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Lumber Trucks Wrecked Aroused by non-union lumber
men hauling mine timbers, Vesterburg pit workers attacked
16 trucks at a mine near Washington, Pa., setting some afire
and shoving others over a steep embankment. The truck driv-
ers fled before the miners advanced. (Acme Telephoto)
Mysterious Lights in Sky
Bring Questions to Expert
By J. Hugh Fruett
Astronomer, Extension Division. Oregon
Higher Eduoatlon system
Many Inquiries lately have been received regarding two bril
liant lights reported shining like little lanterns from opposite walls
of the blue dome of the twilight skies.
The one in the west seemingly has even brought apprehension
to the minds of a few. A newspaperman recently climbed to the
roof of a high office building
to determine the reason for
gome excited telephone calls.
But he could locate nothing, for
the disturbing object had by
that time silently slipped be
neath the western skyline.
These evening brilliancies are
not terrestrial displays of aerial
achievement, either hostile or
friendly, but belong entirely in
the realm of the celestial. Nor
are they supernatural, for they
obey natural law perfectly.
Their positions at any given
hour tonight could have been
calculated with precision 100
years ago by mathematical astronomers.
But then are they? Our faith
ful ancient friends, the planets
Venus and Jupiter, other worlds
of our own solar system which
every so often return to beautify
our evening skies for several
months.
These planets are by far the
brightest of any of the star-like
objects in the heavens. Venus,
which can be sighted fairly low
in the west within about half
an hour after sunset, will con
tinue to increase in luminosity
during the rest of the year, and
by late December will be 2
times more brilliant than now,
a gorgeous Christmas star. One
must look early for Venus for it
sets about 1 hours after the
tun.
Jupiter Tises In the southeast
at about the time of sunset, then
moves westward always low In
the 'sky. By 11 p.m. standard
time (midnight DST) it is in
the south, and four hours later,
leti In the southwest.
August Is the time when the
mysterious band of the Milky
Way shows at Its best as It spans
the evennig sky from north to
outh. After the 15th the moon
will not rise until late, then
when twilight has faded from
the huvens and the observer Is
away from bright city lights,
this faint white glow of the gal
axy Is revealed. This Is actually
vast collection of distant stars,
to remote that they eannot be
dected Individually.
August Is also the month for
the Perseld meteors, known as
the Tears of St. Lawrence. They
are at their best from August 10
to IS, when 70 or 80 per hour
may sometimes be counted pro
viding the sky Is dark, clear and
. moonless. But this year observ
ing will be greatly hampered by
bright moonlight all night dur
ing the time they are the most
numerous. However, many of
the brighter ones oan be spotted
by anyone with good vision who
will constantly keep his eyes on
the iky for a considerable period.
War Dead of This Area
Being Returned Home
Two men from this area, one
of them from Salem, are among
those Americans who lost their
lives in Europe during World
War II and are now being re
turned to the United States
aboard the army transport Car
roll Victory.
The two are in a group of
1209 whose bodies were origin
ally interred in temporary mili
tary cemeteries in France, Hol
land and Belgium.
The Salem man is First Lt
Austin J. Mack, air force, whose
father is Forrest J. Mack of
1080 Hoyt street, Salem.
The other man from this area
is ogt. Norman L,. Wert, air
force, whose next of kin is list
ed as Roe H. Wert of Monmouth
Bras If the material most
widely used for standard
weights.
Grass Fire Controlled
Silverton An early evening
and an after-midnight call for
the same fire took the volun
teer firemen to the former J
C. Morley farm over East Hill
to control a grass fire that flar
ed up with a strong wind after
being put out earlier in the eve
ning. The buildings were pro
tected, and no material damage
was reported.
Legion Buys
Club Location
For the sum of $350 the city
council Monday night voted to
sell American Legion post No.
136 a piece of property in Prin-
gle park where the post will
build a clubhouse.
The property is 60x80 feet
and is near the Izaak Walton
league club property for which
the city some years ago accepted
$350.
On the property bought bv
the Legion post, for which nego
tiations have been under way for
a year or more, the Salem
Realty board put an appraisal of
52350. City Manager Franzen
recommended the sale at S500.
