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8 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Saturday. Nov. 19, 1949
Unemployed "Employables
Prove Polk County Problem
Dallas An increasing number of unemployed "employables"
1 giving rise to a grave problem for the Polk county welfare
commission, according to Mrs. Mabel Dalo, in charge of the office.
More and more able-bodied men out of work are seeking
assistance from the welfare office, but the funds are not avail-
Table lor mem, she states. In a
mrprising number of cases these
Tien are not covered by unem
ployment insurance.
To consider the problem state
welfare officers met recently
with the Polk county welfare
commission and the county
court. Attending were Miss Loa
Howard, state administrator,
Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, state
dietician, and Miss Margaret
Thomasin, field supervisor for
the district. The state represen
tatives are studying the problem
and expect to make recommen
dations to the county commis
sion.
Welfare funds were exhausted
last winter when heavy demands
were made on general assistance.
The outlook is even more sev
ere for the coming winter. Twen
ty-five employable men applied
for assistance in the month of
October, far more than for Oc
tober, 1948.
Logging shutdowns complica
ted the employment problem
here last winter, but this has
not been a factor yet this win
ter. A possible answer to the prob
lem is to find work even
though only intermittent for
those out of work. The com
mission has asked the coopera
tion of farmers and industries
in helping to place men who
are in need of assistance.
Only about $5,000 per month
is available for general assis
tance through the welfare office.
Getting priority on these funds
are persons who are ill and un
able to pay for medical care,
children who need food, and
persons who are unemployable.
Some cases draw heavily on
these funds. In one recent in
stance assistance was given to
a person who was ill. Medical
treatment required $800 and
iook nearly one-sixth of the
entire amount allocated for gen
eral assistance for that month.
R. Van Den Bosch, chairman
of the county welfare commis
sion, presided at the recent meet
ing, others In attendance were
toward B. Hamilton, Andrew
Lampuell, and E. D. Alger, all
of the county commission; C. F.
(Jack) Hayes, county judge; and
C. I,. Burbank and W. E. Know
er, county commissioners.
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33-Year Woman
Becomes Man
New Brunswick, N.J., Nov.
U (yp) A strange new adventure
in life has begun for a 33-year-old
woman she has become a
man.
. Dr. Charles F. Church said
yesterday that the former Edna
Genecki of nearby South River
has been changed Into Ed Gen
ecki at "her" own request by
an operation at an out-of-state
hospital.
Genecki lived his first 33
years of life as a girl and wo
man. He graduated from Rut
gers university and later became
a junior executive at Johnson
and Johnson company here all
as a woman.
But "Edna" though consid
ered a good-looking coed by Rut
gers classmates had deep
doubts as to her rightful place
in nature's scheme, Dr. Church
aaid.
She found she had to shave
every day, and she had unusual
ly strong hands and arms for a
woman.
Finally, Dr. Church said, she
eame to him for advice.
Dr. Church sent the troubled
woman to leading medical au
thorities. They agreed that she
was predominantly male and
with her full cooperation sug
gested an operation to complete
the transformation to a normal
man.
The new Ed Genecki will be
coming home next week. He'll
take up his old job where he left
it and take a new place in the
community as a man.
Neighbors and co-workers
have been told of his change.
They all want to help Ed lead
the normal life that was denied
to Edna.
Medical authorities ex p 1 a 1 n
that cases like Ed Genecki's oc
cur about once in every 150
births. In most similar cases,
however, one sex overcomes the
other tendency, and the domi
nant sex is established naturally.
Sometimes, though, the strug
gle between the two sexes goes
on in later life as it did in Ed
Genecki's.
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Are Flying Saucers
Fact or Mirage?
Alexandria, La., Nov. 19 0J.R
A young businessman who
wants to find out whether fly
ing saucers are fact or mirage
aaid today he is having a hard
time getting 10 witnesses togeth
er for a convention.
Adras Laborde got the idea of
a "flying saucer witness" con
clave last summer and began
writing letters to people who
said they saw the peculiar ob
jects flitting across the sky.
Laborde set Dec. 10 for the
meeting here and said he would
hold the convention it he could
get 10 people to come.
So far he has only two reser
vations.
East Salem Club Members
Start Work of New Year
East Salem, Nov. 19 The last reports and the last meetings
held this past week to complete the 1949 year, awards maoe
at achievement night Bnd with a community interest to support
them; teenagers of Middle Grove community are making pians
and having the first meetings for a new year's work in several
4-H projects.
