2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, November 8, 1949 1
Las Vestige of Old West
Goes With Cities Merger
About the last vestige of the frontier disappears here with the
merger of Salem and West Salem. This is the cuspidor.
Spotted strategically about the floor of the West Salem
council hall are half a dozen of the rugged receptacles. By
official resolution they become the property of the city of Salem
-
Vishinisky Asks
For Friendship
Washington, Nov. 8 (P) Soviet
Foreign Minister Vishinsky says
Russia and the United States
ought to be better friends.
The honor guest at a glittering
Soviet embassy reception last
night, Vishinsky talked inform
ally with newsmen on this gen
eral theme but put his specific
observations "off the record.
His general line: The common
feeling of Russia - American
friendship has fallen asleep but
some day it will awaken and
confound the enemies of free
dom.
Smiling amiably, Vishinsky
shook hands with more than a
thousand diplomats, congress
men, newsmen and other guests.
They Jammed the embassy for
the annual celebration of the an
niversary of the 1917 revolution
which swept the bolshevists into
power in Russia.
Vishinsky came from the Unit
ed Nations General Assembly
session at New York for the oc
casion. He had a private 14
minute talk with Secretary of
State Acheson in the afternoon
shortly before Acheson left by
plane for the Big Three western
foreign ministers' meeting at
Paris. Both he and the state
department declared it
merely a social call.
Then for about three hours, the
East-West cold war went into a
state of suspension. Under a
heroic-size oil painting of Gen
eralissimo Stalin, the envoys of
most of the American and west
ern European nations which have
rejected communism chatted
briefly with Vishinsky and with
Soviet Ambassador Alexander S.
Panyushkin.
5000 Serving
National Guard
For the first time In the his
tory of the Oregon National
Guard more than 5000 men arc
' now serving with that outfit.
Records November 8 showed
the names of SOU officers and
men on the National Guard ros'
ter. Of this group 881 are of.
fleers and enlisted men with the
air units and 41S0 are with
the ground units.
Five hundred and ten of the
5011 men are officers and 4,-
501 of them are enlisted men
Of the total group approximate'
ly 200 have been enlisted in the
National Guard during the drive
period that opened September
19. In pre-war days the num
ber of men belonging to the Na
tional Guard in Oregon ran be
tween 3,000 and 3,500.
Salem's two companies have a
total of 10 officers and 180 en
listed men. Out of this group
six of the officers and 106 of
the enlisted men are with com
pany B, 162nd infantry regi
ment and four of the officers and
74 of the enlisted men with com
pany G, 162nd Infantry regi
ment.
Women's League to
Discuss Policies
The League of Women Voters
will take up the topic of state
and federal policies on educa
tion at a meeting scheduled for
Wednesday noon at the home of
Mrs. H. D. Smithson, 235 North
15th.
The meeting begins at 12
o'clock with a sack luncheon
The coffee will be furnished.
Mrs. E. M. Corrigan and Mrs
John Radamaker will give the
reports and Mrs. Arthur Bone is
to lead the discussion on the
educational policies.
The discussion is one of sev
eral planned by the league dur
ing the year on state and na
tional legislative matters. All
Interested are invited to attend
the Wednesday event.
Hair L. Brown
Slated C of C Prexy
In Salem Chamber of Com
merce circles it seems to be con
ceded that the president of the
chamber for 1950 will he Clair
L. Brown of the Salem Naviga
tion company.
The new board of directors,
with five new members as a re
sult of yesterday's election, will
meet at luncheon Friday noon of
this week and will at that time
elect the officers for next year
Elected will be a president,
first and second vice presidents,
secretary and treasurer.
Brown haa been active In the
chamber for aeveral years and
Is now first vice president. The
retiring president Is Roy Har-land.
jlong with the West Salem City
hall and all of its cash and
assets.
City Manager Franzen, Mayor
Llfstrom, City Engineer' Davis
and City Attorney Chris Kowitz
are baffled. After a conference
today they admitted they" didn't
know if the cuspidors should be
distributed about the department
or stored pending the future es
tablishment of a city museum.
Are you going to ask the
city attorney for an opinion?"
Franzen was asked.
"I may have to, ' he said. "But
first I want to talk with Alder
man Dave O'Hara Having been
around the State House for so
many years, he's had more con
tact with cuspidors than any of
In contrast to the old days
when men were men a cuspi
dor's service has become rather
ignoble. It was an honest neces
sity in those times and was
frankly known as a spittoon.
