Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, October 27, 1949, Page 5, Image 5

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Creative Art Group The ere-1
alive are group of the Salem
.Art association, will hold its first
meeting of the fall season in
quarters over Busick's store.
Court and Commercial streets.
Figure drawing and portraiture
will constitute the program.
The group will welcome all per
sons who are interested.
Law Reviser Goes East Rob
ert K. Cullen, who is conducting
the four-year job of revising all
of Oregon's laws, was on his
way to Chicago today for a meet
ing of legislative service repre
sentatives of all the states.
He said he would get pointers
on his work, as well as ideas for
the legislative interim committee
which is studying methods of
speeding up the work of the Ore
gon legislature.
Cullen was appointed to his
present job by the state statute
revision council, which was cre
ated by the 1949 legislature.
Campaign Plans Directors of
the YMCA and members of the
Y's Men's club held a luncheon
meeting with Joe Dodd, cam
paign manager for the Salem
Community Chest, Thursday
noon in an effort to work out a
plan for the successful comple
tion of the drive. It is felt that
a cooperative movement to fin
ish the campaign is much to be
preferred over a plan that calls
for each individual agency to
seek its own share of the balance
needed to fill the chest.
Sketchers to Meet A sketch
ing meeting will be held by the
creative art group of the Salem
Art association in the new cen
ter over Busick's market at
Court and North Commercial
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The group will meet bi-weekly
during the winter for figure
drawing and portraiture. Meet
ings are open to the public and
include work in any medium in
cluding oils and water colors.
School Boy Injured Allen
Lind, 11-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Loyd Lind, of the Wheat
land district, is hospitalized here
for observation. He was struck
on the back of the head by a
awing board while at play dur
ing the morning recess Tuesday.
The youth was unconscious for
some time and x-rays have been
taken.
Forum Selects Holmes Earl
M. Holmes, 48, formerly asso
ciated with the state industrial
accident commission and a resi
dent of Salem and Eugene for
22 years, has been named secre
tary-manager of the McMinn-
ville Chamber of Commerce and
takes over his new duties No
vember 1. Until recently he has
acted as executive secretary of
the retail merchants committee
of the Phoenix, Ariz. Chamber
of Commerce. He takes the place
of E. G. Younger, who recently
resigned.
Potter Rites Held Funeral
services for Mrs. Rose Potter, 76
were held at Forest Grove this
week with burial in Forest View
cemetery. She was born in Iowa
Feb. 19, 1873 and had lived in
Forest Grove and Hillsboro since
-1918. She was the mother of
Mrs, Ruth Steger, Gervais; Mrs.
Josephine Courtney, Valsetz and
Mrs. Naomi Dahl, Wolf Creek,
Mont.
Moore Funeral Friday Fun
eral services for Mrs. Lura A
Moore, of Hillsboro, mother of
Mrs. Beth Wagner, Salem, will
be held from the Tualatin Com
munity church at 1:30 o'clock
Friday with burial in Winona
cemetery. She is also survived
by a son and three other daugh
ters.
Keep Oregon Green The
sound colored film on forest con.
servation entitled "Keep Oregon
Green" will be shown to pupils
of the Lincoln grade school Fri
day afternoon at 1 o'clock by
Albert Wiesendanger, executive
secretary of the association. The
program will be given before
the Lake Labish school PTA at
8 o'clock Friday night.
Leave Salem Memorial Dis
missed from the Salem Mentor
ial hospital with recently born
infants are Mrs. LaVerne
Ebright, Rt. 8, Box 876-A, and
daughter; Mrs. Floyd Bosley,
1140 Mission, and daughter; Mrs
Ronald Olsen, 1110 S. 16th. and
daughter; and Mrs. Paul Dick
enson, 470 Arthur, Woodburn,
and son.
Called to Illinois Mr. and
Mrs. Peter M. Gunnar, 1582
Court, left today for Riverside
111., where Ihey were called by
the sudden death Wednesday of
hit mother, Mrs. H. P. Gunnar.
