2 Capital Journal. Salem, Oregon. Monday, October 3, 1949
Col. Marion Carl Lands
Jet Fighter by Flashlight
San Diego, Calif., Oct. 3 "i A marine colonel landed a power
loss jet fighter plane with little more than a flashlight and a
oraver to help last nighl.
Lt. Col. Marion Carl, former
F-9-F navy Panther down from
Pranksters Stall
County Work
County road business was vir
tually disrupted Monday morn
ing when equipment about the
yards at the county shops on
the Silverton road refused to
operate. All the batteries were
dead.
Members of the road crew
found that sometime over the
week-end pranksters had turn
ed the switches on on all of the
equipment parked in .the shop
yards and there was a scurrying
around for batteries so as to get
work under way.
Dead batteries were found on
two trucks, five grader ma
chines, a roller, cornprcsser and
on two small tractors used for
hauling other equipment.
In addition tools were spread
around over the yard as well
as flares and extinguishers all
taken from the equipment. The
shops were not entered as far
as known.
One clue was found as to the
possible age of the parties com
mitting the depredations. On
the running board of one of the
trucks was found an exploded
cap 'taken from a toy cap pistol
The geographic center of the
United States is in North-central
Kansas.
Holland Rebuilds Model of the new Rotterdam Trade Cen
ter, a seven-story building two blocks long, to house organiza
tions which lost their property in the war bombardment.
Senate Group OK's
Minfon for Court
Washington, Oct. S M The
senate Judiciary committee to
day approved the nomination of
Federal Judge Sherman Minton
of Indiana to be an associate
Justice of the supreme court.
The committee voted nine to
two to send the nomination to
the senate for confirmation with
a favorable recommendation.
Approval came after the com
mittee reversed a previous de
cision to call Minto before it for
questioning.
Sgt. Mundinger
Police Instructor
The Salem pulice department
disclosed today that Sgt. Krcel
Mundinger, a member of the lo
cal force, had received FBI au
thorisation to act as instructor
in police schools to be held
throughout the stale.
Tiie courses on patrol techni
que will be sponsored by the
FBI. Oregon Sheriff's associa
turn and the League of Oregon
cities. Members of forces in each
area where the classes are held
attend.
The classes start in Ashland
Oct. 10; Eugene, Oct. 17; Salem
Oct. 24, and LaGrande, Oct. 31
Bonneville Worries
Over Power Shortage
Portland, Oct. 3 Ti lionne
vi 11 power officials began wor-'
rying today over fall power pro
duction from the Columbia ri
ver They reported the level of the
Columbia river is falling steadi
ly. They added, however, that
the river still is 10 percent
above the critical level, although
10 percent below average for
this time of year.
Upriver storage is about nor
mal, they added, and timely
rains could aid the situation in
late fall.
Last November, a low river
speed record holder, brought the
25,000 feet in a 40-mile glide
"Rafter the power failure.
He used the flash light to
watch the air speed indicator,
the only instrument he had left
His other hand held the control
stick.
When the cockpit windshield
started to frost inside he had to
drop the flashlight to wipe lt
off.
"That was the only time I was
worred, said CarL "I needed
three hands."
Carl was en route from Port
land. Ore., to his home station at
Cherry Point, N. C, via San
Diego, when the electrical sys
tern failed.
That left him without engine,
lights, radio or instruments. He
couldn't even dump the 220 gal
lons of fuel left in the tanks. He
had no way of notifying air
fields of his plight.
Carl arrived over the lighted
North Island naval air station
in San Diego bay with 7,000
feet of elevation left.
He dived on the tower to give
warning and then, after making
a wide curve to the runway,
brought the plane down going
about 150 miles an hour.
Carl, a veteran fighter pilot
of the Pacific war, set a world's
speed record of 650.8 miles an
hour in 1947 in a jet Skystreak.
The record stood for a year. It
is now 670 miles, held by the air
force.
The United States Library of
Congress contains more than
eight million volumes and pam
phlets.
level forced Bonneville to cut
power from some industrial con-
ners. Householders had to
conserve in peak hours. The sit
uation lasted through the winter.
Threatens Suit
Against County
Glen J Jack, Oregon City at
torney, has advised the county
court that unless a correction is
made on an option on land
given as part of the right of way
for the new Silverton road Is
corrected he'll sue the county
Jack says that Adnie Tokstad,
his land owning client, gave the
option to right of way agent
Cecil Gardner and when he
signed it there was nothing on
it but the description of the
plan. He said the understand
ing was that Tokstad was to be
paid for his land at the same
rate as other property owners
or the prevailing market price
and it was to have been filed
in later on that basis. Instead
of that, he says, Gardner filled
in the price at $1.
