2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, November 7, 1949
Sfsle Reforest
Laws Upheld
Washington, Nov. 7 W) The
supreme court today upheld the
power of a state to compel per
sons engaged in commercial log
ging operations to make provi
sion for reforesting cut over
areas.
The authority of the state of
Washington to enforce such a
requirement was challenged by
Avery Dexter, owner of 320
acres of timberland in Pcnd
Oreille county, Wash. He appeal
ed from a decision by the state
supreme court upholding consti
tutionality of the requirement.
The supreme court in a two
line order affirmed the state
court. It gave no reasons. Jus
tice Douglas took no part.
Dexter contended the owner of
timberland may do as he pleases
with his property. But the state
court said an unwritten com
pact between the dead, the liv
ing, and the unborn "requires
that we leave to the unborn
something more than debts and
depleted natural resources."
The Washington law requires
every land owner or operator to
leave reserve trees in a quantity
sufficient to maintain continu
ous forest growth, or to provide
adequate restocking to insure
future forest protection.
Adult School
Adds Course
The adult education program
sponsored by the Snlem public
schools under the direction of
George D. Porter will add a
course In upholstering during
the current fall term. The first
meeting will be held In the old
Washington building at 7:15
Tuesday night for registration
and a discussion of projects. Be
cause advance registration has
been heavy, It Is expected forma
tion of a second class will be
necessary.
Preliminary steps are being
taken toward the formation of
n adult education advisory
council which will study proj
ects. A class In clothing selection
with the first lesson scheduled
for November 23 has been add
ed. This course will bo a short
one, operating only five nights.
Also tentatively scheduled arc
courses in showcard writing,
window display, ceramics and
industrial relations.
l he winter term will open
December 23. In this connec
tion questionnaires have been
sent out in an effort to deter
mine just what projects would
prove the most popular.
Reynolds Fails in
Global Flight Trip
San Franrsicn, Nov. 7 i'"
Milton Reynolds arrived at San
Francism airport at 6:30 a. m.
l'ST today, conceding failure in
his attempt to set a new flight
record around the earth.
He used commercial plane
schedules, reaching here on a
Fan American flight. He was to
continue to Los Angeles Rt once.
Kngine trouble on a flight from
Guam delayed him.
The record Is six days, three
hours and 15 minutes.
Reynolds' time on his arrival
here was six days, seven hours
and 15 minutes. But his total
time must be figured upon his
arrival at Los Angeles, where he
started his trip Oct. 31.
B Story Building Ransacked
Portland, Nov. 7 (Pi Office
workers at the Sherlock build
ing found their doors open when
the arrived today. Police said
the five-story building had been
ransacked systematically over
the week-end. An office to office
check for missing valuables kept
officers busy throughout the
day.
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Badges for Salem Junior Patrolmen Clyde Warren, chief
of police, presents badges and identification cards to 26
junior patrolmen from Salem schools. Front row, all captains,
from left: Gary Braden, Wayne Olson, Leo Demers, Ronald
Johnson, Billy McDonald, Jerry Walden and Donald Sim
(receiving his badge). Second row: Jack Kinney, Robert
Tom, Donald Kranser, Kenneth Allmer. Third row: Gordon
Charlcne Cushing and Fritzl Manbeck. Third row: Gordon
Fromm, Michael Skaling, James Boisberry and Bill Balch.
Fourth row: Bobby Miller, Wayne Baker, Tom Lovell, Milburn
Earls, Douglas McKeever, James Gordon, Eddie Syring, John
Tracy and Dale Suran. The chief and assistant chief E. C.
Charlton went into uniform for the occasion Saturday, and
will continue to follow that dress during duty hours.
Wm. F. Neptune
Butcher, Dies
William Frederick Neptune,
resident of Salem since 1912 and
in the butcher business in Salem
for many years, died suddenly
at the home of his step - son
Everett Wood, early Sunday eve
ning from a heart attack.
Neptune had suffered from
a heart ailment for several years
and in 1944 was forced to retire
from business because of ill
health.
Born at Barnesville, Ohio, No
vember 28, 1874, Neutune was
the son of Samuel and Eliza
Neptune. He left Ohio to come
to Oregon In 1910 and first set
tled In Silverton, moving to Sa
lem two years later. His first
wife, the former Alice Boctticher
to whom he was married in
Ohio October 24, 1900, died in
June, 1944, and in 1946 he was
married to Emma Wood, who
survives him.
On first coming to Salem he
was employed at Flcshcr's Meat
Market. He also worked for a
time for a packing firm here and
after farming for a few years
opened his own butcher shop In
Salem, operating It for 17 years.
His latest location before re
tirement was Neptune's Market
in the 1900 block of State street,
a meat market and grocery store.
An ardent baseball fan Nep
tune in his younger days played
semi-professional baseball in the
east.