BORN
Tba Capital Journal Welcomes
the Following New Citizens;
DICKENSON To Mr. and Mra. Paul
Dlckrnaon of Woodburn ft a 'a pound boy
October 34 at tha Salem Memorial hoepl.
tal. Tha baby haa been named Lonnte Paul
and la the flrat child. Orandparentj ara
Mr. and Mra. rot Dlckrnaon and Mr. and
Mra. Henry Johnjion, all of Woodburn.
Mc REYNOLDS To Mr ftnd Mra. .
arett MeRernolda. of roraet Orove, a jlrl.
Oct. as. MeFteynoldx, former Dayton hlen
arhool coach, la now head coach at Poreat
Oroee. They hare another aon. Rickey.
LOR1NZ To Mr. and Mra. Robert
lorena. Rt. 1 Boi 24. at tha Salem Oener
1 hospital, boy. Oct. 37.
WHILES To Mr. and Vr. William
while. 397a Shelley, at tha Balea Oeoaral
Beepltal. ft tin. Oct, 17.
CHAMBERLIN To Mr. and Mra. Arehlo
Chamberlin. Marlon, at the Salem Mem
orial hoapltal. nrl. Oct. ).
PSPT To Mr. ftnd lire Oeorae Per,
anon at ne Sa.e m Memorial boapitel
ft BUI, OcL H.
Sweethearts Named Names
of the two young women who
will be added to the list of six
Willamette university coeds vie-
ing for the honor of being
"Sweetheart of Sigma Chi," will
be revealed during a radio inter
view to be conducted Thursday
night over KOCO by Dave Beck
ett. The four who have already
been identified are Jean Kelt of
Burlingame, Calif.; Sue McEl
hinny of Salem; Delores Fisher
of Portland and Shirley Griffin
of Vancouver, Wash. The
"Sweetheart " court will be se
lected during a dinner to be giv
en by Sigma Chi next Monday
evening. The dance will be held
November 12.
Retired Deputy Dies August
C. (Gus) Schirmer, 64. retired
deputy sheriff of Multnomah
county and a former Salem resi
dent, died in Gresham Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 o'clock Friday. Schirmer
was a butcher by trade and was
in the retail meat business here
for several years until 1924
when he joined the state prohi
bition enforcement staff. In 1928
he joined the criminal division
of the Multnomah county sher
iff's office and served as a de
tective until last January. He
also served as a municipal judge
at Gresham. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Lelah Schirmer
and two daughters. Three sisters
live in Salem, Sophia Schaffer,
Amerlia Rasmussen and Anna
Schirmer and a fourth sister,
Kathryn Craig, in Portland.
McCormick Promoted Ken
McCormick, a Willamette uni
versity graduate with the class
of 1928, has been promoted to
the board of directors of Double
day tc Co., according to an
nouncement in the October issue
of Saturday Review of Litera
ture., Batdorf in Chair Robert Bat-
dorf will be toastmaster at the
Thursday evening dinner meet
ing of Capitol Toastmasters.
Speakers will be William Bliven.
Leon Cooney, Robert Forkner
and Wayne Smith.
Commanders to Breakfast
The annual breakfast meeting of
all past commanders of Capital
Post No. 9 American Legion will
be held at 8 o'clock the morn
ing of November 11 at the Le
gion club house. Charles H. Hug
gins, immediate past comman
der, will be official host.
Henry Peterson Dies Henry
C. Peterson, 84, father of Mrs.
J. C. Schneider, Salem, died at
Canby this week with funeral
services to be held from the
Zoar Lutheran church there Fri
day at 2 o'clock with burial in
the Zoar Lutheran church. He
was born in Decorah, 111., Oct. 1
1865 and had lived in Oregon
since 1925, the last five years at
Canby. He is also survived by
his widow; two other daughters;
sister; two grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Name Grocery North Side