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client that the option as it stands i
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Is wholly void and unless he
can come to some satisfactory
agreement with the court will
bring suit.
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Study Problem
David M. Brown, national
commander of the Disabled
American Veterans, is in Salem
today from the Cincinnati head
quarters to assist in an adjust
ment of difficulties that have
arisen in connection with a pro
posed memorial building here
With him is Cicero Hogan of
Washington, D.C., national
claims adjuster. Some of the
state officers were expected.
The visiting officials will at
tend a special meeting with the
post at the Senator hotel Mon
day night.
The building was started at
the northeast corner of North
Church and Marion streets, but
construction was halted several
months ago and the plans are
now held in abeyance.
Brown and Hogan were spe
cial guests of the Chamber of
Commerce at the noon luncheon
Monday.
Seattle Store Blast
Injures at Least 6
Seattle, Oct. 3 iP) At least
six persons were injured, two
or three seriously, in the explo
sion of a boiler at the Sears and
Roebuck main store today at
tendants at the store infirmary
reported.
Seattle police said "several'
persons were injured, and that
ambulances and police cars had
been sent to the scene. The store
is located in the south end.
Lewis Bye, general manager
of the mail order department,
reported the front of a boiler
blew out in a room where 10
men were working. 11c said two
were t iken to a hospital. The
blast occurred about 1 p.m.
Electa Chapter Meets
Dayton Klecta Chapter, OES.
met for regular communication
at the Masonic Hall, with Mrs.
Russel Coburn, W. M. presiding.
The Amity and Checowan Chap
ters were guests for the evening.
Visitors from Portland were Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Kurrash, guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gra
ham, who are members of
Temple Chapter. Miss Joyce
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The People Celebrate Residents of Hines street, in the
block from 12th street west to the dead end of tne street,
Saturday evening celebrated completion of the paving of the
block for which they have made a three-year effort. The
celebration took the form of a no-host dinner outdoors on the
new pavement. Not quite all the persons in the above picture
could be identified, but looking at the picture from left to
right will show these: John Ritchie, Mrs. Claudia Best, Harvey
Burrington, Mrs. John Ritchie, Mrs. Burrington, Mrs. Robert
Gormsen, Roger Ritchie, little Paul Gonnsen, Buddy O'Neil
(boy in striped sweater), Dolly O'Neil, Charles F. O'Neil,
Roberta Neuenswander, Mrs. O'Neil, Judith Jackson, three
Nead girls, Mrs. George A. Need, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and
two children, Mr. Crowfoot, Mrs. Bosworth, Mr. and Mrs.
George Brown, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Crowfoot, Mrs. C. L.
Fields, Robert Gormsen, Mrs. F. M. Carthew; and the chil
dren at the front, Totsie O'Neil, Linda Ritchie, Susan Keech,
Pat Ritchie, Margo Ritchie and Nancy O'Neil.
Never a Red
Olds Declares
Washington, Oct. 3 W) Le-
land Olds, nominated by presi
dent Truman for a third term
on the federal power commis
sion, denied today that he is or
ever has been a communist.
"I believe and I have always
believed in the American dem
ocratic form of government,"
Olds told a senate interstate
commerce subcommittee, hold
ing hearings on the nomination.
He returned to the witness
chair to answer testimony giv
en the senators last week by
Rep. Lyle (D-Tex.).
'Mr. Lyle's charges impugn
my character and question my
loyalty," Olds said.
Lyle called the president's
nomination of Olds an "unthink
able appointment." He also sub
mitted copies of a series of ar
ticles that Olds wrote in the
1920s for the Federated Press,
a labor news service.
After hearing Olds, the com
mittee closed the hearings.
Senator Edwin C. Johnson CD-
Colo.) disclosed that the com
mittee had asked the Justice de
partment for information gath
ered by the FBI about Olds but
the department had refused to
turn it over.
Johnson made public a letter
in which Peyton Ford, assistant
to Attorney General McGrath,
said the FBI data "is classified as
confidential."
President Truman has order
ed government departments and
agencies not to let congressional
committees have files on "loy
alty" investigations. The issue
has gone up several times in the
past.
Critics of Olds have brought
out that his 1920 articles were
published by the Communist
Daily Worker and by other left
ist publications.
