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14 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 22, 1949
U. S. TOOK FIRST STEP
System of World Mail
Delivery to Be Honored
By SYD KRONISH
This year many countries throughout the world are honoring
the 75th anniversary of the birth of the Universal Postal Union
(U.P.U.)
Only a couple of yean ago we celebrated the hundredth an
niversary of the first official postage stamp in this country.
Yet the history of postal
service got back to the early
days of the great empires of
the East.
The posts of the Persian Em
pire under the successors of Cy
rus are the first great example.
The ancient Macedonians also
maintained a similar system
The Roman Empire, whose vast
military holdings included near
ly the entire then-known world,
brought the official postal serv
ice to a high degree of perfec
tion. But when the Roman Em
pire collapsed and barbarous
tribes overran the Empire, there
was a lonf eclipse oi posiai sys
tems. With the renaissance of
learning and civilization plus
the Invention of the printing
press, the need for a better
means of communication
forced itself upon the govern
ments of that day.
The governments maintain
ed control of the posts from
the beginning for two reasons.
First to insure official con
trol of international corre
spondence (censorship if nec
essary) and second to obtain
additional revenue for the
government.
By the 18th century the gov
ernment controlled the postal
systems and methods of des
patching mail.
As the means of communica
tion and transportation became
better, however, the revenue to
the governments started to de
crease. The reason for this drop
was that the stage coaches used
to travel at a much quicker pace
than the slow postboys of the
government.
Many people sent their mes
sages by the faster private sys
tem and by-passed the legal
government system.
As for international mail, the
entire system was inconsistent.
People sending mail from one
country to another were never
sure of delivery and were never
sure of the rates to be paid.
In fact, the rates varied so much
from country to country that
even the post offices themselves
didn't know what to charge for
letters or parcels.
The first step in the direction
of reform was taken by the
United States, which in 1862
suggested a conference to con
sider the improvement and sim
plification of International post
al relations.
An initial meeting was held
in Paris in 1863. The members
adopted a code of 31 articles in
tended to serve as the basis of
international conventions. But
progress was delayed on the
adoption of these articles due to
the American Civil War and the
franco-Prussian War.
Finally m September, 1874,
the Swiss government tailed
eonvention hi Berne. It
was attended by tt govern
ments including the U.S.
The result was the signing
of the first International Post
al Convention which has re
mained the foundation of the
international postal service as
we know it today.
That is why the founding of
the U.P.U. was so important to
the postal systems of the world
and that is why nearly every
member country has Issued or
will Issue a stamp commemo
rating the 75th anniversary of
this great International organization.
New Resources
Board Formed
Oregon's new natural resour
ces advisory committee voted
here Wednesday to create a state
recreation organization.
The new group would co-ordinate
state agency activities to
develop recreational assets for
the benefit of Oregonians and
of tourists from other states.
The advisory committee, made
up of department heads whose
duties are related to conserva
tion of soil, minerals, timber,
water, fish and wildlife, also
voted to increase its member
ship to include State Sanitary
Engineer Curtis Evert and a rep
resentative of the state depart
ment of public instruction. The
expanded group will also make
up the state inter-agency com
mittee on recreation.
In supporting the move to ere
ate the recreation organization
Gov. Douglas McKay, who es
tablished the advisory commit
tee, stressed that recreation is
Oregon's third most valuable re
source, being outranked only Dy
agriculture and lumbering.
Evert's inclusion on the re
sources advisory committee was
unanimously approved. Before
the vote McKay said "some pro
gress has to be made in cleaning
up our rivers, although we can't
move too arbitrarily against in
dustry." He cited the Spring
field industrial alcohol plant as
a case in point. He said it might
be reactivated in the near future
and should not be compelled to
"conquer too many problems at
the outset."
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Endurance Fliers Aim for Record Supplies of gasoline are
handed up in cans from the refueling car at Yuma, Ariz., to
pilots Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward who are at
tempting to break the world endurance flying record of
1,008 hours in their plane, City of Yuma." At 8:15 a.m. (PST,
Sept. 21) they were in the air 662 hours. (AP Wirephoto)
4 Burn to Death in
Tenement House Fire
Philadelphia, Sept. 22 (U.R)
Four persons were burned to
death early today when fire
swept a four-story tenement
building in central Philadelphia.
Five other persons were burn
ed, three of them critically.
The dead and injured were
trapped on the third and fourth
floors of the dwelling in which
six families were living, accord
ing to police.
The fire broke out while they
were asleep and the flames were
not discovered until all exits
from the two upper floors were
blocked.