All 4-H work is well organ-,
ized for both leaders and pupils.!
Leaders must hold a . certain
number of classes within the
year and have their reports In
by November 15. There are
several outstanding leaders in
the community and one re- Topeka, Kan., Nov. IB U.
marked this past week that Speaking in staunch republican
Keizer
School Notes
GOP Pledged to
Affirmative Plan
Will Try Harry Bridges After four days of painstaking
questioning, these four women and eight men were selected
from a panel of 125 to try longshore leader Harry Bridges
and two of his aides, Henry Schmit and J. R. Robertson,
on perjury and conspiracy charges in San Francisco. Front
row, left to right: Mrs. Rae Strause, Mrs. Abbie Stevenson,
Edward O'Mahoney, John Joseph Carey, Glen Leo Christen
sen, Charles H. Williams. Back row, from left: Miss Anna
D. Lundgren, Henry W. Chipp, Curtis S. Gibbs, Mrs. Myrtle
Murray, Albert F. Buckman and Yick Kurn Wong. (Acme
Telcphoto.)
Wife of Lebanon
Man Obtains Warrant
Lebanon City police have ar
rested Selmer Brown, Lebanon,
on charges of assault and bat
tery, according to Chief of Po
lice Cliff Price. Charges wei"e
preferred by Brown's wife who
signed the complaint, Price said
Others running afoul of the
low this week were four arrest
ed during the mid-week, three
on speeding charges and one for
drunkenness, the chief reported
Arrested were William H.
Winstead, Carl E. Roth and Per
ry Brown, all of Lebanon, on
speeding charges, and James Ne
ville, on a drunk charge.
Golden Rule Class
Holding Yule Dinner
Monmouth The Golden
Rule class of the local Chris
tian church's Bible school held
Its November meeting at the
home of Mrs. Lundren. In the
absence of the president and
secretary, Mrs. R. B. Swenson
presided and Mrs. Nellie Smith
acted as secretary. After the
business meeting a short pro
gram was enjoyed. The hostess
served refreshments at the close
of the afternoon. The Decem
ber meeting is to be the annual
Christmas party at the church
with a covered dish dinner at
o'clock.
Horticulture Group
Ends 64th Meeting
Eugene, Nov. 19 (P)The 64th
annual meeting of the Oregon
State Horticultural society end
ed here Friday afternoon follow
ing a two-day conference of
more than 100 persons from all
over the state. Growers of vege-
uioies ana tree fruits discussed
the latest developments in the
horticultural field and heard re
ports from experts.
Kobert Nunnemaker of Hood
River was elected president to
replace Lon Hawlins of Eugene.
uuier elected ollicers are Ward
bpatz of Medford; Tom Harper
Of Junction Citv. aprnnri
president; C. King Benton, Jr.,
Hood River, third vice president;
ana i. u. Kawlings. secretnrv-
ufHsurer.
Short Week for Schools in
Salem Set for Next Week
Next week will be a short one for the Salem public schools
due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Class work will be suspended
Wednesday afternoon and will not be resumed until ine ioiiow
ine Monday.
A few of the schools, including senior high, will conduct
Thanksgiving assemblies Wed-
- inesday. Parrish will hold an all
Films Uitensive
Bishops Declare
Washington, Nov. 19 W) The
chairman of the Catholic bish
ops committee on motion pic
tures said yesterday that Ameri
can and foreign films reached
"the lowest ebb of moral of
fensiveness" this year.
Bishop William A. Scully of
Albany, N.Y., said that the Ca
tholic Legion of Decency, estab
lished in the early 1930s, "has
found the product of the past
year, both foreign and domestic,
morally the most offensive in
numbers and quality in the his
tory of this organization."
Of 467 feature-length pictures
it reviewed in 1949, he said, the
legion found almost 24 percent
"morally objectionable in whole
or in part."
Of the domestic films, he add
ed, close to 19 percent were ob
jectionable, while the legion
found 47 percent of the foreign
films offensive.
Fire District
Nominates Officers
Harold A. Rosebraugh. Mer-
vin Seeger and William u
Berndt have been nominated a
directors of the Salem-Liberty
Heights rural fire nrntprlinn
district to be voted on December
u.
At the same time the nnoctinn
of establishment of the district
will be voted on in the area just
suuin oi oaiem.