Grocery and Confectionery is
assumed business name filed
with the county clerk by Leon
H. and Frances V. Brink.
Join the musical evening, Fri
day, Oct. 28th, with Kenny and
Wayne Allen at the Salem Sup
per club, 256
Turkey pickers report to work
9 a.m., Friday. Northwest Poul
try tc Dairy Products Co. 256
Home baked pies, cakes and
rolls, etc. Portland Gas tc Coke
Co. Friday, Oct. 28. Junior
Women's club. 256
Ladies!! Wonderful values in
large dresses. Regular and half
sizes. Gilmore's Up-Stairs Dress
Shop. 439 Court. 256
Orwig's Market has young
fresh killed turkeys, 39c; also
baby beef for locker, 37c. 4375
Silverton Rd. Ph. 26128. 258
Refinish your Venetian
Blinds during Fall cleaning.
New tapes, cords an dnew paint
job will make them look like
new. Reinholdt 6c Lewis will
pick up and deliver. Ph. 2-3639.
256
Going to reroof? Our estimates
are free. Willamette Valley Roof
Co., 30 Lana Ave. Ph. 3-9604.
256
Open evenings Bonita Beau
ty Salon. Phone 38171. New
management. 260
St. Anne's rummage sale. Epis
copal parrish house, Chemeketa
St., Thursday and Friday. 256
Federally Insured Savings
Current dividend 2 4V .See
FIRST Federal Savings FIRST
142 S Liberty Ph 3-4944.
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. If
vou miss your Capital Journal
MUSIC LESSONS
Accordion, Marimba, Guitars
and piano. Instrument rented
while you learn. Wiltsey vlusic
Studios, 1630 N. 20th. Phone
3-7186. 261
current rate en your
savings Salem Federal, 560
State St Salem's largest Savings
association
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. If
you miss your Capital Journal
Exclusive presentation, Imper-
uj wallpapers. R. L Elfstrom Co
Picketing Halted
By Injunction
F. D. Van Sweringen, execu
tive secretary of the Salem
Building Trades council, said to
day that no strike order had
been used to induce employes of
other firms to refuse to handle
cement of the Vallev Concrete
company at Independence.
He said further that the union
had not interfered with con
struction of the Willamette river
bridge at Independence, a bridge
job near Monmouth, and a school
building at Dallas.
Van Sweringen said that a
picket line was thrown around ,
and that certain union opera
tors had voluntarily refused to
buy concrete from the company.
In Portland an injunction or
dering Salem area AFL unions
to stop interfering with a ce
ment firm at Independence was
sought by the NLRB.
NLRB Attorney Joseph Mach-
man said the Valley Concrete
company, has been the target
of union activity. He said AFL
Teamsters demanded recogni
tion by employes but had never
been certified as the agent for
the workers. He said strikes
and unfair lists were used to
induce employes of other firms
to refuse to handle the firm's
cement.
The unfair labor charge before
the NLRB was filed by the As
sociation of Cement Manufactur
ers, of which the Independence
company is a member. Federal
Judge Claude McColloch gave
the unions until November 22
to answer the NLRB injunction
petition.
Defendants, in addition to the
Trade and Labor council, are
the Building and Construction
Trades council of Salem and
AFL unions for teamsters, ce
ment workers and carpenters.
Van Sweringen said he had
been informed the Independence
bridge job was to halt this win
ter because of delay in receipt
of steel. He criticized Pat Blair,
a representative of an associa
tion of operators, and said that
if any other person had repre
sented them he didn't think the
trouble would have occurred.
Eva's Cafe Changes Certifi
cate of assumed business name
for Eva's Cafe, 3005 Portland
road, has been filed with the
county clerk by Densel D. ana
Gwendolyn Thames, 1695 Yew
street. Notice of retirement from
the same business, mamam a
fountain restaurant, has been
filed by Douglas and Edith
Smith.
Plumbing Shop Listed Cer
tificate of assumed business
name for John Fisher Plumbing
has been filed with the county
clerk by John Fisher, 844 S.
Commercial, and Leo M. Fish
er, 170 Lancaster.