But the grand old custom of
chewing tobacco has almost fad
ed out. The artist who once
could smack an amber jet into
the bullseye of a spittoon or
clank it on the outside is no
more. So the spittoon is now
just a depository for cigarette
snipes and cigar butts, and wads
of tinfoil.
It's a question whether the
change has been for the better.
The sturdy vessel of brass or
bronze, always having a prac
tical station on the floor, has
been replaced by pretty little
trinkets of glass or plastic.
known stylishly as ashtrays, scat
tered liberally on the desk-tops
nearer the. nostrils.
Chasfain Back
In Durance Vile
Warren J. Chastain, who in
June, 1948, was granted three
years probation in circuit court
here from a charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses Is back
in jail here on his way to the
state penitentiary to serve out
his term. The arrest was made by
Sheriff Denver Youngs office
on a. revocation order issued by
Judge E. M. Page in November,
1948.
When Chastain was picked up
at a home on Salem, route 5, in
his possession was found eight
checks, each for $50, each made
out to L. D. Harris and signed
David Schafer and evidently
each ready for attempted cash
ing. Accompanying the checks
was a selective service card is
sued to Lloyd Douglas Harris,
Brooks, Ore., issued at Rawlins,
Wyo., and it was evident Chas
tain intended to use the card as
a matter of identification in con
nection with the checks.
The reason Chastain wasn't
picked up sooner on the revo
cation order was the fact he was
recently released from the Wy
oming state prison to which he
was committed October. 11, 1948,
for from 12 to 18 months for car
theft. He was but recently re
leased. Asks Bids on Dam
Railroad Relocation
Portland. Nov. A tJP) Thi.
seventh railroad and hichwav
relocation program 'in connec
tion with construction of Look
out Point dam on the middle
fork of the Willamette river will
draw bids Dec. 22.
The cost i exneeted to run
between S2 nnn mm H ti nnn .
000, Lt. Col. D. A. Elliget. act
ing Portland district engineer,
said in announcing that bids will
be called Nov. IB.
A year and a half Is nllnweri
for completion of the work
which consists of relocating two
miles of Southern Pacific track
and two miles of state highway
No. 58. starting three miles south
and six and a half miles nt
of Dexter.
The dam, a major unit in the
Willamette basin nrnieet re
quires total relocation of 23
nines oi me Southern Pacific'
main line.
KNI18 TOMCHT!
"Top o' It Morninc"
USED 01 fllt$ Of m
i t icrT.tr iusticci
LLEGAI,
ENTRY
ilk"- O
IIWAI1 MAIM
(III
DUFF TOBEN BRENT
Anil -A1K HOSTESS"
Wllh Riw. Kuril. ilnrl Hfnrr
Tomorrow! v H J
, W 1
n , i ut
1
Fire Safely
Survey Starts
Carl A. Weers and Walter G
Wells, representatives of the Na
tional Board of Fire Underwrit
ers, are in Salem making an in
spection that is expected to re
sult in a reduction of insurance
rates.
The inspection will take about
two weeks and will cover fire
department organization and
alarm systems, with distribution
and pressure, nature of building
construction and fire hazards.
It is roughly estimated that
the reclassification that is ex
pected will save Salem premium
payers $150,000 a year. Salem
now holds a Class 5 rating, and
a reduction to 4 is believed pos
sible. Most cities of Salem's size,
it is said, are in Classes 4, 5 or
6, and most larger cities 3 or
4, although on this coast Port
land and Seattle have a No. 2
rating.
In arriving at a rating the en
gineers count the deficiency
points, or situations that are det
rimental to safety, and the low
er the deficiency points the bet
ter the rating.
Sacred Heart
Freshmen Win
Freshmen of Sacred Heart
high school topped the list in the
matter of honors earned during
the first term of the present
school year, according to a com
pilation made this week. 1 he
honor includes not only the
grade point average, but cooper
ation in school activities as well.
The list includes:
Freirimen lt honor: Dfannt Blecki,
Stanley Dvorak, Joan fiteiner, Robert
Steven., Donald Pearl, Carol Rntz; "c-
ond honora: Shirley Etil. Jacqueline
Larson, Patricia GtllU. Meredith Hay,
Robert Joseph. Robert Lance, Janet Con
net. Charlene Fount. Teresa Bel'o, Joana
Brown. Vance Coonejr, Barbara Snook;
third honor: Manaret Bach, Sandra
Bllvfn, William Thompaon, Mar LouUe
Vanek.
Sohomore lecond honora: Joan Saw-
chuck, Michael Raiehko, Maiine Kenti.