Jditions asking that the
names of the three men be put
on the ballot at the December
u election have been filed with
the county clork. each siened hv
about 25 residents of the propos-
i-u uisirici.
school mixer Wednesday after
noon.
The extra curricular schedule
for the week includes the follow
ing events:
Monday: 9 a.m., Immunization clinic,
McKinley: 11:05 a.m., Crescendo club re
hearsal, senior high: 12:20 p.m.. Junior
inter-class rivalry skit, senior Man: 4:00,
p.m., elementary principal meeting-, ad
ministration building.
Tuesday: 9:00. Athletic award assem
bly; 11:00 a.m., Thanksgiving assembly by
4th grade, orant: noon, movie, senior
hlah; 1:30 p.m., Campllrg Mothers, 2nd
grade, Washington: 1:30 p.m., executive
committee, Mother's club, Washington;
7:00 p.m., Que Dice dinner, senior high!
7:30 p.m., school board meeting, admin
istration building. -Wednesday:
9:00 a.m.. Thanksgiving as
sembly, senior high; 9:00 a.m.. Immunisa
tion clinic. Salem Heights; 9:00 a.m.. Mc
Klnley assembly. Mrs. Wicker's room:
9:16 a.m.. singing assembly. Washington:
10:30 a.m.. elementary grades assembly:
11:00 a.m.. Thanksgiving assembly; 1:00
p.m.. Thanksgiving assembly; 1:00 p.m
Bush assembly, Mra. Wyatt: 1:13 p.m
Richmond singing assembly; 1:15 p.m
Thanksgiving assembly. Garfield. Sth
grade: 1:30 p.m.. Liberty assembly, 3rd
ana fin grades: s:lo p.m.. West Salem
assembly. Junior high; 3:45 p.m.. Par
rtsh all achool mixer; 7:30 p.m., Swegla
ara-Y.
Top English Honors
Given Turner Pupils
Turner Mrs. Edna Frazer,
head of the department of Eng
lish at Turner high school, an
nounces that four students had
won top ratings in English class
es, and were the first students
to win the Civil Drama festival
awards. These students are: Sen
ior, Katherine Hal; junior, Law
anda Norton; sophomore, Max-
ine Baxter; and freshman, Paul
Schecle.
The faculty and students at
Turner high school purchased
four reserve tickets for the Civil
Drama Festival, to be held in
the Salem high school auditor
ium. It is planned to award
these reserve tickets to top
English students from each of
the four classes in high school.
Two-IIeaded Parking Meters
Klamath Falls, Ore., Nov. 19
IU.PJ Klamath Falls became the
first Pacific northwest city to in
stall "two headed" parking me
ters yesterday and scores of
tickets were issued to puzzled
parkcrs. The meters are design
ed to serve two cars instead of
one and were spaced for every
other parking zone.
Rayburn Predicts
Great Prosperity
Houston, Tex., Nov. 19 (P)
Speaker Sam Rayburn says it
looks like the United States is
"moving into the greatest pros
perity any country or mankind
ever has enjoyed."
He spoke before some 3500
persons at a democratic party
rally last night. He criticized the
republican party as talking in
post war years much about a
coming depression.
And he said the United States
wants to stay at home and tend
to its own business, and wants
"other people to let us Co that."
We want no war with any
body," said Rayburn. But he
said that as long as there are
dictators in the world he is for
"keeping a lot of powder in the
United States."
Farm Prices
Down One-fifth
Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 19 W)
Prices received by farmers are
already down one-fifth from the
postwar peak and they may de
cline another 10 percent in 1950,
the secretary of agriculture said
today.
Secretary Charles F. Brannan
In arguing for his production
payment plan of supporting
farm returns declared it was
needed to maintain an expand
ing economy on which prosper
ity for agriculture and industry
depend.
Bureau of home economics
surveys show one-third oi the
families with lowest incomes
bought over a third more meat,
poultry and fish than in 1942,
Brannan said in an address pre
pared for delivery at the annual
convention of the National
Grange.
"The increase for milk was al
most one-third and for citrus
fruits about one-half," the sec
retary continued. "This Increas
ed market can be maintained if
retail prices are not pushed too
high and if consumer purchas
ing power is maintained.
"One tool we need is the pro
duction payment method of sup
porting farm returns."
Brannan said the farm price
support act of 1949 adopted by
congress after it rejected his unit
of production plan was an im
provement over the act of 1948.
But he argued that it was jiot
enough.