Contractors File Certificate
of assumed business name for
Roy M. Pence and son, general
contracting business, 665 N. Lib
erty street, has been filed with
the county clerk by Roy M.
Pence, 665 N. Liberty, and Dale
K. Pence, 925 N. Winter street.
Rummage bargain day. Friday.
First Congregational church.
Cottage and Marion. 256
Vision-Aid means Semler
made. For glasses ground to
your optometrist's prescription
get Vision-Aid glasses at Semler
Optical Offices, Waters-Adolpn
Bldg., State & Com'l. Ph. 3-3311.
256
Opening Friday nite at the
New No-Name-Ball-Room. For
mer location of the Club Combo.
Featuring modern dancing.
Claude Bird and his orchestra.
256
Rummage sale Fri. tc
355 N. High. Chi Omega.
Sat.,
257
Bazaar! Elfstrom's, Sat., Oct
29. Kingwood American Legion
Aux. Light lunch and coffee.
256
Large fryers delivered in town
and S. Salem. Ph. 2-1244. 257
Fire - Auto - Liability Burg
lary, Ken Potts Insurance Agen
cy, 229 N. Liberty. 256
Coral Courts at , Neskowin,
Ore., are open all winter. Win
ter prices. Ph. 0915. 257
Special while they last $6,
Camellias, red and pink 4 to 5
jfeet high $4,50. Labish garden
ituraery, diucks east oj i piem
Pole. . 256
Sale Art Center household
goods. Upstairs 193 N. Com'l.,
Fri., Nov. 28, 10 to 4. 258
Fresh cider, dressed chickens,
prunes, vegetables and fruits.
Aprons and fancy work. Salem
Public Market, 1240 E. Rural
Sat. t a.m. till 2:30 p.m. 256
Phone 22406 Detore 6 p.m. if
you mlsi your Capital Journal.
Rummage sale over Green
baum's Fri. and Sat., Oct. 28 and
29 Delta Gamma Mothers. 256
Hear Kenny Allen, Salem's fa
forite tenor, at the Salem Sup
per club, Friday. Oct. 28th. 256
Johns-Manville shingles ap
plied by Mathls Bros., 164 S
Com'L Free estimate Ph. 34642
Phone 22406 before 6 c m. If
,you miss your Capital Journal
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Am vets Interpret Their Charter Salem post 1, new group
of World War 2 veterans, explain to potential members at a
meeting Wednesday evening that their organization is a
community service dedicated to youth welfare. From left:
Robert A. Christensen, post adjutant; George S. Clarkson,
commander and Delman Asher, treasurer.
Tito to Battle
(Continued from Page 1)
Socialism, Tito said, "is a real
ity in the Soviet Union we
know that. But we also know
that today the leadership of the
U.S.S.R. do not have the right
point of view on the further de
velopment of socialism in other
countries of the world."
Moscow's Literary Gazette
yesterday linked Tito's name
with opera star Milanov. It was
the bitterest personal attack to
date by the Russians on Tito.
Mme. Milanov, as she is
known to the American musical
public, is the wife of Maj. Gen.
Ljubomir Ilich, director of a
project to build a new city of
Belgrade where the Danube and
Sava rivers meet. They were
married in 1947 at the Yugo
slav embassy in Washington,
DC.
West Salem Fire
Station to Cost $9000
A building permit was issued
Thursday for construction of the
West Salem fire station, to be
located at 1210 Glen Creek road.
The cost is estimated at $9000
on the building permit. Some
salvage timber from buildings at
Salem airport will be used in
the work.
Other permits Thursday; B. J.
Sommer, to alter a boiler room
at 970 Union, $900. Frank A.
Nelson, to reroof a one-story
dwelling at 144414 Ferry, $130.
Lillian M. Ritter, to alter a one-
story dwelling at 367 Taylor,
$100. N. J. Blevins, to build a
garage at 673 North 20th, $725.
L. S. Christison, to build a ga
rage at 1330 Lee, $900. H. C.