Harold Koch. Frank Lebold. Jacquelyn
Rom. Mary Ann Puher. Betty Roae Sflke,
William Schantz; third honora: Joan
Schroeder, Vivlenne Brown, Sharon Rtth
n finch, Catherine McCormick, Jamea
Dempewolf. poloru Oottfrird. Jack Kiopp.
Junior Iirt honora: Edward Wat kin
second honora: Joanna Coleman. Or ace
Corry, Gail Lochead, Donna Belfi'icr,
Robert Kovarlk; third honora: Janice
Jackaon, Norma Rentt, Carl HI1U, Roger
err. Donna Poppe.
Senior Fim honora: Donna Marie
Barry. Dwyn Anne Herberber, Alan Peat I:
second honora: Nancy Brown, Margaret ,
Day, Audrey Pearson. Ma Menu Raschko. ;
Beltr etadiey. Barbara vancieei, Jo Ann
Waxhburn; third honorai Richard Crowe. '
Gloria Kellerher, Dorla Rohland, Thoma
Morlskey, Oeraldine Ktser, Jere McCarthy.
Drama Guild to
Play 'Heiress'
The first of three plays to be
staged at the Salem high school
auditorium by the Civic Drama
guild under the sponorship of
the 20-30 club will be presented
Saturday night.
Tickets for "The Heiress
which opens the program for the
series will be on sale at Miller's
this week. Season tickets or sin
gle admissions are available.
The first play on the series
was a Broadway hit for two
years before going on tour of
cities throughout the nation
The others to be on the theater
calendar are "Fair and Warmer'
and "Peg O' My Heart."
"The Heiress" is a story of
the tortuous courtship of an
awkward girl, daughter of a
wealthy surgeon, and a fortune
seeker. Her fiance fails to ap
pear for a scheduled elopement
when he learns that her father
will disinherit his daughter pro
vided she marries him.
The climax is reached when
she is able to reward the glib
young man with similar treat
ment after her father dies, leav
ing her his money.
Navy to Lease Drydock
Portland. Nov. 8 The
14.000-ton floating drydock that
has been at Swan island here is
to. be leased to the navy. The
$3,000,000 drydock has been idle
since the ship conversion pro
gram ended here two months
ago. The Port of Portland said
the navy was taking it over on
a 20-year lease. Details are :o
be announced later.
a
PROftSSIONUBROM" 2
in yum
1SrECT FROM
"PEG U WIT nt
-THE HEIRESS-
"FAIR am
ii'ii ii m swwuw
Buy Your Season Tickers Now
Box office at Miller I Dtpt. Store. Open
New thru Saturday, Nov. 12th
For telephone reservations: call 2-3901
Sponsored by Salem 20-30 Club
Salem Shrlnerg Send Fruit 'o Crippled Children's Hospital
Left to right, Claire Brown, manager of Salem Navigation
company which transported fruit and vegetables; Keith
Tweedie, Harold Walling, Rollin Lewis, general committee
chairman and Gordon Skinner.
YMCA Reelects
Old Officials
Approximately 73 persons
were present Monday night
when the Salem YMCA conduct
ed its annual meeting with John
W. Pugh, general secretary of
the Portland Y as guest speaker.
The program included the elec
tion of officers.
Speaking on the subject, "A
Date with Youth," Pugh pointed
out that the responsibilities were
never greater than now and
urged the association to make
certain that the programs spon
sored are sufficient to prepare
youth for the complexities of
the times.
A group of boys presented
tableaus indicative of YMCA ac
tivities while the boys' chorus
sang two numbers'.
Three new directors were
elected: Dr. Robert Anderson,
Ford Watkins and Doug Cham
bers. Officers re-elected were
Tinkham Gilbert, president;
Frank B. Bennett, vice presi
dent; Norman Winslow, secre
tary, and Walter Minier, treas
urer. Directors re-elected were
Paul Acton, Fred Anunsen, Dr.
L. E. Barrick, Robert O. Smith
Paul B .Wallace. Dr. R. Lee
Wood and Donald Young.
Willamette Sunday
Observed Nov. 13
"Willamette university Sun
day" will be observed Novemoer
13, by ISO Methodist churches
throughout the state when spec
ial offerings will be received for
the institution.
Sponsored by the National
Board of Education of the Meth
odist church, funds collected
will be utilized for the general
support of Willamette, oldest
institution of higher learning
in the west.
"Willamette Sunday" was or
iginated in 1942, the universi
ty's centennial year by Dr. G.
Herbert Smith, then in his first
year as president. Two years
ago the offering was designated
for Baxter hall, men's resi
dence which stands as a memor
ial to the late Bishop Bruce R
Baxter.