Several years ago Neptune
served one term as a member of
the Salem school board. He was
a member of the Knight Me
morial church and had served as
a trustee and for a number of
years was chairman of the
church's building committee.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs
Emma Neptune of Salem;
daughter, Mrs. Doris Ransom of
Turner: a sister. Mrs. A. J. Pin
nick of Sebring. Ohio, three
stepsons, Carl A. Wood, Everett
T. Wood and Emory F. Wood, all
of Salem; and five grandchil
dren.
Services will be held Wed
nesday. November 9, at 1:30 p.m.
at the Clotigh-Rarrick chapel
with Rev. Louis White officiat
ing. Interment will be In the
City View cemetery.
Charged Prosecutor James Munro of Bremerton. Wash.,
accused Mrs. Margaret Piatt, 31. (right) of paying $324 to
Ilollis D. Scott, 23, (left) with understanding he was to have
her husband killed. Mrs. Piatt was charged with attempted
murder, Scott with embeulement. (AP Wirephoto)
Last Meeting
Qf W S Council
A historic meeting of the West
Salem city council will take
place Monday night. It will be
the last meeting before merger
of West Salem and Salem.
Attending will be City Man
ager J. L. Franzen and City
Attorney Chris J. Kowitz of Sa
lem. They will present a reso
lution which will authorize the
turning over to Salem by West
Salem of all city funds, and
other transfers necessary to the
merger.
The resolution also will au
thorize Mayor Walter Musgrave
and City Recorder R. E. Patti
son to sign all necessary papers
in the transfer.
Next Monday night, the reg
ular meeting of the Salem city
council will start in the City hall
of West Salem, and at that time
Mayor' Musgrave will surren
der to Mayor Robert L. Elf
strom of Salem the charter of
the city of West Salem.
Next Monday, November 14, is
the effective date of the mer
ger.
Planes Get in Hours
Regardless of Fog
Planes at Salem's Naval Air
Facility spent 28.2 hours in the
air over the week-end, despite
fog and haze that hovered over
the area most of the time.
During the two days the vol
unteer naval air reserve pilots,
most of them from the Eugene
Corvallis area, had the SNJs in
the air for 19.6 hours and the
SNBs for 8.6 hours.
It was not until 11 a.m. Sun
day that the fog lifted from
McNary field enough to permit
the men to even fly In the vicin
ity of the field and Saturday It
was 1 p.m. before the fog lifted.
Even then haze blanked the area,
leaving 10 hours for marginal
weather for the two days.
A total of 17 pilots took to
the air during the two days seven
making five hops Saturday and
10 making 12 flights' on Sun
day. During the week-end four
more volunteers were cleared
by the faculty for flying, bring
ing the total number to 32
pilots.
Ticket Sale for
Symphony
A season ticket scale rang
ing from $4.40 down to $1.30
was announced today as 20 wo
men volunteers took to the field
to promote the sale of seats for
the two Salem appearances of
the Portland Symphony orches
tra, Jan. 10 and March 21.
Mrs. George Schwarz, head of
the Salem Symphony society's
ticket committee, said that the
price range included about 430
seats at $4.40, 800 at $2:50 and
430 in the $1.30 bracket. The
two Salem engagements of the
70-piece Portland ensemble will
be presented at the Salem high
school auditorium.
Arrangements completed at
the first meeting of the ticket
committee this fall call for the
selling of dummy tickets or scrip
during the sale that began to
day, Mrs. Schwarz said. The
scrip may be exchanged for ac
tual tickets at a booth which
will be set up in the lobby of the
Ladd & Bush branch of the Unit
ed States National bank next
month. The exchange period will
begin Dec. 3 and continue until
Dec. 10, according to Mrs.
Schwarz.
Preferential seating will be
offered concert-goers who held
season tickets for last winter's
concerts, it was disclosed. About
500 persons will be enabled to
choose their seat locations un
der this procedure.
The major portion of the sea
son sale will close Dec. 3, but
Mrs. Schwarz said that tickets
will again be made available
"three or four days" before the
first concert.
Columbia Highway
Accident Madhouse
Bridal Veil, Ore., Nov. 7 (IP)
The new Columbia river
"water level" highway was t
"madhouse" of accidents yester
day, police said, with five
smashups in one 20-minute
period.
The worst was a head-on crash
in which eight persons were in
jured. Most seriously hurt was
Brendon McLoughlln, 32, Van
couver, Wash., who was riding
in a car driven by Lee Johnson
33, Pasco, Wash. McLoughlln
had a hip dislocation and inter
nal Injuries. Johnson suffered
a compound knee fracture.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Elliott
said balmy weather drew such
heavy traffic along the scenic
gorge highway that in some sec
tions there were accidents very
15 feet during the day and early
evening.