Hansen, to build a service sta
tion at 200 Lana, $4000. L. H.
Briggs, to alter a 1 -story
dwelling at 2235 North Fourth,
$100. Gene Kennedy, to bulid
a one-story dwelling and garage
at' 159 West Boice, $10,000.
Medford Woman Hurt Mrs.
Ora Lester, 65, of Medford, got
her left arm broken at the
shoulder when she fell on the
escalator at the Roberts store
Thursday forenoon. She was
taken to Salem Memorial hospi
tal. To Haul Logs Log hauling
permit has been issued by the
county court to John R. Beckley,
route 4, Salem.
Earthworms swallow soil and
digest the vegetable matter
from it.
COURT NEWS
Circuit Court
Erwln E. Batterman va Henry D. Palmey
antl athera, dlamlaaal of complaint and
croea complalnta ordered on atlpulfttlon,
with prejudlca and without coala.
Dorut Eileen ea Kenneth J. Vandykft,
final decree of divorce aranted.
State tax eommUeion va J. H. Cana
dian. W. c. Wlnalow ordered aubatltuted
aj defendant.
The Flrat Ohrlatlan church In Salem
va Floyd V. McReynolda and othera, ftnawer
admltj ftnd denlaa.
Alice va Oeorae Stravena. motion to
modify decree aa to aupport money and or
der for citation for defendant to appear
November ? at 3:30 p m.
State on relation of Aanea W. va Rudy
Mercado, order for citation for appear
ance of defendant November J, at 1:30
p.m. to ahow ceuee why he ahould not ba
puntahed tor contempt.
tuellle ya Orvllle C. Wll.on. dlvorre
complaint alletea deaertlon and aaka half
Intereat In real property to plaintiff. Mar
ried November II. 1930. at Walla Walla,
Sua.
Probata Court
Euaeno Eckerlen aatate. Coburn L Ora
benhoret. Jacob Fuhrer and Karl Werner
named apprauere.
Zulette Painter coneervatorahlp ap
praised at S3S.V41.B1 by Roy Nelaon. Wea.
ley E. Stewart. Jr.. and Erwln W. Potter.
Flrat and final account filed by Pioneer
Truat company, conservator.
Olln H. Turner luardlanahlp. annual ae
count of Firat National bank, luardian.
t-awrenre S. Slnaer eatete, appralaal of
11897.42 made by Bernadlne Boiae. ceth
anno Oftuaherty and Myrtle N. Shelley.
Jamea Wallace eatete. order ftuthorlb
Ini aalft of peraonal property.
District Court
Aaaault and battery- Pale Turnldat.
fendanl ducharaed after heerlnt.
Drunk drlvlna: Sidney M. Moffltt, a-t.
rore. pladed innocent, trill to bo act,
held on UM ball.
Police Court
Aaea-ilt and battery: Johft Oeorae Hoef
fert, a00 Brook, ball l.
Morrisae Licensee
Joaeph D Starr pe. ,
and Mary Jeaa Sturteoa,
bota Albany.
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Truman Rejects
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The president, a strong advo
cate of Taft-Hartley repeal, said
repeatedly that when the time
comes to use the act he will do
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But that is a long way offjeurrent strength is about 516,
he emphasized.
He said he determines when
there is a national emergency un
less congress declares one by re
solution.
The president said he does not
know whether he has power to
seize either industry.
He said he still hopes media
tion will succeed and collective
bargaining will work.
Ross said Mr. Truman author
ized him to say the president has
not discussed the strike situa
tion individually with any mem
ber of the cabinet.
The president may have men
tioned it at a cabinet meeting,
Ross said.
No Deadline Set
A cabinet officer told report
ers yesterday that the president
had decided to step in if the
strikes were not settled by this
week-end. He asked not to be
publicly identified by name.
Ross said the president has
kept abreast of the progress of
conciliation efforts through John
R. Steelman, his assistant, who
has been in touch with them
through Cyrus C h i n g, federal
mediation director.
