12 Capital Journal, Salem,
A. F. Whitney, Fiery Railroad
Brotherhood Leader, Dies
Cleveland, July 16 W) Alexander Fell Whitney, 76, fiery labor
leader who was the friend and sometimes bitter opponent of
president of the United States, died at his home early today of
The DeDDery president of the 215,000-man Brotherhood of Rail-
A. F. Whitney
Coin Machine
Sells Papers
A newspaper and magazine
vending machine that promises
to revolutionize the selling of
news and other reading matter
is the invention of Leland C.
Graham of Salem.
The machine is designed for
use at newsstands both indoors
end outdoors. Graham, first in
the field with such a device,
has applied for patent.
Graham's regular business is
operator of the LeGray Kennels,
at Halls Ferry.
The machine Is, of course, coin
operated. Graham says that by
use of the machine papers or
magazines can be made access
ible to the public, either inside
or outside of buildings, with
complete protection to the peri
odicals being sold, with saving
of time for the customers, and
greatly increasing sales.
When the customer inserts the
required coin in the machine he
pulls a lever, similarly as is
done with a slot machine, and
the newspaper or magazine is
presented to him.
The papers and magazines are
enclosed in ample quantity in a
cabinet from which they drop
when the coin is inserted and
the lever pulled.
Cutler Manager
Of Horse Show
Harrison Cutler of Napa, Cal.,
was named Saturday as manager
of the Oregon State Fair horse
how in Salem, Sept. 5 to 11.
Cutler has managed a number of
the outstanding California horse
shows including the recent San
Diego county presentation.
Cutler has assured Manager
Leo Spitzbart that several out
standing California stables will
be entered in the fair's competi
tion. The 1949 horse show will
again be combined with select
ed rodeo events. The cowboy
competition and rodeo stock
will be under the supervision of
Henry Christcnson of Eugene.
Horse show classification lists,
Including stakes and purses,
will be mailed to Oregon horse
men shortly. Final announce
ment of horse show judges is ex
pected from Cutler this week.
Dynamite Dropped
To Aid Research
Juneau, Alaska, July 16 (U.R).
A navy PBY plane made a free
fall drop of over 800 pounds of
dynamite on a high ice field 30
miles east of here Friday in the
last of 18 supply flights for the
American Geographical Society's
Juneau ice research project.
The dynamite was the last of
12 tons of equipment for gla
cier study. The supplies have
been dropped at seven high level
camps during the past two
weeks by planes from the navy
air station at Kodiak.
A squadron of skl-equlppcd
C-47 planes from the 10th res
cue squadron at Anchorage will
land on the ice cap within 10
days.
In charge of the project is
Thomas C. Poulter, director of
seismologists from Stanford
university's research institute.
Stop Sign Placed
Monmouth The state high
way department placed a stop
signal on the state highway 99W
at the corner of Main and Mon
mouth avenue in Monmouth. A
state traffic count was made in
February and found to justify
the necessity of the installation
of the light. Several accidents
have occurred at this intersec
tion.
Permanent
MATERIALS .
Oregon, Saturday, July 16, 1949
road trainmen was stricken after
spending a full day at his office
and an evening with friends at
his Bay Village home.
His wife, Dorthy Mae Whit
ney, said she heard him call out
that he was not feeling well ear
ly this morning. She telephoned
for help, returned to his side
and found him dead.
Outspoken for the policies of
the late Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Whitney served on several na
tional committees, including the
one which guided the annual
president's birthday balls for in
fantile paralysis victims.
It was in recent years in re
lations with President Truman,
however, that Whitney came into
breakfast table view of the Am
erican public.
The crippling railway strike
of May, 1946, was in full swing.
President Truman called Whit
ney and Alvanley Johnston,
grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, to the
White House for a closed confer
ence. The labor chiefs called their
men back to work, but soon aft
er Whitney shouted "double
cross."
He said they were induced by
the president to postpone the
strike for five days on the prom
ise that an agreement would be
forthcoming from railroad man
agement.
Instead, he said, the brother
hood officials were given the
run-around.
Whitney soon after announced
plans to use the $47,000,000
brotherhood treasury to defeat
President Truman in the election
of 1948.
A reconciliation between the
labor leader and the president
followed, however.
A few hours before his death
he had authorized a strike- of
brotherhood workers on the
Southern Pacific railroad.
Besides his wife, Whitney is
survived by two sons and a
daughter.