Members of the council didn't
want to ask the post more than
had been paid for the other
property by the Izaak Walton
league, and accepted a $350 of
fer made on the floor by Judge
Joseph B. Felton, who represent
ed the post.
Cub Takes Vacation
Monmouth The meeting of
the Monmouth Luncheon club in
the Monmouth hotel dining
room decided to adjourn for
the time when the college is out
for summer vacation. Next
meeting of the club will be Sep
lemDer 27. several men in
charge of the conversion at the
local bank were present and
were presented to the group.
Men to Be Outnumbered
By Women in 1950 Census
Washington, Aug. 9 U.R) Call a meeting men. This is a warn
ing. The women are about to take over.
In fact, the word is out already. The bureau of census which
counts noses in the country every 10 years has made an advance
survey. We men are going to be outnumbered. The skirts will
have an advantage of around
300.000 over the pants. I f, j '
iewer bonds bo
To U.S. Bank
The city council Monday night
accepted a bid of the United
States National bank' of Port
land for $215,000 of the $815,-
000 sewer bond issue.
The sale of bonds is for con
struction of the interceptor
sewer from the sewage disposal
plant location on North River
road to Columbia street, thence
to Union.
Bid by the bank was at an
interest rate averaging' 2.391
per cent, and the total cost to
the city in interest will be $78,
903. The bid was only $76 low
er than an offer by the First Na
tional Bank of Portland, which
would have averages 2.393 per
cent.
No other bids were received.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, AuRUst 9, 1949 9
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The last census, in 1940, show
ed the male of our species had
half a million advantage.
Incidentally, taking a census
is no cheap task. In 1950 it'll
cost $70,000,000. In 1940 the
cost was $40,000,000, but it was
n't so thorough. Beginning in
April, your Uncle Sam wants to
kids, what the old man does,
how many In-laws, where they
live, how many toilets inside
and out, how many pigs, calves,
lambs, and bales of alfalfa.
When it's all over we expect
to find that we have at least
150.000.000 people, a gain of
19,000.000 over the 1940 count.
According to the census people
that will mean about 50 persons
to the square mile. In 1870,
when we first took a census,
the density was 4.5 persons. In
1940 it was 44.2.
I am old enough to remember
when census taking was com
paratively simple. Os a high
school student in Farmer City,
111., I went from house to house
with a little note pad asking the
neighbors If they had any kids
during the last 10 years. I got
$1.50 a day. I had to cheat to
make the job last a week.
Now the takers get $10 a day.
The whole business will start
April 1. In the cities is is sus
posed to be completed in two
weeks. In the country, a month
will be required because of the
count of pigs, calves, and the
alfalfa bales.
It'll take 150,000 "takers" to
do the job.
The new census asks every
thing about the family includ
ing breeding, schooling servants,
your relatives, their relatives,
all addresses, salary last place
worked, number of carrots and
chickens in the back yard.
Frask Wilson, who is weary
over the whole business and who
used to be a newspaperman in
Iowa, is in charge of public in
formation on the census.
"We figure a census taker
should spent about a half hour
with each family in the country,"
Wilson said. "I hope it works
out all right."
That might be all right for the
simple vital statistics about
where born, etc. But when the
"taker" turns the 3-foot page
and starts to work on housing!
New Buick on
Display Tonight
On display at Otto Wilson's,
388 North Commercial street,
Tuesday night at 7 o'clock, will
be the Buick 1950 special series
automobile .which was unveiled
in Detroit Monday.
The car sports a revolutionary
combined bumper and front
grille and reportedly priced
just above the Ford-Chevrolet-
Plymouth class. .
First of the scheduled new
fall models, the Buick is three
inches shorter than its predeces
sor with full length fenders dip
ping slightly at the rear and
more vision space front and
rear.
No prices were announced on
the three models four-door
and two-door sedans, and two
door business coupe. But indus
try sources said the special will
be priced in the Pontiac class.
He's going to run into a little
trouble on such qestions as: kit
chen sink exclusive use only?
Type of water? Hot and cold
piped inside? only cold piped
inside? Piped outside? No piped
running water?
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