The strikes are still in the
hands of the mediation service,
Ross emphasized.
Ross dictated this statement
to reporters:
White House Statement
"Any attribution to the presi
dent of any plan to intervene
the coal and steel strikes or to
fix a deadline on the effort to
reach a settlement through me
diation is entirely without war
rant. "This office has told you ev
ery day, in reply to questions,
the literal and exact truth of the
situation.
Obviously this office cannot
foreclose the possibility of ap
propriate action by the president
on any matter before him at any
time.
He 'may do anything that is
within his power to do. But it is
literally true that the strikes are
in the hands of the mediation
service at this time and the pre
sident is keeping hands off.
He is certainly not putting
out statements, directly or indi
rectly, that he is going to in
tervene. Incidentally, T am authoriz
ed by the president to say that
he has not discussed the present
strike situation with any mem
ber of the cabinet."
Short courses in agriculture
are conducted by many univer
sities and colleges annually.
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Death Is Winner New York City firemen and policemen
try unsuccessfully to revive Dianna Zelazny, 3 (foreground),
and her brother. Philip, 18 months, after the children were
asphyxiated in their cribs n their Brooklyn home by steam
escaping from an open pipe valve. (AP Wirephotoj
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Truman Ousts
(Continued from Page 1)
The defense department bud
get inspector said that in line
with a scheduled reduction in
size of the operating fleet by
next June 30, a corresponding
decrease will be made in navy
and marine personnel
He said a cut of 56,200 men
and officers of the navy and
marine corps is planned. The
000.
An army reduction already
has been announced. Secretary
Gordon Gray said earlier this
week that a total of 30,000
draftees and one-year enlist
ments will be released. This will
bring army strength down to
about 630,000.
Arends said congress for its
own protection must fight an
ouster of Dcnfcld. He said no
congressional committee in the
future would be able to get testi
mony "worth a pinch of salt"
from officers of the armed serv
ices if Denfeld is to get the axe.
Denfeld criticized high mili
tary policies as a witness at the
house group's hearings on dif
ferences among the armed serv
ices.
Rumors have circulated since
that he would be ousted from
the navy's top post and that
Vice Admiral Forrest T. Sher
man would succeed him.
Both the Washington post and
the Washington Evening Star
published stories today saying
Sherman has been called to the
capital.
Sherman is now commander
of the Mediterranean fleet.
The post quoted Assistant Sec
retary of Defense Paul H. Grif
fith as saying Sherman is being
called home.
Griffith has indicated the pa
per said, that he is one of a group
of navy officers who disagree
with navy leaders on the place
their service should have under
the unification setup.
He said the navy had kept
the dissenting officers from tes
tifying at recent congressional
hearings on the armed services'
row.
Denfeld and several other na
vy officers charged before the
house armed services committee
that present Pentagon policies
are wrecking navy morale and
scuttling its offensive power.
To Lift Bridge A county
bridge crew went equipped
Thursday to lift a bridge from
its foundations over a ditch in
Evans valley on county road
655 to permit the soil conserva
tion district to deepen the ditch
When this is done the bridge
."ill be replaced; reports County
Commissioner Roy Rice.
Wholesalers Retire Notice of
retirement from the assumed bu
siness name of Gordon O. Leo
nard company, wholesale distri
butors, has been filed with the
county clerk by Gordon O. and
Ellen K. Leonard, Santa Rosa,
California.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.. Thursday, October 27, 19495
Widespread Manhunt on for
8 Dangerous Escaped Cons
Wilmington. Del., Oct. 27 &) A widespread manhunt was on
today for eight convicts who escaped from the New Castle county
prison with guns and ammunition taken from the jail arsenal.
The eight led by a 20-year-old life term prisoner made a dar
ing break through the prison's front gate last night after locking
up Ouard Captain Harry Har
rington and using another guard
as a shield.
A burst of machine gun fire
from a prison tower failed to
stop them.