Olds replied that he had no
control over what publications
subscribed to the Federated
Press.
Hiss Wants New
Trial in Vermont
New York. Oct. 4 U.R Alger
Hiss announced today that he
will attempt to have his second
trial on a charge of perjury mov
ed to Vermont.
Hiss said in a statement re
leased by his attorneys that the
extensive publicity given his
first trial "precludes the possi
bility of an impartial trial in
New York.
At the same time. Hiss an
nounced he had retained Claude
B. Cross of a Boston law firm as
trial counsel, replacing Lloyd
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Hiss is scheduled to go on trial
again October 10. His first trial
ended last July in a disagree
ment by the jury.
Lebanon District
Will Have Directory
Lebanon Coinciding with an
announcement by the Lebanon
Chamber of Commerce that Leb
anon will put out its own city
directory for the first time, came
statement from T. W. Salisbury
& Company, publishers of vari
ous directories in western Ore
gon cities, that they have moved
their headquarters to Lebanon
from Eugene. They will occupy
an office at 641 Main street.
The new Lebanon-Sweet Home
directory will include a listing
of all homes and businesses in
central and eastern Linn coun
ty, the secretary of the local
Chamber of Commerce an
nounces.
Amity Municipal
Millage Rate Set ..,
Amity The millage rate for
the city of Amity this year is
13.6 mills compared to 13.8 mills
last year or a reduction of 1.5
per cent.
The Amity grade school mill
age rate this year is 27.3 mills
compared to 24.9 mills last year,
or an increase of 9.6 per cent.
The Amity Union high school
millage rate this year is 24.8
mills compared to 23.5 mills
last year, or an increase of 5.5
per cent over last year.
The rural school board mill
age rate for grade schools is 21
mills, compared with 15.9 mills
last year.
The rural school board mill-
age rate for high schools this
year is 18.5 mills compared to
13.2 mills last year.
Both Amity grade school and
the high school are affected by
the county rural school board.
Ames Hardware Store
Is Sold at Albany
Albany Albany's oldest hard
ware store, the Roscoe Ames
Hardware company, 216 W. First
A .,n Ur...i C . ,1
vimiigL-M iiciiiws aiuiuaj
when W. S. McNab, vice presi-
rlnnl nf a rWroif Mink .Iaa.
trical goods manufacturing firm,
took over operation of the store
that for 28 years has been owned
and operated by Ames.
Ames came here in 1922 from
Silverton. McNab was for 15
years an official with General
Motors, Inc., in Detroit. This is
his first venture in the hara-1
ware business. 1
Mayor Lee Talks
'Growing Pains'
Government on the grass roots
level village, city an county
was advocated by Dorothy Mc
Cullough Lee, mayor of Port
land as she urged greater citi
zenship participation in govern
ment during Monday's Chamber
of Commerce luncheon.
The meeting, sponsored by the
Salem chapter of the National
Federation of Business and Pro
fessional Women's club, drew a
capacity audience for the first
luncheon of the fall season.
Speaking of the fears express
ed by many persons to seek of
fice, Mrs. Lee declared that "the
time has come when we cannot
afford the luxury of our fears."
She added that in too many in
stances, cities reach the point
where they become afraid of
what is ahead before they take
steps to remedy corrupt condi
tions.
The movement of thousands of
people to the west coast, a mi
gration that will push the gold
rush of California and the trek
over the Old Oregon Trail into
the background, means an ex
panding economy for this sec
tion of the country, said the
speaker. She hastened to add
that the situation also brought
about growing pains as cities
were taxed to adjust their eron
omy to the expansion.
And speaking of the challenge
of greater expansion, Mrs. Lee
said it would tax "the entire ef
forts of our citizenry," to find
the solution.
Gunnell's Pigeon
Wins Heppner Race
The Salem Pigeon club has
completed a series of young
bird races. A pigeon owned by
J. Gunnell won the race from
Heppner with a speed of 1152.44
yards per minute. As the result
of the Pendleton run, C. Reis
bick's entry finished first with
a speed of 923.08 yards and from
Walla Walla, J. Gunell's bird
came in at 11 o'clock Sunday
morning after being released
Saturday morning. A Doug
Chambers entry came in at 3
o'clock and one owned by Cecil
McNeil was third.
A Cecil McNeil bird was
awarded the "bird of the year'
trophy for having competed in
every race, winning one first,
second and third place. J. Gun
nell won average speed for
young birds.