Then God Smiled, and It Was
Morning, as the Poet Says
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension DIvlMon, Oregon Higher Educntlon System
". . . .When purple morning breaketh
.When the bird wnketh
And the shadows flee."
Sleepily conscious of the contented purring of an airplane
high in the summer night overhead, I switched on my bedside
light. The electric timepiece on the opposite wall indicated ex
actly 3 o'clock standard time. Corrected for our longitude, this
was 2:45 a.m. local time.
Scarcely audible in the near
by firs was the hesitant twitter
ing of awakening birds, surely
suggesting that daybreak was
near.
There was the merest hint of
the gray glow of early dawn
hovering low over the hill-fringed
horizon, faintly revealing
the jaggedness of the blue hill
tops from the north entirely
around to the cast. In this glow
one lone star, bright Capella,
twinkled lazily. Our little city
in the deep blue darkness of the
valley, well bolow our hillside
abode, was visible only as rows
of artificial lights.
Those of us of indolent inclin
ations seldom realize the inspir
ing beauty of the early dawn,
for the lovely "rosy-fringed"
goddess "who makes the world
young every new morning," neg
lects the indifferent.
Dawn is the specific name
given to the twilight of morn-
ng. Astronomical dawn begins
when the sun is 18 degrees below
the horizon; civil dawn, when
six degrees below. The duration
of this "herald of day" varies
with the date and the latitude.
On June 21, astronomical
dawn at the ecuiator lasts 1 hour,
15 minutes; at San Francisco, 1
hour, 56 minutes: at Portland.
2 hours, 35 minutes. At about
the latitude of Vancouver. B.C.
and northward there is
twilight along the northern hor
izon all night. In northern Alas
ka, the sun does not even bother
to set during the entire 24 hours.
The ancients tought that after
sunset old Sol was slowly fer
ried around the great northern
ocean to the place of sunrise.
This belief seems reasonable
since those living fairly well
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State Forestry
Man Is Victim
Richard E. DeCamp, 32, prom
inent forester of Salem, collaps
ed and died in a canyon near
Valsetz where he was cruising
timber Friday.
DeCamp was chief forester of
the Willamette Valley Lumber
company and affiliates, at Dal
las. He was also a member of
the O and C lands advisory board
and Polk county chairman of
the Keep Oregon Green associ
ation. After graduation from Oregon
State college DeCamp had been
working on a long-range sus
tained yield program for the
Gerlinger Mills and recently was
engaged in conducting experi
ments on reforestation.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Eleanor DeCamp, and three
children, 540 Wild Wood Drive.
The body was taken to the Hen-
kle and Bollman funeral home
at Dallas.
He was with Rod Fety and
Al Collins, of the forestry de
partment, and with an employe
of the Willamette Valley Lum
ber company, had been camped
for several days at the mouth
of Boulder creek near the head
waters of the Siletz river.
DeCamp complained of being
ill Thursday and had remained
in camp with Collins, and died
early in the afternoon. The
camp was about a mile from a
trail and it was not until 6 o'
clock that the body was brought
to Dallas by ambulance.
Cause of death has not been
established but is believed eith
er the result of food poisoning
or a heart attack.
Hitch-Hiker Makes
Record Trip
Anchorage, Alaska, July 16
(U.R) Gordon J. Severson of Eau
Claire, Wis., today claimed the
world's hitch-hiking champion
ship after "thumbing" from his
home to Alaska in 17 days.
Severson said he hitch-hiked
first to Seattle in search of an
Alaska construction job. He was
told all hiring was being done
in the territory. So he "hit-the
road" again and arrived here via
the Alcan, Richardson and Glenn
highways.
north see the summer sun set
toward the northwest, and the
following twilight gradually
move farther northward. By
midnight, the twilight now
ready to become dawn is cen
tered in the north. From there
it swings toward the northeast.
At Seattle the sun at midnight
(June 21) is less than 19 degrees
below the northern skyline.
The dawn light is due to the
reflection of sunlight from the
higher atmosphere. The air from
which the first hints of day
break come is about 50 miles
above the earth's surface. It ap
pears to be right on the hori
zon, but it comes from very dis
tant air, so far beyond the sky
line that the terrestrial curva
ture drops the earth's surface
50 miles lower.
Were there no atmosphere,
there would be no dawn, and the
sun would very nearly "come
up like thunder" in a blast of
sudden light out of a dark sky
that Immediately would change
night into blazing sunlight.