Five of the escapees were re
ported to have boarded a Penn
svlvania railrn.iH frieht train ,
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uuuna tor neaaing, fa. two
otners lorced J. L. Eluotton, a
stationary store clerk, to drive
two blocks in his own car and
then shoved him out before
driving off.
The car was recovered sever
al hours later, abandoned in
Kennett Square, Pa.
State police established road
blocks throughout the Wilming
ton area and alerted authorities
of adjoining states to be on the
lookout for the men, described
as "dangerous."
Harrington's version of the
escape gave these details:
Shortly before 7 p. m. the pri
soners were taken back to their
cell blocks from the exercise
yard.
Danny Norris, 20-year-old life
termer convicted of slaying Wil
mington Detective Thomas Co-
naty on Christmas, 1947, asked
Harrington for an aspirin. The
convicts then jumped Harrington
and Guard Harry Beck.
The two guards were marched
to a cell and locked in. During
the scuffle, Beck sustained slight
head injuries when he was struck
with a window sash weight.
Leaving his companions hid
den behind a staircase, Norris
went to the door leading to the
main portion of the prison
building. He asked Guard Char
les Lynch to let him through to
get some papers from the print
ing shop where Norris worked.
As Lynch opened the door, he
was seized and marched past the
office of Warden Elwood H. Wil
son to the prison arsenal. There,
the convicts used Lynch's keys
to open the arsenal door and
took a quantity of guns and am
munition. Handcuffing Lynch, the men
marched in single file prison
fashion toward the gate house
with Lynch at the head of the
line, a pistol in his back.
One of the convicts pressed
the button controlling the elec
trically-operated gate and the
parade moved out into the open.
Sergeants Return
After 18 Years Away
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sergeant
after an absence of 32 years
have returned to Salem from the
San Francisco bay area to make
their permanent home here and
are situated at the Royal Court
apartments.
Mr. Sergeant was widely
known as a banker in Oregon
serving five years as state super
intendent of banks after he had
been three years vice president
of the old United States Nation
al bank when the late J. P. Rog
ers was president.
He removed to San Francis
co to become v ice president of
the federal reserve bank there
in charge of examinations and
held that post for 21 years be
ing retired 10 years ago. The 10
years were spent at various
spots in the bay area round San
Francisco. However, they al
ways had planned returning to
Salem as their permanent res
idence. MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Thursday. Oct. 17
OrKanlzerj naval rieserve stiriace
unit, at Naval and Marine corps re
serve training center.
Company a, ltuna iniamry regi
ment, Oregon National Ouard, at
Salem armory.
Friday, October 28
Orsanl7l Beawe company 13-s
and Volunteer Seabee company at
the Navol and Marine corps reserve
training center at 8 p.m. with ex
Seabee and construction men in
vited to attend. Speaker H. M.
Williamson. B-vsbUnt division engi
neer, Portland division. Southern
Pacific company, who will dLscuvi
present day engineering in the oper
ation, maintenance and construc
tion of railroads.
Consolidate Command!
Pacific Fleet's cruiser and destroy
er commands were consolidated Into
single command on October 15
Kear Admiral Laurance T. Dubose.
USN. presently Commander of the
Pacific's Battleshlo-CruLser force.
will assume the new command, be
ing established for economic rea
sons.
Rear Adm. Dllbosr relieves Rear
Admiral Emmet p. Forrestel, UHN.
as commander of the Pacific Fleet's
destroyers. No new dutv has been
designated for Rear Adm. Forrestel.
who has been In his present assign
ment since June 1848.
The title of Comrrmnrirr. Battle
ships, and Cruisers, Atlantic- Fleet
was terminated In March, 1M9. al-
inotign me mwi one remaining
active dreadnaught, the USS Mis
souri, has been on dutv In the
Atlantic. The last batlleshlD to see
service In the Pacific was the USS
Iowa, Inactivated In March of thl
year.
Hardware Retirement Rob
ert G. and Jessie E. Jones have
filed notice of retirement with
the county clerk from Gervais
Hardware company.
Acute Shortage
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The shortage has just begun to
hit at the Fnstpr nlant in the. Inc.