Husbands 25, Follows
Wife in Death Act
although they did not make na
tional honor trips this year they
would try again for them this
year, with state and county
awards also. They did receive
little medals for entering na
tional contests.
David Eyre, a Salem banker.
(Ladd Ic Bush) will again offer
the trophy of his father George
Eyre, for the best swine proj
ect. The new name on the cup
this year is Marvin Cage, son
of Mr, and Mrs. John Cage. The
livestock judging team, Lewis
Patterson, Wayne Goode and
Marshall Jeldrecks, who was
new on the team this year will
again try for the Rhina Kramer
award which they won this year.
They will take advantages of
fered throughout the year for
practice. This swine club is so
interested in their project that
although they do not usually
start meetings until January
they are asking their leader,
Mrs. Emory Goode, for organi
zation at once.
The scholarship awards of
$100 for college work which the
two members of Mrs. John
Cage's cook club, Joyce Kuenzi
for bread and Shirley Page for
cake, won is a goal for other
members of her class to work
for. Even the ribbons won by
Shirley, Joy.ce and Joan Fabry
as a team, Yvonne Goode for
her cake and Yvonne Miller for
her muffins, will be worked
again but this year they will
hope to see the red ones turn
blue.
A new club, the sewing, group
of Mrs. Lewis Patterson and Mrs.
Harry Phillips is now meeting
each week in the homes of the
leaders and will enter the con
test fields.
Auburn The Monroe sewing
club met Wednesday afternoon
in the home of Mrs. Bernard
Kenney. Sewing this week were
Mrs. Steve Irving, Mrs. Arthur
Stowell, Mrs. Warren Shrake,
Mrs. Stuart Johns, Mrs. Henry
Hanson, Mrs. Charles Barbey,
Mrs. Wilfred Miller and the
hostess.
Kansas, GOP National Chair
man Guy G. Gabrielson said Fri
day the party will wrest control
of both house and senate from
the democrats in 1950.
His prediction came In a press
conference ahead of a luncheon
address before a statewide re
publican rally.
Gabrielson said the republi
cans will pitch into the off-year
campaign with "a definite set of
affirmative principles'." Deficit
financing of the democrat ad
ministration, now plunging the
nation farther into debt at the
rate of $32,000,000 a day, will
be one election issue, and it will
be dramatized with Hollywood
help. He mentioned Cecil B. De
Mille as an adviser.
Gabrielson said the republi
can party must and will go into
action from the last precinct,
"from the grass roots upward."
Mexico expects a record sugar
crop this year.
By DARLENE AUSTIN
The Red Cross representative
made 200 nut cups for the Tu
berculosis hospital. On Novem
ber 4 the Red Cross representa
tives had their pictures taken.
Mrs. Means room won the
record for the most parents pres
ent at the PTA meeting in No
vember. .
Mrs. Mehner's room placed
first and Mrs. Breedlove's room
placed second for the Insurance
drive.
Keizer school has 20 new li
brary books. -
Mrs. Rogers Hostess
Hopewell There were 23
members attending the Hopewell
United Brethren church Mis
sionary society at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rogers. Mrs.
Richmond Horton had charge of
the devotlonals and the lesson.
Refreshments were served. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Geisler.
Seattle, Nov.' 19 U.R) A young
coast guardsman took his own
life Friday in the same apart
ment and in the same way in
which his wife ended her life
two days ago.
Coroner's deputies found
James T. Smith, 25, dead of gas
poisoning. Both burners of a
small gas stove were turned on
full.
A note was found near Smith's
body. It read simply:
"I've got it bad, and that ain't
good."
Smith's wife, Jean, 22, was
found dead of gas poisoning in
the tiny apartment Wednesday.
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nobody ever sues anybody in this town!
Scio Forum Resuming
Scio The Scio Chamber of I
Commerce met this week at the '1
hall after a recess of several
weeks. It was decided to meet
once a month instead of twice.
The first Tuesday of each month
is the meeting date.
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Round Table Held
Detroit Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Otis J.
White attended the P.T.A. round
table forum in Mill City. Mr.
White and Otis were on a dis
cussion panel. The question was
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generations ago?"
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Broker's Trial Set
Portland, Nov. 19 WfeArnold
E. Johnson, Portland investment
broker accused of misappropriat
ing his clients' funds, will go on
trial next month. He pleaded
innocent to six charges of lar
ceny by embezzlement vestcr
day. His brother. Roy Johnson,
who was also Indicted, died in a
burning automobile shortly after
the case first reached official attention.
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