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NOT ONE SINGLE CASE
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Training for
Scout Leaders
Training for new and prospec
tive leaders of Brownie and Girl
Scout troops in the Salem dis
trict will start Monday evening
at the First Methodist church in
Salem at 7:30 o'clock.
The training which will In
clude activities for all age
groups, information on the Girl
Scout organization, and special
helps to inexperienced youth
leaders will be given under the
direction of Miss Lucy McAfee,
executive director of the San-
tiam Area council. Training ses
sions will be held on October
3, 5, 10, 12, 24 and November 2.
Leaders who complete, their
training by attending these ses
sions and visiting troops at their
regular meeting for observation
will receive certificates at the
close of the course.
Many new leaders are needed
in the Salem district to enable
girls whose former leaders have
moved or are unable for some
reason to continue to go on with
their citizenship building activi
ties in Girl Scouting, reports
Miss McAfee.
Women who are interested in
girls and would enjoy sharing
hobbies with them are urged to
attend the course and find out
about Girl Scout leadership.
Anyone interested is invited to
attend the first session Monday
evening. Leadership training is
one of the contributions made
to Salem's Girl Scouts by the
Community Chest fund.
Pope Warns of
Refugee Crisis
Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 3
P) Pope Pius XII has warned
the western world it faces grave
dangers unless the agonizing re
fugee problem is swiftly solv
ed. Political, economic and even
social dangers are involved in
a policy of further delay and
exaggerated caution," he told a
refugee fact-finding committee
of American congressmen here
yesterday.
The pope appealed for
"prompt and responsible com
munity action" to end the
blight of peace-time detention
camps . . , and the plight of mil
lions who now must answer to
the hideous appellation of ex
pellees.' "
He urged the American con
gressmen and their collaborators
of every nation to "deal vigor
ously with the last remaining ob
stacles to full human freedom
for our beloved refugees."
The pope's brief address was
delivered in English yesterday
at a special audience at his sum
mer residence. The text was not
made public until today.
Attending the audience were
Representatives Francis Walter
(D-Pa), chairman of the house
judiciary subcommittee of immi
gration; Frank Fellows (R-Me);
Chauncey W. Reed (R-IU); Mi
chael A. Feighan (D-Ohio); Wil
liam T. Byrne (D-NY). and Ken
neth B. Keating (R-NY).
Mrs. Wilhelm Chief
Draft Board Clerk
Taking over the duties of
chief clerk for the draft boards
of Marion and Polk counties
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LilLi
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were the finding
throat specialist!
o total of 2,470 w.tlcly
examination! of tho throats
of hundreds of mtn and women
who smoked Camels, and
only Cornell, (or 30 ton-'
Mcutiv days. -
Monday was Mrs. Edna Wil
helm. Mrs. Wilhelm, who during the
last draft was chief clerk for
board No. 1, Salem, for about
five years, replaces Mrs. Fern
Beakey who left the position to
go to Arizona to reside unt l
next June. From October. 1948.
until August, 1949, when the
staff and hours at the local
board were reduced, Mrs. Wil
helm worked in the office with
Mrs. Beakey.
Announcement of Mrs. Wil
helm's appointment was made
by the local selective service
board.
Buy Prunes for
School Lunch
Washington, Oct. 3 W The
agriculture ' department an
nounced today it will help sup
port grower prices of dried
prunes by buying 3,800 tons for
its national school lunch and in
stitutional feeding programs.
About 1,000 tons will be
bought in Oregon and Washing
ton and the remainder in Cali
fornia. The department also will of
fer export subsidies on prunes
shipped to European countries
and their dependent areas ele
gible to receive aid under the
economic cooperation adminis
tration program.
The export payments will
range from 25 to 40 per cent
of the sales price, freight aboard
ship, at U.S. ports. The pay
ments will be 30 per cent of
the price of prunes of sizes 3040
to 5060, inclusive; 40 percent
for sizes 6070 to 100120, in
clusive, and 25 per cent for
prunes in cartons of two pounds
net weight or less.
The department said growers
will get 4.25 cents a pound for
fruit diverted from regular com
mercial outlets in these coun
tries. Pending receipts of such pay
ment, growers may get govern
ment loans of three cents, a
pound on their surplus supplies
through an administrative com
mittee set up to regulate the
marketing of the dried fruit.
The U. S. rapid transit indus
try carried a number of pas
sengers in 1948 equal to about
10 times the population of the
earth.
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