. j '
nays.
The Far.iers Cooperative
Warehouse, second largest ship
per at Dallas, has been "behind
tne eight-ball all season," ac-
cording to M. M. Gilles. "We are
about 15 cars behind and can't
promise delivery to anyone," he
said.
Crisis "Pretty Sad"
In Salem the Western Paper
Converting company reports the ;
crisis as "pretty sad" and "very
serious." Orders for cars can't '
be filled in less than five days '
or a week, and adding to the
trouble is a shortage of trucks. ,
The company needs an average
of four cars a week. It thinks
the SP isn't buying enough '
equipment to keep up with the
need.
The canning industry isn't in
as serious a condition as lum- ,
ber and some other shippers.
Kelley, Farquhar company, '
which is doing a lot of shipping,
manages to get them all out by '
"watching ahead and putting up
a fight." It uses 10 or 12 cars
a week. Overall, it reports "a -
pretty good service from both ;
roads."
Hunt Food Products, Inc., re
ports the situation not critical '
now, but says there was a criti
cal period during the packing 1
season. The shortage is mainly
in box cars, not refrigerators, .
but there is trouble getting re
frigerator cars that are big ;
enough.
Southern Pacific freight men
locally say they don't know just
what causes the shortage. Grain
moving east and the cars not
coming back is one surmise. One
SP man says there is always a
shortage in fall, but this year it
seems to be worse than before.
That s the way the Friesen
Lumber & Supply company, 450
Wallace road, describes the car
situation.
We've been here 20 years."
the manager continued, "and it'i '
the worst it has ever been in
that time."
Worst in 20 Years
This company has 15 or 18 ,
carloads of finished material .
waiting for shipment, and no
cars. The main product is stock
for the furniture trade, with a
market all over the United
States. The company needs about
12 cars a week.
The Capitol Lumber company.
2860 Cherry avenue, describe!
the situation as "rough."
"We are usually fortunate be. "
cause we are on both the South
ern Pacific and the Oregon Elcc
trie. The OE seems to supply '
cars more readily ordinarily '
than the SP, but both are bad
now. We use from seven to 20 -,
cars a week, but are getting on
ly four or five now."
The mill turns out from 50,-
000 to 60,000 feet a day, or,
with the planer, about 150,000
feet. It believes there is some
thing wrong with the SP's car
exchange agreement with the
other roads.
Shy Since August
W. E. Hoffman, sales manag
er for the Teague Lumber com
pany, 355 North Liberty, says
"we have been plagued since
August 1 with a shortage not
only of box cars, but of open
cars. We expected relief by Oc
tober 1, but today the situation
seems as acute as at any time in
the last two months. We should
be shipping out over 3,000,000
feet a month, but that Is very
definitely curtailed. I have on
my desk an order that has been
waiting for a car since Septem
ber 12 Mills and wholesalers ire
terribly hurt by the situation."
W. F. Bush of Seattle, of the
Bush Bros. Lumber company,
which has an establishment nt
837 North Liberty, says the f.a
lem plnat is carrying a 30 or
35-car back order from Sep
tember that hasn't been fill
ed because of the car shortaije.
Wants Pressure Brought
Bush reports a "general feel
ing that pressure should be
brought on the Southern Pacif
ic to bring up its car inventory.
1 don't think the SP is unfair in
its distribution. It is just a plain
lack of cars."
He is inclined to think that
some mills are using car short
age as an alibi to avoid filling
small orders, and giving pref
erence to more Important ones.
Elliott's 550 Deputies
Lose Commissions
Portland, Oct. 27 W Sher
iff's deputy commissions some
550 were Issued by Mike Elliott
before his recall were being
picked up today on orders of
Terry Schrunk, the new sheriff.
About 230 of the commissions
are being held by persons reg
ularly employed on the sheriff
staff. Schrunk will sign new
ones for them. But, he said, he
does not intend to re-issue com
missions to "rough-necks or
non-qualified persons. "