There is a phenomenon, best
observed in the east during late
summer and early fall, often
mistaken for dawn and called
"false dawri." This appears at
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Tower Controls Airport Ground and Air Traffic Charles
Huggins, one of six operators who man the control tower 24
hours a day, at Salem airport, directs air and ground traffic
through an eight-hour shift. Control devices shown in the
tower are, from left: the speaker control panel, spotlight
control handle, large speaker, altimeter setting indicator,
wind direction and speed indicator and the light control panel.
Control Tower
McNary Field
By BEN MAXWELL
fnntrnl tower at McNary field, now operated on a 24-hour
basis by the civil aeronautics administration, again directs all air
and ground traffic at Salem airport.
Not since the war has tne tower oiierea mis service, ana men
the controls were not quite as elaborate as Stanley Dilatush, chief
of staff, hopes they may soon be-
come.
So far as it goes the tower is
eauipped with the latest and
most efficient devices for direct
ing air and ground traffic. But
the airport lacks additional
eauipment essential to a com
pletely modern service entitling
it to rate among the top on the
Pacific coast.
Four new transmitters are in
order, a low frequency for light
aircraft and a higher frequency
for larger craft. Just as essen
tial is an "H" or homing device,
first unit necessary for a field
dominated by an instrument
landing system.
Seven Frequencies
As it stands the tower at Mc
Nary field receives on seven fre
quencies; two for air carriers,
one for navy, one for army, two
for civilian pilots and one for
monitoring.
Interphones are in operation,
one directly to Seattle where
planes receive instrument clear
ance, the other a local connec
tion between the tower, weather
bureau and United Airlines
Likewise controlled are all run
way lights, the aerial beacon and
a traffic direction indicator.
About 80 planes are based at
McNary field and privately
owned planes are more num
erous than at Portland's munici
pal airport.
Control tower operators, each
of whom is on duty through an
eight-hour shift, are: James Mil
ler, Robert Fisher, Robert Striet,
Walter Traglio, Charles Hug-
gins and Stanley Dilatush, chief
of staff. During week-ends,
when business is brisk, two op
erators are usually in the tower.
New Apron Laid
Site for the new airport ad
ministration building, due for
construction within the year,
may be advantagously viewed
from the 50-foot control tower.
its best shortly before the real
dawn begins. In fact, dawn or
anything but the faintest of
moonlight obliterates it.
This is the zodiacal light, a
white triangular shaft of deli
cate luminescence with its wide
base on the horizon and ex
tending upwards and southward
as it narrows and dims. Unlike
true dawn, the zodiacal light is
not due to the reflection of sun
light from our own nearby
atmosphere , but from a band
of particles far out in interplan
etary space.
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A few hundred feet to the north
east a new apron has already
been laid for use by heaviest
planes. When completed the ad
ministration building will house
municipal administrative offices,
United Airlines and the weather
bureau.
Bales of hay now scattered
about this area are reminiscent
of earlier, hectic days when Sa
lem airport was regarded as an
unwanted stepchild among mun
icipal appendages. Salem ac
quired its airport 20 years ago
when every town of incorporat
ed status regarded an airport as
stylish, if not a necessity.
Lee Eyerly, early Salem avi
ation enthusiast, recalls that
farm of about 50 acres was
offered to the city as an airport
site. The owner asked $15,000
The city would pay but $10,000.
Eyerly bought five acres for
$5000 so that the city could ac
quire the rest for a price it was
willing to pay. About 100 addi
tional acres were purchased from
the state for $35 an acre.
Wanted It for Sheep
Salem now had the area for
an airport but the anticipated
increase in aviation did not im
mediately develop. Eyerly of
fered to take over the field for
aviation or other usages and pay
the city an annual rental of $300.
A councilman who owned a
large band of sheet presently ob
jected. He offered more for use
of the airport as sheep pasture
than Eyerly was paying and in
sinuated that Lee was not giving
the city enough in way of ren
tal for 150 acres producing hay,
cow pasture and a landing field.
Camp Calls Scouts
Woodburn Twelve members
of the Woodburn Boy Scout
troop are to leave Sunday . to
spend a week at Camp Pioneer.
The group will include Sam
VanArsdale, Norman Tyler, Bill
and Keith McNary, Chester Dan
iels, Duane Baird, Billy Paul
son, Billy K e r s t e n , Felix
Schwarzin, Gordon McLaugh
lin, Earl Butterfield and Dean
Bishoprick.
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Christian Missionary Alliance
N. 5th at Gaines
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
1 1 :00 a.m. Dr. Wm. H. Wright, former teacher
Georgia University, Summer School Instructor,
University of Vancouver, B. C, past president
Baptist Seminary.