Nine students have been se
lected to assist Raymond A
Withcy, dean of students, in
charge of the program this year
Frank Lockman will speak at
Centenary-Wilbur church, Port
land; Anne Swanson, Lebanon;
Bill Ross and Bill MacDougall.
Mt. Tabor, Portland; Jean
Crakes, First Methodist, Eu
gene; Mark Cotter, Canby, and
Russell Tripp, Albany.
of
, ir.TDC
BROAIWIAfS
.
' 1! VQ, ff nj-tey
LATE SPORTS
Shotton Hired
To Manage Bums
Brooklyn, Nov. S IP) Burt
(Barney) Shotton, who led
Brooklyn to a pennant but lost
the World Series to the New
v . , .
was,
'"W"""1" manager ui uie
Dodgers today.
No terms were announced
but it is believed the 63-year
old resident of Bartow, Fla., wasJ
hired for one year at the same
figures he received last season
$23,000.
Dr. Grega Heads
Atlantic Union
Dr. Robert Gregg, dean of
the college of liberal arts, Wil
lamette university, was elected
president of a Salem chapter of
the Atlantic Union committee
during an organizational meeting
held Monday night at the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Of the approximately 65 in
attendance, about 30 accepted
membership in the local chap
ter. Additional officers elected
were: Loraine Meusey, Parrish
junior high, vice president: Guv
Hickok, manager Salem branch
First National bank, treasurer;
Laura Kcllar, supervisor of the
state department of education,
secretary.
The advisory committee will
consist of Dr. Henry Gunn, pre
sident Oregon College of Educa
tion, Monmouth; Steve Ander
son, Salem attorney and W. E.
Richardson, business man.
Announcement was made by
Justice James T. Brand that he
has accepted the responsibility
as president of the Atlantic Un
ion committee for Oregon.
Spartans Invited As
Guests by Chamber
The Michigan State college
football party, in Oregon this
week-end to play Oregon State
in Portland, will be extended
the hospitality of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce.
Members of the Michigan par
ty will find In their Portland
rooms walnuts, filberts, prunes
and apples from the Salem
chamber.
The team headquartered here
Ends Today j
Bob
"nr vnr iiinnrer iiv
I I.I IIIS LUVtllfeJI VVIj
i:j THE VOHLDl"
F V '.?!: ? Vjj iiji in iefM
t---evefi.lfinHii m iiiiff-iM.'eiiiifcaJ
Intimate, true-life thrilling drama
, ot a headlined hero . .
girl who hod hie love,
but dared not question
hi one secret!
"" 'eV
ntu mt miw . ui ami m m Mcamu Dm4 W SAM wooo
WrlhhlwkitrilWMillKiMa.OrvllwttjWlMM
"TALL
John Wne.
ZneMajor
Hit
Shriners Send
Fruit to Kiddies
The Salem Shrine club, with
the cooperation of Marion coun
ty farmers, have sent 2,612 gal
lons of canned fruits and vege
tables to the Portland unit of
the Shriners Hospitals for Crip
pled Children.
In addition the shipment in
cluded 112 pounds of beef and
qRI Rlncon . t J 1 in11
ui Riooavaui jam anu jciijr.
Rnllin Lewis rhairman nf
.1,,, ch.i m,;t. th.t
, shipment tn the hnsnltal this
--,.. ,h i,-., ,u .
donations made by the Salem
club. Each year the members of
the club pick the fruit and vege
tables and then have the pro
duce canned. Pears totaling 780
gallons; peaches, 430 gallons and
204 gallons each of tomatoes,
carrots and apricots led in quan
tity of the products shipped.
Norblad Talks
On Congress
Speaking before the Salem
Kiwanis club Tuesday noon,
Congressman Walter Norblad,
among other things asserted:
that there could be a tapering
off in the Marshall plan; that
little or nothing was being done
to put the Hoover plan into ef
fect and that China has virtual
ly been abandoned to the com
munists.
The congressman devoted
much of his time to the national
defense because "of its great im
port to the people and the tre
mendous expense involved." He
said he could see little hope for
a reduction in the 14 or IS bil
lion dollar defense budget for
the near future. Or at least until
such time as some sort of a set
tlement of the Russian problem
could be reached.
Norblad said he never had
been in or is not now in sym
pathy with the proposal for a
large standing army and navy,
He suggested a strong reserve
force would be adequate to care
for any emergency. He added
that there is too much tendency
in the Pentagon for each depart
ment not to want to cut down on
its own particular program.
