10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. Tuesday. Sent. 27. 1949
oar TO SEf COUNTRY
Paratrooper-Doctor, Dog
Hitchhike Alcan Road
Chicago, Sept. 27 M When Capt. Hobert J. Wiese received
word of his transfer from Anchorage, Alaska, to Tampa, Fla., he
decided to ee the country in between.
So the captain, a 27-year-old paratrooper-doctor, started walk
ing down the Alcan highway with his Chesapeake retriever,
Brownie.
Frank Walker
(Portland about 4:45 o'clock
j Monday afternoon.
Walker had complained of be
Fishing Boat Sends
Out Distress Signal
Seattle, Sept. 27 If) Distress
signals from the starlight, a 65
foot fishing boat, which struck
a rock near Tillamook, Ore.,
were received by the coast
guard here today.
Coast guard headquarters re
ported that the Cutter Balsam
was now en route to the disabled
craft which radioed that it was
taking water.
A coast guard spokesman said
the home port, destination and
names of the men aboard th.
vessel were unavailable.
Dies Suddenly
Mt. Angel, Sept. 27 Frank
Walker, 55, veteran of World
War I and past commander of
the Mt. Angel post of the
American Legion, died suddenly
at the Veterans' hospital in
ing unwell earlier in the day
and It was decided to take him
to the hospital. He was being
given a preliminary examina
tion when he died of a sudden
heart attack.
He was born In Mennomiene,
Wis., May 7, 1894, and with
his parents located on Howell
Prairie in 1904, the family later
moving to Mt. Angel. He was
married to Tillie Hammer in
1920, Surviving are his widow
and two sons, Lloyd Francis
and Cyril Walker and two
grandchildren, all of Mt. Angel;
two sisters, Mrs. Frank Kirsch,
St. Paul and Mrs. Elizabeth Kei
fer, in California. A third son
died in infancy. Announce
ments later from the Unger fu
neral home.
miles along their way. They
took a train to Great Falls,
Now the travel-weary pair
rests at the Wiese home before
proceeding to Tampa. They'll
leave October 2, but their hitch
hiking days are over. Wiese
will drive an automobile loaned
him by a friend.
The captain expects to Join his
new outfit, the Fifth air rescue
squadron, in Tampa, October 6.
Brownie, will join it, too.
Wiese, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Wiese of suburban
Mont., then hitched rides to
Kenil worth, left Anchorage Au-! Minneapolis
gust 6. He carried a 60-pound
The captain bought a canoe
there and paddled down the
Mississippi to Davenport, la.,
taking 17 days to make the 400
mile voyage. From Davenport
food pack with his shaving kit,
fish hooks, cartridges and dog
biscuits on Brownie.
Some 70 free rides and 22
days later, the hitchhiker arriv
ed in Okotoks, Alberta 2400
James Buchanan was the only
bachelor to become president of
the Uuited States.
he and Brownie took another
train to Chicago.
Hay Bridge Crack up Two persons wrce Killed ana six
aeriously injured in a head-on collision between two autos on
the Oakland-San Francisco Bay bridge. Three persons in
volved in the accident are shown. It was the second major
accident on the bridge in one day. (AP Wirephoto)
New Apartment
Houses Planned
Tentative plans have been
made by the Robert Coates Con
struction company of Portland
for three apartment houses in
Salem, totaling about 80 units,
many to be of two bedrooms.
One would be located in south
Salem, one near the Hollywood
district, and one near the- Capi
tol Shopping Center. All, it is
laid, would be equipped with
elevators, and the living units
would rent for from $75 to $85
The construction company if
Interested also in acquiring the
ground for the buildings. Final
arrangements are to be made
with the federal housing admin
istration. The tentative plan was an
nounced through the Chamber
of Commerce.
Plans for construction of a
lix-story 101-unit building at
North Winter and Union were
recently announced by Victor
N. Jones,' Seattle architect.
Salem Officials Will
Go to League Meeting
City Manager J. L. Franzen,
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom, City
Engineer J. H. Davis, several
other city officials, and Gover
nor Douglas McKay will be
among those attending the an
nual meeting of the League of
Oregon Cities in Portland Sep
tember 28-October 1 inclusive.
The convention will be at the
Multnomah hotel.
Governor McKay will speak
at the 10 o'clock session Thurs
day. City Attorney Davis will
preside at a meeting of the
building regulation section at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Mayor Elfstrom will preside at
the mayors and councilmen sec
tion at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Chapter Opens Season
Monmouth The first meet
ing of Tillicum chapter, DeMo
lay, was held in the Masonic
temple in Independence. Pre
ceding the meeting a covered
dish dinner was served with
parents and Job's Daughters as
special guests. Following a short
business meeting, the temple
was opened to visitors and Her
man Johnson of Salem was the
principal speaker. His topic was
citizenship.
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