Dorothy Lee Recall
Admitted a Flop
Portland, Nov. 5 () Spon
sors of a recall movement
against Mayor Dorothy McCul-
lnugh Lee admitted today their
proposal faces defeat unless
more "vigorous support" is
pledged.
Maxwell Donnelly, attorney
for the recall committee, said the
fate of the movement would
likely be determined at a pub
lic rally planned at Red Men
hall Wednesday night.
He said petitions were not be
ing signed at a rate fast enough
to meet the deadline prescribed
by law. He added the commit
tee's treasury had $33. Signa
tures of 26,095 are needed by
Dec. 12 to have the Issue placed
on a special election ballot.
Donnelly said only 1,734 of 2,
188 signatures have proved valid
when checked by the city audit
or's office.
Cordon. McKay Billed
Sen. Guy Cordon (R-Ore) and
Gov. Douglas McKay will be
speakers at the annual meeting
of the Willamette basin project
committee here Dec. 1,
Cordon will discuss progress
of the Willamette basin project
In congress. McKay will speak
on "a good project for the
state
Wins Plea for
Cut in Taxes
Jennie R. Loveall Monday
won her plea to tne county
court to have figures on the as-
sesment roll covering Miller's
Beauty salon cut because an er
ror was made when she sub
mitted her statement as to per
sonal property valuations of the
salon's equipment. She said
that an item appeared on the
roll of $2500 covering "small
miscellaneous articles" In the
salon when it should have been
$25. She said she forgot to put
in the decimal point.
At a hearing before the court
it was indicated this was an er
ror. 'However, County Judge
Grant Murphy pointed out that
the error was such a one not
apt to be detected by the force
in the assessor's office and that
it was her sworn statement to
be taken at face value.
County Assessor Shelton stat
ed that a previously published
statement her taxes would be
reduced by $178.44 was in er
ror. Her entire taxes, he said.
were $100.94. Judge Murphy
said he had figured the tax cut
and failed to take into account
that it should be on a basis of
45 percent of the valuation. To
tal valuation shown on the roll
was $3104, which should have
been reduced by $2500 less the
SZ5. Assessment is made on a
45 percent of the sworn valua
tion. AverageWorker
Wage Increases
Nearly half of Oregon's 240,-
000 covered workers averaged
more than $250 a month in
wages during 1948, the state un
employment compensation com
mission reported today. The fig
ures were made from a tabula
tion of more than 17,500 em
ployers' reports.
Average earnings of employes
subject to the unemployment
law rose to $2,957 last year, com
pared with $2,703 in 1947 and
with the wartime high of $2,510
in 1944. The average was only
$1,832 in 1942 when the first
study of individual returns was
made.
Of the 287.000 classified as ir
regular workers, with earnings
In less than four quarters, near
ly half had earnings under $400
which would disqualify them for
unemployment c o m p e n sation
during the 1949-50 benefit year,
Despite the record earnings,
only about 40 per cent of the
390,000 workers eligible for
1949-50 benefits would be en
titled to the maximum compen
sation of $25 for 26 weeks, the
commission said. It added that
a tabulation of the first 42,000
claims filed after the new law
took effect at the opening of the
benefit year last July, shows
only 29.6 per cent were allowed
the maximum figure.
More than 50,000 covered
workers were in the $4,000 and
over group last year. And 1,360
of them found it necessary to
work only a part of the year.
Two-thirds of the regular
workers made over $200 a month
last year.
Pay rolls so far reported for
1948 are close to $975,000,000
compared with $867,000,000 for
1947, the commission said. It
added that although reports for
the third quarter of 1949 have
not yet been tabulated, indica
tions are that 1949 totals may
approach last year's record.
Lincoln County Tax
Highest on Record
Property owners at Delake
will have a higher tax bill than
usual with the total tax to be
raised in Lincoln county the
highest on record.
Average tax at Delake this
year is listed at $79.31 per $1000
valuation. It was $65.83 in 1948
and $54.02 in 1947.
Total taxes in Lincoln county
totaled $1,339,934 while in 1948
they reached $1,093,039 and in
1947 were only $822,420. As
sessed valuation was listed this
year, reaching $86 as compared
with $72.50 in 1948 and $66.20
In 1947. The city levy, however,
was .2 mills under last year.
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1 1 Governors
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Salt Lake City, Nov. 7 W)
Governors of 11 western states
and Alaska met today to discuss
industrial, financial and educa
tional problems many of which
developed during and after the
war.
Regional education, including
plans for cooperation among
western states in the matters of
higher education, was debated in
the opening session under lead
ership of Gov. Lee Knous of Col
orado.
Gov. Arthur Langlie of Wash
ington led a discussion on de
fense plans and their effects up
on western indutry.
Gov. Earl Warren of Califor
nia will be principal speaker at
a dinner tonight.
Fear of encroachment by the
federal government in state af
fairs was expressed by Langlie
in a pre-conference interview
last night.