In speaking of the B-36 plane,
the congressman said he felt the
machine was a stop-gap until
such time as the XB-S2 is de
veloped. when it came west yast year to
play OSC at Corvallis, and has
many times since expressed ap
preciation of the way it was en
tertained in Salem.
Mitchum "BIG STEAL"
omes Cogney "TIME OF YOUR LIFE"
STARTS TOMORROW
'At Regular Prices
Box Office Opens 5:45
IN THE SADDLE"
Ella Rainev Gshhy Htw
and the V 5 I M
Governors Told
To Plan Future
Salt Lake City, Nov. 8 (
Western governors were told to
day they can aid directly in the
industrial development of their
states "without usurping the
place of anyone."
Gov. C. A. Robins of Idaho,
speaking at the western gover
nors' conference, referred to past
efforts by state executives to
plan industrial expansion pro
grams. "There has developed some
skepticism' as to the possibility
of any accomplishment by such
effort," Robins said, adding:
'There has been some criti
cism of the governors for invad
ing a field held to be the particu
lar bailiwick of promotional ag
encies and organizations repre
senting commerce and industry."
But the Idaho chief executive
said he felt such criticism was
unwarranted and he contended
that industrial development
should be a prime concern of the
governors.
He said two major problems
water supply and transportation
must be solved.
Consideration of resolutions
this afternoon will end the two
day conference.
Two formal resolutions ap
peared likely to develop from
yesterday's discussion. One
would embody a plan for re
gional educational training, with
the states cooperating in the
maintenance of qualified schools.
Sweeney Commended
By UAL on Shipments
Salem's United Air Lines sta
tion has received from the main
office of the company a letter to
commendation for its' handling
of freight shipments from Sa
lem.
The letter signed by R. L.
Mangold and addressed to Hal
F. Sweeney, manager of the lo
cal station states:
"We would like to congratu
late you on the excellent man
ner in which you are handling
the very important mushroom
shipments from your city. As
you know, your originating
loads has contributed greatly
to the success of our Pacific
Coast operations."
0
SHE'S BACK
by
Insistent Demand
Salem's
Most Popular
Entertainer
FRANCIS
CONGER
at
ltattucJ
Chateau
ll
ENDS TONIGHT!
"MV FRIEND IRMA
"Sonr of Surrendpr"
I.
New Tomorrow!
ALAR
LADD
DOVHA'
HEED
it
Chicago M
Deadline
!ND hit:
TIM HOLT
as
"The Stagecoach Kid"
wvr v w mm
nth f
HEKVSY t t
! ' I-- '1 '
Shalor C. Eldridge (above),
of Burns, Grand Master of
Masons in Oregon,- attended
by Grand Lodge officers, will
visit Salem Masonic Temple
Wednesday evening. Ains
worth lodge is host to the
lodges- of Polk and Marion
counties at a joint meeting..
Masons from this section of the
valley will be present to honor
the visitors.
Truman Names
Adm. Ballentine
Washington, Nov. 8 VP) Pres
ident Truman today appointed
Rear Admiral John J. Ballentine
to be commander of the sixth
task fleet with the rank of vice
admiral.
The fleet, in the Medi'vrane-
an, was commanded by Vice Ad
miral Forrest P. Sherman, until
Sherman's appointment as chief
of naval operations a week ago.
The- assignment of Ballentine
was made by Sherman last week.
The appointment is a recess
one. To become permanent it
must be confirmed by the sen
ate after the new session of con
gress opens in January.
Admiral Sherman sent a mes
sage of "well done today to
the officers and men in the Med
iterranean force.
The hog is the only Important
domestic animal grown primarily
for food.
Ll.v
NEW SHOW TONITE!
STARTS AT 6:45 P.M.
June Haver
Ray Bolger
In Technicolor
"LOOK FOR THE
SILVER LINING"
Frances Rafferty
Larry Olson
"CURLEY"
Carton - News
Mat. Daily from 1 P.M.
Now! Exciting
The Picture of the Year!
Thrill Co-Hit!
Kieran Moore
"A Man About
the House"
OPENS"6:45"P.'M.
Now Showing!
lotJicff mm i
Mother
'Wore
Dan Dailey
TECHN1C0L0I
and
Salem's Show Bargain
2 FIRST RUN
HITS! Wasfle
Ends Today! 6:45 P. M.
SsIIt GrsT
"GREEN FOR DANGER"
Lash LaRue
"FIGHTING VIGILANTE"
TOMORROW!
JOHN MILLS
"The October
Man"
Charles Starrett
"SOITH OF
DEATH VALLEY"
jOjl j1 wim"