All the victims were Negroes.
Bank Deposits Increase
Portland, Ore., Sept. 22 U.B
Bank deposits and loans in Ore
gon increased in August, a re
port by the federal reserve bank
showed today. Deposits on Aug
ust 31 totaled $1,139,000,000 as
compared with a July 31 total
of $1,121,000,000. Bank loans
increased from $333,000,000 on
July 31 to $339,000,000 on Au
gust 31.
Daylight Saving
Ends Sunday am
New York, Sept. 22 (P) Day
light saving, the summer divi
dend of an extra hour of evening
recreation for some 50,000,000
Americans, ends this Sunday.
The official time for turning
back the clock an hour in near
ly all "fast time" zones is 2 a.m.
Sunday.
Thus the hour of sleep lost last
April 24 will be regained this
Saturday night.
As usual, daylight saving was
observed in most of the north
eastern sector of the country this
year and in several large cities
of the middle east.
Wm. E. Bates Chief
Logging Engineer ,
Seattle, Sept. 22 (P) Appoint
ment of William E. Bates as
chief logging engineer for the
Pacific northwest region, was
announced today by the U.S. for
est service. The post was vacat
ed by retirement of Newell L,
Wright.
Bates, now assigned to the Ro
gue River national forest in
southwest Oregon, previously
had handled timber management
activities on the staff of the
Olympic national forest prior to
his transfer to the Medford,
Ore., office in 1946.
champ, Mr. Clifford Likes, Mr.
and Mrs. Roman Kintz, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Freres, Mr. and Mrs.
William Kergels, George O'Bri
en, all of Stayton; Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Lulay of Scio, and Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Lawrence of
Silverton.
East Salem Parent Teachers
Select Bicycle Shed Project
East Salem, Sept. 22 The first executive meeting of Swegle
Parent-Teacher association was held at the school house with
the following officers present; president, Ralph Alsman; vice pres
ident, Henry Martin; secretary, Mrs. Boyd Wilkinson; treasurer,
Mrs. Claude Harner; program chairman, Mrs. Henry Martin;
membership, Mrs. Charles Nor--
ton; budget, Arthur Roloff.
The first project to be taken
up by the association is to build
a bicycle shelter before the fall
rains start. Fathers of the chil
dren who ride to school and any
man interested in the school are
asked to meet at the school on
Saturday to put up the shel
ter. Those who will help should
call Mr. Alsman or Mr. Roloff.
The first regular public meet
ing is planned for October and
will be the annual teachers' reception.
First graders at Middle Grove
this year are Mary Alt, Stepha
nie Anderson, John Anglin, Ju
lie Blankenship, Rose Dianne
Dixon, Caryle Gallager, Randy
Hammer, Kathaleen Howard, Ri
chard Lloyd, Charles (Buddy)
Lien, Daniel Miller, David Mil
ler, William Dale Pfiester, Jan
ice Reynolds, Bobbi Lue and
Stanley Charles Wyatt. Thomas
Parker who registered the first
week has transferred to Engle-wood.
First graders at Auburn school
are Ann Barney, Ronald Bell,
Wanda Cade, Susan Freeman,
LaRoy Gossen, Nancy Harper,
Tree Haven Stables
Opened at Sublimity
Sublimity A group of enthu
siastic horse lovers gathered at
the A. M. Minden home to cele
brate the opening of the Tree
Haven stables. Those present
were: Captain and Mrs. Lee Ey-
erly, Mrs. Jack Eyerly, Mr. and
Mrs. Nedham, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Zosel, Mr. and Mrs.
Graham Sharkey, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin, all of Salem, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Miller, Mr. Beau-
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Kenneth Moore, Phyllis Owens
and Kathaleen Shepherd.
First graders at Swegle are:
Newton Alderman, Allen Bates,
Zindy Bowers, Sharon Bernar
dy, Sharon Chisholm, Robert
Fetsch, Lynn Finell, Alan Faist,
Howard Freeburn, John French,
Jr., Gary Dale Glassburn, Nan
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Judith Mansfield, Virgile Mc
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Riding Club Enjoys
Stephens Hospitality
Fairview More than 30
members of riding groups and
individual riders gathered at the
farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Stephens in the Fair-
view district.
Fifteen of the Chehalem rid
ing group, and the same number
of the Dayton Saddle club, also
Mrs. R. T. Kidd, William Mich
ael, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dixon
and two sons of Unionvale and
Miss Carol Dunlach of Spring
Valley were in attendance. A
covered dish luncheon was serv
ed by the Stephens at lawn
tables.
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