We are not backward people
out here," Langlie declared, "al
ways waiting for a handout. We
don't expect someone to step in
to our affairs where we can es
tablish them on a local basis."
Moving of airplane production
to inland states has resulted in
considerable unemployment in
his state, he added.
Gov. Douglas McKay of Ore
gon said he is vitally interested
in developing industry to take
care of the increased population
of his state.
While Oregon has more peo
pie employed right now than it
did at the height of shipyard ac
tivity, McKay said seasonal un
employment still is a problem.
3 Kotly Fought
Elections Seen
(Br the Associated Preju)
In a preview of the 1950
struggle for control of congress,
voters scattered across the na
tion pick one senator, two house
members, two governors and
many local officials tomorrow.
A special senate race in New
York overshadows all others in
interest.
In that contest and in certain
others, labor as well as the ma
jor political parties will have
something at stake.
The AFL and CIO have put
their chips down together on
democratic former Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman in the New York
election to round out the term.
expiring in January, 1951 of
Senator Wagner (D-N.Y.) who
resigned.
Republican Senator John Fos
ter Dulles, an appointee of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, has made
President Truman's "Fair Deal"
program an issue by his at
tacks on it. He has come out for
a modified version of the Taft
Hartley act.
The president spoke out
against Dulles Saturday night in
a radio broadcast urging the
election of Lehman.
Across the river in New Jer
sey, Labor has split apart in the
hotly contested race for gover
nor. The AFL has endorsed
democratic State Senator Elmer
iH. Wene, who is trying to un
seat republican Gov, Alfred E.
Driscoll.
The CIO, on the other hand,
has issued a report criticizing
Wene severely, linking him
with the old Frank Hague or
ganization of Jersey City. How
ever, the CIO hasn't backed
Driscoll.
Labor also has split in the
mayor's race in Detroit, one of
the local elections that will be
watched closely for possible na
tional trends.
Straus Coming to Oregon
Portland, Nov. 7 W) Federal
Reclamation C o m m i s s loner
Michael W. Straus, Washington
D.C., was expected here today
for a tour of Oregon irrigation
districts.
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Salem High School French Club has conducted a drive
for food, clothing and soap, for needy French families.
Shown here filling a package are Nancy Taylor, Donna
Satter, Judi Wood and Alice Waters, all members of French
club.
Mother Admits
Kidnap Hoax
Utica, N. Y., Nov. 7 (IP) A
remorse stricken mother has
confessed that her six-weeks- old
son was killed in a fall from her
arms and that her story of kid
naping was "made up" out of
fear of what her husband would
say.
'I dropped my baby," Mrs.
Stella Komorek blurted out at
a coroner's inquest last night.
The sobbing admission from
the plump, 29-year-old mill
worker's wife came 11 hours af
ter the body of her son, Stephen,
was found in a mill-pond, 500
yards from the modest Komorek
home in nearby Clayville.
Coroner Preston R. Clark gave
a verdict of accidental death.
Authorities said no charge would
be placed against Mrs. Komorek.
During hours of steady ques
tioning by state police yesterday,
she had clung to her story that
the infant was snatched from its
bassinet in the kitchen late Fri
day night by a strange man.
Some Stores Close
On Armistice Day
Merchants of Salem are not
unanimous on the question of
closing on Armistice day.
A poll by card taken by the
Retail Trade bureau revealed
the following, President Jim
Beard reported Monday noon:
A slight majority of the re
porting stores will be closed. .
However, examination of the
firms reporting shows that near
ly all the larger stores will be
open and will observe the reg
ular week-day store hours.
Approximately 10 per cent
signify that they will act In
accord with the majority.
This is about the same situa
tion that has prevailed in pre
vious years. '
Hurricane Winds
Battering Aleutians
Seattle, Nov. 7 (IP) The wea
ther bureau said today "hurri
cane force" winds with gusts up
to 150 miles per hour were bat
tering the Aleutian islands off
the southwest coast of Alaska.
Forecasters said CAA airways
communicators at Fort Glenn on !
Umnak island reported at 8:30
a.m. (PST) winds with a peak
force of 150 miles an hour. A
report two hours later said 90-
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New Chamber
Group Chosen
Fourteen directors were de
clared elected at 2 p.m. Monday
after a count of ballots in the
annual Salem Chamber of Com
merce election. They were:
Russell Pratt, Harold Robert
son, E. O. Stadter, Robert C.
Paulus, Alfred W. Loucks, Clair
Brown, Kenneth C. Perry, G.
Carroll Meeks, Mrs. B. O. Shuck
ing, Robert W. Fenix, Leo Page,
Gloyd Bowers, T. M. Medford,
and a. F. Chambers.
Nine were re-elected. They
were Brown, Page, Bowers, Per
ry, Chambers, Stadter, Medford,
Sehucking and Pratt.
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