
Armstrong on Liberty street, is
being done by Floyd Smith and
John McCrone.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Yoder are
building a beautiful home on
highway 99E on top of the hill,
north of Aurora.
Forum Contributes
$400 to Police Fund
Silverton At the breakfast
business meeting of the chamber
of commerce, the group voted
to turn over to the city council
$400 to make up a part of the
shortage of funds to pay the lo
cal police force. The present
budget does not completely cov
er the wages for the number of
police on duty. This was made
up by individual business men
of town.
The forum prepared petitions
urging property owners to con
cede to the rights-of-way de
manded for the new Salem-Sil-verton
highway, and asking the
court "to take action to pro
cure the -remainder ot tne
rights-of-way into town."
The objectors live m the Beth
any section and protest the cut
ting through the farms of Alvin
Jensen and Alvin Krug. The
point in question is holding the
progress of the highway up
about five miles from town.
Killing and looting, the sav
ages practically Tazed these
camps, then raced on to con
verge upon the little town of
Tucurui, which has a perma
nent population of about 700.
Their first attempt io invade the
village was beaten off by the
mayor and the railway teleg
rapher with shotguns.
The Indians withdrew into the
jungle but attacked again five
hour later. This lime they sue
ceeded in penetrating the set
tlement, kiiied one man and a
woman, and seized a quantity of
arms.
Meanwhile, the telegrapher
had sent a message to Belem for
heip. The Para state govern
ment responded with a squad of
aimed police, and a few hours
later fedeTai military zone head
quarters sent two patrols of sol
diers with machine guns.
The police reached Tucurui
on the evening of Juiy 5 and
immediately set out in pursuit of
the Indians. They found no
trace of the attackers, dead or
alive. Since then the soldiers
have been assigned as perma
nent garrisons for Tucurui and
another near-by village.
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All railroad workers have
since been armed and authoriz
ed io shoot at strange Indians
on sight. Soldiers patrol the
right of way with rifles at the
read v.
Nevertheless, two workers 1
who went a few yards into the ' V -
jungle to drink from a -spring,
on the morning of July 6, were '
found dead shot by poisoned 1
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Witt Rites Military
Grand Ronde, July 15 Don
ald Ray Curl accompanied the
body of John Edward "Pete"
Witt back to Missouri for burial.
"Pete" will be given a military
funeral and will be buried at
Harmony cemetery beside his
mother who died 15 years ago.
The body left Salem Wednes
day evening. Local survivors are
Oral and Ray Singleton, Mrs.
Frances S. Johnson and Donald
Ray Curl, all cousins of the deceased.
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