No Evening Services, Sunday or Wednesday.
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Tennis Exiles
Continue Play
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 16
(P) While security police kept
a wary eye on Czechoslovakian
diplomats, tennis stars Jaroslav
Drobny and Vladimir Cernik,
who renounced the communist
Czech government, faced each
other today in the semifinals of
the Swiss championships.
Drobny defeated Cernik 6-0
6-1 and will play Earl Cochell of
the United States in the finals
tomorrow.
The two gave strict orders to
the Swiss that they were not to
be contacted for any reason
whatsoever by members of the
Czech legation and their wish
es apparently were being car
ried out.
The actual tournament has
been pushed to the background
while players and officials spe
culate on the results of the
move. In joint statements, Drob
ny, a mainstay of the Czech Da
vis cup team and a fine hockey
player, and Cernik denied they
ever were communists and said
they wished to take refuge in
the United States.
MacArfhur Denies
Russian Charges
Tokyo, July 16 0J.F9 General
Douglas MacArthur today brand
ed Russian attacks on American
policy in Japan "fantastically
untrue." He said they stem from
"Soviet frustration in its nefari
ous plot to absorb Japan into
the Soviet orbit of influence.
ine aniea occupation com
mander accused the Soviets of
attempting through a small mi
nority to turn the progressive
tide in Japan "by disorder and
violence" in favor of the Russian
"totalitarian concept of despotic
force."
He was referring to recent
statements by Alexander Pan
yushkin, Soviet ambassador in
Washington, that present labor
tactics in Japan are making it
"a police state."
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East Salem Garden Club S
Hears About Weed Control
w-.t civ, ti i i mpptlnr for members of the Swegle
Road Garden club was held Thursday night at the home of Mrs.
Homer J. Conklin on Lancaster drive. Three subjects were dis
cussed: Mrs. Oscar Wigle that of "Weed Control" and she fea
tured the tansy rag-wort bringing samples of this weed that is
getting some special attention
this year.
Samples were sent home with
each member present so that
other members of their families
might help in the eradication
of this weed. Several other com
mon weeds were discussed and
samples shown.
Mrs. Clifford Yost told of mul
ches and fertilizers and Mrs.
Floyd King, "Rock Gardens."
In attendance were Mrs. Al
fred Pauli, Mrs. Clifford Yost,
Mrs. Robert Freyear, Mrs. Clin
ton Kennedy, Mrs. H. Olson,
Mrs. Ross Bales, Mrs. Floyd
King, Mrs. Melvin LaDue, Mrs.
Oscar Wigle, Mrs. Daniel Casey,
and Mrs. Bryan Garrison.
The vacation Bible school
held at Middle Grove s c ho o 1
for two weeks, closed Friday
night. A program for parents
and friends of the children at
tending was given. Rev. Peter
Becker American Sunday school
missionary for the northwest,
was in charge. Teachers w e re
Mrs. Joan Collett, Mrs. Sara
Heindricks, Mrs. A. Fast and
Jerry Polki. About 60 were en
rolled. Frank Jayne of Paler
mo, Calif., has been visiting in
the home of his nephew, Char
les Jayne and family on Lan
caster drive and at the Mike
Landwings of Scotts Mills for
the past two weeks.
Naval Destroyers
To Visit Portland
Portland, July 16 W A nav
al destroyer division will visit
here during the Knight of Co
lumbus national convention next
month.
Four vessels the USS Rich
ard B. Anderson, USS Bausell,
USS Stickell, and USS Acer-
holm will dock here Aug. 15
for four days. Capt. G. S. Pat
rick will command the group.
Some 4500 delegates from the
United States, Canada, Mexico
and Puerto Rico are expected to
attend the Aug. 16-18 conven
tion. It was last held here in
1927.
Sheep ranchers detest coyotes
because they kill sheep, lambs,
and chickens.
EVANGELISTIC
TABERNACLE
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
13th and Ferry
Rev. Walter S.
Frederick, Pastor
Sunday,
July 17
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
All age groups study Cod's
word.
9:45 a.m. Sunday School.
11 :0O a.m. "Regulator of
Destiny."
7:45 Evangelistic Rally. "Evad
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series on Book of Jonah.
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Seattle, July 16 (U.R) Ivar
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restaurant and an aquarium.
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pound for the heftiest halibut
caught in the 1949 season.
The average price per pound
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average halibut seldom runs
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The jumbo halibut was seven
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